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Author
Publisher
Castle Point Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
143 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"His power, speed, and killer instincts made him a basketball phenom, but it was blood, sweat, and determination that turned him into an undisputed champion. From the day Sports Illustrated deemed him "The Chosen One" when he was still in high school, LeBron James, a skinny kid from Akron, Ohio, rose to stardom for his world-class athleticism. Two decades, four NBA championships, three Olympic medals, four MVP awards, three teams, and eighteen All-Star...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
412, 8 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"She was the small-town southern beauty transformed into a Hollywood love goddess. He was the legendary crooner whose voice transfixed the world. They were Ava Gardner and Frank Sinatra. Separately they were irresistible; together they were an explosive combination. Ava's star is rising just as Frank's career--and public image as a family man--is taking a hit. Gone are the days of the screaming bobbysoxers and chart-topping hits. Ava, however, finds...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 434 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Through an examination of the lives of several Americans and leading public figures over the past three decades, Packer portrays a superpower in danger of coming apart at the seams, its elites no longer elite, its institutions no longer working, its ordinary people left to improvise their own schemes for success and salvation.
126) To Rome with love
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in the romantic city of Rome. The intertwining stories of a worker who wakes up to find himself a celebrity, an architect who takes a trip back to the street he lived on as a student, a young couple on their honeymoon, and a frustrated opera director who has a talent for discovering talented singers.
127) XOXO
Author
Publisher
HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
337 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Jenny didn't get to be an award-winning, classically trained cellist without choosing practice over fun. That is, until the night she meets Jaewoo. Mysterious, handsome, and just a little bit tormented, Jaewoo is exactly the kind of distraction Jenny would normally avoid. And yet, she finds herself pulled into spending an unforgettable evening wandering Los Angeles with him on the night before his flight home to South Korea. With Jaewoo an ocean...
Author
Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
442 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Teen celebrity socialite Margo leads a double life as a cat burglar with a crew of four kickboxing drag queens, but when a big job goes belly-up, each one of them must rely on their special skills to survive the night.
129) Breaking the rules
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Following a terrifying encounter in the quiet English countryside, a young woman flees to New York. Adopting the initial "M" as her name and reinventing herself as a fashion model, she finds success in Paris fashion and marries a handsome actor. M believes she has put the demons of her past behind her, until bizarre events reveal a dark figure from her past who is determined to shatter her world.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
327 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Charlie and Margaret Marder, political stars in 1960s Washington DC, know all too well how the tangled web of power in the nation's capital can operate. Attorney General Robert Kennedy needs them to look into a potential threat to the security of the United States. Charlie and Margaret quickly find themselves on a flight to sunny Los Angeles. At the center of their investigation is Frank Sinatra, a close friend of President John F. Kennedy and a rumored...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
366 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
For ninety years, Hollywood's brightest stars have favored the Chateau Marmont as a home away from home. An apartment house-turned-hotel, it has been the backdrop for generations of gossip and folklore: 1930s bombshell Jean Harlow took lovers during her third honeymoon there; director Nicholas Ray slept with his sixteen-year-old Rebel Without a Cause star Natalie Wood; Anthony Perkins and Tab Hunter met poolside and began a secret affair; Jim Morrison...
132) The comeback
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Ariadne Hui thrives on routine. So what if everything in her life is planned down to the minute: that's the way she likes it. If she's going to make partner in Toronto's most prestigious law firm, she needs to stay focused at all times. But when she comes home after yet another soul-sucking day to find an unfamiliar, gorgeous man camped out in her living room, focus is the last thing on her mind. Especially when her roommate explains this is Choi...
133) Small fry
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs. Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents--artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs--Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's father was a mythical figure who was rarely present in her life. As she grew older, her father took an interest in her, ushering her into a new world of mansions, vacations,...
135) Party girl: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
275 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Celebrity journalist Amelia Stone is the quintessential L.A. party girl. She goes to Hollywood's most exclusive, star-studded events, where she rubs shoulders (and occasionally more) with celebrities, stays out until all hours of the night, and indulges in the ultimate sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll existence. In short, she's got everything a party girl needs: the looks, the job, the lifestyle. And oh, yes, the out-of-control coke habit. But it's hard...
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
346 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Months ago, hot-tempered celebrity chef Max Cavanagh publicly fell from grace, leaving southern belle celebrity chef Hadley Beckett at the center of the drama. Now forced to work together again, these polar opposites will either fall in love or burn down the kitchen" -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Language
English
Description
Weller traces Carrie Fisher's life from her Hollywood royalty roots to her untimely and shattering death after Christmas 2016. We follow Fisher's acting career, from her debut in Shampoo to the role in Star Wars which catapulted her to instant fame. We explore her complex relationships with singer/composer Paul Simon and with talent agent Bryan Lourd, as well as her leap from actress to bestselling author. Fisher lived with serious bipolar disorder...
138) When it's real
Author
Publisher
Harlequin Teen
Language
English
Description
"Meet Oakley Ford -- teen celebrity, renowned pop star, child of famous movie stars, hottie with millions of fangirls ... and restless troublemaker. On the surface he has it all, but with his home life disintegrating, his music well suddenly running dry, and the tabloids having a field day over his outrageous exploits, Oakley's team decides it's time for an intervention. The result: an image overhaul, complete with a fake girlfriend meant to show...
140) Sweet surrender
Author
Series
Publisher
Grayton Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
262 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Bella Rothschild has finally done it. She's hit the big time. Being a music star has been all she's ever wanted, but with her new fame and second album release comes lack of privacy. Along with a few scary credible threats, she deciding to hide away in the safety of the small town of Silver Cove until things blow over. The last thing she'd expected was to fall for the hired help. Calvin has worked hard his entire life to get where he is. As the new...