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American Son: A Portrait of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
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Tourmaline · 306 pages
Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success
Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig · 528 pages
"Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father’s Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success" by Russ Buettner and Susanne Craig is an investigative account of Donald Trump’s finances, drawing on decades of tax records, business documents, and insider testimony. The book argues that Trump’s public image as a self-made billionaire is largely a myth, built on vast financial support from his fa
Marilyn Monroe: The Biography
Donald Spoto · 864 pages
The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton: A True Story of Conjoined Twins
Dean Jensen · 421 pages
The Lives and Loves of Daisy and Violet Hilton shares the tumultuous and poignant life story of twin sisters who were literally joined at the hip. Their journey begins in Brighton, England, where they were displayed to the publicf almost frrom the moment of their illegitimate birth. While still toddlers, they were taken to the Australian outback where they were adopted and kept in thrall by a pair
Marilyn
Gloria Steinem · 182 pages
Using the last photographs taken before Marilyn Monroe's death, Gloria Steinem completes the project the actress and the photographer were working on: a book to "set the record straight."
The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family
Laurence Leamer · 946 pages
Monumental in scope and extraordinary in sensitivity, The Kennedy Women chronicles five matrilineal generations in our nation's premier political dynasty. Not merely distinguished cultural history, it is a story of epic sweep, brimming with triumph and tragedy, courage and compliance, self-sacrifice and self-delusion. Moving from steerage on an immigrant vessel to the slums of Boston, from the Co
Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit
Sean Hepburn Ferrer · 240 pages
His Way: The Unauthorized Biography of Frank Sinatra
Kitty Kelley · 592 pages
Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn
William J. Mann · 672 pages
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.
Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de' Medici
Miles J. Unger · 384 pages
Lennon: The Definitive Biography
Ray Coleman · 784 pages
The long-time friend of John Lennon draws on his personal knowledge and the cooperation of Lennon's family and friends to detail the popular musician's life, career, and influence.
Abigail Adams
Woody Holton
IN THIS VIVID NEW BIOGRAPHY OF ABIGAIL ADAMS, the most illustrious woman of Americas founding era, prize-winning historian Woody Holton offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Adams’s life story and of women’s roles in the creation of the republic. Using previously overlooked documents from a host of archives, Abigail Adams shows that the wife of the second president of the United States was far
Prince Charles: The Passions and Paradoxes of an Improbable Life
Sally Bedell Smith · 596 pages
"Sally Bedell Smith returns once again to the British royal family to give us a new and authoritative look at Prince Charles, the oldest heir to the throne in more than three hundred years. This vivid, eye-opening biography--the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more--is filled with fresh insights into Charl
Marilyn Monroe: Private And Undisclosed
Michelle Morgan · 288 pages
An illustrated biography of actress Marilyn Monroe featuring photographs that have not been previously published.
Untouchable: The Strange Life and Tragic Death of Michael Jackson
Randall Sullivan · 800 pages
Traces the story of Michael Jackson's life from his famous childhood through his final four years, drawing on interviews with his friends, enemies, and other associates to cover his international travels, business acumen, and parenting decisions.
Meghan: A Hollywood Princess
Andrew Morton · 253 pages
Seven Dirty Words: The Life and Crimes of George Carlin
James Sullivan · 280 pages
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Eberhard Bethge · 957 pages
Biography of a German theologian who opposed Hitler, and who was executed in the Flossenburg concentration camp.
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
Russell Freedman · 203 pages
A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.
Last Girl Before Freeway: The Life, Loves, Losses, and Liberation of Joan Rivers
Leslie Bennetts · 419 pages
"Joan Rivers was more than a legendary comedian; she was an icon and a role model to millions, a fearless pioneer who left a legacy of expanded opportunity when she died in 2014. Her life was a dramatic roller-coaster of triumphant highs and devastating lows: the suicide of her husband, her feud with Johnny Carson, her estrangement from her daughter, her many plastic surgeries, her ferocious ambit

