Accompanied by anecdotes about and interviews with more than 200 show-business luminaries, a compelling biography of Hollywood's first superagent —one of the most outrageous showbiz characters of the 1960s and 1970s—charts show business as it evolved throughout the years.
A poignant account by the Olympic athlete and high-end escort reveals her struggles with manic depression and bipolar disorder, exploring how mental illness both drove her competitively and painfully challenged her personal life.
A #1 New York Times best-selling author presents a memoir about the most compelling theme in her work: living with severe depression and mental illness—and taxidermied roadkill raccoons.
Providing a lesson in how the human heart grieves and grows, a humorous, insightful memoir follows a young socialite as she risks social suicide to work for a legendary funeral chapel on New York City's Upper East Side after she discovered a knack for helping people cope with their grief.
A highly personal meditation on race, sex and American culture by the Pulitzer Prize-winning critic traces her upbringing and education in upper-class African-American circles against a backdrop of the Civil Rights era and its contradictory aftermath.
A no-holds-barred memoir by the front woman for The Pretenders traces her 1950s childhood in Ohio, her immersion in the music scenes of subsequent decades and her band's instant rise to fame in the heyday of 1980s culture.
Follows the true story of a young Jewish woman who fled to the city and lived under an assumed identity and relied on the kindness of safe houses, foreign workers and communists in order to survive in World War II Berlin.
A former New York City police commissioner opens up for the first time about his life fighting crime and the dozens of sinister plots foiled by his anti-terrorist teams after 9/11.
The star of The Mindy Project and author of the best-selling Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? presents a second collection of uproarious essays, observations, fears and advice on everything from prisoner fan mail to celebrity interactions.
An anthology of humorous, autobiographical essays by the actor best known as Raj from The Big Bang Theory traces his journey from a child in New Delhi to celebrity, describing his relationships with family members and friends who inspired his achievements.