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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Beerspit Night and Cursing	Charles Bukowski	Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised …	OL14955340W
Humphrey Bogart	Darwin Porter	Presents an unauthorized biography of the late actor, including his life with his dysfunctional parents, slow rise to Hollywood stardom despite success on Broadway, relationships with famous actresse…	OL15952498W
The slave children of Thomas Jefferson	Sam Sloan	The author, a journalist and amateur historian, discusses the issues surrounding the claim that Thomas Jefferson fathered children of African American slave descent. Update to the 1992 edition with …	OL15978627W
The other Tudors	Pip Jones	Everybody thinks they know the tale of King Henry VIII's wives: divorced, beheaded died; divorced, beheaded, survived. But behind this familiar story, lies a far more complex truth. This book brings …	OL16686963W
The Heir Apparent	Jane Ridley	This richly entertaining biography chronicles the eventful life of Queen Victoria's firstborn son, the quintessential black sheep of Buckingham Palace, who matured into as wise and effective a monarc…	OL17313931W
Baby, let's play house	Alanna Nash	Overview: Thirty-three years after his death, Elvis Presley's extraordinary physical appeal, timeless music, and sexual charisma continue to captivate, titillate, and excite. Though hundreds of books…	OL17728315W
A Very Private Woman	Nina Burleigh	In 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer, the beautiful, rebellious, and intelligent ex-wife of a top CIA official, was killed on a quiet Georgetown towpath near her home. Mary Meyer was a secret mistress of Pres…	OL1822370W
Mary Boleyn	Alison Weir	Mary Boleyn is remembered by posterity as a 'great and infamous whore'. She was the mistress of two kings, Francois I of France and Henry VIII of England, and sister to Anne Boleyn, Henry VIII's seco…	OL18821956W
An atomic love story	Shirley Streshinsky	"Set against a dramatic backdrop of war, spies, and nuclear bombs, An Atomic Love Story unveils a vivid new view of a tumultuous era and one of its most important figures. In the early decades of the…	OL19972638W
Widow Basquiat	Jennifer Clement	A memoir of avant-garde street artist and painter Jean-Michel Basquiat's partner, her past, and their life together	OL19990028W
Double cup love	Eddie Huang	"As he entered adulthood (of sorts), Huang began to wonder just how authentic his Chinese identity really was, a dilemma that grew more acute as he contemplated proposing marriage to his all-American…	OL20027020W
By women possessed	Arthur Gelb	"Celebrated for their books on Eugene O'Neill and enjoying access to a trove of previously sealed archival material, the Gelbs deliver their final volume on the stormy life and brilliant oeuvre of th…	OL20040686W
Abandon me	Melissa Febos	In her critically acclaimed memoir, Whip Smart, Melissa Febos laid bare the intimate world of the professional dominatrix, turning an honest examination of her life into a lyrical study of power, des…	OL20050009W
The Sour Fruit	Vincenzo Patanè	Byron’s emotional and erotic life, which he indulged with an unstoppable energy, is a key element in understanding his powerful and passionate personality, as well as the society of his day, which wa…	OL20154375W
All the president's women	Barry Levine	"Based on groundbreaking original reporting, an extensive new look at Donald Trump's relationships with women, revealing new accusations of sexual misconduct, exploring the roots of his alleged preda…	OL20372921W
Life with Picasso	Françoise Gilot,Carlton Lake	Extensive portrait of the artist written by a woman who lived with him for 11 years and was the mother of two of his children.	OL2070372W
Alan Clark	Ion Trewin	Alan Clark was a celebrated diarist, womaniser, Tory MP and controversial minister in Margaret Thatcher's government. In this book Ion Trewin reveals the man behind the myth, describing the true exte…	OL20907747W
The Fixed Stars	Molly Wizenberg	At age 36, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly knew. Married to a man for nearly a decade and mother to a toddler, Wizenberg tried to r…	OL20983662W
Empire's mistress, starring Isabel Rosario Cooper	Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez	"Empire's Mistress centers the life of Isabel Rosario Cooper, a mixed race vaudeville and film actor from the Philippines, notorious for being Douglas MacArthur's one-time mistress. Tracking her stor…	OL24446127W
Franklin and Lucy	Joseph E. Persico	Franklin Delano Roosevelt was arguably the greatest figure of the twentieth century. While FDR's official circle was predominantly male, it was his relationships with women--particularly with Lucy Me…	OL2654602W