Joan Collins Libri

'I'm lucky to have an inexhaustible appetite for life. I've had many amazing adventures in Hollywood and beyond, but some stories I have only ever shared with my friends. After all, you've got to have a bit of mystery, so I hide a knowing smile behind my shoulder pads. Until now! So, read on for the tales I tell my friends . . .' In her new book, Dame Joan Collins returns in dazzling form to share the most memorable moments from her eclectic and vibrant life, in and out of the limelight. Taking us on an incredible journey from her early years as a young star in the golden era of Hollywood to stamping her stilettos in Dynasty; from the glittering heights of St Tropez to the busy Oscars season in LA over the years. Joan writes movingly about her grief and adventures with her sister Jackie, delving deeper into the ups and downs of love and relationships, and her happiness with husband Percy. Filled with a cast of household names, including the late Queen Elizabeth, Diana, Princess of Wales, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Warren Beatty, and many more, Behind the Shoulder Pads is a spectacularly entertaining tour de force bound to delight and shock in equal measures. Hilarious, intimate and completely spellbinding, Joan invites you into her life like never before, sharing the stories she had previously reserved for her closest of friends.

First photoplay edition illustrated with 7 b&w scenes from the movie starring Marguerite Clark.Bound in red cloth with black lettering, 12mo size, 383pp +ads at rear. A Very Good copy, spine is slightly faded, small soil spot to the bottom right corner of the front board else cloth covers are clean and tight. Inside has owners namestamp on the front pastedown page else Fine. No dj.

Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is, for most children, pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new". There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle and the Mad Hatter, together with a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser", seemingly without moral or sense. For more than 130 years, children have revelled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing and branches of Arithmetic--Ambition, Distraction, Uglification and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings, reproduced here, are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages)

The beautiful and talented actress recounts her professional and personal life, from her childhood in England, through her three broken marriages and love affairs, to her daughter's accident and recovery.

Witty, clever and beautiful, Joan Collins possesses a singular star quality that has come to define what it means to be a living legend. As an actress, author and producer she has built a career that places her in the unrivalled ranks of an international icon. In The World According to Joan she shares her life experience with her trademark humour and wisdom. From manners to men via fashion and family, to ageing and marriage, she takes on subjects close to every woman's heart. Erudite, honest and full of verve, this is Joan Collins at her definitive best.

The escapades of four animal friends who live along a river in the English countryside--Toad, Mole, Rat, and Badger.

In 1955, a dazzling group of Hollywood stars gathers in Mexico to shoot a grand film about Cortez.

A film, television, and theater star recounts stories not only about the legendary contemporaries with whom she has worked, but also her four marriages, numerous love affairs, and relationship with her sister, author Jackie Collins. 100,000 first printing. Tour.

Joan Collins' latest novel is a thrilling family saga filled with rivalry and ambition, featuring privileged sisters Venetia and Atlanta Stephanopolis, daughters of a shipping tycoon and a Hollywood actress.

As Prime Time begins, five actresses are vying for the coveted part of Miranda Hamilton - the scheming, sexy, glamorous temptress in "Saga", the hottest series ever to hit the TV screen, the role of a lifetime, a role to kill for...