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Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Lions, Komodo dragons, dogs, monkeys, and pheasants -- all have shared spotlights and tabloid headlines with celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Thomas Edison, and David Hasselhoff. Millet hilariously tweaks these unholy communions to run a stake through the heart of our fascination with famous people and pop culture. While in so much fiction animals exist as symbols of good and evil or as author stand-ins, they represent nothing but themselves in...
Author
Series
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The bodyguards of Elite Guardians Agency have more than just skill and prowess in common--they're also all women. When it becomes clear that popular psychiatrist and radio personality Wade Savage has a stalker, his father secretly hires Elite Guardians in order to protect his son. But when Wade's bodyguard is attacked and nearly killed, agency owner Olivia Edwards must step in and fill the gap"--Amazon.com.
33) The broken road
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Chicago celebrity, Charles James can't shake the nightmare that wakes him each night. He sees himself walking down a long, broken highway the sides of which are lit in flames. Where is he going? Why is he walking? What is the wailing he hears around him? By day, he wonders why he's so haunted and unhappy when he has all he ever wanted-fame, fans and fortune and the lavish lifestyle it affords him. Coming from a childhood of poverty and pain, this...
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. weaves together genealogical detective work with cutting-edge DNA analysis to trace the ancestry of a diverse array of trailblazing public figures. The result is a captivating cross-section of history, illustrating that diversity is both America's strength and its constant.
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
These nuggets of wisdom are offered by an Academy Award nominated actor (James Woods), a popular comedian (Aasif Mandvi), and a world-famous novelist (Jodi Picoult) to their sixteen-year-old selves. No matter how accomplished and confident they seem today, at sixteen, they were like the rest of us, often unsure, frequently confused, and usually in need of a little reassurance. In this book, 75 celebrities, writers, musicians, athletes, and actors...
37) Dollhouse
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
The sibling celebrities provide a fictional glimpse into their lives, revealing the inner workings of a glamorous, high-profile, and complicated family, and leaving it up to readers to determine which storylines are based on their actual experiences and which ones are purely imaginary.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Alienating everyone with her public misbehavior and fresh from a stint in rehab, heiress Caroline Dixon is looking to turn her life around, going into seclusion to avoid vicioius paparazzi haunting her every move, until a correspondence with her former nanny, Astrid Brevald, and cowboy Cyril Dale teaches her a valuable lesson in truth, forgiveness, love, and redemption.
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Alan Partidge is the hilariously unprofessional host of the cheesiest television talk show imaginable. Self-absorbed and cursed with an ABBA fixation, Alan confronts an endless parade of C-list celebrities week after week with mounting frustration and antagonism.
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