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Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
The New York Times bestselling memoir from legendary comedienne Carol Burnett is a "loving, poignant" (People) tribute to her eldest daughter, Carrie Hamilton.The daughter of one of television's most recognizable and beloved stars, Carol Burnett, Carrie Hamilton won the hearts of everyone she met wi... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox
<P>Comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show. <P>Who but Carol Burnett herself has the timing, talent, and wit to pull back the curtain on the Emmy-Award winning show that made television history for elev... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2016 -
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
A touching and hilarious memoir by the author of Carrie and Me: A Mother Daughter Love Story, This Time Together is 100 percent Carol Burnett - funny, irreverent, and irresistible. Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses and performers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was se... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010 -
One More Time: A Memoir
The child of two alcoholic parents, Burnett presents a sometimes hilarious, sometimes heartbreaking coming-of-age: from her sadly hopeful mother, who was hooked on Tinseltown fantasy, to the first signs of her own comic gift; from happy weekends spent with her father, to their last tragic meeting in... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 1986 -
Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story
In this beautiful and poignant tribute to her late daughter, award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author Carol Burnett presents a funny and moving memoir about mothering an extraordinary young woman through the struggles and triumphs of her life. Despite her busy schedule, Carol Burn... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
My Life to Live: How I Became the Queen of Soaps When Men Ruled the Airwaves
by Carol Burnett • Agnes NixonFrom the Emmy-winning creator and writer of All My Children and One Life to Live, a memoir of her trailblazing rise to the top of the television industry, including behind-the-scenes stories from some of the most beloved soaps of all time Before there was Erica Kane, Adam Chandler, or Victoria Lord... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2017 -
True Tales from the Mad, Mad, Mad World of Opera
An insider’s view of the opera world from one of its greatest figures. Everything about opera is larger than life, but the bigger the art form, the bigger the potential for disaster. When things go wrong at the opera house, they really go wrong. No one has a greater or more intimate knowledge of suc... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2012 -
What's So Funny?
Six-time Emmy award-winning funny man Tim Conway, best known for his characters on The Carol Burnett Show, offers a straight-shooting and hilarious memoir about his life on stage and off as an actor and comedian.In the annals of TV history, few entertainers have captured as many hearts, tickled as m... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Dundurn Performing Arts Library Bundle — Musicians: Opening Windows / True Tales from the Mad, Mad, Mad World of Opera / Lois Marshall / John Arpin / Elmer Iseler / Jan Rubes / Music Makers / There's Music in These Walls / In Their Own Words / Emma Albani / Opera Viva / MacMillan on Music
by Walter Pitman • Carol Burnett • James Neufeld • Stuart Hamilton • Lotfi Mansouri • Mark Hernandez • Ezra Schabas • Carl Morey • Holly Higgins Jonas • Michelle Labrèche-Larouche • Robert PoppleThis special twelve-book bundle is a classical and choral music lover’s delight! Canada’s rich history and culture in the classical music arts is celebrated here, both in the form of in-depth biographies and autobiographies (Lois Marshall, Lotfi Mansouri, Elmer Iseler, Emma Albani and more), but als... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Southern Comforts: Drinking and the U.S. South (Southern Literary Studies)
by J. Gerald Kennedy • Monica Carol Miller • Susan Zieger • Scott Romine • Jerod Ra'Del Hollyfield • Katharine Burnett • Zackary Vernon • David A. Davis • Matthew Sutton • Alison Arant • John Stromski • Cara Koehler • Caleb Doan • Ellen Lansky • Jenna Sciuto • Christopher Rieger • Robert Rea • Hannah C. Griggs • Jennie Lightweis-GoffMoving beyond familiar myths about moonshiners, bootleggers, and hard-drinking writers, Southern Comforts explores how alcohol and drinking helped shape the literature and culture of the U.S. South. Edited by Conor Picken and Matthew Dischinger, this collection of seventeen thought-provoking essay... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020