Life itself : a memoir / Roger Ebert.
The film critic best known for his "Chicago Sun-Times" reviews and his thirty years as co-host of "Siskel & Ebert at the Movies" describes his life and career, including his recovery from alcoholism and the complications from thyroid cancer treatment.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780446584975
- ISBN: 0446584975
- Physical Description: ix, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: 1st edition
- Publisher: New York : Grand Central Pub., 2011.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 1 410 East Washington 13 -- 2 My People 23 -- 3 My Old Man 33 -- 4 My Mother 51 -- 5 / St. Mary's Mary's, St. 64 -- 6 Dan-Dan the Yo-Yo Man 74 -- 7 Summer 30 -- 8 Car, Table, Counter, or TakHomaSak 91 -- 9 Blackie 98 -- 10 My Vocation 106 -- 11 Newspaper Days 115 -- 12 High School 130 -- 13 University 140 -- 14 Daily Illini 156 -- 15 My Trip to Hollywood 166 -- 16 Cape Town 171 -- 17 London Perambulating 180 -- 18 Eyrie Mansion 188 -- 19 All by Myself Alone 207 -- 20 Sun-Times 217 -- 21 My New Job 236 -- 22 Zonka 253 -- 23 McHugh 275 -- 24 O'Rourke's 285 -- 25 Leisure of the Theory Class 295 -- 26 Alcoholism 304 -- 27 Books Do Furnish a Room 318 -- 28 / Russ Meyer Meyer, Russ 325 -- 29 Interviewer 347 -- 30 / Lee Marvin Marvin, Lee 357 -- 31 / Robert Mitchum Mitchum, Robert 368 -- 32 / Big John Wayne Wayne, Big John 392 -- 33 "Irving! Brang em on!" 405 -- 34 Ingmar Bergman 422 -- 35 Martin Scorsese 434 -- 36 "Fiddle on the corner where the quarters are" 448 -- 37 "I wasn't popular when people thought I was popular" 456 -- 38 Werner Herzog 467 -- 39 Bill Nack 477 -- 40 Sweetest Set of Wheels in Town 484 -- 41 Gene Siskel 493 -- 42 Jugular 512 -- 43 Talk Shows 523 -- 44 When I Laughed in Study Hall 539 -- 45 My Romances 545 -- 46 Chaz 571 -- 47 Good News and Bad News 588 -- 48 Nil by Mouth 596 -- 49 Musing My Mind 606 -- 50 Putting a New Face on Things 613 -- 51 High School Reunion 619 -- 52 Studs 625 -- 53 My Last Words 633 -- 54 How I Believe in God 639 -- 55 Go Gently 649.
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- Subject:
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Film critics > United States > Biography. - Genre:
- Autobiographies.
Available copies
- 12 of 12 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 12 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Albemarle Main Library | B Ebert (Text) | 31010000370546 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Cleveland County Main Library | B EBERT (Text) | 22281500057156 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | B Ebert, Roger (Text) | 0112518534071 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Goldsboro Library | B EBERT (Text) | 900000000126640 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Henderson Main Branch | EBERT (Text) | 33258006596469 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| High Point Library | B Ebert R Ebert (Text) | 30519008223813 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lee County Main Library | B/EBERT (Text) | 33262003106546 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Lexington Public Library | B Ebert (Text) | 25908006207794 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
| Martin Memorial Library | B Ebert R (Text) | 38344200344792 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Mt. Airy Public Library | B EBERT (Text) | 40599000807852 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
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