From early scripts to complete screenplays, from magazine articles to fascinating personal correspondence, Kafner's collection captures the essence of Groucho's inimitable comic genius.

The Essential Groucho : Writings By, for and About Groucho Marx

Humor & Entertainment

Stefan Kanfer

Humor

Penguin??Books

Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Penguin Books, Ltd.

No, Groucho is not my real name, I'm just breaking it in for a friend.' Presenting the greatest and most hilarious examples of Groucho, one of the most influential and well-loved figures in the long and glittering history of comedy. From early scripts to complete screenplays, from magazine funnies to fascinating personal correspondence, via books, greedy banks, even greedier lawyers and the coming of television, Kanfer's collection captures the essence of Groucho's inimitable comic genius. 'I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception...

Essential Groucho: Writings By, for and about Groucho Marx

<p>With a scholar's precision and a novelist's eye, Stefan Kanfer tells the inside story of De Beers Consolidated Mines - from the nineteenth century diamond rush that transformed Johannes De Beer's humble South African farm into an exotic klondike, to the Oppenheimers' shadow empire that has achieved umatched global reach.</p>

The Last Empire: South Africa, Diamonds And De Beers From Cecil Rhodes To The Oppenheimers (teach Yourself)

Business & Money

Economics

Teach Yourself Books

Ball of Fire: The Tumultous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball

Faber and Faber

To viewers worldwide Ball remains the ultimate screwball housewife, getting in and out of outlandish scrapes with hilarious finesse. Stefan Kanfer's biography looks behind the image, tracing Ball's comedic genius to its beginnings in a lonely childhood in upstate New York. En route Kanfer chronicles the runaway success of the sitcom I Love Lucy, the fiery marriage and eventual split from Desi - the Cuban bandleader who made her famous - and Ball's struggles to manage both a business empire and her own rebellious children.

Ball of Fire : The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball

Arts & Photography

Performing Arts

Faber&Faber

Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando

A Humphrey Bogart comes along only once in a century: someone who isn't conventionally handsome or particularly versatile, but who can convince an audience that whatever character he's playing is of great importance, because he represents something vital about themselves and their time. He honed his craft for years in the theatre only becoming a star at the age of 42 as Sam Spade in "The Maltese Falcon". In the 16 years that were left to him, he made an indelible mark on movies - such that film-makers as diverse as Woody Allen and Jean-Luc Godard paid homage to him in their films. At the heart of this biography is Bogey's love affair with the 19-year-old Lauren Bacall, who stole "To Have And Have Not" - and his heart - by lolling in a doorway, tossing insolent remarks and teaching him to put his lips together and whistle.

Tough Without a Gun: Humphrey Bogart, Men in Movies, and Why It Matters

Chronicles the history of the De Beers diamond mines, from Johannes De Beer's humble South African ranch to the Oppenheimers' vast empire. By the author of A Journal of the Plague Years.

The Last Empire : De Beers, Diamonds, and the World

Science & Math

Technology

DIANE Publishing Company

Ball of Fire: The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball

Alfred.A. Knopf

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