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 | Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams Product# 460679979 Selling for $14 "Traces the life and career of the mid-twentieth-century country music star, from his sickly and fatherless childhood and musical education by an African-American street singer, to his early gigs in Depression-era rural honky-tonks and rise to Grand Ole Opry star, in an account that also discusses his struggles with alcoholism and early death. Reprint. 35,000 first printing." |
 | Tallulah!: The Life and Times of a Leading Lady Product# 460681230 Selling for $29.95 "Book Description Outrageous, outspoken, and uninhibited, Tallulah Bankhead was an actress known as much for her vices -- cocaine, alcohol, hysterical tirades, and scandalous affairs with both men and women -- as she was for her winning performances on stage. In 1917, a fifteen-year-old Bankhead boldly left her established Alabama political family and fled to New York City to sate her relentless need for attention and become a star. Five years later, she crossed the Atlantic, immediately taking her place as a fixture in British society and the most popular actress in London's West End. By the time she returned to America in the 1930s, she was infamous for throwing marathon parties, bedding her favorite costars, and neglecting to keep her escapades a secret from the press. At times, her notoriety distracted her audience from her formidable talent and achievements on stage and dampened the critical re-sponse to her work. As Bankhead herself put it, 'they like me to 'Tallulah,' you know -- dance and sing and romp and fluff my hair and play reckless parts.' Still, her reputation as a wild, witty, over-the-top leading lady persisted until the end of her life at the age of sixty-six. From her friendships with such entertainment luminaries as Tennessee Williams, Estelle Winwood, Billie Holiday, No?½l Coward, and Marlene Dietrich, to the intimate details of her family relationships and her string of doomed romances, Joel Lobenthal has captured the private essence of the most public star during theater's golden age. Larger-than-life as she was, friends saw through Bankhead's veneer of humor and high times to the heart of a woman who often felt second-best in her father's eyes, who longed for the children she was unable to bear, and who forced herself into the spotlight to hide her deep-seated insecurities. Drawn from scores of exclusive interviews, as well as previously untapped information from Scotland Yard and the FBI, this is the essential biography of Tallulah Bankhead. Having spent twenty-five years researching Bankhead's life, Joel Lobenthal tells her unadulterated story, as told to him by her closest friends, enemies, lovers, and employees. Several have broken decadelong silences; many have given Lobenthal their final interviews. The result is the story of a woman more complex, more shocking, and yet more nuanced than her notorious legend suggests." |
 | How To Make Love Like A Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale Product# 460681415 Selling for $16.95 "A guide to uninhibited sex by one of the adult film industry's most popular stars shares the dramatic story of her life while offering a behind-the-scenes look at her career, presenting detailed instructions on a range of sexual techniques. Reprint. 150,000 first printing." |
 | 'scuse Me While I Whip This Out: Reflections On Country Singers, Presidents, And Other Troublemakers Product# 460681419 Selling for $13.95 "A collection of personal observations by the author of Kill Two Birds & Get Stoned includes original and previously published pieces and features such topics as marriage, a visit to the White House, and his friendships with Joe Heller and Bob Dylan. Reprint. 25,000 first printing." |
 | Oscar Micheaux: The Great and Only : The Life of America's First Black Filmmaker Product# 460681765 Selling for $29.95 "Traces the life and career of a pioneering director from the genre of African-American cinema, discussing his childhood in the homesteading communities of South Dakota, his direction of numerous silent and sound films at a time before black-produced movies could be shown in white theaters, and his lesser-known influence on American black culture. 25,000 first printing." |
 | George Balanchine: The Ballet Maker Product# 460681856 Selling for $19.95 "Documents the life and achievements of the foremost contemporary ballet choreographer, discussing how he left revolutionary Russia in 1924 to join Serge Diaghilev's famous Ballets Russes, established a lifelong collaboration with Stravinsky, founded what would become the New York City Ballet, and choreographed major stage and movie productions. 35,000 first printing." |
 | Love, Janis Product# 460681873 Selling for $13.95 "Janis Joplin's sister uses newly discovered letters to chronicle the singer's life, discussing her restless teen years, involvement in the hippie scene at Haight-Ashbury, sexual experimentation, drug use, and career. Reprint. 25,000 first printing." |
 | That's Me in the Corner: Adventures of an Ordinary Boy in a Celebrity World Product# 460684002 Selling for $21.95 "Fast approaching his fortieth birthday, Andrew is cornered at a family gathering by the nine-year-old son of his brother-in-law's sister. Having seen him as a talking head on TV, the boy asks, 'What are you?' It is a question so frank and simple that Andrew doesn't have an immediate answer to hand. So, he sets out to retrace how he got there." |
 | Inside Little Britain Product# 460684012 Selling for $13.95 "Follows a year in the lives of Matt Lucas and David Walliams - the good, the bad, the mundane and the monumental. This book also covers their childhoods, family life and early comedy performances as they found their feet; their complex friendship and working relationship; and the increasingly insane world they inhabit." |
| Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams Product# 460687062 Selling for $14 "Traces the life and career of the mid-twentieth-century country music star, from his sickly and fatherless childhood and musical education by an African-American street singer, to his early gigs in Depression-era rural honky-tonks and rise to Grand Ole Opry star, in an account that also discusses his struggles with alcoholism and early death. Reprint. 35,000 first printing." |
 | The Basketball Diaries Product# 460765721 Selling for $13 The original classic story about growing up with drugs and sex and about learning to survive on the streets of New York--once again in print. An urban classic of coming of age. |