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The Threat

How the FBI Protects America in the Age of Terror and Trump

by Andrew G. McCabe
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019

#1 New York Times Bestseller #1 Washington Post Bestseller #1 Wall Street Journal Bestseller On March 16, 2018, just twenty-six hours before his scheduled retirement from the organization he had served with distinction for more than two decades, Andrew G. McCabe was fired from his position...
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by Augusten Burroughs
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010

Now including an excerpt from Lust & Wonder, a new memoir coming in March 2016. Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her psychiatrist, a dead-ringer for Santa and a lunatic in the bargain. Suddenly,...
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Super Boys

The Amazing Adventures of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster--the Creators of Superman

by Brad Ricca
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013

In time for the 75th anniversary of the Man of Steel*,* comes the first comprehensive literary biography of Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, creators of the DC Comics superhero Superman and the inspiration for Michael Chabon's Kavalier and Clay Drawing on ten years of research in the trenches...
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Front Row

Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief

by Jerry Oppenheimer
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007

From the New York Times bestselling author of Just Desserts: Martha Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography comes a scrupulously researched investigative biography that tells the inside story of Anna Wintour's incredible rise to power From her exclusive perch front row center, glamorous Vogue magazine...
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Sisqo

The Man Behind the Thong

by Leah Furman
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2001

This stunning biography of Sisqo follows "The Man Behind the Thong's" life and career. Sisqo broke into the music scene with his top five album, Unleash The Dragon and never before has the music scene been faced with such a dynamic cross-over artist. Sisqo's life however, has not...
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Soundgarden

New Metal Crown

by Chris Nickson
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 1995

Soundgarden has hammered together the strands of so many different elements - seventies metal, hard rock, punk, goth-into an alloy that's stronger and harder than any of its constituents, and one which by its very nature stands a little bit beyond definition. Is it metal? Is it punk? Does it really...
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Boogie Man

The Adventures of John Lee Hooker in the American Twentieth Century

by Charles Shaar Murray
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013

Acclaimed writer Charles Shaar Murray's Boogie Man is the authorized and authoritative biography of an extraordinary musician. Murray was given unparalleled access to Hooker, and he lets the man from Clarksdale, Mississippi, tell his own story. "Everything you read on album covers is not true,...
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Seeing the Light

Inside the Velvet Underground

by Rob Jovanovic
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2012

With exclusive new interviews from the band, this is a captivating account of one of the most influential groups in rock history. Brian Eno famously said "the first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band." Perhaps no other musicians...
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Enrique Iglesias

An Unauthorized Biography

by Elina Furman, Leah Furman
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2000

Son of the Latin singing legend Julio Iglesias, Enrique has his own sexy style and his own kind of sound. Born in Spain, he's hit the charts big time and captured hearts around the world. But Enrique is more than just a major hottie-he's got the talent and ambition to stay on top. Find out...
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Tasteful Nudes

...and Other Misguided Attempts at Personal Growth and Validation

by Dave Hill
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2012

"I run into Dave Hill all the time at the coffee shop in our neighborhood. He's always unshaven and badly hungover, with some 16-year-old groupie from Cleveland in tow—and he's just as funny then as he is in Tasteful Nudes. He is my idol." —Malcolm Gladwell "Dave Hill speaks,...
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Road Dog

Life and Reflections from the Road as a Stand-up Comic

by Dov Davidoff
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017

Road Dog is comedian, actor, and writer, Dov Davidoff's unflinching memoir told through reflections of twelve months on the road. Davidoff travels across the country from college campuses to local theaters doing stand-up comedy and telling it like it is. He's been known to wax poetic about everything...
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Fat, Drunk, and Stupid

The Inside Story Behind the Making of Animal House

by Matty Simmons
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012

In 1976 the creators of National Lampoon, America's most popular humor magazine, decided to make a movie. It would be set on a college campus in the 1960s, loosely based on the experiences of Lampoon writers Chris Miller and Harold Ramis and Lampoon editor Doug Kenney. They named it Animal House,...
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Marilyn Monroe

The Private Life of a Public Icon

by Charles Casillo
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018

Based on new interviews and research, this ground-breaking biography explores the secret selves behind Marilyn Monroe’s public facades. Marilyn Monroe. Her beauty still captivates. Her love life still fascinates. Her story still dominates popular culture. Now, drawing on years of research...
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Julie Andrews

An Intimate Biography

by Richard Stirling
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2008

Julie Andrews is the last of the great Hollywood musical stars, unequaled by any in her time. In My Fair Lady, Julie Andrews had the biggest hit on Broadway. As the title character in Mary Poppins, she won an Academy Award. And, in 1965, The Sound of Music made her the most famous woman in...
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