Multi Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, the visionary behind cinematic classics including Platoon, Midnight Express, & Scarface, lays himself bare in this intimate new memoir. Blending his incredible personal story with an inside look at the Hollywood movie-biz through the 70s and 80s, it takes readers on-set and behind the scenes.
Willie Nelson is an American music icon, his sister Bobbie—maybe not so much, but in this new dual memoir, the musical siblings & bandmates share powerful, poignant moments from growing up, playing music together, emotional trials, the highs, the lows & life in the spotlight. Through nearly 9 decades, the two have always had each others’ back. Their new book delves deep into it all.
Before the term “heavy metal” was even coined, Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford was half-done writing the manual on how to be a leather-clad rock god. With arguably the best, most powerful pipes in the business, the British singer & his hard-rocking band put metal on the map. Confess is his tell-all memoir. From his upbringing in the English industrial wasteland to musical fame to alcoholism, addiction, sexual trysts, and personal tragedy to rehab, coming out, & redemption, it’s the story of a truly legendary life.
Showcasing more than 750 iconic album covers that shaped rock history, this new collection from Taschen combines the classic covers with insightful fact sheets, insider interviews, and lists from leading collectors of their top 10 records. From Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, Pink Floyd, The Cure, & Iron Maiden to Sonic Youth, it catalogs decades of rock music’s rich visual history.
Best-selling biographer Charles Leerhsen dug deep to uncover the real story of one of America’s most notorious outlaws. Sorting out facts from folklore, the author paints a brilliant portrait of a man caught up in the complexities of the burgeoning American West, a place full of possibility & heartbreak, of honest work and irresistible vice. Due out July 14.
New Jersey’s fabled Action Park certainly earned the title “America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park” & wore it like a badge of honor. This unbelievable new book chronicles the horrors & hilarity of a place where millions were entertained and almost as many broken bones were sustained, told through the eyes of the founder’s son. Often called “Accident Park” or “Class Action Park,” this proudly Jersey attraction ultimately closed in 1996 but lives on in stories, scars, & now a book.
Bad Religion was a vanguard band at the forefront of the mainstream punk rock crossover of the early 2000s, paving the way for the Green Days & Blink 182s. Now nearly 40 years into their career, Do What You Want tells the untold tales of an unlikely band of misfits who broke the mold and brought a relentlessly punk-rock ethic to modern American music. Due out in hardcover August 18.
Chicago’s Alinea Group–the team behind award-winning restaurants and bars like Alinea, Next, The Aviary, The Office and Roister–has put out some of the highest quality meals and drinks we’ve ever had the pleasure of enjoying.…
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of “the little band from Texas,” this new hardcover is a celebration of ZZ Top through the iconic guitars and legendary hot rods that defined the band’s global superstardom. Featuring more than sixty guitars and fifteen astounding vehicles—from the near-mythical ’59 Les Paul sunburst known as “Pearly Gates” to the supercharged Eliminator coupe, it mixes guitar heroics and horsepower with insightful tales from the Texas bluesman himself.
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South Korean “black comedy thriller film” Parasite premiered at the Cannes Film Festival near the end of May in 2019. Almost a year later, the Palme d’Or winner, Academy Awards sweeper (4 awards including best…
It’s all in the title here. In Chefs’ Fridges: More Than 35 World-Renowned Cooks Reveal What They Eat at Home and it’s really revealing. With candid profiles of renowned chefs including José Andrés, Christine Tosi, Alice Waters, Daniel Boulud, Nancy Silverton, Wylie Dufresne, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Ludo Lefebvre, and Carla Hall—to name a few, we see what the world’s most esteemed chefs shop for and keep in their kitchen. Each profile includes exclusive photos, anecdotal essays, a Q&A, and insights from their Michelin-star tastes & processes.
Written in 1927 when the baseball icon was at the peak of his prowess and just 24 years-old, Lou Gehrig’s long forgotten memoir has now been printed for the first time in book form. First syndicated in newspapers in a serialized form as he and the 1927 Yankees team sealed the World Series, Gehrig’s tale finds new life today. It is a heartfelt rags-to-riches tale about a dirt poor kid from New York who became one of the most revered baseball players of all time. Fourteen years after his account, Lou would tragically die from ALS, a disorder now known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Due out this June, renowned Tolkien expert John Garth’s The Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien features a trove of breathtaking illustrations, including Tolkien’s own drawings, contributions from other artists, rare archival images, and spectacular color photos of contemporary locations across Britain and beyond, taking readers to the places that inspired J. R. R. Tolkien to create his fictional locations in The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and other classics.
When it comes to home audio, unless you want to build out a full setup of individual components yourself (and spend thousands of dollars), Sonos has some of the best options on the market. Their…
The Every Occasion Card sends the perfect message every time. Not only does it eliminate the time-suck of the card aisle, it actually feels more personalized. Simply check off the boxes to customize your heartfelt message, sign your name, and keep it moving. The cards are 5.7” X 4” printed on sturdy card stock. Available in packs of 8 or 30, they come with recycled A6 envelopes. American made.
Best-selling author of the odd and master of the macabre Stephen King is coming hot off the press with an unnerving collection of four new novellas—Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds—each pulling you into intriguing and frightening places. Classic films like Stand By Me & Shawshank Redemption both grew out of the author’s earlier novellas. In his return to the shorter, punchier form, King is sure to stir up the strange in ways no writer has before or since. Hardcover due out April 21.
Were it not for the work of street-artist Shepard Fairey & his ironic OBEY icon featuring the super-sized 70s pro wrestler Andre The Giant, the man himself may have been lost to all the deepest, glitchiest corners of YouTube. In the new biography however, the big man, André Roussimoff finally gets his due. And there’s a lot more to the story than body slams. It covers his extraordinary life as well as his untimely death from the affliction that made him such a large man.
Written by actor and show creator Andy Greene, The Office is an up-close, inside look at the incredible success story of this genre-redefining series. The actor-author takes readers behind the scenes of key moments and characters, giving readers the true story behind the entire show, from its origins on BBC through its sensational nine-season run in America, with in-depth research and exclusive interviews.
This forthcoming Phaidon edition offers a spectacular & in-depth look at one of the most renowned architects of the twentieth century. Philip Johnson was a giant in his field; witty, wealthy, and well-connected. For decades his prominence was unrivaled. Featuring hundreds of images and documents, many published for the first time, this richly illustrated book traces the remarkable life and influential career of a true American legend.
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This #1 international best-seller explores and explains a litany of real-world glitches, near misses, and mathematical mishaps involving the internet, big data, elections, street signs, lotteries, the Roman Empire, and an Olympic team to name a few. It’s a lighthearted but engaging guide to some of humanity’s all-time greatest miscalculations. Stories that will make you feel a bit better about some of your own mistakes.
