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Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America
Bill Schelly · Fantagraphics; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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This biography reveals the true story of Mad creator Harvey Kurtzmanthe man who revolutionized humor in America it features new interviews with his colleagues Hugh Hefner, Robert Crumb, and others. Harvey Kurtzman created Mad, and Mad revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original... |
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Justice Failed: How "Legal Ethics" Kept Me in Prison for 26 Years
Alton Logan · Counterpoint
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover
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An Official Junior Library Guild Selection, Adult Crossover Nonfiction "A shocking tale of wrongful conviction . . . that brings general conditions into cruelly sharp focus." -- Kirkus Reviews Justice Failed is the story of Alton Logan, an African American man who served twenty-six... |
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss
Anderson Cooper · Harper
Pages: 290
Format: Print book
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#1 New York Times Bestseller A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their livesThough Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career... |
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Havel: A Life
Michael Zantovsky · Grove Press
Format: Hardcover
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Václav Havel was one of the most prominent figures of the twentieth century: iconoclast and intellectual, renowned playwright turned political dissident, president of a united then divided nation, and dedicated human rights activist. Written by Michael Zantovsky - Havel's former press... |
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Stirring the Pot: My Recipe for Getting What You Want Out of Life
Jenny McCarthy · Ballantine Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe View host and New York Times bestselling author Jenny McCarthy is like your favorite friend honest, open, and oh-so-funny. She also speaks her mind and says what the rest of us are thinking, a characteristic that has won her millions of fans no matter how much... |
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Fearless: Stories of the American Saints
Alice Camille · Franciscan Media
Format: Book
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The lives of the saints who helped build the Catholic Church in the United States - Frances Cabrini, Isaac Jogues, John Neumann, Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Damien de Veuster, among others - are marked by strength, courage, determination, and sanctity. But as this thoughtful and engaging book... |
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American Warlord: A True Story
Johnny Dwyer · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Chucky Taylor is the American son of the infamous African dictator Charles Taylor. Raised by his mother in the Florida suburbs, at the age of 17 he followed his father to Liberia, where he ended up leading a murderous militia. Chucky is now in a federal penitentiary, the only American ever... |
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Chasing the Rose: An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside
Andrea Di Robilant · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Pages: 213
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the best-selling A Venetian Affair, here is the charming chronicle of his search for the identity of a mysterious old rose. Andrea di Robilant's tale takes us back to the time of Josephine Bonaparte, as well as into some of the most delightful rose gardens in Italy... |
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Reagan at Reykjavik: Forty-Eight Hours That Ended the Cold War
Kenneth L Adelman · Harpercollins
Pages: 375
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic, first-hand account of the historic 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland - the definitive weekend that was the key turning point in the Cold War - by President Reagan's arms control director, Ken Adelman.In October 1986, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met for a forty-eight-hour... |
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Everybody's Got Something
Robin Roberts · Grand Central Publishing; Lrg edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Regardless of how much money you have, your race, where you live, what religion you follow, you are going through something. Or you already have or you will. As momma always said, "Everybody's got something." So begins beloved Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts's... |
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