William Goldman
Author
Language
English
Description
Westley, a farm boy, goes off to seek his fortune shortly after declaring his love for Buttercup, the most beautiful woman in the world, but their relationship is put to the test when his ship is captured by pirates and she is summoned to become the bride of the prince.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This tale of true love, high adventure, pirates, princesses, giants, miracles, fencing, and a frightening assortment of wild beasts, as depicted in the 1987 film directed by Rob Reiner and starring Fred Savage, Robin Wright, and others, is now available in a beautiful new package, with foil and embossing on the cover and an interior printed on elegant uncoated cream stock with rough-cut edges. This keepsake edition also includes fifty full-page color...
5) Brothers
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
1988.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Levy is now a history professor at Columbia, and his brother Scylla, the lethal secret agent left for dead in New York's Lincoln Center, has been restored and reactivated as a top-level killer by his shadowy masters in the U.S. government. In the nether world of Washington policymaking science has become a major weapon in a bizarre struggle between hawks and doves, and Scylla's assigned role is to eliminate two scientists whose invention of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
"William Goldman returns to give us the latest lowdown on Hollywood moviemaking. He dishes the dirt, adventure by adventure, from his most recent films - the successes and the failures - with insider anecdotes from such star-studded sets as The Princess Bride, Misery, and Absolute Power. We find out what it's like to work with Mel Gibson, Michael Douglas, Richard Donner, Rob Reiner, Clint Eastwood, and all the rest of Hollywood's major power players."...
11) Control
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1982]
Language
English
Description
Tells the stories of three people whose lives suffer from loss of mental control.
15) Magic
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1976]
Language
English
Description
Corky, a famous and brilliantly skilled magician has something to hide. It is in his attempt to keep his secret from the public that leads into "psycho country."
16) Tinsel
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1979]
Language
English
Description
A novel of Hollywood's best-kept secrets.
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
Story is about a young man Charles 'Chub' Fuller who writes a great novel about the woman of his dreams and the horrors of his childhood. Charles later suffers from writers block and is unable to write and ends up being a taxi driver and later a researcher.
18) Heat
Author
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
Las Vegas security man Nick Escalante, an ex-Marine, chances on to a bizarre kidnapping threat and races into a night-time world of false identities, vicious grievances, and gruesome encounters.
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
Ray Trevitt is coming of age in the American Midwest of the late 1950s. Handsome, restless, eager to live life and to find his place in the world, Ray hurtles headlong through a young man's rite of passage, searching for answers and somewhere to belong. What he discovers is that within friendships and love affairs, army tours and married life, victory and tragedy, lie the experiences that will shape his destiny, scar his soul, and ultimately teach...