The Last Mogul: Lew Wasserman, McA, and the Hidden History of Hollywood, Paperback - Dennis McDougal

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Reducere. Here for the first time is the incredible true story of the making of Chinatown--the Holy Grail of 1970s cinema. IN Sam Wasson's The Big Goodbye, t...

Reducere. In the 1940s, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer was at the epicenter of the film world. Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, and Elizabeth Taylor ...

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An exhilarating dive into the secret history of humankind's race to the moon, from acclaimed author Amy Cherrix. This fascinating and immersive rea...

Reducere. The ultimate biography of the musical icon. A groundbreaking and vibrant look at the music hero to generations, DYLAN: The Biography digs deep into...

Only the Clothes on Her Back illuminates the ways in which women, men of color, and poor people used textiles as a form of property that enabled th...

Reducere. Lillian Smith Book AwardsNorthern sympathizer in the Confederate capital, daring spymaster, postwar politician: Elizabeth Van Lew was one of the mo...

Reducere. From acclaimed journalist David Talbot comes a groundbreaking narrative account of one of the most tumultuous periods in our history: the Kennedy A...

A gripping, flawlessly researched, and overdue portrait of America's trailblazing female journalists. Kim Todd has restored these long-forgotten ma...

Reducere. DescriptionBased on unprecedented access to the Chandler dynasty, the acclaimed story of a media mogul extraordinaire--"thoroughly reported and eng...

Reducere. The story of an ancient sea turtle and what its survival says about our future, from the award-winning writer and naturalistThough nature is indiff...

DescriptionOur Dreams Will Never Be the Same AgainInternational bestselling author Rodger Kamenetz believes it is not too late to reclaim the lost ...

Reducere. Critically acclaimed author Joe Guy serves up a stout batch of East Tennessee history in this latest collection of articles from his popular newspa...

DescriptionThough few people have heard of A.D. Smith (1811-65), this nineteenth-century knight-errant left his mark on some of the key events of h...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David HollanderForeword by: George RomeroIn the heyday of low-budget television and scrappy genre filmmaking, producers who...

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Successful word-coinages--those that stay in currency for a good long time--tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely...

Reducere. The Jesus Dynasty offers a startling new interpretation of the life of Jesus and the origins of Christianity that is grounded in careful analysis o...

In popular memory, Ellis Island is typically seen as a gateway for Europeans seeking to join the 'great American melting pot'. But as this fresh ex...

Reducere. Randy Kraft was highly intelligent, politically active, loyal to his friends, committed to his work--and the killer of 67 people--more than any oth...

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Reducere. DescriptionAuthor and East Tennessee historian Joe Guy returns with another volume of hidden history, this time unearthing tales from the Volunteer...

Reducere. Critically acclaimed author Joe Guy serves up a stout batch of East Tennessee history in this latest collection of articles from his popular newspa...

Reducere. In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic li...

Reducere. This book provides the amazing answers to questions that have been perplexing historians and archaeologists for many years, e.g. Was the Exodus rea...

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Here is director Roman Polanski, both predator and prey, haunted by the savage murder of his wife, returning to Los Angeles, where the seeds of his...

Reducere. A fully illustrated guide to the Masonic origins and present-day Masonic sites of Washington, D.C. - Provides a walking tour of the Masonic sites a...

Reducere.  Images from movies and film have had a powerful influence in how Native Americans are seen. In many cases, they have been represented as violent,...

Reducere. America's most popular progressive radio host Thom Hartmann reveals how the government and corporate America misuse our personal data and shows how...

A magnificent work of original research, unwinding history through cloth - how we make it, use it and what it means to us.Publisher: Profile Books ...

The history inscribed in New England's meetinghouses waits to be told. There, colonists gathered for required worship on the Sabbath, for town meet...

Reducere. In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic li...

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DescriptionTiger tanks were among the most-feared fighting vehicles of the Second World War and they gained almost legendary status, yet they never...

Reducere. "A story of epic proportions and] an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction."--The Boston GlobeA classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is th...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Eagle and the Dragon takes the reader on an epic journey of thousands of miles by sea and land across three continents.When Senator ...

"The definitive account of the organized destruction of the Ottoman Armenians . . . No future discussion of the history will be able to ignore this...

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Reducere. "Bradley is sharp and rueful, and a voice for a more seasoned, constructive vision of our international relations with East Asia." --"Christian Sci...

Reducere. "Leave now, or die " Those words-or ones just as ominous-have echoed through the past hundred years of American history, heralding a very unnatural...

Reducere. From the bestselling author of Flags of our Fathers, Flyboys, and The Imperial Cruise, a spellbinding history of turbulent U.S.-China relations fro...

Reducere. Amid the serenity of McMinn County, in southeast Tennessee, lies a history that has long lain hidden in old newspaper stories, county records and t...

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Reducere. WWII expert Stevens takes us on the final twists and turns of the fall of the Third Reich and the fate of its secret bases, technology and vast U-B...

It is impossible to imagine New Orleans, and by extension American history, without the vibrant and singular Creole culture. In the face of an oppr...