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Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xiv, 297 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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"The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon Several years before he died in 2008, Paul Newman commissioned his best friend to interview actors and directors he worked with, his friends, his children, his first wife, his psychiatrist, and Joanne Woodward, to create an oral history of his life. After hearing and reading what others said about him, Newman then dictated his own version of his life. Now, this long-lost memoir-90% Newman's...
63) Plan of attack
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Series
Pub. Date
2004
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597 p. : map ; 24 cm.
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Plan of Attack is the definitive account of how and why President George W. Bush, his war council, and allies launched a preemptive attack to topple Saddam Hussein and occupy Iraq. Bob Woodward's latest landmark account of Washington decision making provides an original, authoritative narrative of behind-the-scenes maneuvering, examining the causes and consequences of the most controversial war since Vietnam. Based on interviews with 75 key participants...
65) "We're going to see the Beatles!": an oral history of Beatlemania as told by the fans who were there
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Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
284 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
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Pub. Date
c1990
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xxviii, 259 p. : port. ; 24 cm.
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This collection of Raymond Carver's interviews reveals him to have been perhaps the premier short-story writer of his generation, a lyric-narrative poet of singular resonance, and a staunch proponent of realistic fiction in the wake of postmodern formalism. The twenty-five conversations gathered here, several available in English for the first time, include craft interviews, biographical portraits, self-analyses, and wide-ranging reflections on the...
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
127 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
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A celebratory guide to Marvel Studios' four epic Avengers movies from The Avengers (2012) to Avengers: Endgame (2019). Includes exclusive interviews with the cast and crew of the super hero films that defined a generation of cinema! Including interviews with Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Chris Hemsworth and more! Packed with stunning photography and concept art from the biggest films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
71) Laughing matters
Pub. Date
[2004], c2003
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
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"Laughing Matters" profiles four lesbian stand-up comics who were "out" onstage before it was chic. Alternating between interviews and live performances, these women share their stories of how they came to be comedians and how they use the realities of being lesbian in their performances.
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Jonathan Cott's story begins one day in 1968 when he went to interview John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their London flat. Later that evening Lennon invited Cott - then the London correspondent for fledgling music magazine Rolling Stone - to sit in on a recording session at Abbey Road Studios. From this professional introduction a friendship was born - one that continued even as Lennon and Ono moved to New York. It was Cott who interviewed the couple on...
74) Blumenthal
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (86 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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"He died laughing" becomes the very definition of irony when renowned playwright Harold Blumenthal literally drops dead during an interview while laughing at one of his own jokes. Those around him are thrown into a tailspin while coming to grips with his untimely passing, along with some familial infighting.
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Pub. Date
2021.
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xxi, 282 pages ; 24 cm
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In Richer, Wiser, Happier, William Green draws on interviews that he's conducted over twenty-five years with many of the world's greatest investors, from Sir John Templeton to Charlie Munger, Jack Bogle to Ed Thorp, Will Danoff to Mohnish Pabrai, Bill Miller to Laura Geritz, Joel Greenblatt to Howard Marks. As he discovered, their talents extend well beyond the financial realm. The most successful investors are mavericks and iconoclasts who question...
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xi, 108 pages ; 20 cm
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Pope Francis examines the role of millennials in the future of the Catholic Church in this urgent call to believers of all generations to work together to build a better world. Since his election in 2013, Pope Francis has reinvigorated the Catholic Church and become one of the most popular global leaders. Now, in this extraordinary interview with journalist Thomas Leoncini, His Holiness reminds Catholics of all ages that "God is young; He is always...
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (10 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Co-founder of The Carlyle Group and patriotic philanthropist David M. Rubenstein takes listeners on a sweeping journey across the grand arc of the American story through revealing conversations with some of the country's greatest historians. In these lively dialogues, the biggest names in American history explore the subjects they've come to so intimately know and understand, offering fresh insight on pivotal moments from the Founding Era to the late...
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Pub. Date
2012
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121 p. ; 21 cm.
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"In intimate and eloquent interviews, including the last he gave before his suicide, the writer hailed by A.O. Scott of The New York Times as "the best mind of his generation" considers the state of modern America, entertainment and discipline, adulthood, literature, and his own inimitable writing style. The volume includes among others interviews with Laura Miller, Dave Eggers, and the student magazine of Wallace's own alma mater, Amherst."--Publisher's...
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