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"When I was your age, television was called books." ~ from The Princess Bride
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| A Touch of Stardust: A Novel by Kate AlcottFiction. Julie Crawford is busy watching (fake) Atlanta burn when she's first fired by David O. Selznick. Julie, an aspiring screenwriter from Indiana, arrives in California in 1938, finding work on the set of Gone With the Wind before becoming the personal assistant of movie star (and fellow Fort Wayne native) Carole Lombard. Julie's backstage access gives her a front row seat to the blossoming love affair between Lombard and Clark Gable, recently cast as Rhett Butler. Witnessing a burgeoning scandal (Gable's married) that could derail the stars' careers as well as a troubled shoot that's constantly over-budget and behind schedule, Julie quickly discovers the chaos and heartbreak beneath Hollywood's glittering facade. |
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Twelve Days
by Alex Berenson
Suspense Fiction. Uncovering a plot to lure America into invading Iran, John Wells and his CIA contacts race against time to prevent full-scale war in the face of a deadly terrorist attack and a squad of suicide bombers. By the #1 New York Times best-selling, Edgar Award-winning author of The Faithful Spy.
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Tom Clancy Full Force and Effect
by Mark Greaney
Fiction. When North Korea's young, untested dictator plots to end the international stalemate, Jack Ryan Jr. and his fellow campus agents must piece it together before North Korea has nuclear capabilities
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| The Girl on the Train: A Novel by Paula HawkinsPsychological Suspense. During Rachel's daily commute to and from a London job she no longer has, her train passes two houses: the one she used to share with her ex-husband (who now resides there with his new wife), and the one whose seemingly blissful occupants -- dubbed "Jason" and "Jess" -- fuel her obsessive fantasies about the domestic harmony she craves. However, when "Jess" goes missing, Rachel, simultaneously desperate and afraid to learn the truth, insinuates herself into the investigation. Like Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl, this dark psychological thriller examines dysfunctional relationships through the eyes of characters who may or may not be trustworthy. |
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| Funny Girl: A Novel by Nick HornbyFiction. Almost as soon as she's crowned "Miss Blackpool 1964," Barbara Parker realizes she's not cut out to be a beauty queen and returns her tiara. An aspiring actress who idolizes Lucille Ball, Barbara then heads to London, where she changes her name to Sophie Straw and snags a lead role in a television sitcom. Following Sophie's rise to fame as well as the subsequent peaks and valleys of her career, Funny Girl presents an amusing yet bittersweet coming-of-age story featuring a lively supporting cast and set against the vibrant backdrop of 1960s London. |
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Ghettoside : A True Story of Murder in America
by Jill Leovy
Nonfiction. Discusses the hundreds of murders that occur in Los Angeles each year, and focuses on the story of the dedicated group of detectives who pursued justice at any cost in the killing of Bryant Tennelle
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My Sunshine Away
by M. O. Walsh
Fiction. A man reflects on the summer of his 14th year, where in Baton Rouge he fell in love with a golden-haired girl across the street before an unspeakable crime shattered illusions in his seemingly idyllic neighborhood.
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| A Story Lately Told: Coming of Age in Ireland, London, and New York by Anjelica HustonMemoir. Academy Award-winning actress and director Anjelica Huston recounts her unusual upbringing in this moving, descriptive autobiography. The daughter of film director John Huston and dancer Enrica Soma, Anjelica spent her childhood at her family's estate in Ireland; her adolescence in London as an actress; and her young adulthood in New York as a model. Throughout this candid memoir, she describes both surreal encounters with celebrities and complicated relationships with loved ones. Want more? Huston continues to narrate her fascinating life in Watch Me. |
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My Happy Days in Hollywood
by Garry Marshall
Memoir. A lighthearted account by the producer and director of such productions as "Laverne & Shirley" and "Pretty Woman" traces his Bronx childhood, role in shaping A-list celebrity careers, and personal philosophies about life and entertainment
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| Night Film by Marisha PesslThriller. When the 24-year-old daughter of director Stanislas Cordova is found dead in an abandoned Manhattan warehouse, disgraced journalist Scott McGrath has grave doubts that the cause of her death was suicide. Although investigating the reclusive filmmaker nearly ended McGrath's career several years ago, he's determined that this time, he'll discover the truth about Cordova -- from the persistent rumors of child abuse and occult rituals to the director's infamous "night films," cult movies known to fans through underground screenings. With the help of his young assistants, McGrath embarks on a surreal, often dangerous journey through Cordova's life and work to the dark place where art and obsession intersect. |
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| Beautiful Ruins: A Novel by Jess WalterFiction. In 1962, Porto Vergogna, Italy, is a grubby coastal village that even the locals call culo di baldracca, or "the whore's crack." But Pasquale Tursi, proprietor of the Hotel Adequate View, has big dreams for his hometown -- dreams that appear to be coming true when American starlet Dee Moray arrives at what Pasquale optimistically calls his seaside resort. Dee, a minor member of Cleopatra's sprawling cast (which includes real-life celebrity couple Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton), brings some much-needed glamour to Vergogna -- but at what cost? |
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Wildwood Creek
by Lisa Wingate
Inspirational Fiction. While working as a costuming assistant on a docudrama, Allie Kirkland has discovered strange connections between herself and Bonnie Rose, a teacher who disappeared a century ago in the legendary frontier settlement of Wildwood.
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The Lawgiver
by Herman Wouk
Fiction. A tale told through correspondence, articles, and text messages traces the efforts of a group of movie makers, including a brilliant young writer-director who has rejected her rabbinical father's strict upbringing, to create a movie about the life of Moses
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