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2011 Celebrity Biographies and Autobiographies

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NONFICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 2011
Kirkus Star JANE FONDA: THE PRIVATE LIFE OF A PUBLIC FIGURE
by Patricia Bosworth
"Reading to savor."
Distinguished celebrity biographer and Vanity Fair contributing editor Bosworth (Marlon Brando, 2001, etc.) recounts the life story of an American icon in all its heady--and at times, unabashedly scandalous--glory. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: June 1, 2011
STORIES MY FATHER TOLD ME: NOTES FROM "THE LYONS DEN"
by Jeffrey Lyons

A veritable storm of outtakes from Leonard Lyons' "Lyons Den" society column from the New York Post, which dazzle rather than titillate. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 5, 2011
ROBERT REDFORD: THE BIOGRAPHY
by Michael Feeney Callan
"A gripping, intimate treatment of one of cinema's last great iconic stars."
The life and times of the Sundance Kid. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: May 1, 2011
STORIES I ONLY TELL MY FRIENDS: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
by Rob Lowe
"Lowe writes, "I…genuinely like people." His memoir will make readers believe him--and like him back."
Lowe presents a well-modulated actor's memoir. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: April 19, 2011
IDEA MAN: A MEMOIR BY THE CO-FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT
by Paul Allen
"A diligently crafted scrapbook of gratitude, accusation and excess, guaranteed to entertain and even ruffle a few feathers."
The highly anticipated, eyebrow-raising memoir of the other founding partner of the Microsoft Corporation. Read full book review >
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NONFICTION
Released: April 5, 2011
ALL THAT IS BITTER AND SWEET: A MEMOIR
by Ashley Judd, Maryanne Vollers
"A passionate reminder of the breathtaking misery of so many lives, and one woman's work in their service."
With the assistance of co-author Vollers (Lone Wolf: Eric Rudolph: Murder, Myth, and the Pursuit of an American Outlaw, 2006, etc.), actress Judd delivers a keenly felt memoir of a dysfunctional upbringing twined with an adult life of progressive social advocacy. Read full book review >