Audrey Hepburn, Humphrey Bogart, Gregory Peck, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe-the brightest stars of the silver screen couldn't resist curling up with a good book. This unique collection of rare photographs celebrates the joy of reading in classic film style. The Hollywood Book Club captures screen luminaries on set, in films, in playful promotional photos, or in their own homes and libraries with books from literary classics to thrillers, from biographies to children's books, reading with their kids, and more. Featuring nearly 60 enchanting images, lively captions about the stars and what they're reading by Hollywood photo archivist Steven Rea, and a glamorous stamped case design, here's a real page-turner for booklovers and cinephiles.

The most internationally renowned of Irish film directors, Neil Jordan's diverse work has spanned gothic horror ( "The Company of Wolves," 1984, and "Interview With the Vampire," 1994), Irish history ( "Michael Collins," 1996), literary adaptation ( "The End of the Affair," 1999) and sexual identity ( "The Crying Game," 1992, and "Breakfast on Pluto," 2005), while retaining a distinctive stylistic flair for fantasy and the carnivalesque. "The Cinema of Neil Jordan" discusses his entire output as part of the first comprehensive study of Jordan's career, looking beyond ideological and national concerns to view his films through the prism of Celtic folklore, fairy tales, the gothic, romanticism and postmodernism. Incorporating discussion of Jordan's award-winning literary work and benefiting from extensive access to Jordan's personal archives, this book explains the mythic and poetic impulses that suffuse the director's work.

The most internationally renowned of Irish film directors, Neil Jordan's diverse work has spanned gothic horror ( "The Company of Wolves," 1984, and "Interview With the Vampire," 1994), Irish history ( "Michael Collins," 1996), literary adaptation ( "The End of the Affair," 1999) and sexual identity ( "The Crying Game," 1992, and "Breakfast on Pluto," 2005), while retaining a distinctive stylistic flair for fantasy and the carnivalesque. "The Cinema of Neil Jordan" discusses his entire output as part of the first comprehensive study of Jordan's career, looking beyond ideological and national concerns to view his films through the prism of Celtic folklore, fairy tales, the gothic, romanticism and postmodernism. Incorporating discussion of Jordan's award-winning literary work and benefiting from extensive access to Jordan's personal archives, this book explains the mythic and poetic impulses that suffuse the director's work.