Reminiscent of Mary Karr's The Liar's Club, a candid and haunting memoir of the author's journey into a dark world of sex, danger, and allure as a prostitute during the depraved era of 1970s Hollywood alternates between tales of his turbulent childhood and stories of post-Sixties sexual excess.

Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent

Biographies & Memoirs

Sterry, David Henry

Regional U.S.

HarperEntertainment

A former Hollywood male prostitute describes his dysfunctional 1970s suburbia childhood, entrance into the darker side of Hollywood during his college days, and encounters with the sexual excesses of the post-1960s. Reprint.

Memoirs

Harpercollins

If a guide book was a riot, then this is it. The Glorious World Cup is a smash and grab read with propellant laughs, and wicked satire. Expect some crunching tackles on the establishment with profiles on hooligans, World Cup villains and serious national grudges. Stuffed with country and player profiles, bags of footie history, and all you need to know about South Africa. Shooting on target are contributors Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting, best-selling author Po Bronson, and the world's best soccer writer, Simon Kuper. This is the rebel guide for the soccer masses and the fanatic. Score one. Now you know... *1 million condoms have recently been shipped to South Africa. *USA v England on June 12, the second day of the tournament, around the 60th anniversary of one of the World Cup's most famous matches - USA's shock 1-0 victory over England in the 1950 tournament in Brazil. *The first recorded soccer game in America took place at Plymouth Rock on what is now known as Thanksgiving. They used a pumpkin for a ball. *Henry Kissinger is soccer mad. Kobe Bryant too. Welcome to the club.

The Glorious World Cup: A Fanatic's Guide

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Black, Alan

Exercise & Fitness

BERKLEY

Now updated for 2015! The best, most comprehensive guide for writers is now revised and updated, with new sections on ebooks, self-publishing, crowd-funding through Kickstarter, blogging, increasing visibility via online marketing, micropublishing, the power of social media and author websites, and more—making The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published more vital than ever for anyone who wants to mine that great idea and turn it into a successfully published book. Written by experts with twenty-five books between them as well as many years’ experience as a literary agent (Eckstut) and a book doctor (Sterry), this nuts-and-bolts guide demystifies every step of the publishing process: how to come up with a blockbuster title, create a selling proposal, find the right agent, understand a book contract, and develop marketing and publicity savvy. Includes interviews with hundreds of publishing insiders and authors, including Seth Godin, Neil Gaiman, Amy Bloom, Margaret Atwood, Leonard Lopate, plus agents, editors, and booksellers; sidebars featuring real-life publishing success stories; sample proposals, query letters, and an entirely updated resources and publishers directory.

The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully

ECKSTUT, Arielle

Business & Money

Workman Publishing Company

I walk all the way up Hollywood Boulevard to Grauman's Chinese Theatre: past tourists snapping shots; wannabe starlets sparkling by in miniskirts with head shots in their hands and moondust in their eyes; rowdy cowboys drinking with drunken Indians; black businessmen bustling by briskly in crisp suits; ladies who do not lunch with nylons rolled up below the knee pushing shopping carts full of everything they own; Mustangs rubbing up against muscular Mercedes and Hell's Angels hogs. It's a sick twisted Wonderland, and I'm Alice. Here is a story like no other: The unforgettable chronicle of a season spent walking the razor-sharp line between painful innocence and the allure of the abyss. David Sterry was a wide-eyed son of 1970s suburbia, but within his first week looking for off-campus housing on Sunset Boulevard he was lured into a much darker world — servicing the lonely women of Hollywood by night. Chicken—the word is slang for a young male prostitute—revisits this year of living dangerously, in a narrative of dazzling inventiveness and searing candor. Shifting back and forth from tales of Sterry's youth—spent in the awkward bosom of a disintegrating dysfunctional family—to his fascinating account of the Neverland of post—sixties sexual excess, Chicken teems with Felliniesque characters and set pieces worthy of Dionysus. And when the life finally overwhelms Sterry, his retreat from the profession will leave an indelible mark on readers' minds and hearts.

Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man For Rent

Humor & Entertainment

Catapult

A rollicking, hyper-fast paced front row seat to the iconic late-night celebrity-studded party of 80s New York, Master of Ceremonies is the compelling and often tender true story of a fledgling actor whose first big break results in a two-year stint at the world's most famous and hedonistic strip club. Acclaimed memoirist David Henry Sterry was at the center of the madness as the roller-skating emcee of the nightly beefcake parade at Chippendales. The wide-eyed boy who dreams of stardom is quickly disabused of his naiveté as he is witness to the nightly tableau of desperate housewives, bachelorettes gone wild, moviestar excess, and shocking sexual shenanigans. Ultimately, though, all great parties must come to an end, and the gangland style assassination of his boss, the man responsible for the phenomenal success of the beefcake boys, marked the beginning of the end of the party-all-the-time 80s in New York City. Master of Ceremonies is resplendent with seedy glamour, dirty little secrets, hilarious backstage madness and an unflinching honesty.

Master of Ceremonies: A True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates and Chippendales

Canongate U.S.

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Books by Sterry, David Henry

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Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent

Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent

The Glorious World Cup: A Fanatic's Guide

The Essential Guide to Getting Your Book Published: How to Write It, Sell It, and Market It . . . Successfully

Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man For Rent

Master of Ceremonies: A True Story of Love, Murder, Roller Skates and Chippendales