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Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades-a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed. Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira Gershwin/Kurt Weill production where Williams ended up...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
247 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
From multi-award winner Whoopi Goldberg comes a new and unique memoir of her family and their influence on her early life.
Author
Publisher
Diversion Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Diversion Books edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 232 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The comedian, actress and best-selling author presents a collection of essays chronicling the lessons learned on her journey to superstardom, from the legacy of her childhood trauma to difficulties being a black woman in the entertainment industry.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 373 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Discover the work of the greatest writer in the English language as you've never encountered it before by pre-ordering internationally renowned actor Dame Judi Dench's SHAKESPEARE: The Man Who Pays The Rent - a witty, insightful journey through the plays and tales of our beloved Shakespeare. Taking a curtain call with a live snake in her wig... Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted green... Acting opposite a child with a pumpkin...