Disney biography a literary triumph
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LOS ANGELES  - Art imitates life, and life imitates art, and sometimes it's hard to tell which is which.     Take the little town of Marceline, Mo., a place so idyllic, so orderly, so utterly all-American that it seemed impossible to improve on. Marceline declined once the automobile came and the crowds started to roll in, but it is forever enshrined in the memories of several generations of Americans.
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Comment is free: Sarah Churchwell: From Marilyn to Diana, biographies are too often trashy. But readers must take a share of the blame.
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"The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium" (Gotham Books, 266 pages, $20), by Philip Dodd: Ever wonder how the Jacuzzi got its name? Or the Frisbee? Or leotards and silhouettes? All these things were named after people, and this book tells you how.
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The 88-year-old author of The Golden Notebook is an inexhaustible and defiantly unique literary phenomenon
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The film version of Thomas Rockwell's 1973 book proves refreshingly free of the customary blights that affect most modern childrenÂs movies, notably adult condescension.
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"Thursday Next: First Among Sequels" (Viking, $24.95, 400 pages), by Jasper Fforde: "Thursday Next" is an invigorating romp for all lovers of literature.
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Few people, at 22 years old, merit an autobiography AND a biopic. But Fantasia, the former "American Idol" champ with the raspy, gospel-tinged voice of a weathered R&amp;B veteran, has always been an old soul &#151; and one who has had more life-changing experiences than some twice her age.
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Johnny Depp's performance makes up for the liberties 'Finding Neverland' takes with the life of J.M Barrie.
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Though it has its share of carnality, Bill Condon's wise and witty biography of the sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey is, above all, an intellectual turn-on.
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THE CANON: A WHIRLIGIG TOUR OF THE BEAUTIFUL BASICS OF  SCIENCE   Natalie Angier   Houghton Mifflin. 293 pp. $27.
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How do you transpose the life of an American cultural icon who transformed American popular music into a compelling, streamlined biopic?
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This is a Diana book with much more smart, snarky flair than most, told by someone who knows the world of aristocratic fairy tales much better than many who inhabit it.
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By Roger Schlueter, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 18--Q. In watching a biography on Mark Twain, I heard an incident in Samuel Clemens' life that has had a direct effect on all of us today.
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Long live the real Bilbo Baggins, the first Little People of the World, Homo floresiensis and Homo sapien archeologists Michael Morwood, Peter Brown and Professor Soejono!
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This meticulously researched, authoritative biography offers a detailed picture of Stalinâs childhood and youth, his shadowy career as a revolutionary in Georgia and his critical role during the October Revolution.
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Susan Lyne has valuable insight into the lives of the desperate housewife. Michael Eisner, the embattled CEO of Disney, was unappreciative of her rare gift.
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Disney CEO Bob Iger has been a pleasant surprise.