Johnson's "The Wolf and the Watchman: A Father, a Son and the CIA," chronicles his discovery as a young man that his father was a spy, one of the CIA's most trusted officers.
Kirkus Reviews calls Picker's book: "A thoroughly entertaining look at how artistic vision, strong personalities and business acumen can create great films."
The bestselling author of "The Between Boyfriends Book" and an award-winning writer for "Sex and the City "and "Modern Family" takes a hilarious, heartbreaking look at marriage. "The Longest Date" recounts her first marriage (he was gay) and the meeting of Husband No. 2.
In Drew Chapman's thriller, Garrett Reilly notices that two hundred billion dollars' worth of U.S. Treasury bonds are being sold off at a terrifying rate, and he realizes that we are under economic attack in a new kind of war.
David Scheinbaum's photographs of Erykah Badu, Chuck D., George Clinton, Common, Mos Def, Del-Tha Funkee Homosapien, Sage Francis, Professor Griff, KRS One, Mike Relm, Tajai, Wu-Tang Clan and Yelawolf (among others) approach hip hop as a positive cultural influence akin to the youth movement of the 1960s. Scheinbaum's photographs are accompanied by essays by Gaye […]
Foreign Gods, Inc., tells the story of Ike, a New York-based Nigerian cab driver who sets out to steal the statue of an ancient war deity from his home village and sell it to a New York gallery. It is a meditation on the dreams, promises and frustrations of the immigrant life in America.
Dr. Strangelove meets Nathanael West in Marten's story of capital punishment, Holocaust-denial, and the seductions of darkness, inspired by the life of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., the self-styled inventor and provider of execution hardware to the American prison system.
In "Roadshow!: The Fall of Film Musicals in the 60s," film historian Matthew Kennedy tells the fascinating story of the downfall of the big-screen musical in the late 1960s.
In "It Doesn’t Have to Be That Way: How to Divorce Without Destroying Your Family or Bankrupting Yourself," Laura Wasser, LA-based divorce lawyer to Maria Shriver, Kim Kardashian, Stevie Wonder and Britney Spears, offers readers safer passage through what can be a devastating time, emotionally and financially.
In "The Trip to Echo Spring," Laing examines the link between creativity and alcohol through the work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever, and Raymond Carver. All six of these writers were alcoholics, and the subject of drinking surfaces in some of their finest […]
Embracing the despair of divorce, doing nothing to slow the implosion of his career, friendships, and relationships, in this novel Christian Franco embarks on increasingly desperate means to kill himself and be revived.
"Love, Peace, and Soul: Behind the Scenes of America's Favorite Dance Show -- Soul Train" tells the story of the television phenomenon created in the land of bell bottoms, afros and soul power that became a touchstone of the Baby Boomer generation.
"Breaking the Line: The Season in Black College Football That Transformed the Sport and Changed the Course of Civil Rights" brings to life the battle for the 1967 black college championship, culminating in a riveting, excruciatingly close contest between Louisiana's Grambling College and Florida A&M.
Despite early work with Max Reinhardt and F. W. Murnau, his auspicious debut with Siodmak on their celebrated Weimar classic "People on Sunday," and the success of films like "Detour" and "Ruthless," Ulmer spent most of his career as an itinerant filmmaker earning modest paychecks for films that have either been overlooked or forgotten.
In "The Agent: My 40-Year Career Making Deals and Changing the Game," Steinberg takes readers behind the closed doors of professional sports, recounting priceless stories, like how he negotiated a $26.5 million package for Steve Young--the biggest ever at the time--and how he passed on the chance to represent Peyton Manning.
David has collected the most popular and entertaining pieces from her show at which female writers and comedians share their dating disaster stories. The book includes essays organized into three sections--Casual Sex, Dating, and Out of the Ordinary.
James Udel discusses and signs "The Film Crew of Hollywood: Profiles of Grips. Cinematographers, Designers, a Gaffer, a Stuntman, & a Makeup Artist," his compilation of interviews with motion picture crew members who worked during Hollywood's Independent Age of film and television production--basically from 1945 to 1980.
Chasse discusses and signs "Tipping Sacred Cows: The Uplifting Story of Spilt Milk and Finding Your Own Spiritual Path in a Hectic World," her playful romp through the muddy fields of life and spirituality.
Brodek's hilarious account of growing up in 90210 in the midst of A-listers. Go behind the scenes of show biz with her husband, who produced two B (bad) movies with Oscar-winning stars, and relive the embarrassment of her loss on the number-one television game show.
