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George Marshall: A Biography
Debi Unger · Harper; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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A major historical biography of George C. Marshall—the general who ran the U.S. campaign during the Second World War, the Secretary of State who oversaw the successful rebuilding of post-war Europe, and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize—and the first to offer a complete picture of his life.While... |
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We Could Not Fail: The First African Americans in the Space Program
Richard Paul · University of Texas Press
Pages: 300
Format: Print book
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Pre-order your signed copy today. The Space Age began just as the struggle for civil rights forced Americans to confront the long and bitter legacy of slavery, discrimination, and violence against African Americans. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson utilized the space program... |
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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey
The Countess of Carnarvon · Broadway Paperbacks
Pages: 353
Format: Paperback
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Lady Catherine, the Earl, and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the setting for Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winning PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life of one of its most famous inhabitants, Catherine Wendell. In this transporting companion piece to the New York... |
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The Borgias: The Hidden History
G.J. Meyer · Bantam; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The startling truth behind one of the most notorious dynasties in history is revealed in a remarkable new account by the acclaimed author of The Tudors and A World Undone. Sweeping aside the gossip, slander, and distortion that have shrouded the Borgias for centuries, G. J. Meyer offers... |
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The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
Finn Murphy · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 229
Format: Hardcover
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A long-haul mover's rollicking account of life out on the Big Slab.More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he's covered more than a million miles packing, loading, and hauling people's belongings all over America. Known by his trucker... |
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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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Maggie Smith : a biography
Michael Coveney · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 353
Format: Print book
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No one does glamour, severity, girlish charm or tight-lipped witticism better than Dame Maggie Smith. Michael Coveney's biography shines a light on the life and career of a truly remarkable performer, one whose stage and screen career spans six decades. From her days as a West End star... |
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Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France
Nicholas Shakespeare · HarperTorch
Pages: 423
Format: Hardcover
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Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France by Nicholas Shakespeare is a transcendent work of narrative nonfiction in the vein of The Hare with Amber Eyes.When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a trunk full of his late aunt's personal belongings, he was unaware... |
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The Hot One: A Memoir of Friendship, Sex, and Murder
Carolyn Murnick · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
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Recommended by NPR, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, New York Post, and Bustle A gripping memoir of friendship with a tragic twist - two childhood best friends diverge as young adults, one woman is brutally murdered and the other is determined to uncover the truth... |
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Reagan Rising: The Decisive Years, 1976-1980
Craig Shirley · Broadside Books
Pages: 448
Format: Print book
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With a Foreword by Jon MeachamNew York Times bestselling biographer Craig Shirley charts Ronald Reagan's astonishing rise from the ashes of his lost 1976 presidential bid to overwhelming victory in 1980. American conservatism - and the nation itself - would never be the same.In 1976,... |
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The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America's Greatest Political Family
William J Mann · Harpercollins
Pages: 640
Format: Print book
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The award-winning author presents a provocative, thoroughly modern revisionist biographical history of one of America's greatest and most influential families - the Roosevelts - exposing heretofore unknown family secrets and detailing complex family rivalries with his signature cinematic... |
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90 Church: Inside America's Notorious First Narcotics Squad
Dean Unkefer · Picador USA
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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MAD MEN MEETS THE WIRE IN THIS GRIPPING TRUE-CRIME MEMOIR BY A FORMER AGENT AT THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF NARCOTICS IN 1960s NEW YORKBefore Nixon famously declared a "war on drugs," there was the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. New York City in the mid-1960s: The war in Vietnam... |
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Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
Jung Chang · Knopf; First American Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times Notable BookEmpress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the modern age. At the age of sixteen, in a nationwide selection for royal consorts, Cixi was chosen as one of the emperor’s... |
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