Despite this, by the age of eleven Baxter had 'collected' his first book - The Poems of Rupert Brooke. He'd read the volume often, but now he had to own it.

Belligerent and evasive, Josef von Sternberg chose to ignore his illegitimate birth in Austria, deprived New York childhood, abusive father, and lack of education.

A biography of Steven Spielberg, the acclaimed film-maker. It charts the director's career from his first 8mm home movies to the Oscar-winning "Schindler's List." Steven Spielberg dominates the cinema of the nineties.

The Most Beautiful Walk in the World is your guide, par excellence, to the true, off-the-beaten-path heart of the City of Lights. Includes an excerpt from John Baxter's new book The Perfect Meal.

Acclaimed biographer John Baxter uncovers the roots of Lucas's enigmatic genius and independent spirit and shows how he joined with other idealists to found the new Hollywood, an effort that paved the way for the event picture, the ...

Get swept up in the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera as author and filmmaker John Baxter takes readers on a whirlwind tour through the star-studded cultural history of the Côte d'Azur that's sure to delight travelers, Francophiles, ...

From Deep Throat to Debbie Does Dallas, from the mile-high club to the Emperor's Club, John Baxter explains it all to you in this decadently definitive work on the many ins and outs of s-e-x, guaranteed to tantalize, edify, and titillate ...

And when, On occasions, during the years it took to put this story down on paper, I expressed skepticism at an extraordinary coincidence or hair's breath escape, he would produce some scrap of evidence to validate the experience: a tiny ...