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Anna May Wong
Hong Kong University Press, HKU 2012; US$ 25.00Anna May Wong was perhaps the best known Chinese American actresses during Hollywoods golden age, a free spirit and embodiment of the flapper era much like Louise Brooks. She starred in over fifty movies between 1919 and 1960, sharing the screen with such luminaries as Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and Marlene Dietrich. Born in Los Angeles in 1905, Wong... more...
Das Geheimnis der Oberfläche
De Gruyter 1994; US$ 133.00Das Geheimnis der Oberfläche Der Raum der Postmoderne und die Bühnenkunst Robert Wilsons more...
Crypt 33
Kensington Publishing Corp. 2012; US$ 18.99The Shocking Truth Behind Marilyn's Death--Revealed at Last. She was an icon, a sex symbol, and a living legend. But when she was found naked and dead on the morning of August 5, 1962, Marilyn Monroe became the subject of a mystery that has fascinated and perplexed the world for generations. Was her death an accident? Suicide? Or murder? In this... more...
Seinfeld
HarperCollins 2010; Not AvailableThe never-before-told story of how Jerry Seinfeld made his dream come true -- of how this very ambitious, extremely driven, compulsively perfectionistic carefully worked his way up through the knock-down-drag-out world of stand-up comedy as it began to explode in the mid-1970s, & how he went on to co-create in the late 80s what is considered to be... more...
Elizabeth Taylor
Triumph Books 2011; US$ 14.99Elizabeth Taylor was a woman of stunning beautyan actress blessed with immense talent, and someone whose never-dull life shaped the world's view of what it meant to be a celebrity. This must-have keepsake uses a breathtaking collection of photographs to tell the story of a life well-lived, following Taylor from her debut as a child star to her... more...
Leonardo DiCaprio
John Blake 2012; US$ 19.99The story of DiCaprio's meteoric rise to fame, delving beneath his polished Hollywood image to examine just what makes him tick Leo has become one of the highest paid actors in the world and his position looks set to be secure for some time to come as the release of the new 3D version of Titanic heralds another sensational year in the life of... more...
Political and Protest Theatre after 9/11
Taylor and Francis 2011; US$ 131.00This collection documents and examines political and protest theatre produced between the 9/11 attacks in 2001 and Obama?s election in 2008 by British and American artists responding to their own governments? actions and policies during this time. The plays take up topics such as the ongoing wars on terror, Blair?s support of U.S. policies, the flawed... more...
Johnny Depp Starts Here
Rutgers University Press 2005; US$ 21.95rom beloved bad-boy to cool and captivating maverick, Johnny Depp has inspired media intrigue and has been the source of international acclaim since the early 1990s. He has attracted attention for his eccentric image, his accidental acting career, his beguiling good looks, and his quirky charm. In Johnny Depp Starts Here, film scholar Murray Pomerance... more...
Stan Without Ollie
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 38.00Long before his momentous teaming with Oliver Hardy, comedian Stan Laurel (1890-1965) was a motion picture star in his own right. From his film debut in Nuts in May (1917) through his final solo starring effort Should Tall Men Marry? (1928), Laurel headlined dozens of short comedies for a variety of producers and production companies, often playing... more...
Ingrid Bergman
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers 2012; US$ 35.00Smit studies the woman behind her public image as a natural, wholesome, even saintly person, an image carefully crafted by Bergman's first producer David O. Selznick. Bergman hid behind that image to live her life on her own terms. That life included three difficult marriages, numerous lovers, and a major scandal that stained her reputation but... more...









