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Arts & Music For Children

Burning Up: On Tour with the Jonas Brothers
by Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, Nick Jonas, Laura Morton
Amazon Price: $13.19
Customer Reviews:
» this book is amazing!!!!!!! I looooove the jonas brothers sooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They are three truly amazing guys! I have actually been to one of there concerts! This book tells all about the...

» This is a gorgeous book, FULL of photos and inside scoops about the Jonas Brothers. It is a large hardbound book, like a coffee table book, and can be displayed with your Jonas Brothers collection of...

John Lennon: The Life
by Philip Norman
Amazon Price: $20.55
Customer Reviews:
» The book really excels in the first third, the detail about Liverpool and John's early life were fascinating and well presented. I also enjoyed how Norman kept an eye on John and Paul as working music...

» This got four stars because, whereas it is a well done biography, there is almost nothing new revealed. It gets a bit tiresome reading about the potential for Lennon being bisexual, while admitting t...

» I am an avid Beatles fan and thought I knew all there was to know, but this book really tells the whole story about John and those closest to him. His Beatle days were both a boon and a curse to him, ...

» As a child I revered the Beatles and their music. As an adult I revere the Beatles and their music while also being astonished by their ability to mine childhood's fantasies, quirks, and intuitive gen...

» This is an impressively fact-filled book that details practically everything you'd ever want to know about John Lennon's life. Admittedly, I knew very little about Lennon prior to reading it, and what...

Pieces of My Heart: A Life
by Robert Wagner, Scott Eyman
Amazon Price: $17.13
Customer Reviews:
» I've been a fan of Robert Wagner's for long enough that I remember almost all the movies he's done, as well as every television series in which he's appeared. This book will be most appreciated by pe...

» I have always been a fan of Robert Wagner. The way the book was written is how I expected it to be. The book flowed along really well. I enjoyed getting to know alot of famous celebrities (most of ...

» This is an excellent book written from the heart and his love for Natalie. All the scandal as I remembered it back when Natalie died and I read all the "scandal sheets of that time period" was the "ho...

» To say that Robert Wagner's new memoir, PIECES OF MY HEART, is a perfect movie-star memoir is not giving it enough credit. PIECES is a perfect memoir by any standard.

I always have read l...

» ...a personal vision of Hollywood through the eyes of a third rate actor who is a legend in his own mind. Filled with the coarsest language this side of an old Jacqueline Susann novel. This poorly wri...

Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice
by Maureen Mccormick
Amazon Price: $17.13
Customer Reviews:
» I was a Brady Bunch fan back in the day and of course wished I could look and be like Marcia Brady. Didn't every young girl? At any rate, I thought this book was excellent. Despite the horror her l...

» I loved this book, thought it was very good. I recieved it very quick, that is what I love about ordering through Amazon.

» This book has been tagged as one of those gossipy tell-alls. Yes, there's quite a few good nuggets in there -- McCormick's date with Steve Martin, Florence Henderson's habit of walking around her hous...

» too over-hyped in the media. Book is badly written and not interesting at all. I highly suggest skipping it

» Kept you interested, wanting to read more, after reading this I felt I knew Maureen McCormick not Marcia Brady which is who she really is obviously by the end of the book I found myself really liking ...

Wishful Drinking
by Carrie Fisher
Amazon Price: $14.28
Customer Reviews:
» I bought and read this book in 1 day. I just couldn't put it down! Its witty, funny, and overall just a great read! I wonder what she did with marriage proposal?? I loved this book. And the cover...

» This so called book is more like a long pamphlet, approximately 160 pages that could be read on a two hour flight. There is nothing new or particularly insightful here just random vignettes that skim...

» Carrie has an amazing way of looking at her life and the people around her, great, fast read. It's not just because I am her brother, all though I would like her to sell a lot of books so I get a bett...

» Another wonderfully droll book from Carrie Fisher herself! So I've been really excited about this book ever since I heard that she was writing it, being that I have her four other books and they're al...

» Fisher's writing is sharp and funny, making this book the ideal seasonal snack. This book had ROTFL.

Audition: A Memoir
by Barbara Walters
Amazon Price: $19.77
Customer Reviews:
» I wish I could tell Barbara myself how much I liked her book. It sounds like she is sitting right there telling her memoir. Good read.

» Got this for my wife as an anniversary present, and she really loves it...

but the neighbors say to be careful because the suction cup that holds it is an invite to criminals

» This is my second copy purchased. GREAT, warm book....like curling up with your fav quilt and having a cup of tea. I got the first to give as a gift and got so many raves from the recipient I decide...

» The book is an interesting journey in this womans life.Highly intertaining
but a bit long.Still a very good read.

» I admire Barbara Walters as an interviewer tremendously. I was interested in learning more about this woman who preceded my generation and broke the way for females in journalism. While the book is ea...

sTORI Telling
by Tori Spelling
Amazon Price: $16.47
Customer Reviews:
» This book is okay. Although I thought it made Ms. Spelling appear to be a self-absorbed narcissist who is completely out of touch with the real world. She spends an inordinate amount of time talking...

» I loved this book. It was full of life and dished a lot about things that were close to her heart...she shared a part of her heart fans can't see just looking from a far. I could relate...after all we...

» This was a great book. I never knew the 'other' side of Tori. I never pictured her to be so down to earth and 'normal'. She is not into fame like she is perceived. I never really like her on 90210, bu...

» I purchased this book for my Kindle on a whim in an airport. I was neither a Tori Spelling fan - nor a Tori Spelling hater - and although I used to watch 90210 years ago and caught a few episodes of ...

» easy reading but enjoyable. had some good insights that i can use in my uwn life.

Hitman: Forty Years Making Music, Topping the Charts, and Winning Grammys
by David Foster
Amazon Price: $17.16
Customer Reviews:
» I was so excited when I heard David Foster was releasing his autobiography. Hitman: Forty Years Making Music, Topping the Charts, and Winning Grammys I always scan liner notes of my favorite artists' ...

» David Foster has been one of the most interesting music minds over the past 30 plus years and it is good to read this book on his career. he talks about who he has worked with and the creative process...

» For over forty years, David Foster has been making great music. When I read this book, I passed it on to other members of my MainStar entertainment staff and our artists. I am beyond enthusiastic! At ...

The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
by Nikki Sixx
Amazon Price: $13.60
Customer Reviews:
» I purchased this Book for my 15 year old Daughter and ended up getting into myself. It is a very interesting look into the life of Nikki Sixx during the mid to late 80's. Very good book. I would recom...

» I bought this book for my students in high school. I had seen some of them reading it and they recommended it. I teach Resource English and I have some at-risk students would could benefit from his ...

» this is as close as it gets to a rock star junkies life... aMazing Book

» I bought this book for my husband who is a big Motley Crue fan and he could not put the book down. I decided to buy it for him because it was very hard to get it from the local library. He read the ...

» I read this book in one afternoon. Probably one of the best books I have ever read. Buy it you wont be sorry especially if you are a Crue fan!!!! Hardcore, Honest and In your face...Cudos to Nikki and...

American Prince: A Memoir
by Tony Curtis, Peter Golenbock
Amazon Price: $17.13
Customer Reviews:
» I listen to audio books on my commute to work and this was a good book to listen to.

» I might borrow it from the library, but I don't think I'll spend money on it.

» He prides himself on bedding most of the women in Hollywood even when he was married but yet when he caught his wife cheating on him he couldn't believe it and divorced her right away.

Th...

» And not a good wow, I've never seen a Tony Curtis movie, and after reading this book, I doubt I ever will. He comes across as somebody I really want to like, but even in telling his own side of the st...

» I grew up loving Tony Curtis. I really respected him, however now that I've read his words, I have no respect for him at all. I have often heard that what goes around, comes around and since he wasn't...