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Ava Gardner : Love Is Nothing by Lee Server (2006, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-100312312091

ISBN-139780312312091

eBay Product ID (ePID)47842800

Product Key Features

Book TitleAVA Gardner : Love Is Nothing

Number of Pages560 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicEntertainment & Performing Arts

Publication Year2006

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography

AuthorLee Server

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight33.5 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2005-051697

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"A life of much too much, all of it thoroughly and satisfyingly recounted." -- New York Daily News "Server writes with a contagious enthusiasm." -- Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining." -- Library Journal "Enthralling...an extended toast to [Gardner]." --Peter Bogdanovich, The New York Times "A seductive book." -- The New York Times "Every bit as thrilling as Server's previous biography of Robert Mitchum." -- The Times (UK) "Server, who perfectly captured Robert Mitchum's laconic laissez-faire in Robert Mitchum: 'Baby, I Don't Care', follows with another captivating chronicle." -- Filmmonthly "Deliciously entertaining."-- Publishers Weekly "The most complete and engrossing biography yet of this exotic Southern girl...An excellent book, full of juicy new detail."--Liz Smith , New York Post "Exceptionally well written, a huge step above most star biographies." -- Toronto Globe and Mail "Writing with poetic grace and titillating candor, he traces Gardner's path from Tobacco Road to Tinseltown."-- American Way "A compelling triumph of a biography."--Filmmonthly "As close as we will ever get to an evening out with the woman herself." -- The Sunday Times (UK) "No writer had ever managed to capture [Ava Gardner's] life of volcanic excess until now." -- Noir City Sentinel "A wholly worthwhile biography to sink your teeth into." -- Buffalo News Praise for Lee Server's Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care ." "Server sustains a fascination for his subject that is broad enough to encompass the man's miserable behavior alongside his vast admiration for Mitchum's body of work and hugely iconic personality." - The New York Times "An elegant job." - Entertainment Weekly "Is isn't always pretty, but it's never boring." - Biography Magazine, "A life of much too much, all of it thoroughly and satisfyingly recounted." --New York Daily News "Server writes with a contagious enthusiasm." --Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining." --Library Journal "Enthralling...an extended toast to [Gardner]." --Peter Bogdanovich,The New York Times "A seductive book." --The New York Times "Every bit as thrilling as Server's previous biography of Robert Mitchum." --The Times (UK) "Server, who perfectly captured Robert Mitchum's laconic laissez-faire in Robert Mitchum: 'Baby, I Don't Care', follows with another captivating chronicle." --Filmmonthly Praise for Lee Server'sRobert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care." "Server sustains a fascination for his subject that is broad enough to encompass the man's miserable behavior alongside his vast admiration for Mitchum's body of work and hugely iconic personality." The New York Times "An elegant job." Entertainment Weekly "Is isn't always pretty, but it's never boring." Biography Magazine, "A life of much too much, all of it thoroughly and satisfyingly recounted."--"New York Daily News""" "Server writes with a contagious enthusiasm."--"Kirkus Reviews" "Entertaining."--"Library Journal" "Enthralling...an extended toast to [Gardner]."--Peter Bogdanovich, "The New York Times" "A seductive book."--"The New York Times" "Every bit as thrilling as Server's previous biography of Robert Mitchum."--"The Times (UK)" "Server, who perfectly captured Robert Mitchum's laconic laissez-faire in Robert Mitchum: 'Baby, I Don't Care', follows with another captivating chronicle."--"Filmmonthly" "Deliciously entertaining."--"Publishers Weekly" "The most complete and engrossing biography yet of this exotic Southern girl...An excellent book, full of juicy new detail."--Liz Smith," New York Post""" "Exceptionally well written, a huge step above most star biographies."--"Toronto Globe and Mail" "Writing with poetic grace and titillating candor, he traces Gardner's path from Tobacco Road to Tinseltown."--"American Way" "A compelling triumph of a biography."--Filmmonthly "As close as we will ever get to an evening out with the woman herself."--"The Sunday Times (UK)" "No writer had ever managed to capture [Ava Gardner's] life of volcanic excess until now."--"Noir City Sentinel""" "A wholly worthwhile biography to sink your teeth into."--"Buffalo News""" Praise for Lee Server' s "Robert Mitchum: " Baby, I Don' t Care,"" " Server sustains a fascination for his subject that is broad enough to encompass the man' s miserable behavior alongside his vast admiration forMitchum' s body of work and hugely iconic personality." - "The New York Times" " An elegant job." - "Entertainment Weekly" " Is isn' t always pretty, but it' s never boring." - "Biography Magazine", "A life of much too much, all of it thoroughly and satisfyingly recounted." -- New York Daily News "Server writes with a contagious enthusiasm." -- Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining." -- Library Journal "Enthralling...an extended toast to [Gardner]." --Peter Bogdanovich, The New York Times "A seductive book." -- The New York Times "Every bit as thrilling as Server's previous biography of Robert Mitchum." -- The Times (UK) "Server, who perfectly captured Robert Mitchum's laconic laissez-faire in Robert Mitchum: 'Baby, I Don't Care', follows with another captivating chronicle." -- Filmmonthly "Deliciously entertaining."-- Publishers Weekly "The most complete and engrossing biography yet of this exotic Southern girl...An excellent book, full of juicy new detail."--Liz Smith , New York Post "Exceptionally well written, a huge step above most star biographies." -- Toronto Globe and Mail "Writing with poetic grace and titillating candor, he traces Gardner's path from Tobacco Road to Tinseltown."-- American Way "A compelling triumph of a biography."--Filmmonthly "As close as we will ever get to an evening out with the woman herself." -- The Sunday Times (UK) "No writer had ever managed to capture [Ava Gardner's] life of volcanic excess until now." -- Noir City Sentinel "A wholly worthwhile biography to sink your teeth into." -- Buffalo News Praise for Lee Server's Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care ." "Server sustains a fascination for his subject that is broad enough to encompass the man's miserable behavior alongside his vast admiration for Mitchum's body of work and hugely iconic personality." The New York Times "An elegant job." Entertainment Weekly "Is isn't always pretty, but it's never boring." Biography Magazine, "A life of much too much, all of it thoroughly and satisfyingly recounted." -- New York Daily News "Server writes with a contagious enthusiasm." -- Kirkus Reviews "Entertaining." -- Library Journal "Enthralling...an extended toast to [Gardner]." --Peter Bogdanovich, The New York Times "A seductive book." -- The New York Times "Every bit as thrilling as Server's previous biography of Robert Mitchum." -- The Times (UK) "Server, who perfectly captured Robert Mitchum's laconic laissez-faire in Robert Mitchum: 'Baby, I Don't Care', follows with another captivating chronicle." -- Filmmonthly "Deliciously entertaining."-- Publishers Weekly "The most complete and engrossing biography yet of this exotic Southern girl...An excellent book, full of juicy new detail."--Liz Smith , New York Post "Exceptionally well written, a huge step above most star biographies." -- Toronto Globe and Mail "Writing with poetic grace and titillating candor, he traces Gardner's path from Tobacco Road to Tinseltown."-- American Way "A compelling triumph of a biography."--Filmmonthly "As close as we will ever get to an evening out with the woman herself." -- The Sunday Times (UK) "Nowriter had ever managed to capture [Ava Gardner's] life of volcanic excess until now." -- Noir City Sentinel "A wholly worthwhile biography to sink your teeth into." -- Buffalo News Praise for Lee Server's Robert Mitchum: "Baby, I Don't Care ." "Server sustains a fascination for his subject that is broad enough to encompass the man's miserable behavior alongside his vast admiration for Mitchum's body of work and hugely iconic personality." - The New York Times "An elegant job." - Entertainment Weekly "Is isn't always pretty, but it's never boring." - Biography Magazine

Dewey Decimal791.4302/8/092 B

SynopsisThe author of "Baby, I Don't Care," the "New York Times" bestselling biography of Robert Mitchum, takes on the dramatic life of the stunning swaggering star Ava Gardner., The dramatic life of the incomparably beautiful and swashbuckling Ava Gardner--one of Hollywood's most beautiful actresses and lover of many men, from bullfighters to Frank Sinatra--by "The New York Times" bestselling author of ROBERT MITCHUM: Baby, I Don't Care, The dramatic life of the incomparably beautiful and swashbuckling Ava Gardner--one of Hollywood's most beautiful actresses and lover of many men, from bullfighters to Frank Sinatra--by The New York Times bestselling author of ROBERT MITCHUM: Baby, I Don't Care

LC Classification NumberPN2287.G37S47 2006