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His Final Battle: The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt
Joseph Lelyveld · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 416
Format: Print book
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From the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, an intimate and hugely insightful account of Roosevelt's final months of life, when, despite a dire medical prognosis, he was determined to be re-elected, deal with Stalin, and bring the war to a successful conclusion. Franklin D. Roosevelt... |
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Heroines of Mercy Street
Pamela D. Toler PhD · Little, Brown, 2016.
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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A look at the lives of the real nurses depicted in the PBS show Mercy StreetHEROINES OF MERCY STREET tells the true stories of the nurses at Mansion House, the Alexandria, Virginia, mansion turned war-time hospital and setting for the new PBS drama Mercy Street. Among the Union soldiers,... |
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Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee
Michael Korda · HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Pages: 785
Format: Hardcover
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New York Times bestselling author Michael Korda's fresh, contemporary single volume historical biography of General Robert E. Lee - perhaps the most famous and least understood legend in American history and one of our most admired heroes.Michael Korda, author of Ulysses S. Grant and the bestsellers... |
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Victoria: A Life
A. N. Wilson · Penguin Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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PENJacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography 2015 LONGLISTA shimmering and rather wonderful biography. --The Guardian UK When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was a mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two and the matriarch of royal Europe... |
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Lennon on Lennon: Conversations with John Lennon
John Lennon · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 480
Format: Print book
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John Lennon was a highly opinionated and controversial figure with a commanding personality and quick wit. And he made a point of living his adventurous life as openly as possible. Whether he was experimenting with LSD, Transcendental Meditation, primal therapy, macrobiotic diets, or recording... |
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Bowie: The Biography
Wendy Leigh · Gallery Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Discover the man behind the myth in this new biography of one of the most pioneering and influential performers of our time - David Bowie.David Bowie - the iconic superstar of rock, fashion, art, design, and the quintessential sexual liberator - is a living legend. However, for the past... |
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John Quincy Adams: American Visionary
Fred Kaplan · Harpercollins
Pages: 652
Format: Hardcover
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Fred Kaplan, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Lincoln, returns with John Quincy Adams, an illuminating biography of one of the most overlooked presidents in American history - a leader of sweeping perspective whose progressive values helped shape the course of the nation.In this fresh... |
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The Good Son: JFK Jr. and the Mother He Loved
Christopher Andersen · Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers another dramatic installment in the lives of the Kennedys - including new details about JFK Jr., his relationship with his mother, his many girlfriends, and the night of his tragic death.Critically acclaimed author Christopher Andersen is a master... |
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Ministers at War: Winston Churchill and His War Cabinet
Jonathan Schneer · Basic Books
Format: Hardcover
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In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership of Winston Churchill, whom the King reluctantly appointed Prime Minister as Germany invaded France. Churchill's reputation as one of the great... |
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Embattled Rebel: Jefferson Davis as Commander in Chief
James M. McPherson · Penguin Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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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.... |
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