Atria Books: 2591 books
Glow
The Autobiography of Rick James
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2014
Best known for his 1980s hit songs “Super Freak,” “Give it to Me Baby,” and “Mary Jane,” the late singer and funk music pioneer Rick James collaborated with acclaimed music biographer David Ritz in this posthumously published, no-holds-barred memoir of a rock star’s life and soul.
He...
Is That All There Is?
The Strange Life of Peggy Lee
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Praised by the New York Times Book Review as “fascinating, suspenseful, careful, musically detailed, and insightful,” this is a long-overdue biography of recording artist and musical legend Peggy Lee.
Miss Peggy Lee cast a spell when she sang. She epitomized cool, but her trademark song,...
She Begat This
20 Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
An NPR 2018 Great Read
Celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the acclaimed and influential debut album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill with this eye-opening and moving exploration of Lauryn Hill and her remarkable artistic legacy.
Released in 1998, Lauryn Hill’s first solo album is...
Adrenalized
Life, Def Leppard, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
A revelatory, redemptive, and “wild...juicy” (Rolling Stone) memoir from the lead guitarist of the legendary hard rock band Def Leppard—the first ever written by one of its members—chronicling the band’s extraordinary rise to superstardom and how they maintained it for three decades.
Meet...
CSNY
Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2019
“A must for CSNY fans.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
The first ever biography focused on the formative and highly influential early years of “rock’s first supergroup” (Rolling Stone) Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young—when they were the most successful, influential, and politically...
Killing Willis
From Diff'rent Strokes to the Mean Streets to the Life I Always Wanted
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2010
The former child star—best known as Willis Jackson on Diff’rent Strokes—shares the shocking but inspirational details of his struggles with addiction, brushes with the law, and fierce fight to carve a path through the darkness and find his true identity.
For Todd Bridges early stardom...
Unbearable Lightness
A Story of Loss and Gain
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
“I didn’t decide to become anorexic. It snuck up on me disguised as a healthy diet, a professional attitude. Being as thin as possible was a way to make the job of being an actress easier . . .”
Portia de Rossi weighed only 82 pounds when she collapsed on the set of the Hollywood film...
by Shania Twain
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2011
Now in paperback from superstar Shania Twain, a poignant, heartfelt, and beautifully told account of her hard-scrabble childhood, rise to worldwide fame, and recent personal tragedies.
The world may know Shania Twain as many things: a music legend, a mother, and recently, a fixture in the news...
Black Privilege
Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
An instant New York Times bestseller! Charlamagne Tha God—the self-proclaimed “Prince of Pissing People Off,” cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, and “the most important voice in hip-hop”—shares his eight principles for unlocking your God-given privilege.
In Black Privilege,...
My Life as a Goddess
A Memoir through (Un)Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2018
“Smart, fast, clever, and funny (As f*ck!)” (Tiffany Haddish), this collection of side-splitting and illuminating essays by the popular stand-up comedian, alum of Chelsea Lately and The Mindy Project, and host of truTV’s Talk Show the Game Show is perfect for fans of the New York Times bestsellers...
As You Wish
Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in The Princess Bride, comes the New York Times bestselling account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright,...
Writing Movies for Fun and Profit
How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2011
This isthe only screenwriting guide by two guys who have actually done it (instead of some schmuck who just gives lectures about screenwriting at the airport Marriott); “These guys are proof that with no training and little education, ANYONE can make it as a screenwriter” (Paul Rudd).
Robert...
Skinnydipping
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2012
Four-time New York Times bestselling author and talk show host Bethenny Frankel makes her fiction debut with the novel Skinnydipping: “A totally fun, dishy read. This is the kind of book that is perfect to pack in your beach bag” (Hollywood Reporter).
Beloved by countless fans for being...
Hiding in Hip Hop
On the Down Low in the Entertainment Industry--from Music to Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008
“If you love Empire, then you must read Terrance Dean’s memoir Hiding in Hip Hop. This is the real story of what it means to be black and gay in Hollywood and the music industry.”—Tananarive Due, American Book Award winner, author of Joplin’s Ghost
“If you enjoy Empire, then you...