Archive for the 'Books' Category

Second Rat Pack Mystery Novel Due Out

The second installment of Robert J. Randisi’s Rat Pack Mystery series is due to be released on December 10th. Luck Be a Lady, Don’t Die: A Rat Pack Mystery (Rat Pack Mysteries)  is the followup to the highly regarded first installment published last year,  Everybody Kills Somebody Sometime (Rat Pack Mysteries). This one sounds as […]

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A Sinatra Fan’s Holiday Gift Guide

Frank Sinatra 2008 Wall Calendar
Face it: 2008 is coming and you need to put something on your wall. It may as well be Sinatra.
Sinatra: Vegas (Box Set, 4CD/1DVD)
Last year’s big surprise remains the best Sinatra boxed set released since 1995’s Complete Reprise Recordings. If you haven’t yet purchased a copy, what have you been waiting […]

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New Book - “Sinatra: Frank and Friendly”

A new book of Frank Sinatra photos will shortly be released: Sinatra: Frank and Friendly. This title contains more than 100 photos of Sinatra taken over a 20-year period by photographer Terry O’Neill, including backstage, on-location, and private shots.

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Frank Sinatra - The Family Album

In plenty of time for Christmas(!), today I learned that the Sinatra family has authorized the publication of Frank Sinatra: The Family Album This is a 144 page hardcover book, authored by Charles Pignone. No description for the item is available, but I will speculate that it is a photo album of sorts. Time will […]

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New Book - Sinatra: The Man The Music The Legend

Just released a few days ago, this book is a collection of essays about Frank Sinatra culled from a scholarly conference held at Hofstra University in New York about 10 years ago. I had long since forgotten about he conference until the release of Frank Sinatra: The Man, the Music, the Legend. Now I recall […]

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Rickles Book: A Memoir

You would have thought that Don Rickles might have gotten around to this sooner, but I suppose his late-career resurgence has kept him busy, and rightfully so. But now Don has written his book Rickles’ Book: A Memoir about his entertainment career that is sure to be an interesting read, filled with tidbits about […]

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Photo By Sammy Davis Jr.

Who knew Sammy Davis Jr. was such a photo buff? Certainly I didn’t. But as a new book shows, he certainly was a prolific photographer. Amazon has the product info here: Photo by Sammy Davis, Jr.
Good Morning America has some of the candid shots taken by Sammy that are included in this book. It is […]

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“Sinatra:The Life” Excerpt

The Chicago Syndicate blog has an extended excerpt from the Sinatra biography Sinatra: The Life
The excerpt attempts to make a connection between Sinatra and the mob, though the connection seems tenuous at best. Still, it makes for fascinating reading.

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