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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorBy Myself and Then Some
Lauren Bacall · 509 pages
On the silver anniversary of its original publication, Bacall brings her inspiring memoir up to date. Bacall and Humphrey Bogart produced some of the most electric scenes in movie history, and their romance on and off screen made them Hollywood's most celebrated couple. But when Bogart died of cancer in 1957, Bacall and their children had to take everything he had taught them and grow up fast. In
The Million Dollar Mermaid
Esther Williams, Digby Diehl · 416 pages
The Lonely Life
Bette Davis · 275 pages
Her early struggles for a stage career, unhappy marriages, hard work and success told in a lighthearted, bantering style.
Watch Me
Anjelica Huston · 389 pages
"Picking up where A Story Lately Told leaves off, when Anjelica Huston is 22 years old, Watch Me is a chronicle of her glamorous and eventful Hollywood years. She writes about falling in love with Jack Nicholson and her adventurous, turbulent, high-profile, spirited 17-year relationship with him and his intoxicating circle of friends. She writes about learning how to act, about her Academy Award-w
Unsinkable: A Memoir
Debbie Reynolds, Dorian Hannaway
Doris Day: Her Own Story
A.E. Hotchner, Doris Day · 369 pages
The events of the popular, thrice-married, blonde singer-actress's life, as told to Hotchner, are given a wider frame through candid interviews with her son, mother, friends, and co-stars.
Tippi: A Memoir
Tippi Hedren · 275 pages
"In this absorbing and surprising memoir, one of the biggest names of classic Hollywood—the star of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and Marnie—tells her story, including never-before-revealed experiences on the set of some of the biggest cult films of all time,"--Amazon.com. For decades, Tippi Hedren's luminous beauty enchanted moviegoers and cemented her among Hollywood's elite. From Alfred Hitchco
Pieces of My Heart: A Life
Robert J. Wagner, Scott Eyman · 393 pages
In this moving memoir, Robert J. Wagner opens his heart to share the romances, the drama, and the humor of an incredible lifeHe grew up in Bel Air next door to a golf course that changed his life. As a young boy, he saw a foursome playing one morning featuring none other than Fred Astaire, Clark Gable, Randolph Scott, and Cary Grant. Seeing these giants of the silver screen awed him and fueled his
Shelley: Also Known as Shirley
Shelley Winters · 511 pages
Life is a Banquet
Rosalind Russell, Chris Chase · 260 pages
My Wicked, Wicked Ways
Errol Flynn · 383 pages
Autobiography of the actor, Errol Flynn, touching on his youth in New Guinea and his Hollywood career.
The Ragman's Son
Kirk Douglas · 510 pages
Swanson on Swanson
Gloria Swanson · 535 pages
Once the most famous woman in the world, she still found time to be a loving mother. Worshipped by the world's most dynamic men on screen, and off, and adored by no less than six husbands, directed by such powerhouses as Chaplin, DeMille, Stroheim, Billy Wilder, she surrendered her will to no man. Offered a million-plus tax free dollars by Paramount, she defied the studio to become her own boss. S
Coreyography
Corey Feldman
"A deeply personal and revealing memoir and Hollywood-survival story by The lost boys and Stand by me star"-- Lovable child star by age ten, international teen idol by fifteen, and to this day a perennial pop-culture staple, Feldman has not only spent the entirety of his life in the spotlight, he's become just as famous for his off-screen exploits as for his roles. But behind the scenes, his life
One Helluva Ride
Michael Douglas with Shane Salerno and Michael Fleming Jr
The Hollywood icon shares stories about his career and relationships.
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Marlon Brando, Robert Lindsey · 527 pages
"This is Marlon Brando's own story, and his reason for telling it is best revealed in his own words: "I have always considered my life a private affair and the business of no one beyond my family and those I love. Except for moral and political issues that aroused in me a desire to speak out, I have done my utmost throughout my life, for the sake of my children and myself, to remain silent...But n
The Moon's a Balloon
David Niven · 327 pages
The Steps
Sylvester Stallone
The Hollywood icon describes the challenges he encountered during his childhood and the start of his career.
Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher · 163 pages
Fisher comes clean (well, sort of) with the crazy truth that is her life, in her first-ever memoir.
'Tis Herself
Maureen O'Hara · 313 pages
In a candid, behind-the-scenes memoir, the legendary Hollywood beauty and beloved star of such classics as "The Quiet Man" and "Miracle On 34th Street" looks back on her varied life and career.
So That Happened: My Unexpected Life in Hollywood
Jon Cryer · 337 pages
Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Chelsea Handler · 264 pages
When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her chest, she appeals to a higher power--vodka. Welcome to Chelsea's world--a place where absurdity reigns supreme and a quick wit is the best line of defense. In this collection, Chelsea mines her past for stories about her family, relationships, and career that are at once singular and ridiculous. Whether she's convincing her third-grade class
Little Girl Lost
Drew Barrymore, Todd Gold · 303 pages
She was a modern-day Shirley Temple, but at the age of nine Drew Barrymore was drinking alcohol. At ten she took up marijuana, and by twelve she began snorting cocaine. Here is her gripping, heart-wrenching story--a story of a childhood gone awry and a young woman battling to restore order to her chaotic life.
sTORI Telling
Tori Spelling · 276 pages
Tori Spelling reflects on her life, discussing her childhood, famous father, family life, marriages, cosmetic procedures, problems with her parents, success as a television actress, and more. Includes photographs.