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The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved films that made them stars, including Die Hard, First Blood, The Terminator , and more.

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The long-awaited memoir from the Academy Award–winning director of such legendary films as The French Connection , The Exorcist, and To Live and Die in LA , The Friedkin Connection takes readers from …

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This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of The Godfather, fifty years after the classic film’s original release.

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At eighteen, your life is full of of what-ifs and why-nots. You have everything to look forward to – unless you’ve got the plague.

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