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Hunting with barracudas
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Chris Snyder |
An honest account of being caught up in the Hollywood entertainment industry and working for a tyrant whose reason for existence rested on how hot her clients were. |
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Privileged son
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Dennis McDougal |
"Born with a silver spoon in his mouth and the weighty Chandler dynasty resting precariously on his young shoulders, Otis Chandler was the last great newspaper titan of the 20th Century. Larger than … |
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Everything is wrong with me
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Jason Mulgrew |
A memoir of startling insight, divine comedy, and irreversible, unconscionable stupidityFans of Jason Mulgrew's wildly popular blog know that everything really is wrong with him. The product of a rau… |
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It Chooses You
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Miranda July |
While writing the script for her 2011 film *The Future*, Miranda July sought inspiration from the most unlikely of places: A weekly classified ads booklet.
*It Chooses You* includes a series of in… |
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Hollywood myths
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Joe Williams |
"In Hollywood myths, veteran film critic Joe Williams dissects the film industry's biggest myths and rumors, from the dawn of the silver screen to the twenty-first century. Myths discussed pertain to… |
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Singing my him song
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Malachy McCourt |
Malachy McCourt, bestselling author of A Monk Swimming, shares the extraordinary story of how he went from living the headlong and heedless life of a world-class drunk to becoming a sober, loving fat… |
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La distancia entre nosotros
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Reyna Grande |
"Cuando el padre de Reyna Grande deja a su esposa y sus tres hijos atrás en un pueblo de México para hacer el peligroso viaje a través de la frontera a los Estados Unidos, promete que pronto regresar… |
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Box girl
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Lilibet Snellings |
"When 22-year-old Lilibet Snellings moved to Los Angeles on a whim, she unintentionally became a "slash" to keep her head above water-a writer/waitress/actress/Box Girl. One night each week, Lilibet … |
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Take this man
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Brando Skyhorse |
"From PEN/Hemingway award winner Brando Skyhorse comes this stunning, heartfelt memoir in the vein of The Glass Castle or The Tender Bar, the true story of a boy's turbulent childhood growing up with… |
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The Mayor
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Richard J. Riordan |
Elected with the campaign slogan "Tough enough to turn L.A. around," Richard J. Riordan made good on his promise to voters and returned Los Angeles to its former glory. In this thought-provoking mem… |
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Water to the angels
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Les Standiford |
Documents the story of William Mulholland's Los Angeles aqueduct, the largest public water project ever built, describing how it transformed a small desert city into a modern metropolis. |
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Always Running
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Luis J. Rodriguez,Luis Rodriguez |
Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. is a 1993 autobiographical book by Mexican-American author Luis J. Rodriguez. In the story of the book, Rodriguez recounts his days as a member of a st… |
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Hoyt Street
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Mary Helen Ponce |
It's the 1940s. Little Mary Helen Ponce and her family live in Pacoima. Unmindful of their poverty, Mary Helen and her friends sneak into the circus, run wild at church bazaars, and snitch apricots f… |
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Nerd Girl Rocks Paradise City
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Anne Thomas Soffee |
This hilarious peek into the early years of the hair-band era reveals the hierarchy of fishnets, bustiers, and chicks with the Holy Grail—a backstage pass. After college, Anne Thomas Soffee journeyed… |
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Four Girls From Berlin
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Marianne Meyerhoff |
Lotte Meyerhoff thought she had lost everything when she came to the United States after escaping from an internment camp: her beloved Berlin home, and her past. But when a mysterious package arrived… |
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