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Updated October 20, 2024
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All you need is love : the Beatles in their own words
Brown, Peter/ Gaines, Steven.
Paper Book
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An oral history of The Beatles from never-before-seen interviews. All You Need Is Love is a groundbreaking oral history of the one of the most enduring musical acts of all time. The material is comprised of intimate...
Being Henry : the Fonz . . . and beyond
Winkler, Henry
Paper Book
Instant New York Times Bestseller! From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into...
Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions : My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
Zwick, Ed.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER "This funny, insightful, and deliciously dishy memoir" (Town & Country) from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last ...
A murder in Hollywood : the untold story of Tinseltown's most shocking crime
Sherman, Casey
Paper Book
USA TODAY BESTSELLER "A wild ride beneath the glitz and glamour of 1950s Hollywood, proving once again that Casey Sherman is a master of the genre." --Ben Mezrich, New York Times bestselling author of Dumb Money, Bringing Down the House, and The Accidental Billionaires The...
My black country : chasing the hidden roots and flowers of black country music genius
Randall, Alice
Paper Book
Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author presents "a celebration of all things country music" (Ken Burns) as she reflects on her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Alice Randall and her activist mother together and...
My Mama, Cass
Elliot-kugell, Owen.
Paper Book
A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star "Mama" Cass Elliot To the rest of the world, Cass Elliot was a rock star; A charismatic, wisecracking singer from the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inducted band, The Mamas & The Papas; A...
Not Your China Doll : The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong
Salisbury, Katie Gee.
Paper Book
Before Constance Wu, Sandra Oh, Awkwafina, or Lucy Liu, there was Anna May Wong. In her time, she was a glamorous starlet, flapper, and fashion icon who graced Oscar-winning films and who was mobbed by clamoring fans and the adoring press both here and abroad. Anna May Wong was plucked from her...
Black TV : Five Decades of Groundbreaking Television from Soul Train to Black-ish and Beyond
Butler, Bethonie.
Paper Book
With iconic imagery and engrossing text, Black TV is the first book of its kind to celebrate the groundbreaking, influential, and often under-appreciated shows centered on Black people and their experiences from the last fifty years.   Over the past...
On Locations : Lessons Learned from My Life on Set With the Sopranos and in the Film Industry
Kamine, Mark/ White, Mike (FRW)
Paper Book
This page-turning account of starting at the lowest rung on the production ladder among enormously famous & outrageously demanding people will be devoured for its insights, gossip, humour, & storytelling. Married and with a child, the author takes unpaid gigs to get a foot in the door, and...
The Rulebreaker : The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
Page, Susan.
The definitive biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time--Barbara Walters--a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the rules and finally gave women a permanent place on the air, written by bestselling author Susan Page.Barbara Walters was a force...
Head over Heels : Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman: a Love Affair in Words and Pictures
Newman, Melissa.
Paper Book
An invitation to the private world of Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman, one of America's most iconic couples, in a lavishly illustrated oversize photo book affectionately curated by their daughter Melissa Newman.    Their love story is the stuff of Hollywood...
What This Comedian Said Will Shock You
Maher, Bill.
Paper Book
The hilarious and controversial host of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher has written his funniest, most opinionated, and most necessary book ever--a brilliantly astute and acerbically funny vivisection of American life, politics, and culture. Some of the smartest commentary...
Bowie at the BBC : A Life in Interviews
Hagler, Tom.
Paper Book
A LOUDER THAN WAR BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A unique insight... An excellent companion for both the casual and obsessive Bowie fan' Louder Then War The life of an icon, in his own words. David Bowie had a unique relationship with the...
Charlie Hustle the rise and fall of Pete Rose, and the last glory days of baseball
O'Brien, Keith
Ebook
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * A captivating chronicle of the incredible story of one of America's most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures--baseball immortal Pete Rose--and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century...
World within a song : music that changed my life and life that changed my music
Tweedy, Jeff
Paper Book
What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives? And do the lives we live help us write better songs? After two New York Times bestsellers that cemented and expanded his legacy as one of America's best-loved...

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