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No Happy Endings: A Memoir
Nora McInerny · Dey Street Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The author of It's Okay to Laugh and host of the popular podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking - interviews that are "a gift to be able to listen [to]" (New York Times) - returns with more hilarious meditations on her messy, wonderful, bittersweet, and unconventional life.Life... |
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The Chief: The Life and Turbulent Times of Chief Justice John Roberts
Joan Biskupic · Basic Books
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far John Roberts was named to the Supreme Court in 2005 claiming he would act as a neutral umpire in deciding cases. His critics argue he has been anything... |
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The Trial of Lizzie Borden
Cara Robertson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythology - the trial of Lizzie Borden - based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence.The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American history. When... |
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Don't Stop Believin'
Olivia Newton-John · Gallery Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! With candor, humor, and warmth, legendary musician, actress, activist, and icon Olivia Newton-John reveals her life story - from her unforgettable rise to fame in the classic musical Grease to her passionate advocacy for health and wellness in light of her battles... |
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Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Stephanie Land · Hachette Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Evicted meets Nickel and Dimed in Stephanie Land's memoir about working as a maid, a beautiful and gritty exploration of poverty in America. Includes a foreword by Barbara Ehrenreich. "My daughter learned to walk in a homeless shelter."While the gap between upper middle-class... |
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The Grandfamily Guidebook: Wisdom and Support for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren
Andrew Adesman · Hazelden Publishing
Pages: 416
Format: Paperback
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Are you one of nearly 3 million grandparents across North America raising your grandchildren? You may have done all this parenting stuff before, but times have changed since you raised your own kids, and you likely never thought you'd be raising kids again.What has led to all these... |
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An American Summer: Love and Death in Chicago
Alex Kotlowitz · Nan A. Talese
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From the bestselling author of There Are No Children Here, a richly textured, heartrending portrait of love and death in Chicago's most turbulent neighborhoods.The numbers are staggering: over the past twenty years in Chicago, 14,033 people have been killed and another roughly 60,000 wounded... |
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Never Too Late: The Adult Student's Guide to College
BECKY KLEIN-COLLINS · The New Press
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
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A smart, snappy, and comprehensive guide for the millions of adults who are thinking about going - or going back - to college and want to know how to do it right As anyone who has done it knows, going back to school is a major undertaking. For younger and older adults alike, starting or returning... |
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Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11
James Donovan · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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"This is the best book on Apollo that I have read. Extensively researched and meticulously accurate, it successfully traces not only the technical highlights of the program but also the contributions of the extraordinary people who made it possible." --Mike Collins, Command module... |
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Lessons From Lucy: The Simple Joys of an Old, Happy Dog
Dave Barry · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and bestselling author of Dave Barry Turns 40 now shows how to age gracefully, taking cues from his beloved and highly intelligent dog, Lucy.Faced with the obstacles and challenges of life after middle age, Dave Barry turns to his best dog, Lucy, to learn... |
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The Matriarch: Barbara Bush and the Making of an American Dynasty
Susan Page · Twelve
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and under-appreciated women in American political history. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 15.0px; font: 13.3px Times; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; background-color: #ffffff}... |
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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
T Kira Madden · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"Frank and funny and powerful and surprising. An utterly gorgeous debut."-Lauren GroffOne of the most anticipated books of 2019--Electric Literature, Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, The Millions, Hyphen, Lit Hub, Nylon, The AV Club, The Advocate, The Rumpus, The Week,... |
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Cozy: The Art of Arranging Yourself in the World
Isabel Gillies · Harper Wave
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling author of Happens Every Day, Isabel Gillies, presents a fresh and inspiring look at the subtle art of cozy - part manifesto, part lifestyle guide, part memoir - that shows fans of The Little Book of Hygge that true comfort comes from within.When we talk about... |
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The Grand Food Bargain: and the Mindless Drive for More
Kevin D. Walker · Island Press
Pages: 344
Format: Hardcover
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When it comes to food, Americans seem to have a pretty great deal. Our grocery stores are overflowing with countless varieties of convenient products. But like most bargains that are too good to be true, the modern food system relies on an illusion. It depends on endless abundance, but the planet... |
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Solitary
Albert Woodfox · Grove Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Solitary is the unforgettable life story of a man who served more than four decades in solitary confinement -- in a 6-foot by 9-foot cell, 23 hours a day, in notorious Angola prison in Louisiana -- all for a crime he did not commit. That Albert Woodfox survived was, in itself, a feat of extraordinary... |
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Apocalypse Any Day Now: Deep Underground with America's Doomsday Preppers
Tea Krulos · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
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Everyone always seems to be talking about the end of the world - Y2K, the Mayan apocalypse, blood moon prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you name it. In Apocalypse Any Day Now, journalist Tea Krulos travels the country to try to puzzle out America's obsession with the end of days.... |
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The Sopranos Sessions
Matt Zoller Seitz · Abrams Press
Pages: 480
Format: Hardcover
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On January 10, 1999, a mobster walked into a psychiatrist's office and changed TV history. By shattering preconceptions about the kinds of stories the medium should tell, The Sopranos launched our current age of prestige television, paving the way for such giants as Mad Men, The Wire,... |
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Save Me the Plums: My Gourmet Memoir
Ruth Reichl · Random House
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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Trailblazing food writer and beloved restaurant critic Ruth Reichl took the risk (and the job) of a lifetime when she entered the glamorous, high-stakes world of magazine publishing. Now, for the first time, she chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor in chief of Gourmet, during... |
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Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
RACHEL HOLLIS · HarperCollins Leadership
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Rachel Hollis, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Girl, Wash Your Face and host of the top-rated Rise podcast, urges women to stop apologizing for their desires, hopes, and dreams and instead to go after them with passion and confidence.Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women being... |
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Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others
Barbara Brown Taylor · HarperOne
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times BestsellerThe renowned and beloved New York Times bestselling author of An Altar in the World and Learning to Walk in the Dark recounts her moving discoveries of finding the sacred in unexpected places while teaching the world's religions to undergraduates in rural Georgia,... |
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Foursome: Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Strand, Rebecca Salsbury
Carolyn Burke · Knopf
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating, spirited account of the intense relationship among four artists whose strong personalities, passionate feelings, and aesthetic ideals drew them together, pulled them apart, and profoundly influenced the very shape of twentieth-century art.New York, 1921: Alfred Stieglitz,... |
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This Much Country
Kristin Knight Pace · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of heartbreak, thousand-mile races, the endless Alaskan wilderness and many, many dogs from one of only a handful of women to have completed both the Yukon Quest and the Iditarod.In 2009, after a crippling divorce that left her heartbroken and directionless, Kristin decided to accept... |
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To Keep Him Hidden
Ryan Vine · Salmon Poetry
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
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Working-class machismo plus alcohol plus Catholicism have woven a spirit-killing trap that our protagonist has to escape, by way of courage and imagination. The poems convey the stress of outgrowing one's origins without betraying them. It's a drama that Ryan Vine explores without... |
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Shortest Way Home: One Mayor's Challenge and a Model for America's Future
Pete Buttigieg · Liveright
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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A mayor's inspirational story of a Midwest city that has become nothing less than a blueprint for the future of American renewal.Once described by the Washington Post as "the most interesting mayor you've never heard of," Pete Buttigieg, the thirty-six-year-old Democratic mayor... |
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Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service
Gary Sinise · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Theater icon, award-winning film and television star, and American patriot Gary Sinise shares the never-before-told story of his journey from trouble-making Chicago kid to cofounder of the legendary Steppenwolf Theater Company, world-famous actor, and tireless advocate for America's active... |
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