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  • Hollywood: The Oral History

    The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine Hepburn, Meryl Streep, Harold Lloyd, and nearly four hundred others, assembled from the American Film Institute’s treasure trove of interviews, reveals a fresh history of the American movie industry from its beginnings to today.From the archives of the American Film Institute comes a unique picture ... Read more

    $17.49 USD $1.99 USD

  • The Beatles

    The Biography

    by Bob Spitz ...
    The definitive biography of The Beatles, hailed as "irresistible" by the New York Times, "riveting" by the Boston Globe, and "masterful" by Time.As soon as The Beatles became famous, the spin machine began to construct a myth -- one that has continued to this day. But the truth is much more interesting, much more exciting, and much more moving -- the highs and the lows, the love and the rivalry, ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • It's Always Something

    by Gilda Radner ...
    To honor the twentieth anniversary of beloved comedienne Gilda Radner’s death from ovarian cancer comes a commemo- rative edition of her memoir, It’s Always Something—featuring a newly updated resource guide for people living with cancer and a tribute by Radner’s former colleagues at Saturday Night Live.As a cast member on the original Saturday Night Live, Gilda Radner created a compelling ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • I'm Glad My Mom Died

    * #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 2 MILLION COPIES SOLD!A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.Jennette McCurdy was six years old when s ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Friedkin Connection

    A Memoir

    “Friedkin’s book does the unthinkable: It relates the behind-the-scenes stories of his triumphs like The French Connection and The Exorcist, but also sees Friedkin take responsibility (brutally so) for his wrong calls. . . . In doing so, he captures the gut-wrenching shifts of a filmmaker’s life—the bizarre whipsaw from success to disaster.” —VarietyAn acclaimed memoir from William Friedkin, a ... Read more

    $15.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • 60 Songs That Explain the '90s

    by Rob Harvilla ...
    **NAMED A BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2023 by PITCHFORK, VARIETY, AND ROLLING STONEA companion to the #1 music podcast on Spotify, this book takes readers through the greatest hits that define a weirdly undefinable decade.**The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of genres and lifestyles and superstars, from grunge to hip-hop, from sumptuous R&B to ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • All About Me!

    My Remarkable Life in Show Business

    by Mel Brooks ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now he shares his story for the first time in “a wonderful addition to a seminal career” (San Francisco Chronicle), “infused with nostalgia and his signature hilarity” (Parade).ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: New York Post • “Laugh-out-loud hilarious and ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)

    A Memoir

    by Sly Stone ...
    Not many memoirs are generational events. But when Sly Stone, one of the few true musical geniuses of the last century, decides to finally tell his life story, it can’t be called anything else.As the front man for the sixties pop-rock-funk band Sly and the Family Stone, a songwriter who created some of the most memorable anthems of the 1960s and 1970s (“Everyday People,” “Family Affair”), and a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Lena Horne

    Goddess Reclaimed

    by Donald Bogle ...
    Series series Turner Classic Movies
    From Donald Bogle, the award-winning author of Hollywood Black and leading authority on Black cinema history, this is a first-of-its-kind comprehensive and lavish biography of Hollywood’s first African American movie goddess.Lena Horne’s life and career are truly remarkable in American film history. She was the first Black performer to become a true star—to receive the kind of glamour treatment at ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Face It

    A Memoir

    by Debbie Harry ...
    Filled with never-before-seen photos and art throughout, the much-anticipated autobiography from rock icon and lead singer of Blondie, Debbie HarryBRAVE, BEAUTIFUL AND BORN TO BE PUNKMusician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the frontwoman of Blondie, a band that forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae and hip-hop ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Corky Lee Book

    Google Honor of US Asian American Photographer with a Doodle |Life, Legacy, and Interesting Facts About Him|

    by James Johnson ...
    "Corky Lee: Life, Legacy, and Interesting Facts About Him" is an engaging and instructive book that honors the astounding accomplishments of one of the most significant photographers in American history. Born in Queens, New York, Corky Lee grew up with a love for photography and a desire to utilize his work to promote social justice and equality.Throughout his life, Corky Lee captured the ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • I Must Say

    My Life As a Humble Comedy Legend

    by Martin Short ...
    “Short’s endearing memoir is, of course, funny, but it’s also a rare thing: the tale of a genuine human being who’s thrived on planet Hollywood.” — Washington PostIn this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz-obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite funnymen, known to his famous peers as the "comedian's ... Read more

    $15.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • The Secret Life of John le Carre

    by Adam Sisman ...
    The extraordinary secret life of a great novelist, which his biographer could not publish while le Carré was alive.Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden.Nowhere was this more so ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Naked

    On Sex, Work, and Other Burlesques

    by Fancy Feast ...
    In Naked, a celebrated burlesque performer, sex educator, and social worker bares it all, with incisive and hilarious essays about selling, performing, and consuming desire.Fancy Feast draws back the curtain to reveal a world that most denizens of the daytime never see. Part exclusive backstage pass, part long-form literary striptease, these essays confront our culture’s tightly held beliefs—like ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Madonna

    A Rebel Life

    by Mary Gabriel ...
    New York Times Editors’ Choice, One of NPR’s Best Books of the YearIn this “infinitely readable” biography, award-winning author Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era: Madonna (People Magazine)With her arrival on the music scene in the early 1980s, Madonna generated nothing short of an explosion—as great as that of Elvis ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song

    by Judith Tick ...
    **An NPR 2023 "Books We Love" Pick • A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of 2023A landmark biography that reclaims Ella Fitzgerald as a major American artist and modernist innovator.**Ella Fitzgerald (1917–1996) possessed one of the twentieth century’s most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald’s death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of this ambitious risk ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Making It So

    A Memoir

    THE NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLERThe long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart!From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscreen work in the Star Trek and X-Men franchises, Sir Patrick Stewart has captivated audiences around the world and across multiple generations with his indelible command of stage and screen. Now, he presents his ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Lost in the Funhouse

    The Life and Mind of Andy Kaufman

    by Bill Zehme ...
    From renowned journalist Bill Zehme, author of the New York Times bestselling The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin', comes the first full-fledged biography and the only complete story of the late comic genius Andy Kaufman. Based on six years of research, Andy's own unpublished, never-before-seen writings, and hundreds of interviews with family members, friends, and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD $8.99 USD

  • To The Stars

    The Autobiography of George Takei

    by George Takei ...
    Series series Star Trek
    Best known as Mr. Sulu, helmsman of the Starship Enterprise™ and captain of the Starship Excelsior, George Takei is beloved by millions as part of the command team that has taken audiences to new vistas of adventure in Star Trek®—the unprecedented television and feature film phenomenon.From the program’s birth in the changing world of the 1960s and death at the hands of the network to its rebirth ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • 獨依無二 護理師 依依 數位寫真

    超過十一萬網友的熱烈敲碗,護理天使超兇重擊粉絲!現職為急診室護理師的依依,擁有甜美臉孔及傲人的32F上圍魔鬼身材。因不吝於分享自己火辣的清涼照造福網友,因此常有網友戲稱她:最「兇」護理師。此次與知名攝影師達文西合作,將依依的各種美貌完全收錄!不管是在海邊戲水、浴缸吹泡還是全裸淋浴的撩人姿態,絕對療癒你的眼睛,電擊你的心臟。作者簡介依依擁有甜美臉孔及傲人32F上圍的魔鬼身材─依依,現職為急診室護理師,曾經在兒童青少年精神科及心臟科工作,興趣是搜集公仔及旅遊。由於外型亮眼,經常在社群上分享醫護人員的甘苦談外,也不吝於分享自己火辣的清涼照造福網友,因此常有網友戲稱她為:「最『兇』護理師」、「讓人睡不著的護理師」稱號。可說是人美心善的最佳代表。且因受廣大網友關注,經常受邀護理相關主題節目:國光幫幫忙、小明星大跟班、醫師好辣、星光歡樂城。曾參與微電影演出(中華電信微電影比賽)、近期也參與過「煞塵暴 ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • This Is Not Fame

    A "From What I Re-Memoir"

    by Doug Stanhope ...
    An unfiltered, unapologetic, hilarious, and sometimes obscene assemblage of tales from the down-and-dirty traveling comedy circuitDoug Stanhope has been drunkenly stumbling down the back roads and dark alleys of stand-up comedy for over a quarter of a century, roads laden with dank bars, prostitutes, cheap drugs, farm animals, evil dwarfs, public nudity, menacing third-world police, psychotic ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Digging Up Mother

    A Love Story

    by Doug Stanhope ...
    Doug Stanhope is one of the most critically acclaimed and stridently unrepentant comedians of his generation. What will surprise some is that he owes so much of his dark and sometimes uncomfortably honest sense of humor to his mother, Bonnie. It was the cartoons in her Hustler magazine issues that molded the beginnings of his comedic journey, long before he was old enough to know what to do with ... Read more

    $9.99 USD $1.99 USD

  • Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions

    My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood

    by Ed Zwick ...
    A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLERThis heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai**, Legends of the Fall, About Last Night, and Glory, creator of the show thirtysomething, and executive producer of My So-Called Life, gives a dishy... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Being Henry

    The Fonz . . . and Beyond

    by Henry Winkler ...
    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 prominence as “The Fonz” in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is. Brilliant, funny, and widely-regarded as the nicest ... Read more

    $14.99 USD