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Book Review: ‘The McCartney Legacy’ by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair

“The McCartney Legacy” follows the superstar from the last gasp of the Beatles to “Band on the Run.” It’s 700 pages — and only the...

Book Review: ‘Bully Market: My Story of Money and Misogyny at Goldman Sachs’ by Jamie Fiore Higgins

In “Bully Market,” Jamie Fiore Higgins describes being seduced, and ultimately repelled, by nearly two high-flying decades at Goldman Sachs.

For Jann Wenner, the Music Never Stopped

In his memoir, the co-founder of Rolling Stone magazine is serenaded by Springsteen, nursed by Midler and breaks bread with Bono. There’s journalism, too.

‘Hollywood Ending,’ a Cradle-to-Prison Biography of Harvey Weinstein

Ken Auletta looks for Weinstein’s Rosebud in this dispiriting account of the former movie mogul’s life.

‘The Last Resort’ Interrogates the Beach While Enjoying It

In her new book, Sarah Stodola tours seaside resorts and catalogs some of the damage they can do.

Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier’s Turbulent Relationship, Retold With Compassion

In “Truly, Madly,” Stephen Galloway writes about one of the 20th century’s most glamorous couples, training an eye on Leigh’s mental health struggles.

Mel Brooks Keeps It Very Light in ‘All About Me!’

The comedy legend responsible for “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles” and “Young Frankenstein” has written a memoir with the cheer and zip of a one-liner.

James Ivory, Famous for Buttoned-Up Films, Is Frank About Sex and Much Else in His Memoir

“Solid Ivory” is a scrapbook of memories about Ivory’s childhood, his mentors and his filmmaking and romantic partner Ismail Merchant.