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"A sharp, funny, and honest collection of real-life stories from Kelly Ripa, showing the many dimensions and crackling wit of the beloved daytime talk show host"-- Ripa writes of her life: as a professional, a wife, a daughter, a mom, a woman. With a career spanning more than three decades, Ripa has hosted entertainers, politicians, athletes and other cultural icons. In these essays she shares stories and anecdotes from over the years, live as she...

A comprehensive portrait of the iconic cultural figure includes coverage of his Mississippi childhood and college forays into early Muppet TV projects to his years with "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" and his considerable achievements in non-Muppet productions.

Discusses the life of Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets, including his early life and influences, the development of the Muppets and their increasing success, his early death, and his legacy.

The creator, writer and executive producer of "2 Broke Girls" presents a personal account of her life and career, detailing her struggles with challenges ranging from anxiety and an eating disorder to relationships and pop therapy.

This fascinating portrait presents the many sides of Gene Roddenberry, creator of the phenomenally popular Star Trek and all its spin-offs--and in so doing, gives readers new focus and fresh feeling for the show that has soared beyond time to reach the realm of legend and myth.

A former news reporter and news anchor, Mitchell was the first woman to host a nationally syndicated daily talk show, the first woman president of Turner Broadcasting, the first woman president of PBS and of CNN Productions. Today, as the curator of the global TEDWomen conference., she is a dangerous woman because of her lifelong insistence on redefining power on her terms, and in leveraging that power to manifest her vision of a better world. Here...

Between bombings and political chaos in 1990s Moscow, a team of Russian and American artists, producers, educators, writers, and puppeteers overcame their many differences to create an unprecedented hit in a post-communist era: Ulitsa Sezam, the Russian co-production of Sesame Street. She observes how, despite sharing common goals, cultural clashes colored nearly every aspect of the production. The result is an invaluable perspective on Russia's diverse...

Presents the creator of the Muppets and describes the creative spirit, performance talents and beliefs in the goodness of people that inspired his career and how he helped create the iconic programs Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.