Books like Mary Pickford by Kathleen Feeley

"The award-winning author of Villa Air-Bel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of Svetlana Stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history's most monstrous dictators--her father, Josef Stalin. Born in the early years of the Soviet Union, Svetlana Stalin spent her youth inside the walls of the Kremlin. Communist Party privilege protected her from the mass starvation and purges that haunted Russia, but she did not escape tragedy--the loss of everyone she loved, including her mother, two brothers, aunts and uncles, and a lover twice her age, deliberately exiled to Siberia by her father. As she gradually learned about the extent of her father's brutality after his death, Svetlana could no longer keep quiet and in 1967 shocked the world by defecting to the United States--leaving her two children behind. But although she was never a part of her father's regime, she could not escape his legacy. Her life in America was fractured; she moved frequently, married disastrously, shunned other Russian exiles, and ultimately died in poverty in Spring Green, Wisconsin. With access to KGB, CIA, and Soviet government archives, as well as the close cooperation of Svetlana's daughter, Rosemary Sullivan pieces together Svetlana's incredible life in a masterful account of unprecedented intimacy. Epic in scope, it's a revolutionary biography of a woman doomed to be a political prisoner of her father's name. Sullivan explores a complicated character in her broader context without ever losing sight of her powerfully human story, in the process opening a closed, brutal world that continues to fascinate us. Illustrated with photographs"--

Anjelica Huston reflects on her Hollywood rise, love affairs, Academy Award success, and family life in her engaging memoir.

A gripping biography of Henry Fonda that explores his iconic film roles, World War II service, Broadway acclaim, tumultuous marriages, and the personal struggles that haunted his later life.

H. W. Brands establishes Ronald Reagan as one of the two great presidents of the twentieth century, a true peer to Franklin Roosevelt. Reagan is an irresistible portrait of an underestimated politician whose pragmatic leadership and steadfast vision transformed the nation.

Jane Maas unveils the candid, sex‑filled, and often sexist reality of 1960s–70s New York advertising, sharing her own career as a female copywriter and interviews with peers.

Linda Scott DeRosier chronicles her Appalachian upbringing and later life as a college professor, exploring how the hills of eastern Kentucky shaped her identity and choices.

Mary Pickford’s rise from a Toronto orphan to Hollywood royalty, chronicled with depth by Eileen Whitfield, reveals her innovations in film acting, her influence on the industry, and the psychology that shaped her enduring fame.

A biography of Hollywood's first superstar, examining her life and career. Includes a listing of the films she made.

Debbie Reynolds shares her life story in this definitive memoir, offering an intimate look at her journey from child star to Hollywood icon.

An intimate memoir by Academy‑Award winner Sophia Loren, tracing her rise from war‑torn Naples to Hollywood stardom, her romances with Cary Grant and Carlo Ponti, and her joys and challenges as a mother and grandmother.