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From her humble roots growing up in Pennsylvania to her days doing amateur improv in Chicago to her early sketches on Saturday Night Live, Fey gives us a glimpse behind the curtain of modern comedy.

Judd, an award winning film and stage actor, found her true calling in 2002 as a humanitarian and advocate for those suffering in neglected parts of the world. In this memoir, she describes her odyssey.

A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon at twenty, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.

As this memoir of her formative years makes clear, there is more gravitas to Andrews than meets the eye. From her childhood in rural England and initial forays into British theater, to her first massive successes on Broadway and in the West End, this memoir puts her celebrated career in context.

In this lively, laugh-out-loud book, Kristin shares her journey from Oklahoma beauty queen to Broadway leading lady, reflecting on how faith and family have kept her grounded in the dysfunctional rodeo of show biz.

Fisher’s larger-than-life personality shines through as she performs her raucous memoir with all the panache of the standup routine that inspired the book. As Fisher romps through her own affairs and marriages, and her bouts with alcoholism and drug abuse, she manages to see the funny side in all of it.

Women everywhere may have idolized her
charming life on Little House on the Prairie, but Melissa’s own unexpectedly honest, imperfect, and down-to-earth story is an inspiration. With candor and humor, the cherished actress traces her complicated journey from Laura Ingalls to Hollywood starlet, wife, and mother.

This memoir is Kathy Griffin unplugged, uncensored, and unafraid to dish about what really happens on the road, away from the cameras, and at the star party after the show.

Comedienne, talk show host and author Handler indulges her fans with a new compilation of shockingly direct essays, from which she emerges as a scheming farceur with an expansive range of practical jokes and winning sarcasm.

Born into rock-and-roll royalty, Mackenzie grew up in an all-access kingdom of hippie freedom. As a Hollywood star herself, she continued the nonstop party. As an adult, she has paid for a lifetime of excess, working to reconcile her wonderful, terrible past and the pull of her magnetic father. With this memoir, she shares her journey back down to earth.

Keith Richards’s memoir pulls no punches as the Rolling Stones’ lead guitarist ruminates about his London working-class background and how he and his cronies’ love of the blues propelled them to heretofore unseen heights of fame and success.

Embarking on a full-scale autobiography, he begins with his Montreal childhood then covers his lead roles with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival and live TV in New York City. At that point Shatner opens a Pandora’s box of self-deprecating humor and anecdotes about the hilarious goofs, on-camera accidents and stage fright during the live TV era.

An entertaining and inspiring behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood life and a remarkable love, told in the words of beloved actor Patrick Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, shortly before he passed away.

Following her rocky teenage years, a phone call from Hugh Hefner changed everything. Kendra dishes candidly about life in the Playboy Mansion. Finally, she reflects on the slew of unexpected changes in the short space of a year that have brought her sliding into home from Playboy party girl to wife and mother with a blooming Hollywood career.