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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Publishing Group, 1996. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0345396367. An intimate, enlightening portrait of her life and work. Anne Rice talks in depth ?in her own words? about everyt hing: from her early struggles toward publication to the tremendous literary reputatuion she has achieved. She discusses her personal favorites of her novels, as well as her lesser known works. She a l so gives her difinitive critique of the film version of Interview With The Vampire. Book as new except for the back cover 2 outside tips are bent upwards, and there's a 1" crease next to the edge, f ro nt cover next to the top outside corner is a 1/2" crease also. The book is in nice shape, those are minor imperfections. Looks unread..

Great Britain: Piatkus, 1989. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0861888642. 'Ralph Martin follows Golda Meir's fascinating life story, from her impoverished childhood in Russia to the yea rs she spent in America as schoolchild and later schoolteacher, and then on to her marriage and subsequent political involvement in Palestine in the .' The top & bottom of the spine and all 4 outside corners are slightly bumped & rubbed. The jacket top & bottom of the spine and all 4 outside corners and outside edges are slightly bumped & rubbed..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Owl Books, 1999. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Self-preservation did not come instinctually to Irish journalist Nuala O'Faolain. One of 9 children--her mother had 13 pregnancies in all--she grew up in the 1940s and '50s in a defeated Dublin household. Her reporter father seems to have spent his time and money, and even love, elsewhere--and as the family grew more isolated and unable to cope, alcohol became her mother's only way out. "One of the stories of my life has been the working out in it of her powerful and damaging example in everything," the author admits, "Nothing mattered to her except passion." Some of O'Faolain's siblings emphatically didn't make it, but she was lucky to find refuge in books. They have been a defense, a comfort, and a delight. Are You Somebody offers a wrenching account of childhood and a highly provocative take on the sexual and professional situation of Irish women. Though literature… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Hyperion, 1996. Hard Cover. As New/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0786861363. The touching and haunting memoir of a woman born and raised in the American Deep South, surviving a Gothic childhood , an adolescence experimenting with sex, drugs, and alcohol, an abusive first marriage, eventually taking up an acting career and becoming the star of the popular television sitcom 'Grace Under Fire' . Has much information on the inner workings of television and media, other actors and actresses, much more..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Avalon New York, 1995. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:1560250909. Contents are clean bright. Illustrated with b&w photos, pictorial color cover. The biography of the greatest musc ian that's walked the earth! Depicts the life, work and philosophy or this non-conformist rock legend, counterculture hero and symbol of the Sixties. Best known as the lead guitarist for the GRATEFUL DEAD. 288 pages. The front & back cover 2 outside tips of corners are bent up just a little and there is a 2" diagonal crease across the back cover front edge to the bottom. The buyer will be pleased . Any parent who was a flower child in the sixties would love this as a gift..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, 1988. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0393024679. Six foot six, 220 pounds. Bats right, throws right. Power hitter to all fields. Runs hard, fast, and smart on the basepaths. Climbs t he wall like spiderman to steal homeruns and throws the ball to pick off runners. A blueprint for the complete baseball player. Dave Winfield. But, as this book shows, Dave Winfield has also lived a c omplete life, on and off the field..

London, United Kingdom: Michael O'Mara Books, Limited, 1996. Hard Cover. Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:1854792237. The Book She Tried To Ban. 1996 and only a hundred or so episodes back in the ongoing adventures of Fergie. Over nine inche s tall which allows a huge yellow Fergie in banner-size type. It includes an index but far more interesting is the glossary, where you learn nicknames like Linky, for the Duchess, The Blonde and Dutc h for the Princess and Reptiles for journalists. The duchess of york in various compromising poses with her " financial adviser", John Bryan. One light crease on front cover near bottom by spine. Oth e r wise as new..

Bishop Books Inc. 2000. Soft Cover. Fine. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Illustrated by Photos. 132 pages. Rosie O'Donnell's Biography. A must read!.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1986. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0394552547. 1st printing. Biography of entertainer and actress Carol Burnett. Many photographs in B/W of carol, her family an d her career. Also in print, copies of letters written by Carol in her own handwriting. Design of DJ are Pictures of Carol at different times in her life on front and a large great photo of Carol in 1 988. Inside front cover has a price sticker with bar code, otherwise book as new. Dustjacket slightly bumped at top of spine & bottom outside front corner..

New York,NY: St. Martin's Press, 1967. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2nd printing. A biography of one of Queen Victoria's most well known prime ministers. The top & bottom of the spine and a 1" area on back co ver next to top of spine are bumped & rubbed. The jacket has a scratch & light tear down the center of the front cover with a 1" tear on the upper left corner. It also has rubbing on outside edges, t o p & bottom of the spine and all 4 outside corners. The bottom of spine is missing a small 1/16" piece of jacket at the bottom..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1992. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. From America's best-loved storyteller comes his greatest story yet: the story of his life. Michener tells of surviving three plane crashes, taking part in a mutiny, barely escaping death in Saigon, and much more. 16 pages of photographs. JAMES MICHENER was "a Renaissance man, adventurous, inquisitive, energetic, unpretentious and unassuming, with an encyclopedic mind and a generous heart. " 519 pages. Bottom of spine is bumped. Dust jacket top of spine and both outside top corner tips are very slightly bumped..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Ballantine Books, 1994. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. "Dramatic, graphic and wrenching.The reader is left to wonder--at the devastation of Carcaterra's youth, at his survival to adulthood, and at the grace that allowed him to craft this piercing memoir." THE WASHINGTON POST Lorenza Carcaterra grew up in Hell's Kitchen, New York in the 1950s and '60s in a confusing world of love and fear of his paradoxically violent and affectionate father. Then Lorenzo learned that his father had murdered his first wife. And he wondered how he could love his father again. Did he possess the same murderous fury; would he someday suddenly lash out at those he loved? As his father's physical abuse escalated, Lorenzo sought frantically for a safe place.a place where he could find hope and reconciliation and peace, where his father's terrible shadow no longer lingered. Now, decades later, Lorenzo has finally come to terms with the awful… Leer más

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Penguin Group, 1994. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 15 colour photos. 4 colour illus inside cover. In a voice both innocent and wise, touchingly reminiscent of Anne Frank's, Zlata Fi lipovic's diary has awoken the conscience of the world. Now thirteen years old, Zlata began her diary just before her eleventh birthday, when there was peace in Sarajevo and her life was that of a br i ght, intelligent, carefree young girl. Her early entires describe her friends, her new skis, her family, her grades at school, her interest in joining the Madonna Fan Club. And then on television, s he sees the bombs falling on Dubrovnik. Though repelled by the sight, Zlata cannot conceive of the same thing happening in Sarajevo. When it does, the whole tone of her diary changes. Would make a g re at gift for anyone who liked to read Anne Frank's diary or the holocaust suffering. This book is gift condition!.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1984. The amazing life story of Jiang Qing, the often cruel revolutionary who married China's Communist party leader, Mao Zedong. Madame Mao tells the riveting story of her rise to power and shows how some of the most brutal acts of the Cultural Revolution were instigated by the caprices of this one powerful woman. This is the most complete and authoritative account of the childhood and tumultuous life of Jiang Qing, from her early years as an aspiring actress to her marriage and partnership with Mao Zedong, the controversial years of power after Mao's death, her final years of disgrace and imprisonment, and her suicide in 1991. 446 pages. Prev. owners stamp on 5th page. Spine is creased. Rear cover bottom left corner slightly bumped. Top & bottom and edges of spine are slightly rubbed.. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Random House, Incorporated, 1997. In this extraordinary memoir, Harrison transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman's life--an obsessive love affair between father and daughter that began when Harrison was 20 years old. Exquisitely and hypnotically written, "The Kiss" reveals a shocking truth, a story both of taboo and of family complicity in breaking taboo. 207 pages.. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.