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Matter of honor
Anthony Summers · Harpercollins
Pages: 480
Format: Print book |
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On the seventy-fifth anniversary, the authors of Pulitzer Prize finalist The Eleventh Day unravel the mysteries of Pearl Harbor to expose the scapegoating of the admiral who was in command the day 2,000 Americans died, report on the continuing struggle to restore his lost honor - and clear... |
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Nobody's Son: A Memoir
Mark Slouka · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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"There comes a time in your life when the past decides to run you down," Mark Slouka writes in this heartbreaking and soul-searching memoir about one man's attempt to reckon with the past.Born in Czechoslovakia, Mark Slouka's parents survived the Nazis only to have to escape the Communist... |
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Wonderland: How Play Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson · Riverhead Books
Pages: 336
Format: Print book |
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of How We Got to Now and Where Good Ideas Come From, a look at the world-changing innovations we made while keeping ourselves entertained. This lushly illustrated history of popular entertainment takes a long-zoom approach, contending that the pursuit... |
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Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
Julia Baird · Random House
Pages: 720
Format: Print book |
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From International New York Times columnist Julia Baird comes a magnificent biography of Queen Victoria. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, Victoria: The Queen is a stunning new portrait of the real woman behind the myth - a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength... |
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Soul at the White Heat: Inspiration, Obsession, and the Writing Life
Joyce Carol Oates · Ecco
Pages: 390
Format: Print book |
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A new collection of critical and personal essays on writing, obsession, and inspiration from National Book Award-winning and New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates."Why do we write?"With this question, Joyce Carol Oates begins an imaginative exploration of the writing... |
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A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life
Pat Conroy · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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A Lowcountry Heart: Reflections on a Writing Life by Pat Conroy is a new nonfiction collection of letters, interviews, and magazine articles spanning Conroy's long literary career, supplemented by touching pieces from the beloved author's many friends. A Lowcountry Heart collects some of Conroy's... |
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Magical Destinations of the Northeast: Sacred Sites, Occult Oddities & Magical Monuments
Natalie Zaman · Llewellyn Worldwide
Pages: 432
Format: Print book |
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Every state in America has sacred sites -- places that change you, heal you, and make you feel alive. Magical Destinations of the Northeast details more than 300 spiritual destinations perfect for meditation, magic, and just plain fun. This hands-on guidebook also includes spells and rituals... |
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Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change, and Thrive in Work and Life
Susan A David · Avery
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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The counterintuitive approach to achieving your true potential, heralded by the Harvard Business Review as a groundbreaking idea of the year. The path to fulfillment, whether at work or at home, is almost never a straight line. Ask anyone who has achieved their biggest goals or who thrives... |
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Torn in Two: The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man's Survival on the Open Sea
SCHUMACHER MICHAEL · University of Minnesota Press
Pages: 200
Format: eBook |
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Dennis Hale reached the dock just in time to see the Daniel J. Morrell heading out to open waters, a 600-foot freighter that had plied the waters for sixty years, carrying ore from Minnesota's Iron Range to steel firms around the Great Lakes. The twenty-six-year-old watchman had, quite... |
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy
Jean Kennedy Smith · Harper
Pages: 262
Format: Print book |
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In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof.Prompted... |
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Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries
Andy Cohen · Henry Holt
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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The star-studded and sidesplitting follow up to The Andy Cohen DiariesThe megapopular host of Watch What Happens: Live and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise is back, better than ever, and telling stories that will keep his publicist up at night. Since the publication... |
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The Pope of Physics: Enrico Fermi and the Birth of the Atomic Age
Gino Segre? · Henry Holt and Company
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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Enrico Fermi is unquestionably the most famous scientist to come from Italy since Galileo, so revered that he's known as The Pope of Physics. A modest, unassuming man, Fermi was nevertheless one of the most productive and creative scientists of the twentieth century, a Nobel Prize winner... |
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Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon
John Lennon · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 480
Format: Print book |
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John Lennon was a highly opinionated and controversial figure with a commanding personality and quick wit. And he made a point of living his adventurous life as openly as possible. Whether he was experimenting with LSD, Transcendental Meditation, primal therapy, macrobiotic diets, or recording... |
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Conversations with McCartney
Paul Du Noyer · Overlook Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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The intimate portrayal of one of the most famous men in music, more than half of which is in McCartney's own words.In June 1989, Paul Du Noyer was contacted by Paul McCartney's office in London. They asked him to interview the star; McCartney and Du Noyer had met once before and enjoyed... |
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Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction
Elizabeth Vargas · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic, " to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw. Now, in BETWEEN BREATHS, Vargas discusses her accounts of growing up with anxiety-which... |
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The Writer's Garden: How gardens inspired our best-loved authors
Jackie Bennett · Frances Lincoln
Pages: 176
Format: Print book |
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Great things happen in gardens. No one can doubt the importance of the garden in Roald Dahl's life as it was here where he worked, and here that he created James and the Giant Peach. And where would Jane Austen have been if she had never seen a 'walk', an ornamental lake, or a wilderness?Gardens... |
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Best. State. Ever.: A Florida Man Defends His Homeland
Dave Barry · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 229
Format: Print book |
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A brilliantly funny exploration of the Sunshine State from the man who knows it best: Pulitzer Prize winner and New York Times-bestselling author Dave Barry. We never know what will happen next in Florida. We know only that, any minute now, something will. Every few months, Dave Barry... |
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The Best American Travel Writing 2016
Bill Bryson · Mariner Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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"The stories are all beautifully written." - USA Today A far-ranging collection of the best travel writing pieces published in 2015, collected by guest editor best-selling author Bill Bryson. The Best American Travel Writing consistently includes a wide variety of pieces, illuminating... |
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Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend
Deirdre Bair · Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Pages: 395
Format: Print book |
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From a National Book Award-winning biographer, the first complete life of legendary gangster Al Capone to be produced with the cooperation of his family, who provided the author with exclusive access to personal testimony and archival documents. From his heyday to the present moment, Al Capone... |
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Venom Doc: The Edgiest, Darkest, Strangest Natural History Memoir Ever
Bryan Grieg Fry · W W Norton
Pages: 316
Format: Print book |
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Steve Irwin meets David Attenborough in this jaw-dropping account of studying the world's most venomous creatures.Venomologist Bryan Grieg Fry has one of the most dangerous jobs on earth: he works with its deadliest creatures. He's been bitten by twenty-six venomous snakes, been... |
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My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 - a witty, engaging, serious, and playful collection of writings and speeches from the woman who has had a powerful and enduring influence on law, women's rights, and popular culture.My Own Words is a selection... |
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Secret Service Dogs : the heroes who protect the president of the united states
Maria Goodavage · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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In an age fraught with terrorism, United States Secret Service canine teams risk their lives to safeguard the president, vice president, their families, visiting heads of state, and a host of others. Unprecedented access to these heroic dog teams has allowed a fascinating first-time-ever... |
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