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Who knew that Bernie Mac's earliest stand-up shows were on subway cars and at funeral parties? Who brought Tom Cruise to Top Gun? Who was Peter Gallagher before Sex, Lies and Videotape and The OC? How did one superagent (formerly the mail guy) nab Marlon Brando as his first star client? In a heyday of ... more »

Take a walk on the wild side... Star Wood Leigh is star struck in life and love. A hasty secret marriage to rock 'n' roll bad boy Jimi Deed triggers a chain of events that changes both of their lives. Together they soar to the heights of stardom and explore the dark side of celebrity. As their lives ... more »

La vie est un present de la nature assez considerable pour ne pas negliger de sçavoir à qui l'on en est redevable : et j'ay lieu d'esperer que ceux à qui celle de M Descartes ne sera point entierement indifferente, me sçauront gré de leur avoir fait connoître les personnes dont la providence a voulu ... more »

The #1 national bestseller. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, and the ABBY Award. When I look back on my childhood I wonder how I managed to survive at all. It was, of course, a miserable childhood: the happy childhood is hardly worth your while. Worse ... more »

My name is Justin. I guess I should go ahead and tell you I sing. -- Justin Timberlake at age eleven The meteoric rise of Justin Timberlake from one-fifth of boy band *NSYNC to one of the world's top male solo artists has been nothing short of extraordinary. But how did this precocious curly-haired boy ... more »

In this memoir, a man whose sage counsel and discretion brought him to the right hand of mayors, governors, and presidents, shares his personal recollections and impressions of leaders and events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century. Here is the compelling story of the impact that a quiet ... more »

This lyrical memoir, telling of a spontaneous cross-country road trip following migrating birds, is one woman's reflections on midlife, her personal relationships, her kaleidoscopic past, and her uncertain future -- her ultimate acknowledgmnent of becoming part of a more fluid, wild, spare, elegant, ... more »

This is the true story of America's first black dynasty. The years after the Civil War represented an astonishing moment of opportunity for African-Americans. The rush to build a racially democratic society from the ruins of slavery is never more evident than in the personal history of Blanche Kelso ... more »

He was one of the most decorated cops in the history of NYPD. From his wiseguy relatives, he learned the meaning of honor and loyalty. From his fellow cops, he learned the meaning of betrayal. MAFIA COP His father, Ralph Fat the Gangster Eppolito, was stone-cold Mafia hit-man. Lou Eppolito, however, ... more »

On the night of February 25, 1969, an inexperienced, 25-year-old lieutenant, Bob Kerrey, led a commando raid on an isolated Vietnamese hamlet called Thanh Phong. While witnesses and official records give varying accounts, one thing is certain: around midnight, Kerrey and his men killed at least 13 unarmed ... more »

Ordinary Girl is legendary singer-songwriter Donna Summer's delightfully candid memoir about her journey from singing in a Boston church to her unexpected reign as the Queen of Disco--and the tragedy and spiritual rebirth that followed. Donna Summer was born on New Year's Eve in Boston. Her childhood ... more »