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Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous With American History
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Timothy Egan · 376 pages
"A dashing young orator during the Great Famine of the 1840s, in which a million of his Irish countrymen died, Thomas Francis Meagher led a failed uprising against British rule, for which he was banished to a Tasmanian prison colony. He escaped and six months later was heralded in the streets of New York--the revolutionary hero, back from the dead, at the dawn of the great Irish immigration to Ame
The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick
Mallory O'Meara · 368 pages
The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures: A True Tale of Obsession, Murder, and the Movies
Paul Fischer · 416 pages
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
Isabel Wilkerson · 635 pages
In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American history: the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South for northern and western cities, in search of a better life. From 1915 to 1970, this exodus of almost six million people changed the face of America. She interviewed more than a t
An Empire of Their Own: How the Jews Invented Hollywood
Neal Gabler · 502 pages
"From noted film critic Neal Gabler comes a provocative, original, and richly entertaining group biography of the Jewish immigrants who founded and came to dominate the American film industry. These men--Adolph_Zukor, Carl Laemmle, Louis B. Mayer, the Warner brothers, Harry Cohn--created an image of America out of their own idealism, a vision that proved so powerful that it ultimately came to shap
The Inventor and the Tycoon: A Gilded Age Murder and the Birth of Moving Pictures
Edward Ball · 447 pages
From the National Book Award-winning author of Slaves in the Family, this book is the riveting true story of the partnership between the murderer who invented the movies and the robber baron who built the railroads. Edward Ball's ability to mine history and draw out its secrets has earned him a significant critical reputation as a best-selling nonfiction writer. In The Inventor and the Tycoon, he
The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America
John D. Gartner · 368 pages
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend
Susan Orlean · 324 pages
Allegedly found in the ruins of a bombed-out dog kennel in France during World War I, then brought to Los Angeles by Lee Duncan, the soldier who found and trained him, by 1927 Rin Tin Tin had become Hollywood's number one box-office star. Susan Orlean's book--about the dog and the legend--is a poignant exploration of the enduring bond between humans and animals. It is also a richly textured histor
The People Smuggler: The True Story Of Ali Al Jenabi, The 'Oskar Schindler Of Asia'
Robin De Crespigny · 351 pages
Bette and Joan: The Divine Feud
Shaun Considine · 457 pages
Explosive, exhaustive and unsparing, the inside, tell-all story of the celebrated, long-term feud of Hollywood's two greatest screen legends, Bette Davis and Joan Crawford.
Charlie Chaplin
Peter Ackroyd · 272 pages
A concise portrait of the iconic film star traces his humble theatrical beginnings through his honorary Academy Award win, sharing anecdotes about his lesser-known antics and associations.
Natasha: The Biography Of Natalie Wood
Suzanne Finstad · 387 pages
***Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood* is a well-written exploration into the experience, life, and ultimate tragedy of one of Hollywood's most beautiful and gifted stars. It reveals in poignant and often harrowing detail, the abuse and exploitation that the legendary starlet endured to reach the pinnacle of success.**
Groucho: The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx
Stefan Kanfer · 472 pages
"Beginning with the Marx Brothers' family heritage and their youth in turn-of-the-century New York, we see Julius and his brothers Adolph and Leonard become Groucho, Harpo, and Chico. We go backstage as they develop their routines in vaudeville, on Broadway, and, finally, in Hollywood. Groucho's story unfolds against the backdrop of the changing world around him and his star-studded milieu, which
Everything Is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard
Richard Brody · 720 pages
"When Jean-Luc Godard, exemplary director of the French New Wave, wed the ideals of filmmaking to the realities of autobiography and current events, he changed the nature of cinema. Among the greatest cinematic innovations, Godard's films shift fluidly from fiction to documentary, from criticism to art. Similarly, his persona projects shifting images - cultural hero, impassioned loner, shrewd busi
Joss Whedon: The Biography
Amy Pascale · 444 pages
"Follows [Whedon's] development from a creative child and teenager who spent years away from his family at an elite English public school, through his early successes--which often turned into frustrating heartbreak in both television (Roseanne) and film (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)--to his breakout turn as the creator, writer, and director of the Buffy television series [to his work on the blockbust
The Children of Willesden Lane. Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival
Mona Golabek, Lee Cohen · 288 pages
World-renowned concert pianist Mona Golabek shares her mother's journey through World War II and of the extraordinary gift that became her enduring legacy to her daughter, the gift of music.
King of Bollywood: Shah Rukh Khan and the Seductive World of Indian Cinema
Anupama Chopra · 272 pages
American Rebel: The Life of Clint Eastwood
Marc Eliot · 383 pages
A well-researched, updated, and comprehensive biography of the motion picture actor and Oscar-winning director of Unforgiven and Million dollar baby.
Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Coyne S. Sanders, Thomas W. Gilbert · 386 pages
A dual biography of Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball focuses on the star-crossed marriage that sired one of the most powerful production empires in television history but ended in disintegration.
The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray: A Critical Appreciation of the World's Finest Actor
Robert Schnakenberg · 271 pages
He's the sort of actor who can do Hamlet and Charlie's Angels in the same year. He shuns managers and agents and once agreed to voice the part of Garfield because he mistakenly believed it was a Coen brothers film. Bill Murray's extraordinary career is rich with fascinating anecdotes, contradictions, and mystery, from his early success on Saturday Night Live and the biggest blockbusters of the 198