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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorFurious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey Cep · 314 pages
Joe Gould's Teeth
Jill Lepore · 235 pages
"A "New Yorker" staff writer and Harvard historian chronicles the discovery of Joe Gould's long-lost manuscript, "The Oral History of Our Time," and of the violence, betrayals, and madness that led to its concealment,"--NoveList. From New Yorker staff writer and Harvard historian Jill Lepore, the dark, spellbinding tale of her restless search for the long-lost, longest book ever written, a centur
Trump & Me
Mark Singer · 110 pages
"An updated portrait of the business mogul and presidential candidate, written by his long-suffering chronicler and the author of Funny Money, traces Trump's rise as an unlikely tribune of populist rage, political artifice and fantasy-based performance artistry, "--NoveList. "In 1996, longtime New Yorker writer Mark Singer was conscripted by his editor to profile Donald Trump. At that time Trump
Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys
Peter Evans · 352 pages
The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism
Doris Kearns Goodwin · 910 pages
The gap between rich and poor has never been wider. Legislative stalemate paralyzes the country. Corporations resist federal regulations. Spectacular mergers produce giant companies. The influence of money in politics deepens. Bombs explode in crowded streets. Small wars proliferate far from our shores. A dizzying array of inventions speeds the pace of daily life. These unnervingly familiar headli
Trump Revealed
Michael Kranish, Marc Fisher · 448 pages
Authoritative, timely, and provocative, this deeply researched biography of Donald Trump provides a complex portrait of the man who--despite broad skepticism--could be the next president of the United States. Despite decades of scrutiny, many aspects of Trump's life are not well known. Few individuals have ever roamed so widely through such diverse realms as real estate, sports, entertainment, and
Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip
Nevin Martell · 256 pages
Traces the life and career of the creator of "Calvin and Hobbes."
The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Hallie Rubenhold · 352 pages
The Phantom of Fifth Avenue: The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark
Meryl Gordon
The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich
Daniel Ammann · 302 pages
A Life Discarded: 148 Diaries Found in a Skip
Alexander Masters · 268 pages
"An unorthodox investigative literary biography of a mysterious graphomaniac whose nearly 150 diaries are rescued from a dumpster by the author"--
Princess Masako: Prisoner of the Chrysanthemum Throne
Ben Hills · 320 pages
The tragic story of Japan's Crown Princess.It's the fantasy of many young women—marry a handsome prince, move into a luxurious palace, and live happily ever after. But that's not how it turned out for Masako Owada. A thoroughly modern woman in collision
Emma's War: Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan
Deborah Scroggins · 389 pages
Glamorous aid worker Emma McCune refused to conform - her affairs and attitude made her famous in East Africa. She married a local warlord, who was deeply enmeshed in murder and rebellion. This is the story of her life and death.
Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel, Nazi Agent
Hal Vaughan
Bobbed Hair and Bathtub Gin: Writers Running Wild in the Twenties
Marion Meade · 340 pages
In her exuberant new work, BOBBED HAIR AND BATHTUB GIN, Marion Meade presents a portrait of four extraordinary writers--Dorothy Parker, Zelda Fitzgerald, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Edna Ferber--whose loves, lives, and literary endeavors embodied the spirit of the 1920s. Capturing the jazz rhythms and desperate gaiety that defined the era, Meade gives us Parker, Fitzgerald, Millay, and Ferber, tr
The Last American Man
Elizabeth Gilbert · 271 pages
At the age of seventeen, Eustace Conway ditched the comforts of his suburban existence to escape to the wild. Away from the crushing disapproval of his father, he lived alone in a teepee in the mountains. Everything he needed he built, grew or killed. He made his clothes from deer he killed and skinned before using their sinew as sewing thread. But he didn't stop there. In the years that followed,
The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe
Donald H. Wolfe · 560 pages
Dinner With Mugabe: The Untold Story Of A Freedom Fighter Who Became A Tyrant
Heidi Holland · 250 pages
"Probing the mystery of Africa's loyalty to one of its worst dictators, Holland explores the contraditctions that cloud the life of the man who had embodied a continent's promise."--Backcover.
Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty
Daniel Schulman · 432 pages
Mengele: The Complete Story
Gerald Posner, John Ware · 364 pages
Bare-Faced Messiah: The True Story Of L. Ron Hubbard
Russell Miller · 390 pages
Mary Poppins, She Wrote: The Life of P.L. Travers
Valerie Lawson · 401 pages
A portrait of the English author of the classic children's story traces her long life, the creation of her mysterious and beloved title character, and her tumultuous relationship with Walt Disney.
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Steve Sheinkin · 370 pages
From Steve Sheinkin, the award-winning author of The Port Chicago 50 and Bomb comes a tense, exciting exploration of what the Times deemed “the greatest story of the century”: how Daniel Ellsberg transformed from obscure government analyst into “the most dangerous man in America,” and risked everything to expose the government’s deceit. On June 13, 1971, the front page of the New York Times announ