The Last Days of Marilyn Monroe

Nemesis: The True Story of Aristotle Onassis, Jackie O, and the Love Triangle That Brought Down the Kennedys

Peter Evans · 352 pages

Goddess: The Secret Lives of Marilyn Monroe

Anthony Summers · 415 pages

Marilyn: The Last Take

Peter Harry Brown, Patte Barham · 452 pages

In Plain Sight: The Life and Lies of Jimmy Savile

Dan Davies · 592 pages

Dan Davies has spent more than a decade on a quest to find the real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed him extensively over a period of seven years before his death. In the course of his quest, he spent days and nights at a time quizzing Savile at his homes in Leeds and Scarborough, lunched with him at venues ranging from humble transport cafes to the Athenaeum club in London and, most memorably, joine

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."

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.

Blonde Ambition: The Untold Story Behind Anna Nicole Smith's Death

Rita Cosby · 296 pages

YOU PROBABLY THINK YOU KNOW ALL THERE IS TO KNOW. ANNA NICOLE SMITH LOST HER SON. SHE ACCIDENTALLY OVERDOSED. SHE WAS A DRUG ADDICT. YOU DON'T KNOW A THING...She was famous for being famous-Americana at its Scarlet Letter-wearing best. A bodacious young girl from Texas , Anna remade herself into the centerfold of the world. She was a "dumb blonde," a stripper, a Playboy Playmate, who boldly too

The Day Diana Died

Christopher Andersen · 281 pages

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life

Richard Ben Cramer · 553 pages

"In this biography, Richard Ben Cramer presents a stunning, often shocking portrait of the hero nobody knew. It is a story that sweeps through the twentieth century, bringing to light along the way not just America's national game, but her movie stars, mobsters, pols, writers...the birth (and the price) of modern national celebrity.". "This is the story Joe DiMaggio never wanted to tell - and nev

The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War

Ben Macintyre · 364 pages

Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi

Bob Woodward · 461 pages

An investigative reporter chronicles the offstage life of John Belushi as he rose to popularity and concurrently developed a drug habit that he could not control.

The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick

Mallory O'Meara · 368 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

The Reporter Who Knew Too Much: The Mysterious Death of What's My Line TV Star and Media Icon Dorothy Kilgallen

Mark Shaw · 329 pages

Was journalist Dorothy Kilgallen murdered for writing a tell-all book about the JFK assassination? Or was her death from an overdose of barbiturates combined with alcohol, as reported? Shaw believes Kilgallen's death has always been suspect, and unfolds a list of suspects ranging from Frank Sinatra to a Mafia don, while speculating on the possibilities of reopening the case.

Michael Jordan: The Life

Roland Lazenby · 708 pages

Traces the life of one of the most legendary basketball players in the history of the sport, drawing upon interviews with Jordan's friends, family, and teammates, and following his career from college to the NBA.

There Is No Me Without You: One Woman's Odyssey to Rescue Africa's Children

Melissa Fay Greene · 480 pages

Offers a revealing study of the human cost of the AIDS pandemic in Africa in a portrait of Haregewoin Teferra, a widowed recluse in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, who has become the caretaker of sixty children orphaned and abandoned by the AIDS crisis. "There Is No Me Without You" is the story of Haregewoin Tefarra, a middle-aged Ethiopian woman of modest means whose home has become a refuge for hundreds

Sons of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and Private Dynasty

Daniel Schulman · 432 pages

Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach

Meryl Gordon · 320 pages

The fate of Brooke Astor, the endearing philanthropist with the storied name, has generated worldwide headlines since her grandson Philip sued his father in 2006, alleging mistreatment of Brooke. And shortly after her death in 2007, Anthony Marshall, Mrs. Astor’s only child, was indicted on charges of looting her estate. Rarely has there been a story with such an appealing heroine, conjuring up a

The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich

Daniel Ammann · 302 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.

Agatha Christie and the Eleven Missing Days

Jared Cade · 336 pages

This volume gives a meticulously researched account of the disappearance of Agatha Christie over the Christmas period of 1926. It is based upon interviews with close family relatives and features a number of previously unpublished photographs.

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

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

Casey Cep · 314 pages

Crazy Rich: Power, Scandal, and Tragedy Inside the Johnson & Johnson Dynasty

Jerry Oppenheimer · 478 pages

From the founders of the international health-care behemoth Johnson & Johnson in the late 1800s to the contemporary Johnsons of today, such as billionaire New York Jets owner Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV, all is revealed in this unauthorized biography. Often compared to the Kennedy clan because of the tragedies and scandals that had befallen both wealthy and powerful families, this book, based o