King of the Jews: The Arnold Rothstein Story

Biographies & Memoirs

Nick Tosches

Leaders & Notable People

Penguin

A portrait of singer Jerry Lee Lewis details his early life, music, controversial marriage, problems and decline, endurance, and revival in popularity.

Hellfire: The Jerry Lee Lewis Story

Arts & Literature

'Dazzling... An unforgettable journey to some of boxing's darkest places' Steve Bunce, author of Bunce's Big Fat Short History of British BoxingShortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2000A breathtakingly brutal and evocative account of the life of infamous boxing world champion Sonny Liston Sonny Liston is one of the most controversial men the boxing world has ever seen. He rose from a childhood of grinding poverty to become 1962's heavyweight world champion. He spent time in prison, he was known to have mob connections, he was hated and vilified by his public. And after he lost the world title to Cassius Clay in a spectacular fall from grace, he died under mysterious and never fully explained circumstances.Sonny Liston's life story is an unsolved mystery and an underappreciated tragedy. In uncompromising detail, Nick Tosches captures the shadowy figure of Liston, this most mesmerising and enigmatic of boxing antiheroes.

Night Train: The Sonny Liston Story

Hamish Hamilton Ltd.

King of the Jews : The Arnold Rothstein Story

Hamish Hamilton

DARYL HALL AND JOHN OATES Dangerous Dances

Sidg. & J

<p>great find for a Hall and Oates fan.  Contains plenty of pics of younger Daryl and John.</p>

Daryl Hall/John Oates: Dangerous Dances

St.Martin's Press

Trinities

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

DOUBLEDAY

This biography of the 'fifties superstar Dean Martin takes an irreverent inside look at American entertainment from the 1930s to the 1980s. It examines the underworld secrets, the hidden regions of the American dream racket and the despair of a man driven into his own shadow by fame. There is also material on Sinatra, Monroe, Jerry Lewis, and the Hollywood / White House connection. By the author of "Hellfire", a biography of Jerry Lee Lewis.

Dino

Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd.

Unsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll

Set in Brooklyn, Chinatown, Italy and the Orient, this is a tale of evil and the battle for control of the world's multibillion dollar heroin trade. It is a fight to the death between America's last generation of Sicilian mafiosi and ruthless Asian druglords.

BANTAM BOOKS

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