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Hitler: Ascent, 1889-1939
Volker Ullrich · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 1008
Format: Print book
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A landmark biography that gives us an unprecedented understanding of the man who has become the personification of evil. Volker Ullrich draws on previously unseen papers and recent scholarly research to shed new light on the man behind the public persona: from Hitler's childhood and his failures... |
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My Mother's Kitchen: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and the Meaning of Life
Peter Gethers · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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A funny, moving memoir about a son's discovery that his mother has a genius for understanding the intimate connections between cooking, people and lovePeter Gethers wants to give his aging mother a very personal and perhaps final gift: a spectacular feast featuring all her favorite dishes.... |
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Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces
MICHAEL CHABON · Harper
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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"Magical prose stylist" Michael Chabon (Michiko Kakutani, New York Times) delivers a collection of essays - heartfelt, humorous, insightful, wise - on the meaning of fatherhood, anchored by the viral sensation, "My Son, The Prince of Fashion".For the September 2016... |
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They're playing our song : a memoir
Carole Bayer Sager · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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Grammy and Academy Award-winning songwriter Carole Bayer Sager shares the remarkably frank and darkly funny story of her life in and out of the recording studio, from her fascinating (and sometimes calamitous) relationships to her collaborations with some of the greatest composers and musical... |
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The Family of Jesus
Karen Kingsbury · Howard Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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America's favorite inspirational novelist offers a fictional view of six of the family members of Jesus, all anchored by Scriptural truth, creating a life-changing and unprecedented emotional connection to the Bible.Through The Family of Jesus, readers will develop an emotional connection... |
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The Man from Essence: Creating a Magazine for Black Women
Edward Lewis · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover
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Essence magazine is the most popular, well respected, and largest circulated black women’s magazine in history. Largely unknown is the remarkable story of what it took to earn that distinction.The Man from Essence depicts with candor and insight how Edward Lewis, CEO and publisher... |
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Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White
Michael Tisserand · Harpercollins
Pages: 560
Format: Print book
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In the tradition of Schulz and Peanuts, an epic and revelatory biography of Krazy Kat creator George Herriman that explores the turbulent time and place from which he emerged - and the deep secret he explored through his art.The creator of the greatest comic strip in history finally gets... |
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My Battle Against Hitler: Faith, Truth, and Defiance in the Shadow of the Third Reich
John Henry Crosby · Image; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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How does a person become Hitlers enemy number one? Not through espionage or violence, it turns out, but by striking fearlessly at the intellectual and spiritual roots of National Socialism. Dietrich von Hildebrand was a German Catholic thinker and teacher who devoted the full force of his intellect... |
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From Cradle to Stage: Stories from the Mothers Who Rocked and Raised Rock Stars
VIRGINIA GROHL · Seal Press
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
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While the Grohl family had always been musical-the family sang together on long car trips, harmonizing to Motown and David Bowie-Virginia never expected her son to become a musician, let alone a rock star. But when she saw him perform in front of thousands of screaming fans for the first... |
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The Real Custer: From Boy General to Tragic Hero
James S Robbins · Regnery History
Format: Hardcover
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The Real Custer takes a good hard look at the life and storied military career of George Armstrong Custer—from cutting his teeth at Bull Run in the Civil War, to his famous and untimely death at Little Bighorn in the Indian Wars. Author James Robbins demonstrates that Custer, having graduated... |
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The Autobiography of Gucci Mane
GUCCI MANE · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The highly anticipated memoir from Gucci Mane, "one of hip-hop's most prolific and admired artists" (The New York Times) .For the first time Gucci Mane tells his story in his own words. It is the captivating life of an artist who forged an unlikely path to stardom and personal... |
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9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America: And Four Who Tried to Save Her
Brion McClanahan · Regnery History
Format: Hardcover
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Of the forty-four presidents who have led the United States, nine made mistakes that permanently scarred the nation. Which nine? Brion McClanahan, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers and The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution, will surprise readers... |
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Bullies: A Friendship
Alex Abramovich · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 209
Format: Print book
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The powerful account of one writer's unlikely friendship with his childhood bully, now the president of a motorcycle club in one of America's most dangerous cities.Once upon a time, Alex Abramovich and Trevor Latham were mortal enemies: miniature outlaws in a Long Island elementary school,... |
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