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Chopin's Piano: In Search of the Instrument that Transformed Music
PAUL KILDEA · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating story of Frédéric Chopin and the fate of both his Mallorquin piano and musical Romanticism from the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.In November 1838, Frédéric Chopin, George Sand, and her two children sailed to Majorca to escape the Parisian winter. They... |
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Inside Out: A Memoir
Demi Moore · Harper
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly intimate and emotionally charged memoir. For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight... |
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The Wait: A Powerful Practice to Finding the Love of Your Life
Meagan Good · Howard Books
Pages: 243
Format: Hardcover
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Hollywood power couple DeVon Franklin and Meagan Good candidly share about their courtship and marriage, and the key to their success - waiting.
President/CEO of Franklin Entertainment and former Sony Pictures executive DeVon Franklin and award-winning actress Meagan Good have learned... |
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You Are Worth It: Building a Life Worth Fighting For
Kyle Carpenter · William Morrow
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From the youngest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, an extraordinary inspirational memoir that will change the life of every reader. "Kyle displayed a heroism in the blink of an eye that will inspire for generations" - President Barack Obama, at Kyle Carpenter's... |
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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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Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder
Amy Butcher · Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this powerful and unforgettable memoir, award-winning writer Amy Butcher examines the shattering consequences of failing a friend when she felt he needed one most. Four weeks before their college graduation, twenty-one-year-old Kevin Schaeffer walked Amy Butcher to her home in their... |
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The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip
Jeff Guinn · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of two American giants - Henry Ford and Thomas Edison - whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically.
In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist... |
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The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins
Robert B. Baer · Blue Rider Press
Format: Hardcover
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What is the definition of assassination? Robert B. Baer's boss at the CIA once told him, "It's a bullet with a man's name on it." Sometimes assassination is the senseless act of a psychotic, a bloodletting without social value. Other times, it can be the sanest and most... |
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The Book of Isaias: A Child of Hispanic Immigrants Seeks His Own America
Daniel Connolly · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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In a green town in the middle of America, a bright 18-year-old Hispanic student named Isaias Ramos sets out on the journey to college. Isaias, who passed a prestigious national calculus test as a junior and leads the quiz bowl team, is the hope of Kingsbury High in Memphis, a school... |
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Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy
A. N. Wilson · Harper
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort's birth.
For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height... |
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Life From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness
Sasha Martin · National Geographic Soc
Pages: 352
Format: Book
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Witty, warm, and poignant, food blogger Sasha Martin's memoir about cooking her way to happiness and self-acceptance is a culinary journey like no other.
Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook - and eat - a meal from every country in the world.... |
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I Should Be Dead: My Life Surviving Politics, TV, and Addiction
Bob Beckel · Hachette Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From popular TV personality Bob Beckel, a deeply moving, redemptive memoir about his life as a political operative and diplomat, his long struggle with alcohol and drugs, and his unlikely journey to finding faith. Growing up poor in an abusive home, Bob Beckel learned to be a survivor:... |
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