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Seams Unlikely: The Inspiring True Life Story of Nancy Zieman
Nancy Zieman · Glass Road Media
Format: Paperback
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Millions of women learned to sew while watching the inimitable Nancy Zieman on public television's, Sewing with Nancy. Many of them have Googled phrases like "stroke Nancy Zieman" in an effort to discover the reasons behind the partial paralysis of Nancy's beautiful... |
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Stanley Kubrick and Me: Thirty Years at His Side
Emilio D'Alessandro · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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This intimate portrait by his former personal assistant and confidante reveals the man behind the legendary filmmaker - for the first time.Stanley Kubrick, the director of a string of timeless movies from Lolita and Dr. Strangelove to A Clockwork Orange, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Full Metal... |
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My Father Before Me: A Memoir
Chris Forhan · Scribner
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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An award-winning poet offers a multi-generational portrait of an American family - weaving together the lives of his ancestors, his parents, and his own coming of age in the 60s and 70s in the wake of his father's suicide, in this superbly written, "fiercely honest" (Nick Flynn)... |
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Undercover Cop: How I Brought Down the Real-Life Sopranos
Mike Russell · Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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One moment, New Jersey state trooper Mike Russell was working undercover, playing the role of an up-and-coming mobster hoping to infiltrate a Mafia family crew. The next, he was lying facedown in an alley after being ambushed and shot in the back of the head by a mobster over a dispute.... |
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The Radical King
Cornel West · Beacon Press
Format: Hardcover
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A revealing collection that restores Dr. King as being every bit as radical as Malcolm XThe radical King was a democratic socialist who sided with poor and working people in the class struggle taking place in capitalist societies. . . . The response of the radical King to our catastrophic... |
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Sex in the Museum: My Unlikely Career at New York's Most Provocative Museum
Sarah Forbes · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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Sarah Forbes was in graduate school when she stumbled upon a museum dedicated to . . . sex. The anthropology student hesitated when her boyfriend suggested she apply for a job, but apply she did, and it wasn't long before a part-time position at New York's MUSEUM OF SEX lead to a gig as the museum's... |
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A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer
Mary Elizabeth Williams · National Geographic
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death - and be restored to life.After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma - a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer - journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock.... |
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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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Guardian of the Republic: An American Ronin's Journey to Faith, Family and Freedom
Allen West · Crown Forum
Format: Hardcover
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The inspiring life and uncensored views of a veteran, patriot, former Congressman, conservative icon, and warrior for personal liberty… Over the course of the past few decades, Allen West has had many titles bestowed on him, among them Lt. Colonel, U.S. Representative, “Dad,”... |
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The American: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice
KHIZR KHAN · Random House
Pages: 271
Format: Hardcover
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This inspiring memoir by the Muslim American Gold Star father and captivating DNC speaker is the story of one family's pursuit of the American dream."Khan's aspirational memoir reminds us all why Americans should welcome newcomers from all lands." - Kirkus Reviews In fewer than... |
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