http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/as-entertainment-books.htm Book reviews from The Anniston Star. StarScraper 1.46 Copyright (c)2009 Consolidated Publishing. All rights reserved. http://www.annistonstar.com/rss/images/as-logo_books.gif 14450 http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/as-entertainment-books.htm Books en-us 20 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:11:09 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/2009/as-books-0104-0-9a03t4948.htm Of Oscar Hammerstein II, Irving Berlin once said, 'The difference between Oscar and the rest of us lyric writers is that he is a poet.' That, more than anything else, is evident in this sumptuous, coffee-table compendium of the lyrics that are so much a part of the American musical landscape. http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/2009/as-books-0104-0-9a03t4948.htm Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:11:09 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/2009/as-books-0104-0-9a03t4847.htm Christopher Plummer will ever be remembered as Captain von Trapp in the film version of The Sound of Music, a role he initially regretted taking. In Spite of Myself, his absolutely winning memoir, fills in the rest of it. http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/2009/as-books-0104-0-9a03t4847.htm Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:11:09 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/2009/as-books-0104-0-9a03t4708.htm He was the director of many films that are very much a part of our American consciousness. He moved comfortably among film genres. He was the first choice of both producers and stars. Yet his name will probably be recognized only by die-hard film fanatics. http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/2009/as-books-0104-0-9a03t4708.htm Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:11:09 CST http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/2009/as-books-0104-0-9a03t5056.htm Local and national bestsellers for the week of Dec. 29-Jan. 4. http://www.annistonstar.com/entertainment/2009/as-books-0104-0-9a03t5056.htm Sun, 04 Jan 2009 00:11:09 CST