As Hollywood actor Dayne Matthews searches for meaning in his life, Katy Hart makes her way as director of the Bloomington, Indiana, Christian Kids Theater. New families and situations will be introduced, but Dayne's search will stand at the center.
New in mass market, this is a witty, fun novel from "New York Times" bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips, one of the most beloved figures in womens fiction.
SEX IN THE CITY author Candace Bushnell aims for a slightly older audience and shifts her central focus from personal relationships to professional success with this juicy (and definitely still sexy) chronicle of the daily ups and downs of three ambitious women in their 40s balancing high-powered careers (in fashion, magazine publishing, and film) ...
Written with the same immense energy, wry humor, and Hollywood skewering that filled his bestselling "If Chins Could Kill," the author gives his fans a follow-up they could not have expected--a laugh-out-loud novel starring (who else?) Bruce Campbell.
Carrie Fisher's first novel is about life in the fast lane in Hollywood. Drawing on her own experiences, she tells the story of a young actress and her recovery from addiction.
These two dark stories, and the most notable works of the short career of Nathanael West, remain stunningly powerful pieces of fiction more than 75 years after their original publication.
The maniacal serial killer Serge A. Storms goes Hollywood and finds himself caught in a web of murder, mayhem, and kidnapping in this hilarious, sidesplitting novel from the outrageous author of "Torpedo Juice" and "Cadillac Beach."
An insight into the interplay between the film industry and mass culture in America, which examines the industry, its narrative conventions and cinematographic style. The work also presents a sweep of film history, using five genres - silent film melodrama, American comedy, the war film, film noir and the making of the West - as the basis for ...
When an executive at the renowned Ufa film studios is found dead, it falls to Nikolai Hoffner, a chief inspector in the Kriminalpolizei, to investigate. With the help of Fritz Lang and Alby Pimm, Hoffner finds this case taking him into the treacherous underbelly of Berlin.
Cooper Winslow, a down-on-his-luck movie star, is forced to take two boarders into his Bel Air home. All three men find their lives dramatically transformed by the unexpected friendships that spring up amongst them, and, of course, this being a Danielle Steel novel, there's plenty of romance and intrigue in the mix.
"Hollywood Babylon" was originally published in Paris, and quickly became an underground legend. Not a word has been changed. Not a story omitted. Here is the hot, luscious plum of sizzling scandal that continues to shock the world.
A flashy Hollywood producer arrives in town with his charming chocolate Lab, claiming he's turning a local author's romance novel into a movie. Lee McKinney suspects he's a phony--and she grows even more suspicious when she stumbles upon a dead body. Includes chocolate trivia. Original.
Upton Sinclair fashioned this novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, providing a picture of the oil industry in Southern California. It is the story of an independent oil developer and his son, whose sympathy with the oilfield workers causes a running debate with his father.
From one of the queens of glitz, glamour, and sex comes a story of Hollywood and the Mafia. In Collins's fourth novel about the exploits of the Santangelo family, Lucky, the multifaceted heroine, takes control of a movie studio.
Three high-powered Hollywood couples, two hot affairs, and a devastating murder change forever the players' lives, in Collins's latest "New York Times"-bestselling page-turner. This edition features an all-new Santangelo story. Martin's Press.
Charlize 'Charlie' Edwards finally has it all: a house in Silverlake, L.A.'s hippest neighbourhood, two fabulous best friends who always have her back, and a great (though hectic) job as the personal assistant to Hollywood's hottest movie star, Drew Stanton. But best of all, Charlie has a newly feathered love nest with Jordan, the sexy ...
West's final book, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, focuses on the fringes of Hollywood. Tod Hackett, late of Yale, designs sets for movies. Poor, awaiting inspiration for a great painting, he frequents the underbelly of California life, meeting various frustrated characters: a shy bookkeeper from Iowa, a smart-aleck child actress, a raging dwarf, and an ...
West's final book, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, focuses on the fringes of Hollywood. Tod Hackett, late of Yale, designs sets for movies. Poor, awaiting inspiration for a great painting, he frequents the underbelly of California life, meeting various frustrated characters: a shy bookkeeper from Iowa, a smart-aleck child actress, a raging dwarf, and an ...
In an effort to get his next big scoop, tabloid reporter Jimmy Gage hooks up with a recently released ex-con and movie director. When Garrett Walsh's new screenplay gets him killed, though, Gage is left to sort out the pieces, which will undoubtedly include enough dirt to sell a truckload of papers....
The author's best-loved character is at the top of her game, thoroughly in charge, and taking life strictly on her own terms. In this novel, "Fly Girl" is becoming a major motion picture, and Tracy is prepared to do anything to make sure it's done right.
In Waugh's satire of American life, Barlow, the English protagonist, is a young man who comes to Hollywood to stay with the screenwriter Francis Hinsley, his uncle. Shortly after Barlow's arrival, Hinsley is fired from his position and hangs himself. While making arrangements for the burial, Barlow falls in love with Aimee Thanatogenes, one of the ...
It's time for Sarah Booth to pack up her hound dog and her P.I. business and take a shot at stardom. Sarah heads west to Hollywood, and soon lands a part in a steamy film--and an even hotter mystery.
A leading film authority presents a rich, penetrating, amusing plum pudding of a book about the golden age of movies, full of Hollywood lore, anecdotes, and analysis.
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