The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film
By: David Thomson
3.34
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
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1. Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
By: Victor Davis Hanson
4.07
Format: 526 pages, Paperback
Examining nine landmark battles from ancient to modern times--from Salamis, where outnumbered Greek… read more
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"The great hatred of capitalism in the hearts of the oppressed, ancient and modern, I think, stems not merely from the ensuing vast inequality in wealth, and the often unfair and arbitrary nature of w…"-Victor Davis Hanson, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
"This revolutionary idea of Western citizenship—replete with ever more rights and responsibilities—would provide superb manpower for growing legions and a legal framework that would guarantee that the…"-Victor Davis Hanson, Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power
2. The Futurological Congress: From the Memoirs of Ijon Tichy
By: Stanisław Lem , Michael Kandel
3.39
Format: 440 pages, Paperback
Bringing his twin gifts of scientific speculation and scathing satire to bear on that hapless plane… read more
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3. Consequences of Ideas
By: R.C. Sproul
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
If you think philosophy is irrelevant to your daily life, think again. You need only observe the wo… read more
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4. Set the Boy Free
By: Johnny Marr
2.50
Format: 32 pages, ebook
The long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The … read more
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5. Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer
By: James L. Swanson
3.78
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A fascinating tale of murder, intrigue, and betrayal. A gripping hour-by-hour account told through … read more
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6. Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
By: William Craig
4.25
Format: None pages,
Stalingrad, the bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, cost the lives of nearly two million me… read more
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7. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
By: Ed Zwick
4.03
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
This heartfelt and wry career memoir from the director of Blood Diamond, The Last Samurai, Legends … read more
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"One of Patsy Broderick's choicer comments was to describe my writing as ' limp as a penis ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"I called Matthew Broderick. The radiophone was working again. 'Hi, Matthew, I hear you want to talk about the script. Over .' 'Yeah, well, I have a lot of notes…' He neglected to say “ over ."-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
"From the moment we met Patsy Broderick was contemptuous, demeaning, and volatile. As Matthew sat in opaque silence, I was forced to defend, in excruciating detail, my rationale for every line in ever…"-Ed Zwick, Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood
8. 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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"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
9. 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
10. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.56
Format: 377 pages, Hardcover
A masterful ode to the a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball’s history, to m… read more
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11. Heat 2
By: Michael Mann
4.26
Format: 470 pages, Hardcover
Michael Mann, four-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer-director of Heat, Collateral, Thief, M… read more
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12. 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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13. The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
By: Sam Wasson
4.09
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and Fosse comes the revelator… read more
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14. Sicily '43: The First Assault on Fortress Europe
By: James Holland
4.33
Format: 592 pages, Hardcover
On July 10, 1943, the largest amphibious invasion ever mounted took place, larger even than the Nor… read more
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15. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
By: Eric H. Cline
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to his bestselling 1177 B.C., Eric Cline tells the story of what happened a… read more
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16. Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
By: Steve Inskeep
4.02
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
From journalist and historian Steve Inskeep, a compelling and nuanced exploration of the political … read more
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"Writing history is a relay, which is also true of history itself. We build, if we can, on the legacies that are left us."-Steve Inskeep, Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
17. Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence
By: Ken Auletta
4.12
Format: 480 pages, Hardcover
Twenty years ago, Ken Auletta wrote one of the iconic New Yorker profiles for which he is famous, o… read more
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" Harvey Weinstein took pride in not paying bills ,"-Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence
"By suing his former lawyer, Baez’s attorney, Joe Tacopina, said Harvey had waived attorney-client privilege, allowing Tacopina on Baez’s behalf to denounce Harvey as ' a vile fiend ' and a ' rapist ."-Ken Auletta, Hollywood Ending: Harvey Weinstein and the Culture of Silence
18. The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic
By: Daniel de Visé
4.25
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The story of the epic friendship between John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd, the golden era of improv, an… read more
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19. All You Need Is Love: An Oral History of The Beatles
By: Peter Brown
3.53
Format: 339 pages, Hardcover
The Beatles in their own words: unpublished, unvarnished, and told by The Beatles and their inner c… read more
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20. A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
By: David Gibbins
3.44
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
From renowned underwater archaeologist David Gibbins comes an exciting and rich narrative of human … read more
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21. The Path to Paradise: A Francis Ford Coppola Story
By: Sam Wasson
3.80
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
The New York Times bestselling author of Fifth Avenue, Five A.M. and The Big Goodbye returns with t… read more
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22. Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided
By: Scott Eyman
4.12
Format: 428 pages, Kindle Edition
The “shocking” (The Wall Street Journal), must-read story of Charlie Chaplin’s years of exile from … read more
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23. Bismarck's War: The Franco-Prussian War and the Making of Modern Europe
By: Rachel Chrastil
3.84
Format: 485 pages, Hardcover
'Compassionate and thought-provoking history' Daily Telegraph'Superb on the human consequences of w… read more
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24. Kubrick: An Odyssey
By: Robert P. Kolker
4.26
Format: 656 pages, Hardcover
The definitive biography of the creator of 2001: A Space Odyssey , The Shining , and A Clockwork Or… read more
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25. American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
By: Cameron McWhirter
4.29
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The epic history of America’s most controversial weaponIn the 1950s, an obsessive firearms designer… read more
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26. The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn
By: Josh Young
3.88
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A riveting tell-all biography that delves into the extraordinary life of Hollywood’s most infamous … read more
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27. Hollywood and the Movies of the Fifties: The Collapse of the Studio System, the Thrill of Cinerama, and the Invasion of the Ultimate Body Snatcher--Television
By: Foster Hirsch
3.98
Format: 654 pages, Kindle Edition
A fascinating look at Hollywood’s most turbulent decade and the demise of the studio system—set aga… read more
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28. Baseball: The Movie
By: Noah Gittell
4.07
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
Featuring Field of Dreams, The Bad News Bears, A League of Their Own, and more: a probing and enter… read more
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29. The Soviet Sixties
By: Robert Hornsby
4.40
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The story of a remarkable era of reform, controversy, optimism, and Cold War confrontation in the S… read more
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30. The Fatal Alliance: A Century of War on Film
By: David Thomson
3.34
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
In The Fatal Alliance the acclaimed film critic David Thomson offers us one of his most provocative… read more
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31. Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
By: Joe Posnanski
4.45
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A moving celebration of the history of American football from the New York Times bestselling author… read more
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