Entertainment & Performing Arts
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When Charlie Met Joan: The Tragedy of the Chaplin Trials and the Failings of American Law
$30.00 Read moreCharlie Chaplin, the silent screen’s “Little Tramp,” was beloved by millions of movie fans until he starred in a series of salacious, real-life federal courtroom dramas. The 1944 trial was described b… [more below]
- Author: Kiesel, Diane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0472133586
- Language: English
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Nothin’ Comes Easy: The Life of Rodney Dangerfield
$29.00 Add to cartThe first-ever biography of the legendary comic and the most improbable rise to fame in the history of American comedy. Getting there wasn’t always a laughing matter.
Rodney Dangerfield’s fidgety deli- Author: Starr, Michael Seth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 080654323X
- Language: English
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I Got You Babe: A Celebration of Cher
$30.00 Add to cartCovering her life and sixty-year career from Sonny & Cher to show-stopping solo performer, award-winning actress, fashion icon, and beyond, this is a glorious retrospective of one of the world’s most … [more below]
- Author: Zaleski, Annie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0762489804
- Language: English
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Josephine Baker’s Secret War: The African American Star Who Fought for France and Freedom
$35.00 Add to cartThe full story of Josephine Baker’s wartime and intelligence work in France and North Africa
Before the Second World War, Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was one of the most famous performers in the worl- Author: Diamond, Hanna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 06 2025
- ISBN10: 0300279981
- Language: English
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THE AUTHOR by The Author
$29.99 Add to cartWARNING: You are about to read a semi-autobiographical novel by an unnamed A-list celebrity recounting his early years in Hollywood–and the dirty, deplorable exploits that catapulted him to fame.
THE
- Author: Hind, Daniel Thomas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 334
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1544547374
- Language: English
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The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
$20.99 Add to cartA “smart, juicy, deeply reported” (Katie Couric) biography of the most successful female broadcaster of all time–Barbara Walters–a woman whose personal demons fueled an ambition that broke all the r… [more below]
- Author: Page, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1982197935
- Language: English
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Bono: Stories of Surrender
$21.00 Add to cartAn updated and abridged edition of Bono’s bestselling memoir, including a new introduction by the author, Bono: Stories of Surrender is an unforgettable love story, a tribute to fatherhood, friendship… [more below]
- Author: Bono
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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Boyz II Men 40th Anniversary Celebration
$30.00 Add to cartA must-have for every Boyz II Men fan, this handsome volume traces forty years of the groundbreaking group through stunning photography, fascinating facts, and interviews with fans and industry pros. … [more below]
- Author: Morrison, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 20 2025
- ISBN10: 760395020
- Language: English
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Springfield Confidential: Jokes, Secrets, and Outright Lies from a Lifetime Writing for the Simpsons
$16.99 Add to cartSemi-Finalist for the 2019 James Thurber Award * One of Vulture’s Top-10 Comedy Books of 2018 * A “Must” pick by Entertainment Weekly * An A.V. Club Best Books selection * A “New and Noteworthy” selec
- Author: Reiss, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 18 2020
- ISBN10: 006274805X
- Language: English
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Elvis A Personal Memoir
$30.00 Add to cartELVIS Presley and the author Chris Hutchins got to know each other through a common mentor – Colonel Tom Parker. The man who managed the King of rock ‘n roll treated the writer as a confidant. And tha
- Author: Hutchins, Chris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: December 02 2015
- ISBN10: 0993356680
- Language: English
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Lowdown: The Music of Boz Scaggs
$30.00 Add to cartBoz Scaggs has always been a musical artist of complexity.
Boz Scaggs founded his connection to music through the blues, but his lasting legacy is one of glamorous and romantic pop songwriting. He po- Author: Warne, Jude
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0915864762
- Language: English
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Clint: The Man and the Movies
$37.50 Add to cartFrom the acclaimed film critic and New York Times bestselling biographer of Paul Newman, the definitive biography of Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood, the most prolific and versatile actor-director in
- Author: Levy, Shawn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: July 01 2025
- ISBN10: 0063251027
- Language: English
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Robert Shaw: An Actor’s Life on the Set of Jaws and Beyond
$29.00 Add to cartJust in time for the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, an intimate and richly-told portrait of the iconic actor and writer Robert Shaw, from his portrayal of the legendary shark hunter Capt… [more below]
- Author: Shaw Myers, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 806544325
- Language: English
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Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
$18.99 Add to cart“Delightful.” —Town & Country – “Extraordinary…Tomlinson’s book is a gem.” —Star Tribune (Minneapolis) – “Moving…Really broke me.” —The Washington Post – “This book wants to lick your face. Let… [more below]
- Author: Tomlinson, Tommy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 1982149337
- Language: English
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Candy Darling: Dreamer, Icon, Superstar
$22.00 Add to cart“MONUMENTAL.” (The New Yorker) – “HEROIC.” (The New York Times Book Review ) – “THRILLING.” (Los Angeles Times) – “PRISMATIC.” (The Atlantic)
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Biogr- Author: Carr, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1250371740
- Language: English
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Becoming Ella Fitzgerald: The Jazz Singer Who Transformed American Song
$22.99 Add to cartElla Fitzgerald (1917-1996) possessed one of the twentieth century’s most astonishing voices. In this first major biography since Fitzgerald’s death, historian Judith Tick offers a sublime portrait of
- Author: Tick, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: February 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1324105224
- Language: English
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Vera Miles: The Hitchcock Blonde Who Got Away
$29.95 Add to cart- Author: McKittrick, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: March 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1985902192
- Language: English
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Cooler Than Cool: The Life and Work of Elmore Leonard
$32.00 Add to cartDrawing on unprecedented archival and family access, Cooler Than Cool: The Life of Elmore Leonard, is the first comprehensive biography of the master American crime writer, author of witty, gritty bes
- Author: Kushins, C. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 63306867
- Language: English
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Comedy Samurai: Forty Years of Blood, Guts, and Laughter
$32.50 Add to cartFrom Peabody, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-winning writer/producer/director Larry Charles, a one-of-a-kind hilariously serious and seriously funny saga of modern American comedy and culture, from his … [more below]
- Author: Charles, Larry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 1538771543
- Language: English
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Levon Helm: Rock, Roll & Ramble-The Inside Story of the Man, the Music and the Midnight Ramble
$29.99 Add to cartRaised in poverty in Turkey Scratch, Arkansas, the late Levon Helm clawed his way to fame and fortune in the music industry, lost it all and got it back.
When he died in April 2012, the legacy he left
- Author: Barry, John W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0578306050
- Language: English
