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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorTruman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, Acquaintences and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career
George Plimpton · 449 pages
Using oral biography, a technique that perfectly matches the style of his subject, George Plimpton blends the voices of Capote's lovers, haters, acquaintances, and colleagues into a highly readable narrative. Here we are present for the entire span of Capote's life: his Southern childhood and his early days in New York; his first literary success with the publication of Other Voices, Other Rooms;
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon
Crystal Zevon · 452 pages
When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind both a fanatical cult following and a rich catalog of dark, witty rock-n-roll classics that includes "Lawyers, Guns, and Money," "Excitable Boy," and the immortal "Werewolves of London." He also left a trove of misadventures and anecdotes, a veritable rock opera of drugs, women, celebrity, high times, and hard ways. As Warren once said, "I got to be J
Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman
Merle Miller
Gonzo: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson
Jann S. Wenner, Corey Seymour · 496 pages
Few American lives are stranger, more action-packed, or wilder than that of Hunter S. Thompson. Born a rebel in Louisville , Kentucky , Thompson spent a lifetime channeling his energy and insight into such landmark works as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - and his singular and provocative style challenged and revolutionized writing.Now, for the first time ever, Jann Wenner and Corey Seymour have
The Chris Farley Show: A Biography in Three Acts
Tom Farley Jr., Tanner Colby · 368 pages
Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy · 368 pages
Edie: American Girl
Jean Stein, George Plimpton · 564 pages
Nine Lives: Death and Life in New Orleans
Dan Baum · 311 pages
The hidden history of a haunted and beloved city told through the intersecting lives of nine remarkable characters After Hurricane Katrina, Dan Baum moved to New Orleans to write about the city's response to the disaster for The New Yorker. He quickly realized that Katrina was not the most interesting thing about New Orleans, not by a long shot. The most interesting question, which struck him as h
The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War
Steven Pressfield · 430 pages
"We are being bullied, my father said, and the only way to handle a bully is to punch him in the face. "What would you do?" I asked. "Strike now. As soon as possible. Meet the enemy straight-up and destroy him. There is no other way." -YAEL DAYAN, daughter of Moshe Dayan, to Steven Pressfield June 5, 1967. The nineteen-year-old state of Israel is surrounded by enemies who want nothing less than he
When I Was a Slave: Memoirs from the Slave Narrative Collection
Norman R. Yetman · 157 pages
Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years
Sarah L. Delany, A. Elizabeth Delany, Amy Hill Hearth · 320 pages
Coders at Work: Reflections on the Craft of Programming
Peter Seibel · 617 pages
Presents an overview of computer programming and interviews with some of the well-known programmers currently working in the field as they discuss their experiences and techniques.
I Thought My Father Was God and Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project
Paul Auster, Nelly Reifler · 416 pages
A collection of 180 personal, true-life accounts from NPR's National Story Project reflects the work of men and women of all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life and is accompanied by a look at the role of storytelling in our lives.
To Be a Slave
Julius Lester · 160 pages
A compilation, selected from various sources and arranged chronologically, of the reminiscences of slaves and ex-slaves about their experiences from the leaving of Africa through the Civil War and into the early twentieth century.
Race: How Blacks And Whites Think And Feel About The American Obsession
Studs Terkel · 403 pages
First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. In a rare and revealing look at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel brings out the full complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, uncovering a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college stude
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices
Xinran · 243 pages
"During the 1990s, a period of relative openness in China, Xinran hosted a radio call-in show, inviting Chinese women to speak with her on the air about their lives. Broadcast every evening, "Words on the Night Breeze" became famous throughout the country for its unflinching portrayal of what it means to be a woman in modern China." "In this remarkable book, Xinran devotes each chapter to an indiv
Punk Rock: An Oral History
John Robb, Henry Rollins · 562 pages
Vibrant and volatile, the punk scene left an extraordinary legacy of music and cultural change, and this work talks to those who cultivated the movement, weaving together their accounts to create a raw and unprecedented oral history of punk in the United Kingdom. From the Clash, Crass, Henry Rollins, and John Lydon to the Sex Pistols, the Stranglers, and the Buzzcocks, this reference features more
Agatha Christie
Gillian Gill · 243 pages
This volume is a biography of English writer Agatha Christie (1890-1976). Christie is best remembered for the detective novels and short story collections. She is perhaps the best-selling novelist of all time; her novels have sold roughly 4 billion copies, and claims exist that state her works rank third, after those of William Shakespeare and the Bible, as the world's most-widely published books.
JK Rowling: the wizard behind Harry Potter
Marc Shapiro · 127 pages