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1	Chanel: A Woman of Her Own more books like this by Axel Madsen This biography concerns the life and career of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. Details include Chanel's tragic childhood as an orphan, the opening of her first boutique in 1910, and the founding of the House of Chanel. The author praises Chanel for revolutionizing women's fashion with her inventions of sportswear, "the little black dress," costume ... see all copies from $11.70! new only from $12.55! \| first editions
2	The Sewing Circle: Hollywood's Greatest Secret: Female Stars Who Loved Other Women more books like this by Axel Madsen A broad history of lesbian and bisexual women in Hollywood, including Garbo, Dietrich, Stanwyck, and Mecedes de Acosta, as well as more recent celebrities, more than a dozen of whom are outed publicly for the first time. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
3	Stanwyck more books like this by Axel Madsen Madsen delivers the first portrait of film legend Barbara Stanwyck--the extraordinary story of a life that began on the streets of Brooklyn and rose to Hollywood in the Golden Age. Behind the glamorous facade of this notoriously private star are tales of two tragic marriages, backstage dramas during filming, and more. 16-page photo insert. see all copies from $5.49! new only from $22.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors more books like this by Axel Madsen The roller-coaster life of the flamboyant creator of General Motors William C. Durant did big things the big way: he overreached, but, until his final failure, he picked up the pieces time after time to confound his competitors. From a turbulent childhood in the small town of Flint, Michigan, to his phenomenal success in creating General ... see all copies from $9.32! new only from $12.66! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	John Jacob Astor: America's First Multimillionaire more books like this by Axel Madsen On The Deal Maker: How William C. Durant Made General Motors: "A well-written biography."-New York Times On Stanwyck: The Life and Times of Barbara Stanwyck: "Madsen's admirably researched, insightful portrait of her aloof nature . . . reveals she was always torn between her wish to give of herself and her need to be in control."-Christian ... see all copies from $4.12! new only from $10.15! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Living for Design: The Yves Saint Laurent Story more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $7.00! first editions
7	The Marshall Fields more books like this by Axel Madsen A classic American success story with a twist Like J. P. Morgan, John D. Rockefeller, and Andrew Carnegie, Marshall Field was one of the overlords of triumphant capitalism in the Gilded Age of the late nineteenth century. However, his phenomenal wealth and generous philanthropy masked a disastrous personal life. Deserted by his wife and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
8	William Wyler : the authorized biography more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $6.52! signed copies \| first editions
9	Silk Roads: The Asian Adventures of Clara & Andre Malraux more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Hearts and Minds: The Common Journey of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	60 Minutes: The Power & the Politics of America's Most Popular TV News Show more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.85! \| first editions
12	Gloria and Joe: The Star-Crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy more books like this by Axel Madsen She was the screen goddess of the 1920s, he the Wall Street wheeler-dealer. Their three-year love affair at the tail end of the Roaring Twenties was the stuff of legends. Here is the first book about these two remarkable people. 16 pages of photos. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.90! \| first editions \| SVS
13	John Huston more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14	Private power : multinational corporations for the survival of our planet more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
15	Malraux: A Biography more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
16	Cousteau: An Unauthorized Biography more books like this by Axel Madsen For the first time, the unknown Jacques-Yves Cousteau is revealed--the family man whose emotions are tightly sealed, the inventor of the aqualung, the world's foremost oceanographic educator and conservationist, and all that stands behind his passions and successes. 16 pages of black-and-white photographs. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
17	The Sewing Circle: Sappho's Leading Ladies more books like this by Axel Madsen As the silent films of the Roaring Twenties gave way to the Depression-Era talkies, few people were aware of the furtive Tinseltown sisterhood of women in love with women. Here is the documented story of the clandestine lesbian community whose members included Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich, Tallulah Bankhead, and countless others. Three 8-page ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.92!
18	The new Hollywood : American movies in the '70s more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions
19	Sonia Delaunay: Artist of the Lost Generation more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $5.99! first editions
20	Open Road: Truckin' on the Biting Edge more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21	Borderlines more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $2.14! first editions
22	Billy Wilder. more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $4.00! first editions
23	Cousteau. more books like this by Axel Madsen see all copies from $4.00! first editions
24	Forbidden Lovers: Hollywood's Greatest Secret-Female Stars Who Loved Other Women more books like this by Axel Madsen A broad history of lesbian and bisexual women in Hollywood, including Garbo, Dietrich, Stanwyck, and Mecedes de Acosta, as well as more recent celebrities, more than a dozen of whom are outed publicly for the first time. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
25	Coco Chanel more books like this by Axel Madsen Chanel es sinonimo de moda y perfume, emancipacion profundamente femenina. Gabrielle Chanel comenzo haciendo sombreros y llego a ser la mujer mas celebre del mundo de la moda. Nunca se caso ni tuvo hijos, pero hombres como Igor Stravinsky o el Duque de Westminster abandonaron sus familias por ella. see all copies from $43.45! new only from $43.45!

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