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The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family Portrait
Blake Bailey · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 254
Format: Hardcover
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A National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 'Autobiography' The renowned biographer's unforgettable portrait of a family in ruins - his own. Meet the Baileys: Burck, a prosperous lawyer once voted the American Legion's "Citizen of the Year" in his tiny hometown... |
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Whitney and Bobbi Kristina
Ian Halperin · Gallery Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Shocking new revelations emerge about superstar Whitney Houston and her only daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, in #1 New York Times bestselling author Ian Halperin's account of their tumultuous lives.On July 26, 2015, after nearly six months in a coma, Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of musical... |
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Everything Is Possible: Finding the Faith and Courage to Follow Your Dreams
Jen Bricker · Baker Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Born without Legs, She Inspires Others to OvercomeJen Bricker was born without legs. Shocked and uncertain they could care for her, her biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive home, there was just one simple rule: "Never say 'can't.'" And pretty... |
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Been There, Done That: Family Wisdom For Modern Times
Al Roker · New American Library
Pages: 271
Format: Print book
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Life lessons from New York Times bestselling author and Today show personality Al Roker and his wife, globetrotting ABC news journalist Deborah Roberts. Al Roker and Deborah Roberts have sixteen Emmy Awards between them. They have covered everything from the Olympics and the Gulf War to natural... |
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Careless People: Murder, Mayhem, and the Invention of The Great Gatsby
Sarah Churchwell · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 399
Format: Hardcover
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Kirkus (STARRED review)"Churchwell... has written an excellent book... she's earned the right to play on [Fitzgerald's] court. Prodigious research and fierce affection illumine every remarkable page."The autumn of 1922 found F. Scott Fitzgerald at the height of his fame,... |
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Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography
Neil Patrick Harris · Crown Pub
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
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Tired of memoirs that only tell you what really happened? Sick of deeply personal accounts written in the first person? Seeking an exciting, interactive read that puts the "u" back in "aUtobiography"? Then look no further than Neil Patrick Harris: Choose Your Own Autobiography!... |
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Freedom: My Book of Firsts
Jaycee Lee Dugard · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
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In the follow-up to her #1 bestselling memoir, A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard tells the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own.When Jaycee Dugard was eleven years old, she was abducted... |
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Gaining Ground: A Story Of Farmers' Markets, Local Food, And Saving The Family Farm
Forrest Pritchard · Lyons Press
Format: Paperback
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One fateful day in 1996, after discovering that five freight cars worth of glittering corn have reaped a tiny profit of 18.16, young Forrest Pritchard vows to save his familys farm. What ensues--through hilarious encounters with all manner of livestock and colorful local characters--is... |
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We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That are Funny, Complicated, and True
GABRIELLE UNION · Dey Street Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A book of essays as raw and honest as anyone has ever produced." - Lena Dunham, Lenny LetterIn the spirit of Amy Poehler's Yes Please, Lena Dunham's Not That Kind of Girl, and Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, a powerful collection of essays about gender,... |
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My Accidental Jihad
Krista Bremer · Workman Pub Co
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Fifteen years ago, Krista Bremer would not have been able to imagine her life today: married to a Libyan-born Muslim, raising two children with Arabic names in the American South. Nor could she have imagined the prejudice she would encounter or the profound ways her marriage would change... |
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Cosby: His Life and Times
Mark Whitaker · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The first major biography of an American icon, comedian Bill Cosby. Based on extensive research and in-depth interviews with Cosby and more than sixty of his closest friends and associates, it is a frank, fun and fascinating account of his life and historic legacy. Far from the gentle worlds... |
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no hero: the evolution of a navy seal
Mark Owen · Dutton
Pages: 290
Format: Print book
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The companion volume to the multimillion-copy classic no easy day by former navy seal mark owen reveals the evolution of a seal team six operator mark owen's instant #1 new york times bestseller, no easy day: the firsthand account of the mission that killed osama bin laden, focused... |
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Love, Nina: A Nanny Writes Home
Nina Stibbe · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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"Breezy, sophisticated, hilarious, rude and aching with sweetness: LOVE, NINA might be the most charming book I've ever read." --Maria Semple, author of Where'd You Go, BernadetteIn 1982, 20-year-old Nina Stibbe moved to London to work as a nanny to two opinionated and lively... |
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The Fortress: A Love Story
Danielle Trussoni · Dey Street Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Falling Through the Earth and Angelology returns with this much-anticipated memoir of love and transformation in France. The Fortress is Peter Mayle meets Eat, Pray, Love, a gorgeously written account of one woman's journey to the other side... |
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