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Stories I Only Tell My Friends

Rob Lowe · 344 pages

A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

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Here Comes Trouble

Michael Moore · 448 pages

Capturing the zeitgeist of the past fifty years, yet deeply personal and unflinchingly honest, "Here Comes Trouble" takes readers on an unforgettable, take-no-prisoners ride through the life and times of Michael Moore. No one will come away from this book without a sense of surprise about the Michael Moore most of us didn't know.

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Diaries 1969-1979: The Python Years

Michael Palin · 672 pages

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An Unsuitable Boy

Karan Johar, Poonam Saxena · 352 pages

xiii, 216 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 24 cm

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My Movie Business: A Memoir

John Irving · 176 pages

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The Kid Stays in the Picture

Robert Evans · 480 pages

An autobiographical account of the life and times of Robert Evans, Hollywood producer who worked on Love Story, Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Marathon Man, Chinatown The Cottonwood Club and many other films.

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Survival in the Killing Fields

Haing Ngor, Roger Warner · 521 pages

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The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and Son

David Gilmour · 247 pages

"I loved David Gilmour's sleek, potent little memoir, The Film Club. It's so, so wise in the ways of fathers and sons, of movies and movie-goers, of love and loss." --- Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning author of Empire Falls"If all sons had dads like David Gilmour, then Oedipus would be a forgotten legend and Father's Day would be a worldwide film festival."--Sean Wilsey, author of Oh

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As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride

Cary Elwes, Joe Layden · 272 pages

From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in *The Princess Bride*, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Gol

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It's Only a Movie: Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive

Mark Kermode · 336 pages

Reel life adventures of a film obsessiveTo avoid fainting, keep repeatingIt's only a move..only a movie..only a movie..only a movieIf you grew up believing that Planet of the Apes told you all you needed to know about politics, that Slade in Flame was a savage expose of the pop world, and that The Exorcist revealed the meaning of life, then you probably spent far too many of your formative years a

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I Remember Nothing: and Other Reflections

Nora Ephron · 153 pages

A humorous collection of personal essays discusses the author's career in journalism, divorce, a long-anticipated inheritance with unanticipated results, and the evolution of her relationship with her e-mail in-box.

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Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo

Werner Herzog · 306 pages

One of the most revered filmmakers of our time, Werner Herzog wrote this diary during the making of Fitzcarraldo, the lavish 1982 film that tells the story of a would-be rubber baron who pulls a steamship over a hill in the Amazon jungle in order to access a rich rubber territory. Later, Herzog spoke of his difficulties when making the film, including casting problems, reshoots, language barriers,

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My Mother Was Nuts

Penny Marshall · 352 pages

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Adventures in the Screen Trade

William Goldman · 425 pages

Includes an idea-to-film production case study of his short story, Da Vinci.

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It Chooses You

Miranda July · 218 pages

While writing the script for her 2011 film *The Future*, Miranda July sought inspiration from the most unlikely of places: A weekly classified ads booklet. *It Chooses You* includes a series of interviews the author conducted with people who placed ads for various items or services, along with short snippets concerning her writing process for *The Future* plus some autobiographical notes. The b

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Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey

Richard Ayoade · 320 pages

"Richard Ayoade - actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself"--Publisher's description.

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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made

Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell · 279 pages

"In 2003, an independent film called The Room--starring and written, produced, directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit of indeterminate age and origin named Tommy Wiseau--made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as "like getting stabbed in the head," the six-million-dollar film earned a grand total of $1800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years

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Karma Gone Bad: How I Learned to Love Mangos, Bollywood and Water Buffalo

Jenny Feldon · 321 pages

When Jenny's husband gets transferred to India for work, she looks forward to a new life filled with glamorous expat friends and exciting adventures. What she doesn't expect is endless bouts of food poisoning, buffalo in the streets, and crippling loneliness in one of the most densely populated countries in the world. Ten thousand miles away from home, Jenny struggles to fight off depression and a

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