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Thirteen Soldiers: A Personal History of Americans at War
John McCain · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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John McCain’s evocative history of Americans at war, told through the personal accounts of thirteen remarkable soldiers who fought in major military conflicts, from the Revolutionary War of 1776 to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.As a veteran himself, a member of the Senate Armed... |
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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life
Scott Adams · Portfolio/Penguin
Pages: 248
Format: Print book
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Everything you want out of life is in that bubbling vat of failure. The trick is to get the good stuff out.Scott Adams has likely failed at more things than anyone you've ever met or anyone you've even heard of. So how did he go from hapless office worker and serial failure to the creator... |
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The Death of Caesar: The Story of History's Most Famous Assassination
Barry Strauss · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The exciting, dramatic story of one of history's most famous events - the death of Julius Caesar - now placed in full context of Rome's civil wars by eminent historian Barry Strauss.Thanks to William Shakespeare, the death of Julius Caesar is the most famous assassination in history.... |
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The Iceberg: A Memoir
Marion Coutts · Grove Press, Black Cat
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Winner of the Wellcome PrizeA finalist for the Samuel Johnson Prize and the Costa Award"A memoir quite unlike any other. It has the strength of an arrow: taut, spiked, quavering, working to its fatal conclusion...an extraordinary story told in an extraordinary way." - The Sunday... |
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Blue-eyed boy : a memoir
Robert Timberg · The Penguin Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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"From journalist Robert Timberg, a memoir of the struggle to reclaim his life after being severely burned as a Marine lieutenant in Vietnam. In January 1967, Robert Timberg was a short-timer, counting down the days until his combat tour ended. He had thirteen days to go when his vehicle... |
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Jane Doe January : my twenty-year search for truth and justice
Emily Winslow · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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In the vein of Alice Sebold s Lucky, comes a compelling, real-life crime mystery and gripping memoir of the cold case prosecution of a serial rapist, told by one of his victims. On the morning of September 12, 2013, a fugitive task force arrested Arthur Fryar at hisapartment in Brooklyn.... |
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Visiting Tom: A Man, a Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace
Michael Perry · Harper; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover
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“Somewhere between Garrison Keillor’s idyllic-sweet Lake Wobegon and the narrow-mindedness of Sinclair Lewis’s Main Street lies the reality of small-town life. This is where Michael Perry lives.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press“Perry can take comfort in the power... |
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The Flight: Charles Lindbergh's 1927 Transatlantic Crossing
Dan Hampton · William Morrow
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"GRIPPING. ... AN HOUR-BY-HOUR ACCOUNT." - WALL STREET JOURNAL * From one of the most decorated pilots in Air Force history comes a masterful account of Lindbergh's death-defying nonstop transatlantic flight in Spirit of St. LouisOn the rainy morning of May 20, 1927, a little-known... |
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Siesta Lane: One Cabin, No Running Water, and
Amy Minato · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Print book
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A poet at heart, Amy Minato rejects her life of consumption in Chicago to go back to nature—specifically, to a commune in Oregon, where she rediscovers herself. |
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The Cookie Cure: A Mother-Daughter Memoir
Susan Stachler · Sourcebooks
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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A heartwarming memoir of a family that refused to give upWhen twenty-two-year-old Susan Stachler was diagnosed with cancer, her mother, Laura, was struck by déjà vu: the same illness that took her sister's life was threatening to take her daughter's too. Heartbroken but steadfast,... |
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The Best Cook in the World: Tales from My Momma's Table
Rick Bragg · Knopf
Pages: 512
Format: Hardcover
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From the beloved, best-selling author of All Over but the Shoutin', a delectable, rollicking food memoir, cookbook, and loving tribute to a region, a vanishing history, a family, and, especially, to his mother. Including seventy-five mouthwatering Bragg family recipes for classic southern... |
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