The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film
By: W.K. Stratton
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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1. The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
By: Raymond Chandler
3.95
Format: 231 pages, Paperback
When a dying millionaire hires Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troubleso… read more
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"Parecía más muerto que muchos cadáveres"-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Dead men are heavier than broken hearts."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"I was as empty of life as a scarecrow's pockets."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
"Just keep your nose clean and everything will be jake."-Raymond Chandler, The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
2. The Crying of Lot 49
By: Thomas Pynchon
3.69
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Suffused with rich satire, chaotic brilliance, verbal turbulence and wild humor, The Crying of Lot … read more
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"As if the dead really do persist, even in a bottle of wine."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"Death glided by, shadowless, among the empties on the grass."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"I am having a hallucination now, I don't need drugs for that."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
"the casting had been typically Hollywood: they didn't look or act a bit alike."-Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
3. Bug
By: Tracy Letts
3.87
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
Set in a seedy Oklahoma City motel room, the play centers on the meeting between Agnes, a divorced … read more
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4. Nightmare Alley
By: William Lindsay Gresham , Nick Tosches
3.83
Format: 275 pages, Paperback
Nightmare Alley begins with an extraordinary description of a carnival-show geek—alcoholic and abje… read more
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"Also Dad said it was a shame to go to bed early and miss everything when you could sleep late the next day and catch up..."-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
"Beyond that elfin face, the steady eyes, there was something breathing, something that was fed blood from a tiny heart beating under pointed breasts. But is was cobweb under the fingers. Cobweb in th…"-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
"Hoatley - First Carnival Owner: Now this creature - There he is, THE GEEK! He has puzzled the foremost scientists of Europe and America. Is he the missing link? Is he man or beast? Some have pronounc…"-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
"The speech fascinated him. His ear caught the rhythm of it and he noted their idioms and worked some of them into his patter. He had found the reason behind the peculiar, drawling language of the old…"-William Lindsay Gresham, Nightmare Alley
5. Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
By: Peter Biskind
4.12
Format: None pages,
This down-and-dirty romp through Hollywood in the 1970s introduces the young filmmakers--Coppola, S… read more
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6. The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band
By: Tommy Lee , Neil Strauss , Vince Neil , Nikki Sixx , None
4.31
Format: 110 pages, Paperback
Whiskey and porn stars, hot reds and car crashes, black leather and high heels, overdoses and death… read more
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- nonfiction
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7. Making Movies
By: Sidney Lumet
5.00
Format: 229 pages, Paperback
From one of America's most acclaimed directors comes a book that is both a professional memoir and … read more
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8. Adventures in the Screen Trade
By: William Goldman
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
No one knows the writer's Hollywood more intimately than William Goldman. Two-time Academy Award-wi… read more
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9. Dispatches
By: Michael Herr
4.22
Format: 260 pages, Paperback
Written on the front lines in Vietnam, Dispatches became an immediate classic of war reportage when… read more
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"for years now there had been no country here but the war."-Michael Herr, Dispatches
"And they were killers. Of course they were; what would anyone expect them to be?"-Michael Herr, Dispatches
"We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything but stop."-Michael Herr, Dispatches
"When all the projections of intent and strategy twist and turn back on you, tracking team blood, 'sorry' just won't cover it. There's nothing so embarrassing as when things go wrong in a war."-Michael Herr, Dispatches
10. We'll Always Have Casablanca: The Legend and Afterlife of Hollywood's Most Beloved Film
By: Noah Isenberg
4.00
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Casablancawas first released in 1942, just two weeks after the city of Casablanca itself surrendere… read more
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11. City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s
By: Otto Friedrich
4.05
Format: None pages, Paperback
This dazzling story of Hollywood during the decade of its greatest success is a social and cultural… read more
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12. 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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- history
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- film
- media tie in
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13. Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
By: Tom O'Neill
4.03
Format: 504 pages, Kindle Edition
A journalist's twenty-year obsession with the Manson murders brings shocking revelations about the … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
By: Kevin Eastman
4.41
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving Turtle embarks o… read more
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15. 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
16. 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
17. The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film
By: W.K. Stratton
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
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18. 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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- film
19. 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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20. Waco: David Koresh, the Branch Davidians, and A Legacy of Rage
By: Jeff Guinn
4.06
Format: None pages, Audiobook
“Impressively researched and written with storytelling verve” (The Wall Street Journal), this is th… read more
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- history
21. Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever
By: Matt Singer
4.06
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten To… read more
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22. The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
By: Paul Newman
3.89
Format: 297 pages, Hardcover
NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER - The raw, candid, unvarnished memoir of an American icon. The greatest … read more
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23. The Making of Alien
By: J.W. Rinzler
4.72
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Comprehensive and definitive volume telling the complete story of how Alien was made, featuring new… read more
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24. Leave the Gun, Take the Cannoli: The Epic Story of the Making of The Godfather
By: Mark Seal
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
This “wickedly pacey page-turner” (Total Film) unfurls the behind-the-scenes story of the making of… read more
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25. Breathe: A Life in Flow
By: Rickson Gracie
4.36
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
*An instant New York Times bestseller, USA Today bestseller, and Wall Street Journal bestseller… read more
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"Shattering disappointments require you to be radically honest with yourself, a process that can be painful but is absolutely necessary."-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"If I'm fighting for money, I'll stop hitting you when you or the referee asks me to. If we are fighting for honor, I'll stop hitting you when I feel like it."-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"Today, 98 percent of MMA fans have never stepped into the cage, or even onto the mat, much less felt their noses break or tendons pop. Their relationship with violence is virtual. MMA is just somethi…"-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
"Today, it is possible to get a Jiu Jitsu black belt without knowing self-defense or even getting into a real fight. This was impossible during the 1970s and 1980s. Because my father and uncle loudly …"-Rickson Gracie, Breathe: A Life in Flow
26. 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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27. 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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28. Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
By: Oliver Stone
4.10
Format: 373 pages, ebook
An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about… read more
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"No greater satisfaction exists now than a paragraph well written in honor of something you value."-Oliver Stone, Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
"Destiny is never clear when it arrives. Sometimes we just refuse to do what we no longer feel good about doing. These moments are mysteries in our lives, but we know everything will change."-Oliver Stone, Chasing The Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game
29. Cimino: The Deer Hunter, Heaven’s Gate, and the Price of a Vision
By: Charles Elton
4.08
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The “revelatory” ( The New Yorker ) first biography of critically acclaimed then critically derided… read more
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30. The Method: How the Twentieth Century Learned to Act
By: Isaac Butler
4.26
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner, Nonfiction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 BY THE N… read more
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31. Dark Carnivals: Modern Horrors and the Origins of American Empire
By: W. Scott Poole
3.80
Format: 425 pages, Hardcover
From Invasion of the Body Snatchers to Get Out, Dark Carnivals tells the panoramic story of the fil… read more
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