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Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu
Simon Callow - Viking Adult
Format: Hardcover
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The first of a comprehensive, two-volume biography traces Welles's portentous childhood, his youth in New York, where he worked with director John Houseman, his notorious radio career, and the making of Citizen Kane. 25,000 first printing. Tour. |
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Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow - The Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton! In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According... |
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Van Gogh: The Life
Steven Naifeh - Random House; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSteven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith galvanized readers with their astonishing Jackson Pollock: An American Saga, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for biography, a book acclaimed for its miraculous research and overwhelming narrative power. Now Naifeh... |
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Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir
Nicole J. Georges - Mariner Books
Format: Paperback
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When Nicole Georgeswas two years old, herfamily told her that her father wasdead. When she was twenty-three, a psychic told her he was alive.Her sister, saddled with guilt, admitsthat the psychic is right and that the whole family has conspired to keep him a secret.Sent into a tailspin... |
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On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King
Format: Book
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"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write." In 1999, Stephen King began to write about his craft -- and his life. By midyear, a widely reported accident jeopardized the survival of both. And in his months of recove |
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
Ruth Reichl - Penguin Press HC, The; 1st Ed. edition
Format: Hardcover
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This delicious new volume of Ruth Reichls acclaimed memoirs recounts her adventures in deception, as she goes undercover in the worlds finest restaurants. Reichl knows that to be a good restaurant critic, you have to be anonymous, but when she signs up to be the most important restaurant... |
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Lincoln: A Novel
Gore Vidal
Format: Paperback
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Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series spans the history of the United States from the Revolution to the post-World War II years. With their broad canvas and large cast of fictional and historical characters, the novels in this series present a panorama of the American political |
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