Biographies

This meticulously researched book explores the concept of fame in all its fleeting glory and confounding inconsistency. Why do so many entertainers do so mu...

Canada's beloved comic genius tells his own story for the first time. What is Rick Mercer going to do now? That was the question on everyone's lips when the...

In The Vein Of Nic Sheff's Tweak And Tori Spelling's Stori Telling, Unsweetined Reveals The Former Full House Star's Harrowing Journey From Her Role As Amer...

George Hurrell, The Great Hollywood Portrait Photographer, In Recalling Shooting Sessions With John Garfield, Said, He Was A Strange, Fascinating Guy. He Co...

Before Salma Hayek, Eva Longoria, And Penelope Cruz, There Was Lupe Velez-one Of The First Successful Latin-american Hollywood Stars, Who Swept Past The Xen...

Francis X. Bushman had a life like no other. Most people remember him today as the villain, Messala, in the first full-length version of Ben-Hur (1925), but...

Lovers of old-time radio hold a special place in their heart for Agnes Moorehead. She was one of the busiest and most definitive actresses of that medium. T...

Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—MGM—the biggest and most successful film studio of Ho...

For A Decade Wallace Reid Was The Most Recognized Face In Hollywood, The Most Universally Beloved Actor In Silent Film. Today All That Is Widely Remembered ...

Thomas H. Ince (1880–1924) turned movie-making into a business enterprise. Progressing from actor to director and screenwriter, he revolutionized the moti...

Raoul Walsh (1887–1980) was known as one of Hollywood's most adventurous, iconoclastic, and creative directors. He carved out an illustrious career and ma...

A fully illustrated biography, including never-before-published photographs, of the archetypal screen icon who lived fast and died young This official acco...

This is Carson's novelistic account (reminiscent of "Permanent Midnight") of the true story of the late bisexual bodybuilder's childhood abuse, failed profe...

“Set amid descriptions of the unimaginable changes that affected America between Hughes's birth in 1905 and his death in 1976, this book gives an insider'...

From their first iconic pairing in 7th Heaven (1927) and in eleven films that followed, Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell created an unparalleled cinematic r...

By Darwin Porter. Includes Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable PeopleRich & Famous

He immortalized Henry Frankenstein in Hollywood's Frankenstein and Bride of Frankenstein, but his too-brief life was often a horror saga as well. "One Man...

America's most enduring and legendary symbol of young rebellion, James Dean continues into the 21st Century to capture the imagination of the world. In reco...

"You've got only one life to live, so make it a hell of a ride." (Judy) "What good is sitting alone in your room?" (Liza) Judy and Liza were the greatest, m...

Spoto's biography of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe makes use of over 150 interviews and more than 35,000 pages of previously sealed files, including Monroe'...

Howard Hawks is now regarded as one of the greatest directors ever to work in Hollywood. His career stretched from the silent era through the seventies and ...

An instant New York Times bestseller!The first definitive biography of guitar legend Stevie Ray Vaughan, with an epilogue by Jimmie Vaughan, and foreword a...

It never gets better, but it does get easier. That's the first thing Roz says to anyone who asks him for advice. Anyone who's fighting like hell, just hangi...

The New York Times Bestseller *One of Rolling Stone's 10 Best Music Books of 2015*An exhilarating and intimate account of the life of music legend Tom Pett...

The dramatic and spectacular story of an American music icon—the immortal Tina Turner! From Nutbush, Tennessee, to Hollywood stardom; from Ike’s King...

Howard Hawks Is Now Regarded As One Of The Greatest Directors Ever To Work In Hollywood. His Career Stretched From The Silent Era Through The Seventies And ...

Legendarisch muzikant Dave Grohl, drummer van Nirvana en zanger van de Foo Fighters, vertelt verhalen uit zijn unieke muzikale levenCategories: Arts & P...

His World as Composed by Mingus. Autobiography.Categories: Arts & Photography Music Musical GenresJazz

With the ruefulness implicit in her title, but also with honesty and a bitchy bonhomie that seldom adorn such Sunset sagas, Bette Davis pictures herself as ...

Howard Stern's First Book In Over Twenty Years Contains Many Interviews With His Guests Throughout The Years.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders &...

Michael O'donoghue Was A Comic Genius Who Once Said, Making People Laugh Is The Lowest Form Of Comedy. His Widely Influential Style Of Humor Spared No One's...

Best remembered for the iconic classics Gone with the Wind (1939) and The Wizard of Oz (1939) to the silver screen, Victor Fleming also counted successful f...

At 94, Iris Apfel is having the time of her life. Having made her name as an interior designer and fashion icon, she's in demand as a model and her legions ...

Voted "Best Book of 2009" by Classic Images magazine! You know the films. You know the characters. You may even know the man behind the glasses, but do you ...

Though he never reached the lead actor status he labored so relentlessly to achieve, Warren Oates (1928–1982) is one of the most memorable and skilled cha...

Laughing Syd Barrett -- Jan Berry -- Marc Bolan -- John Bonzo Bonham -- Kurt Cobain -- Eddie Cochran -- Freddie Mercury -- Sam Cooke -- Marvin Gaye -- Jimi ...