In the 1940s, Veronica Lake stirred a nation of filmgoers into a frenzy with her memorable screen performances and famous hairdo draped over one eye. The sultry blonde bombshell rocketed to stardom for Paramount Pictures only for it all to spiral out of control and be over in a flash. By age twenty-nine, Veronica was washed up with her career on the ash heap of movie history. Her climb to the top started with her dominating mother pouring everything into her daughter's future for the sake of her career until ending tragically after years of personal struggles with paranoid schizophrenia and alcoholism that set her on a path of self-destruction and put her so far out of reach that not even her mother's love could save her in the end. Fully revised and expanded, this authorized, intimate biography, featuring exclusive interviews with Lake's mother, friends and co-workers, tells the entire, unvarnished truth of the rise and fall of one of the silver screen's most beloved beauties. Copious new discoveries, revelations, personal stories and insights; scores of previously unknown unproduced and rumored starring feature films and television projects and undocumented radio and television appearances; and a full accounting of her off-Broadway and legitimate stage work in the United States and abroad illuminate this richly detailed, lavishly illustrated, 724-page volume, including many never-before published photographs from private and personal collections, in what is the most complete record ever written about this fallen star's life and career.

Peekaboo: The Story of Veronica Lake, Revised and Expanded Edition

Biographies & Memoirs

LENBURG, Jeff

Arts & Literature

Moonwater Press

June 30, 1944, fifty members of the United States 460th Bomb Group embarked on an important mission to destroy German oil refineries in Silesia, Hungary, only to come under heavy attack. Above the cloud cover, German twin-engine Me-410 fighters firing 20-millimeter cannons blasted seven B-24s out of the sky. Seventeen U.S. airmen were killed, twenty-four captured, with many burned, wounded, or beaten by Hungarian peasants after parachuting to the ground. This single event marked the beginning of a heart-wrenching episode in the life of one airman: T/Sgt. John L. Lenburg. On his thirty-sixth mission, he was shot down along with the crew of their B-24, “Miss Fortune,” over enemy lines near Lake Balaton, Hungary. Taken prisoner (or “Kriegsgefangenen #6410,” the code name the Germans gave him), he never knew if he would see his homeland again.WALK TO FREEDOM: Kriegsgefangenen #6410 - Prisoner of War is Lenburg’s powerful, compelling account of his 327 days of imprisonment and long walk to freedom eleven months after his capture. Recalling the inhumane treatment and horrific conditions of his encampment, the missions and memories, and the reunions of the few who survived fifty years later, this revised and expanded, illustrated memoir demonstrates why Lenburg and his crew were “the greatest generation” of their time.

Walk to Freedom: Kriegsgefangenen #6410: Prisoner of War

Lenburg, John L

Leaders & Notable People

Now back in print, legendary entertainer Gary Owens draws upon his four decades in radio, TV film and animation to show you how to break into the voiceover business and carve out a million-dollar niche for yourself with your voice. Sprinkled with priceless anecdotes and tips throughout from well-known actors, producers and agents, Owens gives you the inside track on becoming a successful DJ, newscaster, announcer, sportscaster, commercial or cartoon voice, or other type of voice artist. Along with updated appendices of voice-over workshops and seminars and talent agencies representing voice-over artists, many never-before published illustrations from the entertainer's personal collection round out this second edition.

How to Make a Million Dollars With Your Voice (Or Lose Your Tonsils Trying), Second Edition

Owens, Gary

About the Author\nJOE BESSER was in show business for more than 65 years. He worked in every aspect of show business: vaudeville and Broadway, radio, motion pictures and television. As Joe once said, "I've done everything except radar!" Joe's long list of credits include 28 motion picture roles, among them three starring feature films and his own short-subject series for Columbia Pictures, fifty-six known radio show appearances, including his years as a regular on Milton Berle's Let Yourself Go (1945), Tonight on Broadway (1946) and The Vaughn Monroe Show (1946-1947), and more than 290 television appearances, including animated cartoons. His most noted television characters were the malevolent brat"Stinky" on The Abbott and Costello Show and Mr. Jillson, the superintendent, on The Joey Bishop Show, and is best remembered, worldwide, for his association with the Three Stooges.\nJEFF LENBURG, besides being a foremost authority on the Three Stooges comedy team, is the author of 35 books,both fiction and non-fiction, including The Three Stooges Scrapbook, more than 18 celebrity memoirs and biographies,and seven books on the history of animated cartoons, including acclaimed"cartoon Bible," The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons, now in its third edition. He and his twin brother Greg were lifelong friends of the comedian and served as his press agents.\nGREG LENBURG is co-author with Jeff of the authorized, definitive history, The Three Stooges Scrapbook and biography of comedian Steve Martin, Steve Martin: The Unauthorized Biography. A former radio newscaster and journalist, he has also authored and/or published under Abby Books, which he founded, a line of more than 70 handsomely illustrated movie poster books.\nREVISED AND EXPANDED AND BESSER THAN EVER! 
WITH 425 NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED ILLUSTRATIONS 
For more than six decades, Joe Besser brought gales of laughter to millions—in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio, in motion pictures, and on television. From his days working as a bumbling assistant to the world-famous Thurston the Magician, he carved out success with his own act—that of a childlike sissy who brandished his foils with a flick of the wrist and such hilarious verbal assaults as “Ooh, you crazy you!” and “Not so f-a-s-t!” From stage to film and television screens, the famed roly-poly comedian left an indelible mark–from starring in his own feature films and short-subject series for Columbia Pictures, to dishing out huge laughs on scores of popular programs of the day, most notably as the malevolent brat “Stinky” on The Abbott and Costello Show, to stepping in to replace Shemp Howard after his death as a member of Three Stooges comedy team. Followed by countless more laugh out-loud performances in movies and on television, from playing the frustrated superintendent, Jillson, on The Joey Bishop Show to voicing Saturday morning cartoons, his legacy still lives on today, thanks to reruns of his classic work. Illustrating a passing age of American humor, ONCE A STOOGE, ALWAYS A STOOGE tells the whole story. Jam-packed with timeless remembrances, Besser vividly recounts it all–the personal ups and downs, the classic skits and routines that became his hallmark, and behind-the-scenes stories of show business icons who enriched his life and career, including Abbott and Costello, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Milton Berle, Sammy Davis, Jr., Jerry Lewis, Olsen and Johnson, and many others. This thoroughly revised and expanded edition contains scores of previously unpublished anecdotes and material throughout, including hundreds of new, many rare and one-of-a-kind illustrations and extensive appendices of the legendary funnyman’s stage, film, radio and TV appearances, that round out this charming, thoughtfully written, fully updated and expanded memoir. 
PRAISE FOR THE ORIGINAL EDITION:\n“An affectionate, thoroughly enjoyable remembrance of a lifetime spent on the road and on the screen.” LOS ANGELES TIMES\n“A fascinatin

Once a Stooge, Always a Stooge: The Autobiography of Hollywood's Most Prolific Funnyman

Lenburg, Greg

Besser, Joe

Deadly Liaisons

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

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