Nonfiction Round-Up (2/12/20)

A nonfiction round-up filled with the glamour and luxury of Coco Chanel and a behind-the-scenes look at the adventures and history of 007.

CHANEL’S RIVIERA: Glamour, Decadence, and Survival in Peace and War, 1930-1944 by Anne de Courcy

“Journalist de Courcy (THE HUSBAND HUNTERS) portrays fashion designer Coco Chanel’s French Riviera milieu from 1930 through the end of WWII in this dishy and well-researched account…[T]his fluidly written history succeeds in capturing the era’s intoxicating mix of glitz and grit.”–Publishers Weekly

NOBODY DOES IT BETTER: The Complete, Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of James Bond by Edward Gross and Mark A. Altman

“An oral history of six decades’ worth of entries in the James Bond film franchise…Die-hard Bond fans will delight in this compendium.”–Kirkus Reviews