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Unsinkable: A Memoir
Debbie Reynolds · William Morrow; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Unsinkable is the definitive memoir by film legend and Hollywood icon Debbie Reynolds.Actress, comedienne, singer, and dancer Debbie Reynolds shares the highs and lows of her life as an actress during Hollywoods Golden Age, anecdotes about her lifelong friendship with Elizabeth Taylor and her experiences... |
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Sex and the Founding Fathers: The American Quest for a Relatable Past
Thomas A. Foster · Temple University Press
Pages: 220
Format: Hardcover
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Biographers, journalists, and satirists have long used the subject of sex to define the masculine character and political authority of America's Founding Fathers. Tracing these commentaries on the Revolutionary Era's major political figures in Sex and the Founding Fathers, Thomas... |
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Remembering Diana: A Life in Photographs
Tina Brown · National Geographic
Pages: 200
Format: Hardcover
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Commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, this exquisite coffee table book with a foreword by best-selling author Tina Brown celebrates the life of one of the most iconic women in the world. For the millions who adored the People's Princess,... |
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Sting-Ray Afternoons: A Memoir
STEVE RUSHIN · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A wild and bittersweet memoir of a classic '70s childhoodIt's a story of the 1970s. Of a road trip in a wood-paneled station wagon, with the kids in the way-back, singing along to the Steve Miller Band. Brothers waking up early on Saturday mornings for five consecutive hours of cartoons... |
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Between Them: Remembering My Parents
RICHARD FORD · Ecco
Pages: 179
Format: Hardcover
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From American master Richard Ford, a memoir: his first work of nonfiction, a stirring narrative of memory and parental loveHow is it that we come to consider our parents as people with rich and intense lives that include but also exclude us? Richard Ford's parents - Edna, a feisty, pretty... |
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Flappers: Six Women of a Dangerous Generation
Judith Mackrell · Farrar Straus & Giroux
Pages: 488
Format: Hardcover
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By the 1920s, women were on the verge of something huge. Jazz, racy fashions, eyebrowraising new attitudes about art and sex - all of this pointed to a sleek, modern world, one that could shake off the grimness of the Great War and stride into the future in one deft, stylized gesture. The women... |
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Joss Whedon : the biography
Amy Pascale · Chicago Review Press Incorporated
Format: eBook : Document : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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From the cult favorite Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which netted four million viewers per episode, to the summer blockbuster The Avengers, which amassed a box office of $1.5 billion, Joss Whedon has made a name for himself in Hollywood for his penchant for telling meaningful, personal tales... |
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Hunting the President: Threats, Plots and Assassination Attempts--From FDR to Obama
Mel Ayton · Regnery History
Format: Book
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In American history, four U.S. Presidents have been murdered at the hands of an assassin. In each case the assassinations changed the course of American history.But most historians have overlooked or downplayed the many threats modern presidents have faced, and survived. Author Mel Ayton... |
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The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
Sandra Tsing Loh · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book From an "imaginatively twisted and fearless" writer (Los Angeles Times) , a hilarious memoir of middle age. In a voice that is wry, disarming, and totally candid, Sandra Tsing Loh tells the moving and laugh-out-loud tale of her roller... |
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The Real Peter Pan: J. M. Barrie and the Boy Who Inspired Him
Piers Dudgeon · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 416
Format: Print book
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The world has long been captivated by the story of Peter Pan and the countless movies, plays, musicals, and books that retell the story of Peter, Wendy, and the Lost Boys. Now, in this revealing behind-the-scenes book, author Piers Dudgeon examines the fascinating and complex relationships... |
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Beijing Bastard: Into the Wilds of a Changing China
Val Wang · Gotham
Format: Hardcover
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A humorous and moving coming-of-age story that brings a unique, not-quite-outsider's perspective to China's shift from ancient empire to modern superpower Raised in a strict Chinese-American household in the suburbs, Val Wang dutifully got good grades, took piano lessons, and performed... |
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M Train
Patti Smith · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 253
Format: Print book
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National Best Seller From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts she has worked in around the world. It is a book Patti Smith has described as "a roadmap to my life."... |
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Foreign Correspondent: A Memoir
H.D.S. Greenway · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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David Greenway, a journalist’s journalist in the tradition of Michael Herr, David Halberstam, and Dexter Filkins. In this vivid memoir, he tells us what it’s like to report a war up close.Reporter David Greenway was at the White House the day Kennedy was assassinated. He was in the jungles... |
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