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All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson
Mark Griffin · Harper
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the deeply complex and widely misunderstood matinee idol of Hollywood's Golden Age.Devastatingly handsome, broad-shouldered and clean-cut, Rock Hudson was the ultimate movie star. The embodiment of romantic masculinity in American film throughout the '50s... |
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There Will Be No Miracles Here: A Memoir
Casey Gerald · Riverhead Books
Pages: 400
Format: eBook
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NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2018 BY NPR, THE NEW YORK TIMES AND POP SUGARA PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB PICK"Somehow Casey Gerald has pulled off the most urgently political, most deeply personal, and most engagingly spiritual statement of our time by just looking outside his window... |
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Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood
Karina Longworth · Custom House
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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In this riveting popular history, the creator of You Must Remember This probes the inner workings of Hollywood's glamorous golden age through the stories of some of the dozens of actresses pursued by Howard Hughes, to reveal how the millionaire mogul's obsessions with sex, power... |
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Johnny Cash: The Life and Legacy of the Man in Black
Alan Light · Smithsonian Books
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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An illustrated biography of Johnny Cash that tells his life story through never-before-seen personal photographs and memorabilia from the Cash familyJohnny Cash: The Life and Legacy of the Man in Black is a Cash biography like no other. It reveals Cash's personal and professional life... |
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Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
MARK DERY · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth.But who was this... |
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Behind the Throne: A Domestic History of the British Royal Household
ADRIAN TINNISWOOD · Basic Books
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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An upstairs/downstairs history of the British royal court, from the Middle Ages to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II Monarchs: they're just like us. They entertain their friends and eat and worry about money. Henry VIII tripped over his dogs. George II threw his son out of the house.... |
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