Stars, Cars and Crystal Meth by Jack Sutherland
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Jack Sutherland, the narrator and protagonist of this memoir has, you might say, led a charmed life in the face of seeming damnation. A confirmed alcoholic in his early teens, by his twenties he was PA and bodyguard to the Hollywood stars most notably Michael Stipe, Ru Paul and Mickey Rourke. His work t ...Show more
Chasing Asylum by Eva Orner
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Filmmaker Eva Orner takes us on a personal, gripping and compelling journey to show us how she came to make her documentary about Australia's asylum seeker policies. 'My work as a filmmaker has taken me to some wild, dangerous places ...It's been a crazy, nomadic kind of life, taking me to conflict zone ...Show more
Nora Ephron: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations by Nora Ephron
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Category: General | Series: The\Last Interview Ser.
For fans of When Harry Met Sally and readers of I Feel Bad About My Neck (which is to say, almost everyone!) comes an indispensible collection of wit and wisdom from the late, great Nora EphronA hilarious and revealing look at one of America's most beloved screenwriters. From the beginning of her career ...Show more
The Liars' Club by Mary Karr
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Category: General | Series: Picador Classic Ser.
"My father comes into focus for me on a Liars' Club afternoon. He sits at a wobbly card table weighed down by a bottle. Even now the scene seems so real to me that I can't but write it in the present tense." Mary Karr grew up in a swampy East Texas refinery town in a volatile and defiantly loving family ...Show more
The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell
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*AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 2 FACT NOT FICTION BOOKCLUB* 'I was hoping against hope that the penguin would survive because as of that instant he had a name, and with his name came the beginning of a bond which would last a life-time' Tom Michell is in his roaring twenties: single, free-spirited and seek ...Show more
Modern Romance : An Investigation by Aziz Ansari; Eric Klinenberg
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A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from one of this generation's most popular and sharpest comedic voices At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the ...Show more
The Passion of Mademoiselle S. by Jean-Yves Berthault
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Paris, 1928: two lovers are conducting a secret and deeply erotic affair. Charles is a married man with a respectable office job when he embarks on a journey of wild sexual discovery with Simone, whose voracious appetite for the erotic is not confined to the bedroom, but is poured into the illicit lett ...Show more
Gay Life Stories by Robert Aldrich
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This book gives a voice to more than eighty people from every major continent and from all walks of life. It includes poets and philosophers, rulers and spies, activists and artists. Alongside such celebrated figures as Michelangelo, Frederick the Great and Harvey Milk are lesser-known but no less surpr ...Show more
The Man Who Fed the World by Leon Hesser
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Dr. Norman Borlaug, one of the world's greatest heroes, is the most highly-decorated individual of our time. He is credited with saving over a billion people from Starvation. Dr. Borlaug is only one of five people in history to win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congres ...Show more
So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson
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From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame.'It's about the terror, isn't it?''The terror of what?' I said.'The terror of being found out.'For the past three years, Jon Ronson h ...Show more
A Woman on the Edge of Time: a Son's Search for His Mother by Jeremy Gavron
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"Jeremy Gavron's quest to find his mother has produced a groundbreaking book and moving portrait of a spirited young woman--a 'captive wife'--who refused to accept the social constraints of her time. Unforgettable."--Tina BrownLondon, 1965 A brilliant young woman has just gassed herself to death, leavin ...Show more
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
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Gloria Steinem - writer, activist, organizer, and inspiring leader - now tells a story she has never told before, a candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change. When people ask me why I still have hope and energy after all these years, I always say- Because I travel. ...Show more