**One of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time • A National Book Critics Circle finalist • One of People's top 10 books of 2021 •An instant New York Times bestseller • Named a best book of the year by NPR and TimeA magnificent biography of one of the most protean creative forces in American entertainment history, a life of dazzling highs and vertiginous plunges*—some of the worst largely unknown until now—by th...

The epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967-Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Doolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde-and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, foreverIt's the mid-1960s, and westerns, war movies and blockbuster musicals-Mary Poppins, The Sound of Mu...

**One of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Greatest Film Books of All Time“One of the great works of film history of the decade.” —SlateNow a Netflix original documentary series, also written by Mark Harris: the extraordinary wartime experience of five of Hollywood's most important directors, all of whom put their stamp on World War II and were changed by it forever**Here is the remarkable, untold story of how five major Hollywood directors—John Ford, G...

The epic human drama behind the making of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967—Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Doctor Dolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde—and through them, the larger story of the cultural revolution that transformed Hollywood, and America, forever.It's the mid-1960s, and westerns, war movies, and blockbuster musicals such as Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music

In the morbidly fascinating tradition of Stiff, Grave Matters follows families who found in "green" burial a more natural, more economic, and ultimately more meaningful alternative to the tired and toxic send-off on offer at the local funeral parlor.Eschewing chemical embalming and fancy caskets, elaborate and costly funerals, the families followed in Grave Matters have embraced a range of natural options, new and old, that are redefining...

It is generally assumed that science and religion are at war. Many now claim that science has made religious belief redundant; others have turned to a literalist interpretation of biblical creation to reject or revise science; others try to resolve Darwin with Genesis. "The Nature of Creation" addresses this complex debate by engaging with both modern science and biblical scholarship together. Creation is central to Christian theology and the Bible, and has become the chosen battleground f...

"After Dinner Conversation" Magazine - June 2022The Money Box: A mysterious black box gives its users "unearned" money, but at what price?The Memory Thief: Alice is kidnapped, her mind is downloaded to the cloud, and, due to space limitations, her boyfriend must decide what memories make it into her new body.Tikkun Olam: A retired lawyer tries to help an at-risk youth, but feels s...

Become captivated by tales of wonderful, astounding, and downright bizarre people, places, and things throughout history. Perfect for trivia aficionados, history readers, or anyone with a thirst for unusual knowledge, Cabinet of Curiosities is full of titillating tidbits and mind-boggling stories you never knew you needed to know.From the creator of the long-running, smash-hit podcast Aaron Mahnke’s Cabinet of Curiosities comes the book—a riveting...

The novel follows the story of Charlie Eddington, a former Major League Baseball player who, at the age of 42, is invited to join a minor league team as a coach. Eddington is faced with the challenge of working with a new generation of ballplayers while reflecting on his own career and life experiences in baseball.Mark Harris's "With the Procession" is appreciated for its insights into the world of baseball, its depiction of the sport's culture and the challenges faced by athletes as they ...

Amazonia presents the contemporary scholar with myriad challenges. What does it consist of, and what are its limits? In this interdisciplinary book, Mark Harris examines the formation of Brazilian Amazonian societies in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, focusing predominantly on the Eastern Amazon, what is today the states of Pará and Amapá in Brazil. His aim is to demonstrate how the region emerged through the activities and movements of Indigenous societies with diverse languages...

IT'S DARKE OUTSIDEBritain, 1968.The country stands on the edge of change. Political unrest is spreading, Northern Ireland is sliding towards violence, and behind the polished doors of London's elite institutions, powerful men are making decisions that could alter the course of history.When whispers of a secret plot against the government begin to surface, journalist David Neatby finds himself chasing a story that reaches far beyond Westminster. The ...