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Run towards the danger : confrontations with a body of memory / by Polley, Sarah,author.;
"Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor Sarah Polley's Run Towards the Danger explores memory and the dialogue between her past and her present These are the most dangerous stories of my life. The ones I have avoided, the ones I haven't told, the ones that have kept me awake on countless nights. As these stories found echoes in my adult life, and then went another, better way than they did in childhood, they became lighter and easier to carry. Sarah Polley's work as an actor, screenwriter, and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity, and deep humanity. She brings all those qualities, along with her exquisite storytelling chops, to these six essays. Each one captures a piece of Polley's life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory, the mutability of reality in the mind, and the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person she is now but was not then. As Polley writes, the past and present are in a "reciprocal pressure dance." Polley contemplates stories from her own life ranging from stage fright to high-risk childbirth to endangerment and more. After struggling with the aftermath of a concussion, Polley met a specialist who gave her wholly new advice: to recover from a traumatic injury, she had to retrain her mind to strength by charging towards the very activities that triggered her symptoms. With riveting clarity, she shows the power of applying that same advice to other areas of her life in order to find a path forward, a way through. Rather than live in a protective crouch, she had to run towards the danger. In this extraordinary book, Polley explores what it is to live in one's body, in a constant state of becoming, learning, and changing"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Polley, Sarah.; Screenwriters; Motion picture producers and directors; Motion picture actors and actresses; Psychic trauma.; Memory.; Actors;
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All about me! : my remarkable life in show business / by Brooks, Mel,1926-author.;
The legendary comedian, actor, and film producer and director traces his rise from a Depression-era kid in Brooklyn to his stellar film career, offering insight into the inspiration for his ideas and the many close friendships and collaborations behind his sucess.
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Brooks, Mel, 1926-; Comedians; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture producers and directors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Woody / by Evanier, David.;
Filmography: pages 353-362.Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-366) and index."In this first biography of Woody Allen in over a decade, David Evanier discusses key movies, plays and prose as well as Allen's personal life. Evanier tackles the themes that Allen has spent a lifetime sorting through in art: morality, sexuality, Judaism, the eternal struggle of head and heart. Woody will be the definitive word on a major American talent as he begins his ninth decade, and his sixth decade of making movies"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Allen, Woody, 1935-; Comedians; Motion picture actors and actresses; Motion picture producers and directors;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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My next breath : a memoir / by Renner, Jeremy,author.;
"The gripping and inspiring story of acclaimed actor Jeremy Renner's near-fatal accident, and what he learned about inner strength, endurance and hope as he overcame insurmountable odds to recover, one breath at a time"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Renner, Jeremy.; Motion picture actors and actresses; Traffic accident victims;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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High society : the life of Grace Kelly / by Spoto, Donald,1941-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982.; Motion picture actors and actresses; Princesses;
© 2009., Harmony Books,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Along the way : the journey of a father and son / by Sheen, Martin.; Edelman, Hope.; Estevez, Emilio,1962-;
Subjects: Estevez, Emilio, 1962-; Sheen, Martin.; Fathers and sons; Motion picture actors;
© 2012., Free Press,
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Reagan : an American journey / by Spitz, Bob,author.;
"From New York Times bestselling biographer Bob Spitz, a full and rich biography of an epic American life, capturing what made Ronald Reagan both so beloved and so transformational. More than five years in the making, based on hundreds of interviews and access to previously unavailable documents, and infused with irresistible storytelling charm, Bob Spitz's Reagan stands fair to be the first truly post-partisan biography of our 40th President, and thus a balm for our own bitterly divided times. It is the quintessential American triumph, brought to life with cinematic vividness: a young man is born into poverty and raised in a series of flyspeck towns in the Midwest by a pious mother and a reckless, alcoholic, largely absent father. Severely near-sighted, the boy lives in his own world, a world of the popular books of the day, and finds his first brush with popularity, even fame, as a young lifeguard. Thanks to his first great love, he imagines a way out, and makes the extraordinary leap to go to college, a modest school by national standards, but an audacious presumption in the context of his family's station. From there, the path is only very dimly lit, but it leads him, thanks to his great charm and greater luck, to a solid career as a radio sportscaster, and then, astonishingly, fatefully, to Hollywood. And the rest, as they say, is history. Bob Spitz's Reagan is an absorbing, richly detailed, even revelatory chronicle of the full arc of Ronald Reagan's epic life - giving full weight to the Hollywood years, his transition to politics and rocky but ultimately successful run as California governor, and ultimately, of course, his iconic presidency, filled with storm and stress but climaxing with his peace talks with the Soviet Union that would serve as his greatest legacy. It is filled with fresh assessments and shrewd judgments, and doesn't flinch from a full reckoning with the man's strengths and limitations. This is no hagiography: Reagan was never a brilliant student, of anything, and his disinterest in hard-nosed political scheming, while admirable, meant that this side of things was left to the other people in his orbit, not least his wife Nancy; sometimes this delegation could lead to chaos, and worse. But what emerges as a powerful signal through all the noise is an honest inherent sweetness, a gentleness of nature and willingness to see the good in people and in this country, that proved to be a tonic for America in his time, and still is in ours. It was famously said that FDR had a first-rate disposition and a second-rate intellect. Perhaps it is no accident that only FDR had as high a public approval rating leaving office as Reagan did, or that in the years since Reagan has been closing in on FDR on rankings of Presidential greatness. Written with love and irony, which in a great biography is arguably the same thing, Bob Spitz's masterpiece will give no comfort to partisans at either extreme; for the rest of us, it is cause for celebration"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Reagan, Ronald.; Presidents; Governors; Motion picture actors and actresses;
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The fury / by Michaelides, Alex,1977-author.;
'The Fury' is a masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex-movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder. From the author of 'The Maidens' (a Dewey Diva pick).
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Celebrities; Islands; Motion picture actors and actresses; Murder; Recluses; Revenge;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Cher [sound recording] : the memoir, part one / by Cher,1946-author,narrator.; Block, Stephanie J.,narrator.; Blackstone Publishing,publisher.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Cher, Stephanie J. Block."After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir. Her remarkable career is unique and unparalleled. The only woman to top Billboard charts in seven consecutive decades, she is the winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy, a Grammy, and a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame who has been lauded by the Kennedy Center. She is a lifelong activist and philanthropist. As a dyslexic child who dreamed of becoming famous, Cher was raised in often-chaotic circumstances, surrounded by singers, actors, and a mother who inspired her in spite of their difficult relationship. With her trademark honesty and humor, Cher: The Memoir traces how this diamond in the rough succeeded with no plan and little confidence to become the trailblazing superstar the world has been unable to ignore for more than half a century. Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono -- and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart. Cher: The Memoir reveals the daughter, the sister, the wife, the lover, the mother, and the superstar. It is a life too immense for only one book"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Audiobooks.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Cher, 1946-; Motion picture actors and actresses; Singers; Women singers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Making a scene / by Wu, Constance,1982-author.; Wu, Constance,1982-Essays.Selections.; Wu, Constance,1982-Betty and Syd.; Wu, Constance,1982-Exploring orange.; Wu, Constance,1982-Impeach the president.; Wu, Constance,1982-Little Cassandra.; Wu, Constance,1982-Lucky bucks.; Wu, Constance,1982-Making a scene.; Wu, Constance,1982-Montana gold.; Wu, Constance,1982-Of course she did.; Wu, Constance,1982-Snap and whistle.; Wu, Constance,1982-Welcome to Jurassic Park.;
"Through raw and relatable essays, Constance shares private memories of childhood, young love and heartbreak, sexual assault and harassment, and how she "made it" in Hollywood. Her stories offer a behind-the-scenes look at being Asian American in the entertainment industry and the continuing evolution of her identity and influence in the public eye"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Essays.; Personal narratives.; Wu, Constance, 1982-; Asian American actors; Motion picture actors and actresses; Television actors and actresses;
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