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So That Happened: A Memoir
Jon Cryer · New American Library
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover |
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If it can happen in show business, it's happened to Jon Cryer. Now he's opening up for the first time and sharing his behind-the-scenes stories in a warmly endearing, sharply observed, and frankly funny look at life in Hollywood.In 1986, Jon Cryer won over America as Molly Ringwald's... |
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Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life
Marcus Samuelsson · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover |
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In this inspirational autobiography, world-famous chef Marcus Samuelsson tells his extraordinary story and encourages young people to embrace their mistakes and follow their dreams. Based on his highly praised adult memoir, Yes, Chef, this young adult edition includes an 8-page black-and-white... |
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The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today's America
Mark Sundeen · Riverhead Books
Pages: 324
Format: Print book |
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The radical search for the simple life in today's America. On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound... |
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The Girl Factory: A Memoir
Karen Dietrich · skirt!
Format: Print book |
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It’s 1985 in a small factory town near Pittsburgh. Eight-year-old Karen’s parents are lifelong workers at the Anchor Glass plant, where one Saturday, an employee goes on a shooting spree, killing four supervisors, then himself. This event splits the young girl’s life open,... |
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Julius Chambers: A Life in the Legal Struggle for Civil Rights
Richard A Rosen · The University of North Carolina Press
Pages: 408
Format: Print book |
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Born in the hamlet of Mount Gilead, North Carolina, Julius Chambers (1936-2013) escaped the fetters of the Jim Crow South to emerge in the 1960s and 1970s as the nation's leading African American civil rights attorney. Following passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Chambers worked... |
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Lessons of Hope: How to Fix Our Schools
Joel Klein · Harper
Format: Hardcover |
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New York Times Bestseller (Education) The Economist Best Books of the Year SelectionIn this revealing and provocative memoir, the former chancellor of the New York City schools offers the behind-the-scenes story of the city's dramatic campaign to improve public education and an inspiring... |
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Angelic Music: The Story of Benjamin Franklin's Glass Armonica
Corey Mead · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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A jewel of musical history - the story of Ben Franklin's favorite invention, the glass armonica - including the composers who wrote for it (Mozart, Beethoven, Handel, among others) ; Dr. Mesmer who used it to hypnotize; Marie Antoinette and the women who popularized it; its decline... |
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Daughter of Empire: My Life as a Mountbatten
Pamela Hicks · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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A magical memoir about a singular childhood in England and India by the daughter of Lord Louis and Edwina Mountbatten Few families can boast of not one but two saints among their ancestors, a great-aunt who was the last tsarina of Russia, a father who was Grace Kellys pinup, and a grandmother... |
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Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
Jesse Itzler · Center Street
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover |
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Entrepreneur Jesse Itzler will try almost anything. He brazenly pretended to be an established hip-hop artist to secure a meeting with a studio head-and it led to a record deal. He convinced a bunch successful business executives to invest in an unprecedented business plan- and it turned... |
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Prince Harry: Brother, Soldier, Son
Penny Junor · Grand Central Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The authoritative biography of Prince Harry by noted royal family biographer Penny Junor, author of Prince William: The Man Who Will Be King and The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor. Prince Harry, one of the most popular members of the British royal family, has had a colorful... |
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Photograph
Ringo Starr · Genesis Publications
Format: Hardcover |
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From behind the drums to behind the lens, in PHOTOGRAPH Ringo Starr opens his archives to share memories of his childhood, The Beatles and beyond.Rare and unseen photographs taken by Ringo, with others reproduced from his family albums, are showcased here for fans of The Beatles and anyone... |
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The Man with the Poison Gun: A Cold War Spy Story
Serhii Plokhy · Basic Books
Pages: 384
Format: Print book |
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"From one of the foremost historians of the former Soviet Union, a nonfiction spy thriller about a KGB assassin whose defection to the West changed the face of Cold War espionage" In the fall of 1961, KGB assassin Bogdan Stashinsky defected to West Germany. After spilling his secrets... |
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Joni and
Ken Tada · Zondervan
Format: Hardcover |
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This is the true love story of Joni and her husband of 30 years, Ken Tada. A love story showing what it truly means for a man and a woman to live in love ... in sickness and in health. Even the honeymoon wasn't easy. Did Ken realize what he was getting into when he proposed to Joni,... |
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Where the Peacocks Sing: A Palace, a Prince, and the Search for Home
Alison Singh Gee · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover |
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How far would you travel for love? In her sparkling memoir, journalist Alison Singh Gee learns that love, riches, and a place to call home can be found in the most unexpected places. Alison Singh Gee was a glamorous magazine writer with a serious Jimmy Choo habit, a weakness for five-star... |
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