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  Rat Pack Confidential

  Frank, Dean, Sammy, Peter, Joey and the Last Great Show Biz Party

  by Shawn Levy

  The ultimate book for hipsters young and old. For the first time, readers learn the full story of what happened when Frank Sinatra brought his best pals to party in a land called Vegas.
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  Memories are Made of This

  by Deana Martin, Wendy Holden

  Charming, debonair, and impeccably attired in a black tuxedo, Dean Martin was coolness incarnate. His music provided the soundtrack of romance, and his image captivated movie and television audiences for more than fifty years. His daughter Deana was among his most devoted fans, but she also knew a side of him that few others ever glimpsed. In this heartfelt memoir, Deana recalls the constantly changing blended... (more)
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  Rickles' Book: A Memoir

  by David Ritz, Don Rickles

  Why you need to buy RICKLES' Book immediately: RICKLES' BOOK will help you win friends and influence people. RICKLES' BOOK will introduce you to all of his famous friends, from Frank Sinatra to Johnny Carson. RICKLES' BOOK will help you lose weight. RICKLES' BOOK will help you gain weight. RICKLES' BOOK will improve your love life. RICKLES' BOOK will make you cry. (If your love life doesn't improve.) RICKLES'... (more)
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  The Rat Pack: Neon Nights with the Kings of Cool

  by Lawrence J. Quirk

  The Rat Pack -- Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop -- had talent, money, and power to burn. They also had something else even more important. They had fun.
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  Rat Pack Mysteries: Book 1

  Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime

  by Robert Randisi

  Las Vegas, 1960.   Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford are the Kings of Cool---the Rat Pack. Ocean’s 11 is their first movie together and they have taken Sin City by storm---filming during the day and cavorting onstage at the Sands Casino at night. It’s clear not everyone is charmed, however, when Dean begins receiving anonymous threatening letters. Eddie Gianelli, also... (more)
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  Luck Be a Lady, Don't Die: A Rat Pack Mystery

  by Robert Randisi

  Vegas, 1960. Gamblin’, drinkin’, and everybody’s misbehavin’. Six months ago, while they were filming Ocean’s 11, the Rat Pack needed Eddie Gianelli’s help to track down the mug who was sending threatening letters to Dino. Now they’re back for the premiere and it’s Frank who needs Eddie’s help. Seems a babe he was planning to meet in Sin City took a powder---leaving behind her luggage and a stiff in the... (more)
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  Deconstructing Sammy CD

  by Matt Birkbeck

  Sammy Davis Jr. lived a storied life. Adored by millions over a six-decade-long career, he was considered an entertainment icon and a national treasure. But despite lifetime earnings that topped $50 million, Sammy died in 1990 near bankruptcy. His estate was declared insolvent, and there was no possibility of it ever using Sammy's name or likeness again. It was as if Sammy had never existed. Years later his... (more)
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  Lies My Mother Never Told Me: A Memoir

  by Kaylie Jones

  Her mother was a brainy knockout with the sultry beauty of Marilyn Monroe, a raconteur whose fierce wit could shock an audience into hilarity or silence. Her father was a distinguished figure in American letters, the National Book Award-winning author of four of the greatest novels of World War II ever written. A daughter of privilege with a seemingly fairy-tale-like life, Kaylie Jones was raised in the Hamptons... (more)
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  by Andy Williams Moon River and Me, A Memoir 1ST edition

  by Andy Williams

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  My Way: An Autobiography

  by Paul Anka, David Dalton

  The smooth, charismatic singer and songwriter in his own words—the long-awaited autobiography that reveals a life that has been much more dramatic than his crooning reveals    A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the idea of singer-songwriter-heartthrob that still fuels the industry today, Paul Anka’s slew of hits—from “Diana” to “Put Your Head on my Shoulder”—earned him a place touring with the... (more)
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  Dino

  Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams

  by Nick Tosches

  A biography of Jerry Lewis's other half discusses Martin's Ohio childhood, his rise to the heights of fame as a singer, his uneasy partnership with Lewis and the Rat Pack, and more. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo.
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  Peter Lawford

  The Man who Kept the Secrets

  by James Spada

  A look at actor Lawford's role in the affairs of John F. and Bobby Kennedy discusses his film career; his romances with the likes of Ava Gardner, Lana Turner, and Rita Hayworth; his place in the Rat Pack; and his friendship with Marilyn Monroe. Reprint.
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  Why Sinatra Matters

  by Pete Hamill

  As products of the same urban landscape, Pete Hamill and Frank Sinatra have both been credited with giving the American city a voice. In this widely acclaimed and bestselling appreciation-now available in paperback for the first time-Hamill draws on his intimate experience of the man and the music to evoke the essence of Sinatra, illuminating the singer's art and his legend from the point of view of a confidant... (more)
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  The Devil's Teeth

  A True Story of Obsession and Survival Among America's Great White Sharks

  by Susan Casey

  A journalist's obsession brings her to a remote island off the California coast, home to the world's most mysterious and fearsome predators-and the strange band of surfer-scientists who follow them Susan Casey was in her living room when she first saw the great white sharks of the Farallon Islands, their dark fins swirling around a small motorboat in a documentary. These sharks were the alphas among alphas, some... (more)