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Don't Fall Off the Mountain | 
 enlarge | Author: Shirley Maclaine
Publisher: Bantam
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 577047
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9
ISBN: 0553274384
Dewey Decimal Number: 920
EAN: 9780553274387
ASIN: 0553274384
Publication Date: March 1, 1985
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Condition: Some wear on book from reading, spine creases, wear on binding and pages, we guarantee all purchases and ship all items via USPS mail.
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"I've always felt that I would never develop into a really fine actress because I cared moreabout life beyond the camera than the life in frontof it. Over the years my search became broader andbroader. After two months on a picture my carseemed to veer toward the airport of its own accord. Istill loved acting and enjoyed it. I was aprofessional, but basically I was more interested in thepeople I played than the movies I played themin... " -- Shirley MacLaine.
Anoutspoken thinker, a keen observer, a trulyindependent woman, Shirley MacLaine takes us on aremarkable journey into her life and her inner self. Fromher Virginia roots, to stardom, marriage,motherhood and her enlightening travels to mysteriouscorners of the world, her story is exciting andpoetic, moving and humorous-the varied and life-changingexperiences of a talented, intelligent andextraordinary woman.
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 Prime Minister Lenny & Bhutan June 3, 2005
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
My favorite story in this book is when Shirley visits the tiny country of Bhutan in 1964. She's thrilled and nervous when she's invited to meet Bhutan's prime minister, Llendhup Dorji. She expects an elderly holy man in saffron robes, sitting in a lotus position surrounded by an aura of sternness and spirituality. Suddenly, a handsome 28-year old Mongolian man dressed in tight black mohair pants, a bright red sports jacket and Italian shoes--with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth--swaggers into the room. He shakes her hand and says "Hi there, my name is Lenny!" Yes, Lenny was the acting Prime Minister of Bhutan in 1964 and according to Shirley, he was the hippest, coolest guy in the country. He asked HER about Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin, shared a drink with her and drove her around in his European sports car. Yet his conversation became poignant when he told Shirley he once hitchhiked across the United States and lived in Greenwich Village, where people assumed he was a Chinese laundryman. He said: "How do you explain Bhutan to Americans?" But Shirley's comments were even more thought-provoking. "I was thrown off completely. This Bhutanese chief of state had slept in Grand Central Station and people thought he was a Chinese laundryman? I guess it was no more incongruous than an American movie star who wanted to experiment with her inner self in the Himalayas." This is Shirley's first book, originally published in 1970, and it's one of her best. It will expand your horizons and your outlook on life.
 A Remarkable Book............ October 20, 2000
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
.........by a remarkable woman. When reading this book, one tends to find themselves imagining that the contents are based upon a wonderfully moving, humourous, exciting and particularly enlightening feature film starring the immensely talented and deep-thinking Shirley MacLaine. Instead, amazingly......... the book is autobiographical and therefore makes absolutely stunning reading. I have read many books by Shirley MacLaine and within all of them, there is a complete honesty which made me personally, look a little deeper into my own life. It's a gift.
A Remarkable Book.............. October 20, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
........by a remarkable woman. When reading this book, one tends to find themselves imagining that the contents are based upon a wonderfully moving, humourous, exciting and particularly enlightening feature film starring the immensely talented and deep-thinking Shirley MacLaine. Instead, amazingly......... the book is autobiographical and therefore makes absolutely stunning reading. I have read many books by Shirley MacLaine and within all of them, there is a complete honesty which made me personally, look a little deeper into my own life. It's a gift.
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