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Paul Hirsch, a film editor who worked on more than forty features, presents a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential films of the last fifty years.

To this day, the name "Andy Warhol" conjures his famous images of soup cans and Marilyn Monroe. But though Pop Art became synonymous with Warhol's name and dominated the public's image of him, his life and work are infinitely more complex and multi-faceted than that. The extent and range of Warhol's success, and his deliberate attempts to thwart his biographers, means that it hasn't been easy to put together an accurate or complete image of him.

Vashti Harrison shines a light on black men through history. Among these biographies, readers will find aviators and artists, politicians and pop culture icons. The men featured include writer James Baldwin, artist Aaron Douglas, photographer Gordon Parks, diplomat Kofi Annan, comic book author Dwayne McDuffie, and musician Prince.

In this collection of new and previously published essays, author Laura Lippman shares her take on a woman's life across the decades. Covering her childhood and school years, her newspaper career, and her experiences as a novelist, Lippman finds universal touchstones in an unusual life that has as many twists as her crime fiction.

Congressman Elijah Cummings details the formative moments in his life that prepared him to hold President Donald Trump accountable for his actions while in office. Cummings powerfully weaves together the urgent drama of modern-day politics and the defining stories from his past. He offers a unique perspective on how his upbringing as the son of sharecroppers in a South Baltimore neighborhood, rampant with racism and poverty, laid the foundation of a life spent fighting for justice.

Thomas Hauser provides a compelling retrospective of Ali's life. Hauser argues that there has been a deliberate distortion of Ali, making him more presentable for advertising purposes by sanitizing his legacy--a disservice to history as well as to Ali himself.

Aisholpan Nurgaiv tells her story for the first time of how she captured and trained her own golden eagle and won the Ölgii eagle festival in Mongolia. A true trailblazer, Nurgaiv was the first female eagle hunter to ever take part in this highly competitive festival.

The Kennedy name is synonymous with American royalty. Those who dwell in the House of Kennedy work hard, live hard, and win at all costs. But just how much has it cost them?

Loretta Lynn grew up in the mountains of Kentucky. At the age of twenty-four, she began penning songs and through years of hard work, talent, and true grit, eventually made her way to Nashville-eventually securing her place in country music history.

Mae Jemison is the first African American woman to travel to space. She's also a medical doctor who once joined the Peace Corps. And a trained dancer, too! Experience all the exciting moments in Dr. Jemison's life in this biography, packed with fun facts, including the secrets of NASA.