"Stop feeding me bullshit. Tell me the truth." -- Lady Gaga, 2009 "I hate the truth. I hate the truth so much I prefer a giant dose of bullshit any day over the truth." -- Lady Gaga, 2010 In little over a year, Stefani Germanotta, a struggling performer in New York's Lower East Side burlesque scene, has become the global demographic-smashing pop icon known as Lady Gaga. She is a once-in-a-decade artist, a gifted singer, composer, designer, and performance artist who mixes high and low culture, the avant-garde with the accessible, authenticity with artifice. Who is Lady Gaga? She is a twenty-four-year-old woman whose stage mantra -- "I'm a free bitch!" -- is the polar opposite of who she is offstage: isolated, insecure, and unable to be alone. She is an outree artist who wanted to be a sensitive singer-songwriter, whose musical heroes include Britney Spears, Billy Joel, and Bruce Springsteen. She is a woman who says no man can ever compete with her career, but who still isn't over the ex-boyfriend who said she was too ambitious. She claims not to care what people think, but spends her downtime online, reading what people have to say about her. She claims to be a con artist and utterly authentic. She is never less than compelling. Based on over fifty original interviews with friends, employees, rivals, and music industry veterans, Poker Face is the first in-depth biography of the extraordinary cultural phenomenon that is Lady Gaga. Quotes from Poker Face: "It's a privilege to be here tonight to open for Lady Gaga. I've made it." -- President Barack Obama, October 2009 "I remember thinking, 'That could be her. But I hope it's not.'" -- Producer Rob Fusari "Her 'crazy' outfit was putting suspenders on her jeans." -- former classmate "She is perfectly, almost genetically engineered to be a twenty-first-century pop star." -- Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne.com "If you looked at her, you'd think she was a jam band chick. She had a heady, grimy vibe." -- former NYU classmate Jon Sheldrick "She's not progressive, but she's a good mimic. She sounds more like me than I f---ing do!" -- Singer/rapper M.I.A. "You won't be able to order a cup of coffee at the f---ing deli without hearing or seeing me." -- Lady Gaga to an ex-boyfriend, 2008

Israel Keyes was one of the most ambitious and terrifying serial killers in modern history. The FBI considered his behavior unprecedented. Over the course of fourteen years, Keyes would fly to a city, rent a car, and drive thousands of miles in order to kill. He would break into a stranger's house, abduct his victims in broad daylight, and kill and dispose of them in hours. And then he would return home to Alaska, resuming life as a quiet construction worker devoted to his daughter. When journalist Maureen Callahan first heard about Israel Keyes she was captivated by how a killer of this magnitude could go undetected for over a decade. And so began a project that consumed her - uncovering the true story behind how the FBI ultimately caught Israel Keyes, and trying to understand what it means for a killer like Keyes to exist.

From New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan, a "harrowing, incendiary" exposé of the real Kennedy Curse—the family’s generations-long legacy of misogyny, murder, and mayhem (Karen Abbott). "The must-read book of the summer" —Megyn Kelly The Kennedy name has long been synonymous with wealth, power, glamor, and—above all else—integrity. But this carefully constructed veneer hides a dark truth: the pattern of Kennedy men physically and psychologically abusing women and girls, leaving a trail of ruin and death in each generation’s wake. Through decades of scandal after scandal—from sexual assaults to reputational slander, suicides to manslaughter—the family and their defenders have kept the Kennedy brand intact. Now, in Ask Not, bestselling author and journalist Maureen Callahan reveals the Kennedys’ hidden history of violence and exploitation, laying bare their unrepentant sexism and rampant depravity while also restoring these women and girls to their rightful place at the center of the dynasty’s story: from Jacqueline Onassis and Marilyn Monroe to Carolyn Bessette, Martha Moxley, Mary Jo Kopechne, Rosemary Kennedy, and many others whose names aren’t nearly as well known but should be. Drawing on years of explosive reportage and written in electric prose, Ask Not is a long-overdue reckoning with this fabled family and a consequential part of American history that is still very much with us. At long last, Callahan redirects the spotlight to the women in the Kennedys’ orbit, paying homage to those who freed themselves and giving voice to those who, through no fault of their own, could not. One of Town & Country’s Must-Read Books of Summer 2024

C'est l'un des tueurs en série les plus terrifiants des États-Unis. Il a réellement existé, et pourtant, vous ignorez son nom... Pour l'instant. Anchorage, sur les rivages glacés de l'Alaska. Dans la nuit du 1er au 2 février 2012, la jeune Samantha Koenig termine son service dans un petit stand de café battu par la neige et le vent. Le lendemain matin, elle n'est toujours pas rentrée chez elle. Une caméra de vidéosurveillance apporte vite la réponse : on y voit un inconnu emmener l'adolescente sous la menace d'une arme. Commence alors une véritable chasse à l'homme, qui permet au FBI de mettre la main sur un suspect potentiel, Israel Keyes. Un homme qui semble pourtant au-dessus de tout soupçon, honnête travailleur et père d'une petite fille. À travers une enquête digne des meilleurs thrillers, Maureen Callahan retrace le parcours meurtrier d'un prédateur au modus operandi glaçant qui a sévi durant des années sur l'ensemble du territoire américain, sans jamais être inquiété. Véritable voyage au coeur du mal, American Predator pénètre les rouages angoissants d'un esprit malade et ceux, grippés, d'une machine policière empêtrée dans ses luttes internes. Un périple sauvage, aux confins de la folie.

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“Terrifically exciting and fun” (Publishers Weekly), Champagne Supernovas is “a lucid, smoothly executed look at a pivotal decade in the legacy of American fashion” (Kirkus Reviews) as told through the lives of Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs, and Alexander McQueen—the three iconic personalities who defined the time. Veteran pop culture journalist Maureen Callahan takes us back to the pivotal style moment of the early 1990s—when supermodel glamazons gave way to heroin chic, when the alternative became the mainstream, and when fashion suddenly became the cradle for the most exciting artistic and cultural innovations of the age. Champagne Supernovas gives you the inside scoop from a bevy of supermodels, stylists, editors, photographers, confidantes, club kids, and scenesters who were there. They’ll tell the unvarnished story of three of the most influential personalities to emerge in fashion in decades—Kate, Marc, and McQueen—and show why the conditions in the 1990s were perfect for their rise…but also helped contribute to their personal struggles. Steeped in the creative brew of art, decadence, and genius that defined the era, Champagne Supernovas is a “titillating ride through the fashion world” (Elle) that offers readers front-row tickets to a gloriously debauched soap opera about the losers and freaks who became the industry’s It Girls and Boys…and who changed the larger culture forever.

From the esteemed Mayo Clinic, the foremost authority on healthful cooking in America, comes an all-new volume of 150 inspired recipes for delicious dishes. Appetizing photography and detailed nutritional analysis are included with each recipe.

A caçada ao serial killer mais meticuloso do século XXI Ted Bundy. John Wayne Gacy. Jeffrey Dahmer. Os nomes destes assassinos em série são bem conhecidos; eles ecoam nas notícias e na consciência pública. Mas a maioria das pessoas nunca ouviu falar de Israel Keyes, um dos serial killers mais aterrorizantes da história moderna. Escrito com precisão e honestidade pela jornalista investigativa Maureen Callahan, Predador Americano, novo livro de true crime da DarkSide® Books, monta o perfil de um assassino autoritário e metódico que agiu por anos sem levantar suspeitas. Israel Keyes invadia propriedades, sequestrava suas vítimas em plena luz do dia, torturava, matava e se livrava dos corpos em poucas horas. Após a fúria assassina, voltava para sua vida pacata como trabalhador da construção civil e pai dedicado no Alasca. O FBI considerou sua maldade e comportamento sem precedentes. Keyes era inteligente e agia de forma organizada em locais remotos por todo o país. Ao longo de catorze anos, ele viajava de uma cidade para outra, alugava um carro e dirigia milhares de quilômetros para cometer atos de pura maldade. Predador Americano conduz os leitores por uma investigação minuciosa, revelando detalhes estarrecedores de uma caçada frenética pela justiça em uma narrativa envolvente e repleta de reviravoltas reais. Callahan mergulha em inúmeros arquivos confidenciais, entrevistas e relatórios para montar um retrato detalhado de um assassino implacável e os esforços das autoridades para capturá-lo diante das fragilidades da lei. Um livro aterrador e imperdível que só poderia chegar aos leitores brasileiros pela marca Crime Scene®, dedicada ao estudo profundo e científico de crimes reais. Há dez anos pavimentando o mercado true crime no Brasil ao lado de pesquisadores, investigadores, psiquiatras, médicos-legistas e promotores, a Crime Scene® é responsável pelo lançamento dos livros mais importantes do gênero como Serial Killers: Anatomia do Mal, Vítima: O Outro Lado do Assassinato, Cruel: Índice da Maldade, entre muitos outros.Predador Americano chega compondo a marca com a qualidade já esperada dos leitores dark.

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