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King of Comedy
The Life and Art Of Jerry Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2016
Shawn Levy's fascinating biography King of Comedy - the product of vast research and interviews with contemporaries, admirers, foes, and even, briefly, Lewis himself - traces the story of a man who defines High American Show Biz. At points along the time line of his career, Lewis has been the highest-paid...
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Loved You: Aretha Franklin, Respect, and the Making of a Soul Music Masterpiece presents the remarkable story of how The Queen of Soul created what Rolling Stone called “the greatest soul album ever made.”
The album she recorded that earned soul legend Aretha...
The Ghost Horse
A True Story of Love, Death, and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2013
In The Ghost Horse, Joe Layden tells the inspiring true tale of a one-eyed, club-footed thoroughbred racehorse and a journeyman trainer, Tim Snyder, who scraped together every penny he had to purchase the broken and unwanted filly. Snyder helped the horse overcome its deficiencies, eventually naming...
Warrior King
The Triumph and Betrayal of an American Commander in Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2008
The startling and controversial memoir of combat and betrayal, written by one of the most prominent members of the U.S. fighting forces in Iraq
A West Point graduate, a former star quarterback who carried Army to its first bowl victory, and a courageous warrior who had proven himself on the...
All About All About Eve
The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made!
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2001
To millions of fans, All About Eve represents all that's witty and wonderful in classic Hollywood movies. Its old-fashioned, larger-than-life stars--including Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, and Celeste Holm--found their best roles in Eve and its sophisticated dialogue has...
Global Girlfriends
How One Mom Made It Her Business to Help Women in Poverty Worldwide
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Start small, dream big, change lives— how one woman harnessed the power of fair trade to help women in poverty help themselves
Seven years ago, Stacey Edgar had a $2,000 tax return and a deep desire to help provide economic security for women in need. She knew that of the 1.3 billion people...
Take This Book to Work
How to Ask for (and Get) Money, Fulfillment, and Advancement
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2007
Expert advice from Women For Hire, the leading recruitment services firm for professional women
Asking the essential question at the right moment is a skill, one that any woman can master quickly. And it is a powerful tool that can get women more of everything they want in the workplace. Take...
The Supermodel and the Brillo Box
Back Stories and Peculiar Economics from the World of Contemporary Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Acquiring contemporary art is about passion and lust, but it is also about branding, about the back story that comes with the art, about the relationship of money and status, and, sometimes, about celebrity. The Supermodel and the Brillo Box follows Don Thompson's 2008 bestseller The $12 Million Stuffed...
by Don Bloch
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2016
Flying Uncle's Junk is the much-anticipated follow-up memoir to A Shadow at the Gate. Author Don Bloch spent more than twenty years with the Federal Drug Enforcement Administration. He made undercover buys of heroin, cocaine, and other drugs on the streets of Minneapolis. As a DEA pilot, he flew undercover...
War Dogs
Tales of Canine Heroism, History, and Love
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
*A New York Times Best Seller*
Under the cover of night, deep in the desert of Afghanistan, a US Army handler led a Special Forces patrol with his military working dog. Without warning an insurgent popped up, his weapon raised. At the handler's command, the dog charged their attacker. There...
by Vic Damone, David Chanoff
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
Born Vito Farinola in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in 1928, Vic worked as an usher at the fabled Paramount Theatre before realizing a dream by shooting to the top of the Billboard Chart in 1947 with his first hit "I Have But One Heart." He was mentored by everyone from Perry Como to Tommy Dorsey....
by Adrian Fort
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
A new biography of Nancy Astor, American socialite and social crusader who blazed a trail through British society amid two World Wars
In 1919, Nancy Astor became the first female Member of Parliament elected to the House of Commons—she was not what had been expected. Far from a virago who...
I'm Wild Again
Snippets from My Life and a Few Brazen Thoughts
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2000
She's back and causing jaws to drop as always! As bold and amusing as ever, Helen Gurley Brown, who made her mark in publishing history when she became editor in chief of Cosmopolitan in 1965, has written her first memoir, I'm Wild Again: Snippets from My Life and a Few Brazen Thoughts. While the...
Moneywood
Hollywood in Its Last Age of Excess
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
As wild and sexy and over the top as the decade it brings to life, author, William Stadiem, tells the inside story of Hollywood producers in the 80s.
From hits like Beverly Hills Cop, Top Gun and Batman to flops like Heaven's Gate, Howard the Duck and Leonard Part 6, Hollywood was never more...