It starts with a telegram. MGM wires young Lucille LeSueur to tell her that she’s been placed under contract at a princely $75 a week, and is expected to report immediately to Hollywood, California. A fresh-faced 17-year-old with big eyes and an air of elegance, she would go on to become one of the greatest stars in Hollywood history: the fabulous Joan Crawford. Through four marriages, countless cocktail parties, and more than one hundred appearances in film and television, Joan lived the life of a legend from the first day she stepped onto the back lot. After becoming famous in the silent era, by 1938 she was dubbed “Box Office Poison,” and her career was considered over, but Crawford never quit. Over the next forty years, she clawed her way back to the top, and in this engaging autobiography, she tells her story her way.

A Portrait of Joan: An Autobiography by Joan Crawford

Biographies & Memoirs

Ardmore, Jane Kesner

Crawford, Joan

Community & Culture

Graymalkin Media, LLC

From the dawn of the studio system to the decade it all came crashing down, Hedda Hopper was one of the Queens of Hollywood. Although she made her name as a star of the silent screen, she found her calling as a gossip columnist, where she had the ear of the most powerful force in show business: the public. With a readership of 20,000,000 people, Hopper turned nobodies into stars, and brought stars to their knees. And in this sensational memoir, she tells all. In her career, Hopper crossed some of Hollywood’s biggest bold-faced names, from Joan Crawford and Bette Davis to Charlie Chaplin and Katherine Hepburn, and her feud with rival gossip columnist Louella Parsons became the stuff of legend. In The Whole Truth and Nothing But, we get Hedda’s side of the story—and what a story it is. Hedda Hopper is portrayed by Judy Davis in the Ryan Murphy TV series Feud.

The Whole Truth and Nothing But

Hopper, Hedda

Brough, James

Leaders & Notable People

Handsome, rich, bronzed champion athletes, Erik and Lyle Menendez were the stunning symbols of the California dream. The sons of a high-powered Hollywood executive and his beautiful wife, they lived in a pampered world of Beverly Hills mansions, swimming pools, and private tennis coaches. But the dream became a nightmare when police found the butchered bodies of the boys’ parents, Jose and Kitty, in the family room of their five-million dollar mansion. Only days after the couple was laid to rest, the brothers began an appalling spending spree, buying Rolex watches, designer clothes and a new Porsche. Seven months later, all of Hollywood was stunned when the 18- and 21-year-old brothers were arrested for the horrendous killings. New York Times bestselling author Don Davis takes you inside one of the most riveting cases in California’s history, laying to bare the shattering secrets of a tormented family

Bad Blood: The Shocking True Story Behind the Menendez Killings

Davis, Don

True Crime

Katharine the Great: Katharine Graham and Her Washington Post Empire

The book Katharine Graham and Benjamin Bradlee tried to suppress. In the early 1970s, Katharine Graham was one of the most powerful women on earth. As publisher of the Washington Post, she published the Pentagon Papers, which shed light on the darkest corners of the war in Vietnam, and she oversaw the investigation into the Watergate scandal, which would bring down President Richard Nixon. Her story is one of the greatest triumphs in the history of American journalism, but she may have had a secret ally: the Central Intelligence Agency. In this stunning biography, veteran reporter Deborah Davis unearths the truth about the Washington Post and the family that ran it. When the book was first published in 1979, the original publisher pulled the book under pressure from Katharine Graham and her editor-in-chief, Benjamin Bradlee, who demanded that it be destroyed. Nothing in the book was ever disproven, and it stands today as a testament to dogged reporting and the unmatched power of the intelligence community. Don’t miss the Steven Spielberg film, The Post, starring Meryl Streep as Katharine Graham and Tom Hanks as Benjamin Bradlee.

Davis, Deborah

Hung Jury: The Diary of a Menendez Juror

Hazel Thornton takes us behind the scenes of one of the highest profile murder cases of all time. More than two decades after serving as a juror on the seven-month murder trial People v. Erik Galen Menendez, Hazel updates her book Hung Jury with a new preface and a postscript essay of observations about the Menendez brothers’ second trial. Includes psychological commentary by Lawrence S. Wrightsman and Amy J. Posey, and legal commentary by Alan Scheflin.

Thornton, Hazel

From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Paul Zindel comes this touching, humorous, and delightful play that earned wide recognition in its 1969 National Educational Television and 1990 A&E productions. The action is set in the laboratory of the American Biological Association Development for the Advancement of Brain Analysis, where curious experiments involving various mammals are taking place. Helen, a newly engaged cleaning lady, is particularly drawn to a dolphin and is shocked when she learns that, having failed to “talk” as hoped for, it is slated for brain dissection. She makes a desperate attempt to rescue the dolphin from the scientists, incurring first their indignation and then, when the dolphin does indeed “talk” for Helen, their futile pleas that she change her mind about leaving and stay on to help them in their experiments. But the gentle Helen has had enough—both of “Custodial Engineering” and of schemes to change man’s relationship to the other creatures with whom the world must be shared.

Let Me Hear You Whisper

Literature & Fiction

ZINDEL, Paul

Dramas & Plays

Tales from the Morgue: Forensic answers to nine famous cases including the Scott Peterson and Chandra Levy cases

Wecht, Dr. Cyril

Curriden, Dr. Mark

Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas

Now a New York Times Bestseller and a National Book Award finalist. Charged with racial, sexual, and political overtones, the confirmation of Clarence Thomas as a Supreme Court justice was one of the most divisive spectacles the country has ever seen. Anita Hill’s accusation of sexual harassment by Thomas, and the attacks on her that were part of his high-placed supporters rebuttal, both shocked the nation and split it into two camps. One believed Hill was lying, the other believed that the man who ultimately took his place on the Supreme Court had committed perjury. In this brilliant, often shocking book, Jane Mayer and Jill Abramson, two of the nation’s top investigative journalists examine all aspects of this controversial case. They interview witnesses that the Judiciary Committee chose not to call, and present documents never before made public. They detail the personal and professional pasts of both Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill and lay bare a campaign of lobbying, public relations, and character assassination fueled by conservative power at its most desperate. A gripping high-stakes drama, Strange Justice is not only a definitive account of the Clarence Thomas nomination hearings, but is also a classic casebook of how the Washington game is played by those for whom winning is everything.

Mayer, Jane

Abramson; Jill

Tower of Lies: What My Eighteen Years of Working With Donald Trump Reveals About Him

Barbara A. Res worked directly with Donald Trump for eighteen years on some of his biggest projects and had nearly unlimited access to him. Trump selected Res to be in charge of construction of Trump Tower, his greatest success as a developer. In this insider's look at how the ambitious real estate developer became the most divisive president in recent U.S. history, Res takes us into closed-door meetings, boardrooms, limo rides, and helicopter flights to really understand what makes him tick and shows us why his claim to be a great dealmaker and savvy businessman is just a mirage. No one with this kind of access to Trump during his formative years as a developer has ever written so completely about who he is away from the cameras. It's no wonder that when the media are looking for someone who really understands Trump, they turn to Res. Candid, personal, and deeply perceptive, Res shines new light on the man whose depravity has put us allff,ff,,,ff,,f,,"ff,ff,,,ff,,f,,eff,ff,,,ff,,f,,"and democracy itselfff,ff,,,ff,,f,,"ff,ff,,,ff,,f,,eff,ff,,,ff,,f,,"in danger. Includes a 16-

Barbara A. Res

Historical

Barbara A. Res worked directly with Donald Trump for eighteen years on some of his biggest projects and had nearly unlimited access to him. Trump selected Res to be in charge of construction of Trump Tower, his greatest success as a developer. In this insider’s look at how the ambitious real estate developer became the most divisive president in recent U.S. history, Res takes us into closed-door meetings, boardrooms, limo rides, and helicopter flights to really understand what makes him tick and show us why his claim to be a great dealmaker and savvy businessman is just a mirage. 
No one with this kind of access to Trump during his formative years as a developer has ever written so completely about who he is away from the cameras. It’s no wonder that when the media are looking for someone who really understands Trump, they turn to Res. Candid, personal, and deeply perceptive, Res shines new light on the man whose depravity has put us all—and democracy itself—in danger.

Res, Barbara A.

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A Portrait of Joan: An Autobiography by Joan Crawford

The Whole Truth and Nothing But

Bad Blood: The Shocking True Story Behind the Menendez Killings

Katharine the Great: Katharine Graham and Her Washington Post Empire

Hung Jury: The Diary of a Menendez Juror

Let Me Hear You Whisper

Tales from the Morgue: Forensic answers to nine famous cases including the Scott Peterson and Chandra Levy cases

Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas

Tower of Lies: What My Eighteen Years of Working With Donald Trump Reveals About Him

Tower of Lies: What My Eighteen Years of Working With Donald Trump Reveals About Him