Steve Martin
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"'I've always looked upon cartooning as comedy's last frontier. I have done stand-up, sketches, movies, monologues, awards show introductions, sound bites, blurbs, talk show appearances, and tweets, but the idea of a one-panel image with or without a caption mystified me. I felt like, yeah, sometimes I'm funny, but there are these other weird freaks who are actually funny. You can understand that I was deeply suspicious of these people who are actually...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy-an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. Steve Martin has never written about his career in the movies before. In Number One Is Walking, he shares anecdotes from the sets of his beloved films-Father of the Bride, Roxanne, The Jerk, Three Amigos, and many more-bringing readers directly into...
11) Shopgirl
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Ray Porter is a button-down 50-something executive who reaches out to a much younger woman as his Los Angeles playmate. Mirabelle a 20-something with a pile of promises, debt, and depression, fades away into a slow corner of Saks, while trying to sell unneeded formal gloves. She's a wisp of a person, with a cat who doesn't love her, and when she finds a suitor, it's Jeremy, a scruffy artist who babbles on about speakers. When the gentlemanly Porter...
12) Home
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Party edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A lovable misfit from another planet meets a girl named Tip. The two unlikely friends embark on the greatest journey of all time.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
[Widescreen edition].
Language
English
Description
Father of the bride: The prenuptial pandemonium begins when the bride-to-be announces her engagement, setting off an outrageous chin of events, including a chaotic first meeting with the in-laws and a wedding day snowstorm.
Father of the bride Part II: George Banks feels far too young to be a grandfather...and way too old to become a father again. So, when his recently married daughter Annie and his wife Nina both announce they're pregnant, the news...
14) It's complicated
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Formats
Description
A hilarious look at marriage, divorce and everything in between. With a thriving Santa Barbara bakeshop, a new romance heating up, and her divorce finally behind her, Jane Adler has her life all figured out, until she finds herself trapped between the perfect new beau and her philandering ex-husband who's determined to win her back. When opposites attract all over again, will love be sweeter the second time around? It's...complicated!
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"When Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker's art critic and the leading art writer of his generation, published his eye-opening autobiographical essay, 'The Art of Dying,' in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and had been given six months of life. Fortunately, his treatment was showing some improvement, and so, he wrote, 'These extra months are a luxury that I hope to have put to good use.' And he did. The Art of Dying begins with that...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A special DVD/Blu-ray edition featuring both the original Fantasia (1940), Walt Disney's daring experiment combining animation and classical music, and the new Fantasia 2000. Includes music by Beethoven, Bach, Stravinsky, and George Gershwin. Classic scenes as dancing hippos, flying whales, and Mickey Mouse appearing as "The Sorcerer's Apprentice."
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