Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch
By: Alexandra Jacobs
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The ebullient, troubled life of a Broadway legend who became a heroine to a younger generationStill…
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1. Postcards from the Edge
By: Carrie Fisher
3.62
Format: 226 pages, Paperback
Fisher beautifully brings readers the inside of Hollywood through a web of humor, drugs, relationsh… read more
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"It’s like I’ve got a visa for happiness, but for sadness I’ve got a lifetime pass."-Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edge
"Actually, I am a failed anorexic. I have anorexic thinking, but I can't seem to muster the behavoir"-Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edge
" Karl Marx: "Religion is the opiate of the masses." Carrie Fisher: "I did masses of opiates religiously."-Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edge
"I shot through my twenties like a luminous thread through a dark needle, blazing toward my destination: Nowhere."-Carrie Fisher, Postcards from the Edge
2. Kiss Me Like a Stranger: My Search for Love and Art
By: Gene Wilder
4.64
Format: None pages, Paperback
Gene Wilder was one of the great comic actors who defined the 1970's and 1980's in movies. From his… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
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3. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media
By: Noam Chomsky , Edward S. Herman
4.42
Format: 718 pages, Paperback
Librarian's note: There are Alternate Cover Editions for this edition of this book . In this pathb… read more
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- nonfiction
4. Patti LuPone: A Memoir
By: Patti LuPone
3.87
Format: 291 pages, Hardcover
"I have been incredibly fortunate over the course of my career to have been associated with some ex… read more
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5. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
By: Mary Rodgers
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
The memoirs of Mary Rodgers Guettel--writer, composer, Broadway royalty, and "a woman who tried eve… read more
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- new york
- biography
- memoir
- theatre
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
6. Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
By: Werner Herzog
4.25
Format: 367 pages, Kindle Edition
Legendary filmmaker and celebrated author Werner Herzog tells in his inimitable voice the story of … read more
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- biography
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
7. My Name Is Barbra
By: Barbra Streisand
4.20
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more
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- memoir
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- audiobook
"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
8. Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
By: Cal Flyn
4.20
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Investigative journalist Cal Flyn's ISLANDS OF ABANDONMENT, an exploration of the world's most deso… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
"But the unplanned nature preserves that have formed up in the buffer zones have come to serve as a focus for bilateral cooperation after hostilities are over."-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"Further back, cooling ponds strewn with rusted pipes were busy with teals and moorhens. An old concrete streetlight stood incongruously in the woods beyond: some ravaged Narnia. Jays catcalled overhe…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"This is a corrupted world, yes - one long fallen from a state of grace - but it is a world too that knows how to live. It has a great capacity for repair, for recovery, for forgiveness - of a sort - …"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
"And so for a hundred years a forest grew up across the land, tall and dark and impenetrable, whose undergrowth curled and snarled into a thicket of bramble and black thorn. This was a forbidden fores…"-Cal Flyn, Islands of Abandonment: Life in the Post-Human Landscape
9. Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
By: Jeremy Atherton Lin
3.80
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR The New York … read more
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- biography
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- audiobook
"Gay is the opium of the people."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
"It used to be: We are everywhere. Now it’s: We are everything."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
"We became a different kind of wallflower—not shrinking violets but judgmental pansies."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
"I was under the impression I was always late to the party, but in fact I may not have been invited."-Jeremy Atherton Lin, Gay Bar: Why We Went Out
10. Headshot
By: Rita Bullwinkel
3.63
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
An electrifying debut novel from an “unusually gifted writer” (Lorrie Moore) about the radical inti… read more
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- audiobook
"The desire to please people is the desire to not be singular."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"Tanya Maw's sister is two years older, the perfect age gap for wisdom transmission."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"It can be intoxicating to play a sport that requires one to look in their opponent's eyes."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
"It's a warmth that she'll feel again very few times in her life. It's almost like love, but it has a surer, less desperate edge to it."-Rita Bullwinkel, Headshot
11. I Was Better Last Night: A Memoir
By: Harvey Fierstein
4.37
Format: 386 pages, Hardcover
A poignant and hilarious memoir from the cultural icon, gay rights activist, and four-time Tony Awa… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
12. When the World Didn't End: A Memoir
By: Guinevere Turner
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In this immersive, spell-binding memoir, an acclaimed screenwriter tells the story of her childhood… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
13. The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison
By: Hugh Ryan
4.45
Format: 357 pages, Hardcover
This singular history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window int… read more
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- new york
- nonfiction
14. The Queen of Sugar Hill: A Novel of Hattie McDaniel
By: ReShonda Tate
3.94
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Bestselling author ReShonda Tate presents a fascinating fictional portrait of Hattie McDaniel, one … read more
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- audiobook
15. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
16. What Have We Here?: Portraits of a Life
By: Billy Dee Williams
4.04
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades—a heralded actor who's played the… read more
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- media tie in
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17. I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This [But I'm Going to Anyway]
By: Chelsea Devantez
4.08
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
A dynamic memoir-in-essays by comedian, screenwriter, and podcaster Chelsea Devantez, detailing her… read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
18. Ladies Who Punch: The Explosive Inside Story of "The View"
By: Ramin Setoodeh
3.74
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Like Fire & Fury, the gossipy real-life soap opera behind a serious show. When Barbara Walters laun… read more
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- audiobook
19. Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George"
By: James Lapine
4.50
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the iconic musical Sunday in… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- theatre
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
20. Twilight Man: Love and Ruin in the Shadows of Hollywood and the Clark Empire
By: Liz Brown
3.87
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
The unbelievable true story of Harrison Post--the enigmatic lover of one of the richest men in 1920… read more
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- memoir
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- audiobook
21. Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius
By: Carrie Courogen
3.92
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"A deeply researched, psychologically astute new biography of May by Carrie Courogen...The book is … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- audiobook
22. The Big Reveal: An Illustrated Manifesto of Drag
By: Sasha Velour
4.41
Format: 210 pages, Hardcover
“Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us—the infinite ways in which gende… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
23. Still Here: The Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch
By: Alexandra Jacobs
3.86
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The ebullient, troubled life of a Broadway legend who became a heroine to a younger generationStill… read more
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- new york
- biography
- memoir
- theatre
- media tie in
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
24. Leading Lady: A Memoir of a Most Unusual Boy
By: Charles Busch
4.42
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, deliciously anecdotal account of a talented artist's dramatic journey in the worlds of … read more
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- audiobook
25. From Saturday Night to Sunday Night: My Forty Years of Laughter, Tears, and Touchdowns in TV
By: Dick Ebersol
4.13
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A memoir by the legendary television executive detailing his pioneering work on Saturday Night Live… read more
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- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- audiobook
26. Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation
By: Sarah Cooper
3.59
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In this hilariously revealing debut memoir, comedian Sarah Cooper charts her rise from lip-synching… read more
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- memoir
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
27. White House Wild Child: How Alice Roosevelt Broke All the Rules and Won the Heart of America
By: Shelley Fraser Mickle
3.75
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating historical biography of America’s most memorable first daughter, Alice Roosevelt, w… read more
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- biography memoir
- biography
- nonfiction
28. When Brooklyn Was Queer
By: Hugh Ryan
4.31
Format: 308 pages, Hardcover
The groundbreaking, never-before-told story of Brooklyn’s vibrant and forgotten queer history, from… read more
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- new york
- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. Children of the Land
By: Marcelo Hernández Castillo
3.99
Format: 384 pages, ebook
This unforgettable memoir from a prize-winning poet about growing up undocumented in the United Sta… read more
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"It was strange to see that the U.S. still feared the spread of communism. The legacy of that law is what persisted. It assumed that the U.S. was clean, not to be soiled by the ilk of the world."-Marcelo Hernández Castillo, Children of the Land
30. Who Does That Bitch Think She Is?: Doris Fish and the Rise of Drag
By: Craig Seligman
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A vivid new history of drag told through the life of the pioneering queen Doris Fish In the 19… read more
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31. Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical
By: Laurie Winer
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A new look at artist Oscar Hammerstein II as a pivotal and underestimated force in the creation of … read more
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