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1) Tribute
Author
Language
English
Description
Cilla, a former child star who has found more satisfying work as a restorer of old houses, has come to her grandmother's Shenandoah Valley farmhouse, tools at her side, to rescue it from ruin. In the attic, she finds a cache of unsigned letters suggesting that her grandmother was pregnant when she died and that the father was a local married man. When Cilla becomes the target of a series of intimidating acts and a frightening, violent assault, her...
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
A funny, highly personal, gorgeously written account of what it's like to be a 30-year-old man who is told he has an 80-year-old's disease.
"Life is great. Sometimes, though, you just have to put up with a little more crap." --Michael J. Fox
In September 1998, Michael J. Fox stunned the world by announcing he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease--a degenerative neurological condition. In fact, he had been secretly fighting it for seven years....
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Cassie Kramer and her younger sister, Allie, learned the hazards of fame long ago. Together, they'd survived the horror of a crazed fan who nearly killed their mother, former Hollywood actress Jenna Hughes. Still, Cassie moved to L.A., urging Allie to follow. As a team, they'd take the town by storm. But Allie, finally free of small-town Oregon, and just that little bit more beautiful, also proved to be more talented--and driven. Where Cassie got...
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest man in Hollywood (though he would be the first to tell you that it's simply not the...
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
c2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
"I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite the contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in self-questioning. In other words, I wanted to find out, as I looked back at a long and complicated life, with many twists and turns, how well I've done at measuring up to the values I myself have set. "In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks...
6) Forever
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
c2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Book 5 in the 5-book Christian fiction series that has sold over 1.5 million copies
A story about surviving tough times, about drawing strength and hope from family and deep faith, from Karen Kingsbury, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "heart-tugging and emotional" (Romantic Times) life-changing fiction.
A Dream Come True
Katy Hart is thrilled about her future with Hollywood's Dayne Matthews....
A story about surviving tough times, about drawing strength and hope from family and deep faith, from Karen Kingsbury, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of "heart-tugging and emotional" (Romantic Times) life-changing fiction.
A Dream Come True
Katy Hart is thrilled about her future with Hollywood's Dayne Matthews....
7) Deep freeze
Author
Series
Publisher
Zebra Books, Kensignton Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Jenna Hughes had received twisted fan mail before--it was one of the reasons she'd moved herself and her two daughters from Hollywood to rural Oregon. But the letters arriving at her isolated farm are different, disturbingly personal--and coming from somewhere far too close for comfort. And when a dead woman is found in the woods nearby, Jenna fears that bringing her family here was a terrible mistake. Because each snowfall brings another missing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Harlequin Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
The "First Lady of the West," #1 New York Times bestselling author Linda Lael Miller, cordially invites you to Parable, Montana-where love awaitsWedding bells are ringing in Parable, Montana, but Brylee Parrish hasn't enjoyed the sound since being jilted at the altar by Hutch Carmody. She's over Hutch now, and running a multimillion-dollar business is challenging enough for this country gal. So she should avoid falling head over boot heels for A-list...
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Based on three years of research and reporting as well as 850 interviews with sources, many of whom have never before spoken for publication, Oprah is the first comprehensive biography of one of the most influential, powerful, and admired public figures of our time. Anyone who is a fan of Oprah Winfrey or who has followed her extraordinary life and career will be fascinated and newly informed by the closely observed, detailed, and well-rounded portrait...
10) Falling Stars
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
"Fern Michaels' Christmas novels are pure holiday magic--uplifting stories of love, family, and friendship in irresistible settings. In this special seasonal tale, a ski instructor finds her skills - and her heart - put to the test courtesy of a visiting movie star. Perfect for fans of Mary Kay Andrews, Debbie Macomber, and RaeAnne Thayne. It's not just Santa Claus who's coming to town this Christmas...one of Hollywood's sexiest stars is too, in this...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
"Drawing from a lifetime of lessons learned, seven-time Emmy winner Betty White's wit and wisdom take center stage as she tackles topics like friendship, romantic love, aging, television, fans, love for animals, and the brave new world of celebrity. If You Ask Me mixes her thoughtful observations with humorous stories from a seven- decade career in Hollywood"--Publisher's description.
12) Family
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
Book 4 in the 5-book Christian fiction series that has sold over 1.5 million copies
A heartfelt story about the search for renewed hope and the desperate need to be loved and to belong, from Karen Kingsbury, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “heart-tugging and emotional” (Romantic Times) life-changing fiction.
A Sensational Trial
When Katy Hart travels to Los Angeles to testify...
A heartfelt story about the search for renewed hope and the desperate need to be loved and to belong, from Karen Kingsbury, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of “heart-tugging and emotional” (Romantic Times) life-changing fiction.
A Sensational Trial
When Katy Hart travels to Los Angeles to testify...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Leslie Caron made her film debut with Gene Kelly in the classic MGM musical An American in Paris, created the role of Gigi, danced with Fred Astaire in Daddy Long Legs, and starred with Cary Grant in Father Goose. In Thank Heaven (an homage to the song Maurice Chevalier sings about her in Gigi) Caron shares her remarkable life story. From her childhood with her American mother and French father in occupied France to her early success as a young ballerina;...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In vivid detail, the thirty-year veteran of stage and screen describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his rise to fame with North and South, his commercial breakthroughs in "Dirty Dancing" and "Ghost," and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi.
17) Wish list
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A brilliant movie career, two adoring husbands--none of it is enough to erase the memory of Ariel Hart's one true love. Back when she was plain, shy Aggie Bixby, a dark-eyed young man named Felix touched her heart...then vanished from her life. Now, she's about to do something shocking and outrageous—sell her house and leave Hollywood behind. Making her new home in the quiet town of Chula Vista, she meets Lex Sanders, a wealthy rancher and...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
On the heels of his acclaimed memoir, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed, beloved actor and bestselling author Alan Alda has written THINGS I OVERHEARD WHILE TALKING TO MYSELF, an insightful and funny look at some of the impossible questions he’s asked himself over the years.
Picking up where his bestselling memoir left off–having been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in Chile–Alda finds himself not...
Picking up where his bestselling memoir left off–having been saved by emergency surgery after nearly dying on a mountaintop in Chile–Alda finds himself not...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Meredith White was one of Hollywood's most recognizable faces. But a personal tragedy cut her acting career short and alienated her from her family. For the last fifteen years, Meredith has been living alone in San Francisco with two trusted caretakers. Then, on a muggy late summer day, a massive earthquake strikes Northern California, plunging the Bay Area into chaos. Without a moment's hesitation, Meredith invites her stunned and shaken neighbors...
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