Ideal Beauty: The Life and Times of Greta Garbo
By: Lois W. Banner
3.41
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
One of the silver screen’s greatest beauties, Greta Garbo was also one of its most profound enigmas…
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1. In a Sunburned Country
By: Bill Bryson
3.42
Format: None pages, Paperback
A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ONE SUMMER Every time Bill Bryson walks out… read more
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2. Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
By: Tony Kushner
4.11
Format: None pages, Paperback
Pulitzer Prize-winner for Drama, 1993. The first part of Tony Kushner's epic drama of America in th… read more
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3. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
By: Roxane Gay
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Bad Feminist: a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image,… read more
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4. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
By: Kathleen Hanna
4.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and… read more
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"She was the only woman on the whole record and hearing her gave me the first thought that someday I could be in a band."-Kathleen Hanna, Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
5. The Ghost Orchid (Alex Delaware, #39)
By: Jonathan Kellerman
4.21
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis confront a baffling, vicious double homicide … read more
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6. Toxic Prey (Lucas Davenport, #34, Letty Davenport, #3)
By: John Sandford
4.45
Format: 400 pages, Kindle Edition
Lucas Davenport and his daughter, Letty, team up to track down a dangerous scientist whose latest p… read more
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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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"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. Surely You Can't Be Serious: The True Story of Airplane!
By: David Zucker
4.17
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Surely You Can't Be Serious is an in-depth and hysterical look at the making of 1980's comedy class… read more
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9. Evil Eye
By: Etaf Rum
3.95
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of A Woman Is No Man returns with a striking explor… read more
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"(...) she shrugged to articulate her feelings, even to herself. Words diluted things, made them smaller."-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye
"Her family had always been told to classify themselves as white because of their Middle Eastern origins. But Yara had never considered herself white or been viewed as white by anyone else, and markin…"-Etaf Rum, Evil Eye
10. Karma: My Autobiography
By: Boy George
3.62
Format: 296 pages, Kindle Edition
THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS'In what mig… read more
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11. Jackie: Public, Private, Secret
By: J. Randy Taraborrelli
4.17
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Janet & Lee comes a fresh and often startling loo… read more
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12. Truly, Madly: Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, and the Romance of the Century
By: Stephen Galloway
3.75
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST A New York Times Bestseller "A "well rou… read more
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13. 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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14. Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood
By: David Mamet
3.24
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-lo… read more
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15. Only Say Good Things: Surviving Playboy and Finding Myself
By: Crystal Hefner
3.73
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A raw and unflinching look at the objectification and misogyny of the Playboy mansion, a woman’s st… read more
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16. A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
By: Freya Marske
3.96
Format: 377 pages, Kindle Edition
Set in an alternative Edwardian England, this is a comedy of manners, manor houses, and hedge mazes… read more
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" Off administering a country seat, indeed. Robin had nothing against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town and let it administer itself …"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
" Off administering a country seat,> indeed. Robin had nothing at all against the country, but could never shake the impression that it would rather everyone buggered off to town an administer itself …"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
"You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fist to whoever taught you t…"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
" You look like a Turner painting and I want to learn your textures with my fingertips. You are the most fascinating thing in this beautiful house. I'd like to introduce my fists to whoever taught you…"-Freya Marske, A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding, #1)
17. No Crying in Baseball: The Inside Story of A League of Their Own: Big Stars, Dugout Drama, and a Home Run for Hollywood
By: Erin Carlson
3.69
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
National Bestseller The inside story of how A League of Their Own —one of the most beloved basebal… read more
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18. The Castle on Sunset: Life, Death, Love, Art, and Scandal at Hollywood's Chateau Marmont
By: Shawn Levy
3.67
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Since 1929, Hollywood’s brightest stars have flocked to the Chateau Marmont as if it were a second … read more
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19. A Lady for a Duke
By: Alexis Hall
4.07
Format: 460 pages, Paperback
A lush, sweeping queer historical romance from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material—perfect… read more
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"I will never forget him. But"-Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke
"Don’t try to tell me that time is a healer because time also kills people."-Alexis Hall, A Lady for a Duke
20. My Mama, Cass: A Memoir
By: Owen Elliot-Kugell
3.96
Format: 262 pages, Hardcover
A long-awaited, myth-busting, and deeply affecting memoir by the daughter of legendary rock star “M… read more
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21. Hitchcock's Blondes: The Unforgettable Women Behind the Legendary Director's Dark Obsession
By: Laurence Leamer
3.46
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author of Capote’s Women Laurence Leamer shares an engrossing account of the enigmatic … read more
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22. Chita: A Memoir
By: Chita Rivera
4.16
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited and wildly entertaining memoir of the star of stage and screen, the legendary Chit… read more
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23. Can't We Be Friends
By: Denny S. Bryce
3.90
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
Award-winning author Denny S. Bryce and USA Today bestselling author Eliza Knight collaborate on a … read more
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24. A Woman I Know: Female Spies, Double Identities, and a New Story of the Kennedy Assassination
By: Mary Haverstick
3.92
Format: 548 pages, Hardcover
The true story of a filmmaker whose unexpected investigation of her film’s subject opened a new win… read more
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25. 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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26. After the Miracle: The Political Crusades of Helen Keller
By: Max Wallace
3.82
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
In this powerful new history, New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace draws on groundbreaking… read more
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27. Ask Not: The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed
By: Maureen Callahan
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a fierce, character-driven exposé of the real Kenn… read more
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28. My Life, as I See It: An Autobiography
By: Dionne Warwick
3.22
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Dionne Warwick made her singing debut in church at the request of her grandfather, the Reverend Elz… read more
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29. Ideal Beauty: The Life and Times of Greta Garbo
By: Lois W. Banner
3.41
Format: 286 pages, Hardcover
One of the silver screen’s greatest beauties, Greta Garbo was also one of its most profound enigmas… read more
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30. From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
By: Lisa Marie Presley
4.48
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole s… read more
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31. Garbo and Gilbert in Love : Hollywood's First Great Celebrity Couple Hardcover
By: Colin Shindler
3.42
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Enthrallingly imagined, Conlon's poems blend Hollywood's reality and history with the lives of thes… read more
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