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“Short’s endearing memoir is, of course, funny, but it’s also a rare thing: the tale of a genuine human being who’s thrived on planet Hollywood.” — Washington Post In this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from...

Vivienne Westwood, British fashion icon: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.

Cindy Sherman, American painter and fotografer: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.

Käthe Kollwitz, German paintress and world-famous sculptress : Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise.

Tsarina Catherine the Great, German-born ruler of Russia: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Jeanne d'Arc, or Joan of Arc, woman, knight, and Saint: Life and work in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best!

Janis Joplin, blues singer with a legendary voice: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Gertrude Stein, collector of art - and people: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Emily Dickinson, poet extraordinaire: Life and works in a short biography! Everything you need to know, brief and concise. Infotainment, education and entertainment at its best.

Celebrated for her award-winning political columns, criticism, and poetry, Katha Pollitt offers something new in this poignant, hilarious, and sometimes outrageous collection of stories drawn from her own life.

When Trisha Low moves West, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive “somewhere better” - someplace utopian, like revolution; or safe, like home; or even clarifying, like identity. Instead, she faces the end of her relationships, a family whose values she has difficulty sharing, and America’s casual racism, sexism, and homophobia. In this book-length essay, the problem of how to account for one’s life comes to the fore - sliding unpredictably between memory, speculation, self-criticism, and art criticism, Low seeks answers that she knows she won’t find.