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"The Glass Castle meets The Nest in this stunning debut, an intimate family memoir that gracefully brings us behind the dappled beachfront vista of privilege, to reveal the inner lives of two wonderfully colorful, unforgettable families. On a mid-August weekend, two families assemble for a wedding at a rambling family mansion on the beach in East Hampton, in the last days of the area's quietly refined country splendor, before traffic jams and high-end...

"Dilettante reveals Brown's most memorable moments from the halcyon days of the magazine business, explores his own journey as an unpedigreed outsider to established editor, and shares glimpses of some of the famous and infamous stories (and people) that tracked the magazine's extraordinary run all keenly observed by Brown. He recounts tales from the trenches, including encounters with everyone from Anna Wintour, Lee Radziwill, and Conde Nast owner...

The award-winning journalist and author of Ground Up recounts the tempestuous years he spent living alongside the media and cultural elite of Putin's Russia, a tenure marked by a dubious election, mass anti-government rallies and his scripting of a top-grossing domestic film.

The editor, journalist, and publishing entrepreneur traces his storied career, sharing insights into his tenures with "Rolling Stone" and "Sports Illustrated," as well as his literary encounters with such personalities as Hunter S. Thompson, Jimmy Buffett, and Steve Jobs.

The diaries of the author's years as editor-in-chief of "Vanity Fair" provide a portrait of the 1980s in New York and Hollywood, describing her summons from London to save Condâe Nast's troubled periodical and her experiences within the cutthroat world of glamour magazines.

"“You are a complete disappointment.” On his deathbed, Mike Edison’s father gasped those words to his son—and that was just the beginning of his devastating salvo. For anyone who has ever suffered from parental bullying, this often-hilarious yet intensely heartbreaking memoir from the former High Times publisher will provide both solace and laughter. It begins with a child’s hunger for love and acceptance and continues through years of withering...

"At twenty-two, a naïve Midwesterner, Adrienne Miller got a lucky break when she was hired as an editorial assistant at GQ. The mid-nineties were still the golden age of print journalism, and a publication like GQ then seemed the red-hot center of the literary world, even if their sensibilities were manifestly mid-century-the martinis, the male egos, and the unquestioned authority of kings. Still, Adrienne learned to hold her own in a man's world,...

In the vein of Mary Karrs Lit, Augusten Burroughs Dry and Sarah Hepolas Blackout, As Needed for Pain is a raw and rivetingand often wryly funnyaddiction memoir from one of New York medias most accomplished editors which explores his never-before-told story of opioid addiction and the drastic impact it had on his life and career. Dan Peres wasnt born to be a media insider. As an awkward, magic-obsessed adolescent, nothing was further from his reality...