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I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir
Nadja Spiegelman · Riverhead Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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A memoir of mothers and daughters - and mothers as daughters - traced through four generations, from Paris to New York and back again. For a long time, Nadja Spiegelman believed her mother was a fairy. More than her famous father, Maus creator Art Spiegelman, and even more than most mothers,... |
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
William Manchester · Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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William Manchester met Winston Churchill on January 24, 1953. Their encounter on the Queen Mary sparked an intense curiosity in Manchester that would eventually result in his classic three-volume magnum opus The Last Lion. In this, the first volume, we follow Churchill from his birth to 1932,... |
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I Me Mine: The Extended Edition
George Harrison · Genesis Publications
Pages: 569
Format: Hardcover
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Cherished by fans and collectors, I Me Mine is the closest we will ever come to George Harrison's autobiography. This new edition has been significantly developed since the 1980 original; now printed in color, and with previously unseen archive material, the book covers the full span of George... |
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Books for Living
Will Schwalbe · Knopf
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the beloved New York Times best-selling The End of Your Life Book Club, an inspiring and magical exploration of the power of books to shape our lives in an era of constant connectivity. Why is it that we read? Is it to pass time? To learn something new? To escape from... |
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Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy Years
Catherine Newman · Little Brown and Company
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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A comic and heartwarming memoir about childhood's second act from Real Simple journalist Catherine Newman. Much is written about a child's infancy and toddler years, which is good since children will never remember it themselves. It is ages 4-14 that make up the second act, as Catherine... |
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Mother Angelica Her Grand Silence: The Last Years and Living Legacy
Raymond Arroyo · Doubleday
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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"Even now, I still meet with Mother in memory and in spirit. And though I miss her physical presence, the writing of this work has allowed me to once again spend long hours with her and share her essence with others. This final book in the canon captures the last bittersweet years... |
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Writing to Save a Life: The Louis Till File
John Edgar Wideman · Scribner
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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An award-winning writer traces the life of the father of iconic Civil Rights martyr Emmett Till - a man who was executed by the Army ten years before Emmett's murder. An evocative and personal exploration of individual and collective memory in America by one of the most formidable Black... |
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Been So Long: My Life and Music
Jorma Kaukonen · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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"A modern parable." -- from the foreword by Grace Slick"Jorma Kaukonen is a force in American music, equally adept at fingerpicked acoustic folk and blues as he is at wailing on an electric." - Acoustic Guitar"Jorma Kaukonen lit a fuse and transformed his electric... |
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The Radical King
Cornel West · Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm XThe radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic... |
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The Ingenious Mr. Pyke: Inventor, Fugitive, Spy
Henry Hemming · PublicAffairs
Format: Hardcover
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The untold story of an enigmatic genius who changed warfare foreverIn the World War II era, Geoffrey Pyke was described as one of the world's great minds - to rank alongside Einstein. Pyke was an inventor, adventurer, polymath, and unlikely hero of both world wars. He earned a fortune... |
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Gastown Girl: A Memoir
Lois J Sonnenberg · L.B. Sonnenberg]
Pages: 244
Format: Print book
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For little Lois Benzino, a fearless tomboy growing up in the gritty Gastown section of Tonawanda, NY during the Great Depression, life is a pendulum ride that swings wildly between deprivation and adventure. From evictions and family humiliations to daredevil stunts with bloody endings... |
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Becoming
Michelle Obama · Crown
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America - the first African-American... |
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The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine
Terry Wahls M.D. · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 421
Format: Hardcover
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An integrative approach to healing chronic autoimmune conditions by a doctor, researcher, and sufferer of progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) whose TEDx talk is already a web sensation Like many physicians, Dr. Terry Wahls focused on treating her patients' ailments with drugs or surgical... |
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Morningstar: Growing Up With Books
ANN HOOD · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 186
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir about the magic and inspiration of books from a beloved and best-selling author.In her admired works of fiction, including the recent The Book That Matters Most, Ann Hood explores the transformative power of literature. Now, with warmth and honesty, Hood reveals the personal story... |
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