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In 1989, anti-government demonstrators rise up in Tiananmen Square. Ang Chun is one of the rebel leaders. As the world watches, the army of the People...
The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando
Marlon Brando will never cease to fascinate us: for his triumphs as an actor (On the Waterfront, The Godfather, Last Tango in Paris), as well as his d...
The Life and Times of Julius Henry Marx
This definitive biography of one of the world’s greatest comedians unflinchingly yet affectionately uncovers the man behind the cigar. Here is the a...
The Tumultuous Life and Comic Art of Lucille Ball
As a movie actress Lucille Ball was, in her own words, “queen of the B-pluses.” But on the small screen she was a superstar–arguably the funnies...
The Art and Commerce of Animation in America from Betty Boop to Toy Story
An illustrated history of American animation, its legends and its legacy....
The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart
The definitive biography of one of the great movie icons of the twentieth century, and a wide-reaching appraisal of the actor's singular legacy....
The Wizards who Invented the New York Stage
In sparkling profiles Stefan Kanfer takes an endearing look at the personalities who helped make Broadway what it is today. Chapters are devoted to th...
De Beers, Diamonds, and the World
"Timely corporate history--as exciting and poignant as any good tale of derring-do against great odds by all-too-flawed giants. " - Kirkus Reviews Wit...
DeBeers, Diamonds and the World
Chronicles the 19th-century diamond rush that transformed Johannes De Beer's humble South African farmstead into an exotic Klondike. With a scholar's ...
Benoit, a Gypsy survivor of a Nazi concentration camp, gradually confronts his past as he moves from Germany to London to New York....
The Attempt to Build a Jewish Eden in the Catskills, from the Days of the Ghetto to the Rise and Decline of the Borscht Belt
The story of the attempt to build a Jewish Eden in the Catskills, from the days of the ghetto to the rise and decline of the great resorts....
Outraged by America's refusal to stop Hitler's Final Solution and blaming the nation for the death of his family in a Nazi concentration camp, Niccolo...
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