|
|
|
 |
|
Wealth and Power: China's Long March to the Twenty-first Century
Orville Schell · Random House
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Through a series of lively and absorbing portraits of iconic modern Chinese leaders and thinkers, two of today's foremost specialists on China provide a panoramic narrative of this country's rise to preeminence that is at once analytical and personal. How did a nation, after a long... |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
You Deserve a Drink: Boozy Misadventures and Tales of Debauchery
Mamrie Hart · Plume
Format: Paperback
|
|
***A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER***A riotously funny collection of boozy misadventures from the creator of the YouTube series, "You Deserve a Drink"Mamrie Hart is a drinking star with a Youtube problem. As host of the bawdy cult-hit, "You Deserve a Drink," Hart has been... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief
James M. McPherson · Penguin Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
|
|
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Battle Cry of Freedom, a powerful new reckoning with Jefferson Davis as military commander of the ConfederacyHistory has not been kind to Jefferson Davis. His cause went down in disastrous defeat and left the South impoverished for generations.... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Pinkerton's Great Detective: The Amazing Life and Times of James McParland
Beau Riffenburgh · Viking; First edition
Format: Hardcover
|
|
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... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Lucky Me: My Life With--and Without--My Mom, Shirley MacLaine
Sachi Parker · Gotham
Format: Hardcover
|
|
Shirley MacLaine's only child shares shocking stories from her out-of-this-world childhood with the famously eccentric actressShirley MacLaine is an Academy Award winning actress who has graced Hollywood with her talent for decades, known for her roles in The Apartment, Terms of Endearment,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Cook Up: A Crack Rock Memoir
D. Watkins · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 272
Format: Print book
|
|
Reminiscent of the classic Random Family and The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace, but told by the man who lived it, THE COOK UP is a riveting look inside the Baltimore drug trade portrayed in The Wire and an incredible story of redemption. The smartest kid on his block in East Baltimore,... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off the Cliff: How the Making of Thelma & Louise Drove Hollywood to the Edge
BECKY AIKMAN · Penguin Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
|
|
"You've always been crazy," says Louise to Thelma, having just outrun the police in a car chase and locked an officer in the trunk of his own car. "This is just the first chance you've had to express yourself." In 1991, Thelma & Louise, the story of two outlaw... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Hedge Hogs: The Cowboy Traders Behind Wall Street's Largest Hedge Fund Disaster
Barbara T. Dreyfuss · Random House
Format: Hardcover
|
|
For readers of The Smartest Guys in the Room and When Genius Failed, the definitive take on Brian Hunter, John Arnold, Amaranth Advisors, and the largest hedge fund collapse in historyAt its peak, hedge fund Amaranth Advisors LLC had more than 9 billion in assets. A few weeks later, it completely... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Believing in Magic: My Story of Love, Overcoming Adversity, and Keeping the Faith
Cookie Johnson · Howard Books
Pages: 253
Format: Print book
|
|
In her new memoir, Cookie Johnson, wife of NBA legend Earvin "Magic" Johnson, shares details of her marriage, motherhood, faith, and how an HIV diagnosis twenty-five years ago changed the course of their lives forever.On November 7, 1991, basketball icon Earvin "Magic"... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Company Man: Thirty Years of Controversy and Crisis in the CIA
John Rizzo · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 336
Format: Book
|
|
From the "most influential career lawyer in CIA history" (Los Angeles Times) an unprecedented memoir filled with never-before-told stories from his thirty-year career at the center of the U.S. government's intelligence program (1976-2009).In 1975, fresh out of law school and working... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie
Woody Woodmansey · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
|
|
In January 2016, the unexpected death of David Bowie rocked the globe. For millions of people, he was an icon celebrated for his music, his film and theatrical roles, and his trendsetting influence on fashion and gender norms. But no one from her inner circle has told the story of how David... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks
Mark Woods · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
|
|
Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
The Wild Truth
Carine McCandless · HarperOne
Format: Hardcover
|
|
A New York Times Bestseller"The Wild Truth is an important book on two fronts: It sets the record straight about a story that has touched thousands of readers, and it opens up a conversation about hideous domestic violence hidden behind a mask of prosperity and propriety."-NPR.orgThe... |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
