Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder
By: Gene D. Phillips
3.90
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
One of the most accomplished writers and directors of classic Hollywood, Billy Wilder (1906-2002) d…
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1. Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
By: Stephen E. Ambrose
3.98
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
Nothing Like It in the World gives the account of an unprecedented feat of engineering, vision, and… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
"But a choice made is made, it cannot be changed. Things happened as they happened. It is possible to imagine all kinds of different routes across the continent, or a better way for the government to …"-Stephen E. Ambrose, Nothing Like It in the World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-69
2. The Man Who Died
By: Antti Tuomainen , David Hackston
3.82
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
A dark, page-turning thriller, brimming with black comedy, from the King of Helsinki Noir A success… read more
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3. Howard Hawks: The Grey Fox of Hollywood
By: Todd McCarthy
3.40
Format: 300 pages, Paperback
Howard Hawks is the first major biography of one of Hollywood's greatest directors, a filmmaker of … read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- film
4. Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
By: Thomas Mann , John E. Woods , T.J. Reed
3.69
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Buddenbrooks, first published in Germany in 1901, when Mann was only twenty-six, has become a class… read more
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5. Third Watch (Tracy Crosswhite, #0.5)
By: Robert Dugoni
3.98
Format: 350 pages,
Tracy Crosswhite's ordinary night patrolling her Seattle beat becomes front page news when she resp… read more
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6. "It's the Pictures That Got Small": Charles Brackett on Billy Wilder and Hollywood's Golden Age
By: Anthony Slide
2.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Golden Age Hollywood screenwriter Charles Brackett was an extremely observant and perceptive chroni… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- film
7. Boundary Waters (Cork O'Connor, #2)
By: William Kent Krueger
4.11
Format: 416 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The Quetico-Superior more than two million acres of forest, white-water rapids, and uncharted isla… read more
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8. The Name Below The Title: 20 Classic Movie Character Actors From Hollywood's Golden Age
By: Rupert Alistair
3.86
Format: None pages,
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9. Cinema Speculation
By: Quentin Tarantino
4.06
Format: 391 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited first work of nonfiction from the author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Once… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- film
"Elvis movies weren't real movies, they were "Elvis Presley movies"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Who wants to spend three months making a fucked-up version of their movie?"-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"I don't know how he died, where he died, or where he's buried. But I do know I should've thanked him."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
"Then the movie started playing like a real movie. But frankly, a more real movie than we were used to."-Quentin Tarantino, Cinema Speculation
10. Leslie F*cking Jones
By: Leslie Jones
4.11
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Som… read more
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"Dad"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"Some of the stories about my childhood is vague, because a bitch is 55 and I've smoked a lot of weed."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I was built for strong... I was never a victim. And even though really bad shit happened to me, I know it's my job to help other back girls and women get strong like me."-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
"I even attended a Christian singles night lecture kind of thing—I was single, it was free, and it was Church. Honestly, that night should be an episode of American Horror Story. The woman leading it …"-Leslie Jones, Leslie F*cking Jones
11. The Book of Eels: Our Enduring Fascination with the Most Mysterious Creature in the Natural World
By: Patrik Svensson
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scie… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
12. The Last Action Heroes: The Triumphs, Flops, and Feuds of Hollywood's Kings of Carnage
By: Nick de Semlyen
4.12
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The behind-the-scenes story of the action heroes who ruled 1980s and ’90s Hollywood and the beloved… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- film
13. Forever Young
By: Hayley Mills
3.85
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Iconic actress Hayley Mills shares personal memories from her storied childhood, growing up in a fa… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- film
14. The Paris Bookseller
By: Kerri Maher
3.73
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
The dramatic story of how a humble bookseller fought against incredible odds to bring one of the mo… read more
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"Anyone who read that much, had to be given to empathy."-Kerri Maher, The Paris Bookseller
"Censorship is not commensurate with democracy. Or art."-Kerri Maher, The Paris Bookseller
"Cu cât experiențele sunt mai interesante, cu atât atragi oameni mai interesanți."-Kerri Maher, The Paris Bookseller
"Not every star is like the étoile polar, chérie. Some are more elusive, more subtle. But they are no less brilliant, no less important."-Kerri Maher, The Paris Bookseller
15. The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series
By: Jessica Radloff
4.48
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
The definitive, behind-the-scenes look at the most popular sitcom of the last decade, The Big Bang … read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
16. Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears
By: Michael Schulman
4.09
Format: 589 pages, Hardcover
The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively histor… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- film
17. All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
By: Mel Brooks
4.24
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, a… read more
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- history
- biography
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- film
"I didn’t realize it but I might have created the first cell phone. Had I patented it, I probably would have made so much money that I wouldn’t have had to write this book."-Mel Brooks, All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show Business
18. Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen
By: Brian Raftery
4.07
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From a veteran culture writer and modern movie expert, a celebration and analysis of the movies of … read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- film
19. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
By: Anna Bogutskaya
3.72
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women f… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- film
"All high school experiences are inherently dramatic because they are being experienced for the first time."-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability give…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"In 2015, a study about jury deliberation bias conducted at Arizona State University found that "when men expressed their opinion with anger, participants rated them as more credible, which made them …"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"When men get angry onscreen, they're angry at the system. When women are angry onscreen, they're angry at someone. Women are not allowed to be angry at the system, because that would be a tacit accep…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
20. 20th Century-Fox: Darryl F. Zanuck and the Creation of the Modern Film Studio (Turner Classic Movies)
By: Scott Eyman
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential s… read more
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- history
- biography
- nonfiction
- film
21. Max Factor: The Man Who Changed the Faces of the World
By: Fred E. Basten
4.09
Format: 196 pages, Kindle Edition
Nice women never wore makeup. Even the word was taboo in polite society—until Max Factor entered th… read more
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- history
- biography
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22. The Confessions of Pope Joan (Vatican Secret Archive #7)
By: Gary McAvoy
4.38
Format: 388 pages, Kindle Edition
In the heart of the English countryside, a discovery is made that threatens to overturn centuries o… read more
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23. Hollywood: The Oral History
By: Jeanine Basinger
4.04
Format: 768 pages, Paperback
The real story of Hollywood as told by such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Frank Capra, Katharine … read more
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- biography
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24. When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia tells the little-known story of four trailblazi… read more
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- biography
- nonfiction
- film
25. The Avignon Affair (Vatican Secret Archive #4)
By: Gary McAvoy
4.47
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
A corpse cloaked in secrets rests in an ancient tomb deep beneath Notre-Dame Cathedral, but its ide… read more
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26. The Galileo Gambit (Vatican Secret Archive #6)
By: Gary McAvoy
4.51
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
Father Michael Dominic, prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive in Rome, is entrusted with the missio… read more
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27. The Science of Storytelling
By: Will Storr
4.06
Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition
Stories mould who we are, from our character to our cultural identity. They drive us to act out our… read more
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- nonfiction
"The gift of story is wisdom"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"If tribal thinking is original sin, then story is prayer. At its best, it reminds us that, beneath our many differences, we remain beasts of one species."-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"Locked inside the black vault of our skulls, stuck forever in the solitude of our own hallucinated universe, story is a portal, a hallucination within the hallucination, the closest we'll ever really…"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
"Stories work on multiple evolved systems in the brain and a skilled storyteller activates these networks like the conductor of an orchestra, a little trill of moral outrage here, a fanfare of status …"-Will Storr, The Science of Storytelling
28. The Opus Dictum (Vatican Secret Archive #2)
By: Gary McAvoy
4.50
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
In 1982, Italian financier Roberto Calvi, known as “God’s Banker,” was discovered hanging under Lon… read more
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29. The Jerusalem Scrolls (Vatican Secret Archive #5)
By: Gary McAvoy
4.43
Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition
Two young Israeli boys discover an ancient red clay jar in a hidden cave tucked away in the Judean … read more
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30. Funny Man: Mel Brooks
By: Patrick McGilligan
3.37
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
A deeply textured and compelling biography of comedy giant Mel Brooks, covering his rags-to-riches … read more
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- biography
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31. Some Like It Wilder: The Life and Controversial Films of Billy Wilder
By: Gene D. Phillips
3.90
Format: 446 pages, Hardcover
One of the most accomplished writers and directors of classic Hollywood, Billy Wilder (1906-2002) d… read more
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