A wickedly funny account of celebrity, Hollywood and everything in between...now in paperback. What's it like to be a veteran director up against the machinations of modern-day Hollywood, with its self-absorbed stars, studio executives who think 'Singapore' is a made-up country, destitute producers posing as lords of finance, the mad, the bad and the downright notorious? Award-winning filmmaker Bruce Beresford, takes us through the highs and lows...

Inspired by a custody case brought before the Irish courts in 1955, Desmond Doyle is a father fighting for the custody of his three children after abandonment by their mother. Due to the Irish law of the time, children could not be raised by one parent in what the courts considered a broken home, thus allowing the Doyle children to be placed in church run orphanages, where neglect and cruelty were not out of the ordinary. Desmond will take his fight...

A little girl and her dying mother obtain the services of a talented cook. What begins as a six-month arrangement spans fifteen years and creates a family bond that lasts forever.

Walker, Texas ranger standoff: During a tip to Dallas, the Mexican presidential candidate becomes the target of an assassination attempt. Despite the life-threatening risks involved, he refuses to cancel any of his pending appearances, making Walker and Trivette's job of protecting him all the more difficult - and dangerous. Places in the heart: In the 1930s rural south, a widow and her family try to run their cotton farm with the help of a disparate...

Libby Parsons discovers that the husband she was convicted of murdering staged his own death and framed her for the crime.

After her husband asks for a divorce, Diane, a New York City attorney, heads to Woodstock with her two teens to stay with her estranged flower-child mother. In this charming village, Diane and her city kids get a new perspective on life and love.

In this compelling romantic drama, Rick Taft, a cocky young lawyer from a wealthy family, is assigned the clemency case of Cindy Liggeu, a woman on death row. Rick is surprised to discover that after years of death row appeals, Cindy no longer wants to fight to save her life. Rick pleads with Cindy to give him the information he needs to prove that she is a different person than the teenager who brutally murdered two people while strung out on drugs....

In the 17th century, a Jesuit missionary nicknamed Black Robe by the natives and his small party of companions try reaching the Huron tribe in Canada all while facing mistrust, Iroquois warring parties and harsh winter conditions.

From Academy Award® nominees, director Bruce Beresford (TENDER MERCIES, DRIVING MISS DAISY), comes the remarkable true story of ballet dancer Li Cunxin. Based on the best selling autobiography, MAO'S LAST DANCER is the epic story of a young poverty stricken boy from China and his inspirational journey to international stardom as a world-class dancer. The story begins when a young Li is taken from his peasant home by the Chinese government and chosen...