Confidential Confidential: The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
By: Samantha Barbas
3.51
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood…
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1. Tune In (The Beatles: All These Years, #1)
By: Mark Lewisohn
3.63
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Tune Inis the first volume of All These Years--a highly-anticipated, groundbreaking biographical tr… read more
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2. Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
By: Vincent Bugliosi , Curt Gentry
4.06
Format: 687 pages, Paperback
Prosecuting attorney in the Manson trial, Vincent Bugliosi held a unique insider's position in one … read more
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"Deciding that his own life expectancy was directly proportional to his usefulness to Manson, Crockett made himself very useful, volunteering his truck to haul in supplies, and so forth."-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"Noting that it would be a long trial, with many witnesses, I recall the old Chinese proverb, "The palest ink is better than the best memory," urging the jury to take detailed notes to aid them in the…"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"For a lawyer to do less than his utmost is, I strongly feel, a betrayal of his client. Though in criminal trials one tends to focus on the defense attorney and his client the accused, the prosecutor …"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
"The next morning Shinn asked for a continuance. Being in a strange bed, and an even stranger place, he hadn't slept well the night before, and he didn't eel he could effectively defend his client. Th…"-Vincent Bugliosi, Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders
3. Doctors from Hell: The Horrific Account of Nazi Experiments on Humans
By: Vivien Spitz
3.79
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
A chilling story of human depravity and ultimate justice, told for the first time by an eyewitness … read more
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4. Marlene Dietrich by Her Daughter
By: Maria Riva
4.07
Format: None pages, Hardcover
"Gossipy...Elabroately detailed...Greatly entertaining...Riva leaves no sequin unturned." THE NEW Y… read more
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5. Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood
By: Mark Harris
4.10
Format: None pages,
Explores the epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 19… read more
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6. When the Air Hits Your Brain: Tales of Neurosurgery
By: Frank T. Vertosick Jr.
4.10
Format: 322 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"This book should be read by every medical student, doctor and present or potential patient. In oth… read more
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7. The Devil's Candy: The Anatomy of a Hollywood Fiasco
By: Julie Salamon
4.06
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
"A definitive portrait of the madness of big-time moviemaking" ( Newsweek ), now the basis for the … read more
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8. Scandals of Classic Hollywood: Sex, Deviance, and Drama from the Golden Age of American Cinema
By: Anne Helen Petersen
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Gossip meets history--a compulsively readable collection of Hollywood's most notorious clashes and … read more
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9. Corrupt Bodies: Death and Dirty Dealing in a London Morgue
By: Peter Everett
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Must-read memoir of managing a morgue, dealing with death and murder to chaos, corruption and organ… read more
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10. 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
11. Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
By: Warren Zanes
4.42
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The fascinating story behind the making of Bruce Springsteen’s most surprising album, Nebraska, rev… read more
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"Nineteen eighty-two is as good a year as any to mark the threshold of a future we're still negotiating. It's been called the information age, the digital age, the new media age. It was the beginning …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Nebraska made it almost impossible for critics to miss Springsteen's willingness to take a chance in the name of his art. If Springsteen was driven simply by fame and mainstream success, there would …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
"Guitar Town was out, and it was doing okay," [Steve] Earle recalled. "But the label didn't want it to happen. Jimmy [Bowen] certainly didn't. He didn't like the record. He didn't like me. But it was …"-Warren Zanes, Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska
12. 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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13. 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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14. Evidence of Things Seen
By: Sarah Weinman
3.65
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
From Sarah Weinman, the award-winning editor of Unspeakable Acts, a groundbreaking new anthology sh… read more
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15. The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul
By: Eleanor Herman
3.98
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The story of poison is the story of power. For centuries, royal families have feared the gut-roilin… read more
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16. 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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17. The Jigsaw Murders: The True Story of the Ruxton Killings and the Birth of Modern Forensics
By: Jeremy Craddock
3.91
Format: 470 pages, Kindle Edition
'Red stains on the carpet, Red stains on the knife; Oh, Dr Buck Ruxton, You murdered your wife. … read more
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18. Confidential Confidential: The Inside Story of Hollywood's Notorious Scandal Magazine
By: Samantha Barbas
3.51
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
In the 1950s, Confidential magazine, America's first celebrity scandal magazine, revealed Hollywood… read more
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19. Too Late To Stop Now: More Rock’n’Roll War Stories
By: Allan Jones
3.78
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
More than 40 stories from the glory days of rock'n'roll, featuring Lou Reed, Elton John, Sting and … read more
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20. Odyssey (Stephen Fry's Great Mythology, #4)
By: Stephen Fry
4.42
Format: 400 pages, ebook
The final book in Stephen Fry's acclaimed internationally bestselling Greek myths series telling th… read more
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21. 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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