"CD Audiobooks." . . "PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General" . . "Acteurs États-Unis Biographies." . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General" . . . . "Livres audio pour handicapés visuels." . . . . "Not a memoir of show business ups and downs, but rather a moving, funny story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only just begun to grow. It is the story of turning points in Alda's life." . . . . "Unabridged."@en . . . . . . "Never have your dog stuffed [and other things I've learned]"@en . . . . . . . . "Biography"@en . "Biography" . . . "A memoir by the award-winning actor and director describes growing up with a schizophrenic mother and renowned actor father, looking at the various turning points in his life."@en . "Alda, the son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, spent his early childhood backstage and went on, after early struggles, to achieve extraordinary success in his profession. This is a moving and funny story of a boy growing into a man, and turning points in his life, events that would make him what he is today."@en . "\"My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six,\" begins Alda's irresistible story. The son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on, after early struggles, to achieve extraordinary success in his profession. Yet Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is not a memoir of show-business ups and downs. It is a moving and funny story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only just begun to grow. It is the story of turning points in Alda's life, events that would make him what he is--if only he could survive them."@en . . . . "A memoir by the award-winning actor and director looks at the various turning points in his life and describes growing up with a schizophrenic mother and a renowned actor father."@en . . . . . "One of America's most recognizable and acclaimed actors, the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances. The son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on, after early struggles, to achieve extraordinary success in his profession. Yet this is not a memoir of show-business ups and downs. It is a story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only just begun to grow. Alda learns the hard way that change, uncertainty, and transformation are what life is made of, and true happiness is found in embracing them." . "One of America's most recognizable and acclaimed actors, the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances. The son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on, after early struggles, to achieve extraordinary success in his profession. Yet this is not a memoir of show-business ups and downs. It is a story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only just begun to grow. Alda learns the hard way that change, uncertainty, and transformation are what life is made of, and true happiness is found in embracing them."@en . . . . . . "Downloadable audio books"@en . . "Never have your dog stuffed"@en . . "Never have your dog stuffed and other things I've learned" . "Never have your dog stuffed and other things I've learned"@en . . . . . . "Audiobooks"@en . . "He's one of America's most recognizable and acclaimed actors--a star on Broadway, an Oscar nominee for The aviator, and the only person to ever win Emmys for acting, writing, and directing, during his eleven years on M*A*S*H. Now Alan Alda has written a memoir as elegant, funny, and affecting as his greatest performances. \"My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six,\" begins Alda's irresistible story. The son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, he spent his early childhood backstage in the erotic and comic world of burlesque and went on, after early struggles, to achieve extraordinary success in his profession. Yet Never have your dog stuffed is not a memoir of show-business ups and downs. It is a moving and funny story of a boy growing into a man who then realizes he has only just begun to grow. It is the story of turning points in Alda's life, events that would make him what he is--if only he could survive them. From the moment as a boy when his dead dog is returned from the taxidermist's shop with a hideous expression on his face, and he learns that death can't be undone, to the decades-long effort to find compassion for the mother he lived with but never knew, to his acceptance of his father, both personally and professionally, Alda learns the hard way that change, uncertainty, and transformation are what life is made of, and true happiness is found in embracing them."@en . . . . "Alda, the son of a popular actor and a loving but mentally ill mother, spent his early childhood backstage and went on, after early struggles, to achieve extraordinary success in his profession. This is a moving and funny story of a boy growing into a man, and turning point in his life, events that would make him what he is today." . . . "Audiobooks collection Nonfiction." . .