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Elvis in Vegas: How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show
Richard Zoglin · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The story of how Las Vegas saved Elvis and Elvis saved Las Vegas in the greatest musical comeback of all time.
The conventional wisdom is that Las Vegas is what destroyed Elvis Presley, launching him on a downward spiral of drugs, boredom, erratic stage behavior, and eventually his fatal... |
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My life on the road
Gloria Steinem · Random House
Pages: 276
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Gloria Steinem--writer, activist, organizer, and inspiring leader--tells a story she has never told before, a candid account of her life as a traveler, a listener, and a catalyst for change. ONE OF O: THE OPRAH MAGAZINE'S TEN FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR - NAMED... |
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May Cause Love: An Unexpected Journey of Enlightenment After Abortion
Kassi Underwood · HarperOne
Pages: 352
Format: Print book
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In this powerful memoir, told with fierce honesty and surprising humor, a young woman goes on a journey of healing after abortion - a road trip across the United States with a diverse crew of spiritual teachers and a caravan of new friends. Nineteen years old, a thousand miles... |
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The Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography
DEBORAH LEVY · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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A searching examination of all the dimensions of love, marriage, mourning, and kinship from two-time Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy. To strip the wallpaper off the fairy tale of The Family House in which the comfort and happiness of men and children has been the priority... |
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The Hue and Cry at Our House: A Year Remembered
Benjamin Taylor · Penguin Books
Pages: 208
Format: Paperback
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A memoir of one tumultuous year of boyhood in Fort Worth, Texas, opening with a handshake with JFK, and recalling the changes and revelations of the months that followed.
"Taylor's Hue and Cry is a vast offer of thanks and glowing triumph, his masterpiece to date."... |
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My Love Story: A Memoir
TINA TURNER · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Tina Turner - the long-reigning queen of rock & roll and living legend - sets the record straight about her illustrious career and complicated personal life in this eye-opening and compelling memoir.
From her early years in Nutbush, Tennessee to her rise to fame alongside Ike Turner... |
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Hammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter
Nina MacLaughlin · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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"Nina MacLaughlin spent her twenties working at a Boston newspaper, sitting behind a desk and staring at a screen. Yearning for more tangible work, she applied for a job she saw on Craigslist--'Carpenter's assistant : women strongly encouraged to apply'--despite being a Classics... |
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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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Devotion: An Epic Story of Heroism, Friendship, and Sacrifice
Adam Makos · Ballantine Books
Pages: 445
Format: Print book
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For readers of Unbroken comes an unforgettable tale of courage from America's "forgotten war" in Korea, by the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call.
Devotion tells the inspirational story of the U.S. Navy's most famous aviator... |
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The Secret Lives of a Secret Agent - Second Edition
Tim Crook · Blurb
Pages: 248
Format: Paperback
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The Second World War Chief of MI6 said Alexander Wilson had 'remarkable gifts as a writer of fiction, and no sense of responsibility in using them!' Wilson's three year career in the Secret Intelligence Service ended when the country's spy chiefs decided his creativity got the better... |
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Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
William Shatner · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 278
Format: Print book
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Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner first crossed paths as actors on the set of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Little did they know that their next roles, in a new science fiction television series, would shape their lives in ways no one could have anticipated. In seventy-nine television... |
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The U.S. Supreme Court, Second Edition
Thomas T Lewis · Salem Press
Pages: 1500
Format: Print book
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The U.S. Supreme Court is a comprehensive survey of the history and functions of the Supreme Court. Although it has only nine unelected members, it alone can overturn the actions of every other branch of government, at all levels. There is no other institution quite like the Supreme Court-in... |
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Expressions of Place: The Contemporary Louisiana Landscape
John R Kemp · University Press of Mississippi
Pages: 240
Format: Print book
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Expressions of Place embarks on a journey across the rural and urban landscapes of Louisiana via the talents of thirty-seven artists located all around the state. Many are acclaimed professionals whose paintings are included in major private and public collections regionally and nationally.... |
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