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The Long Night: William L. Shirer and the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Steve Wick · Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover
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The story of legendary American journalist William L Shirer and how his first-hand reporting on the rise of the Nazis and on World War II brought the devastation alive for millions of AmericansWhen William L Shirer started up the Berlin bureau of Edward R Murrows CBS News in the s he quickly... |
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Paris to the Pyrenees: A Skeptic Pilgrim Walks the Way of Saint James
David Downie · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Part adventure story, part cultural history the author of Paris, Paris: Journey into the City of Light explores the phenomenon of pilgrimage along the age-old Way of Saint James in France Driven by curiosity, wanderlust, and health crises David Downie and his wife set out from Paris to walk... |
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The Heart and the Fist: The education of a humanitarian, the making of a Navy SEAL
Eric Greitens · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 309
Format: Print book
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The Hearts and the Fist shares one man's story of extraordinary leadership and service as both a humanitarian and a warrior. In a life lived at the raw edges of the human experience, Greitens has seen what can be accomplished when compassion and courage come together in meaningful service.... |
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Theodore Roosevelt and the American Political Tradition
Jean M. Yarbrough · University Press of Kansas
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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Rough Rider, hunter, trust-buster, president, and Bull Moose candidate. Biographers have long fastened on TR as man of action, while largely ignoring his political thought. Now, in time for the centennial of his Progressive run for the presidency, Jean Yarbrough provides a searching examination... |
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Pinkerton's Great Detective: The Amazing Life and Times of James McParland
Beau Riffenburgh · Viking; First edition
Format: Hardcover
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The story of the legendary Pinkerton detective who took down the Molly Maguires and the Wild BunchThe operatives of the Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency were renowned for their skills of subterfuge, infiltration, and investigation, none more so than James McParland. So thrilling... |
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Pearl Buck in China: Journey to The Good Earth
Hilary Spurling · Simon & Schuster; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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The much honored biographer unearths the life and work of Nobel Prize winner Pearl Buck, whose novels captured ordinary life in China. |
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Strangers Tend to Tell Me Things
Amy Dickinson · Hachette Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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In STRANGERS TEND TO TELL ME THINGS--her follow-up memoir to the NYT bestselling The Mighty Queens of Freeville--America's most popular advice columnist, "Ask Amy," shares her journey of family, second chances, and finding love.By peeling back the curtain of her syndicated advice... |
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Juliette Gordon Low: The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts
Stacy A. Cordery · Viking Adult; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In celebration of the Girl Scouts' centennial, a lively salute to its maverick founder. Born at the start of the Civil War, Juliette Gordon Low grew up in Georgia, where she struggled to reconcile being a good Southern belle with her desire to run barefoot through the fields. Deafened... |
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Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Mildred Armstrong Kalish · Bantam
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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I tell of a time, a place, and a way of life long gone. For many years I have had the urge to describe that treasure trove, lest it vanish forever. So, partly in response to the basic human instinct to share feelings and experiences, and partly for the sheer joy and excitement of it all,... |
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Somebody I Used to Know: A Memoir
WENDY MITCHELL · Ballantine Books
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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"A brave and illuminating journey inside the mind, heart, and life of a person with early-onset Alzheimer's disease." - Lisa Genova, author of Still Alice Wendy Mitchell had a busy job with the British National Health Service, raised her two daughters alone, and spent her weekends... |
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