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Tailspin: The Strange Case of Major Call
Bernard F. Conners · British American Publishing; First Edition edition
Pages: 506
Format: Hardcover
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Written by former FBI agent and best-selling author Bernard F. Conners, TAILSPIN is a suspenseful true crime narrative which contains stunning revelations regarding Major James Call's role as Marilyn Sheppard's killer. It has received glowing endorsements from some of the top law enforcement... |
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American English, Italian Chocolate: Small Subjects of Great Importance
Rick Bailey · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 222
Format: Paperback
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American English, Italian Chocolate is a memoir in essays beginning in the American Midwest and ending in north central Italy. In sharply rendered vignettes, Rick Bailey reflects on donuts and ducks, horses and car crashes, outhouses and EKGs. He travels all night from Michigan to New Jersey... |
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Emily Post: Daughter of the Gilded Age, Mistress of American Manners
Laura Claridge · Random House; 1ST edition
Format: Print book
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“What would Emily Post do?” Even today, Americans cite the author of the perennial bestseller Etiquette as a touchstone for proper behavior. But who was the woman behind the myth, the authority on good manners who has outlasted all comers? Award-winning author Laura Claridge... |
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Ronald Reagan
Michael Schaller · Oxford University Press
Format: Hardcover
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In this short biography, Michael Schaller, acclaimed historian of the American political right, offers readers a poignant account of Ronald Reagan's life and achievements, from his small-town upbringing in rural Illinois to his cinematic success in Hollywood, entry into politics as governor... |
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Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child
Noel Riley Fitch · Doubleday
Pages: 569
Format: Print book
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Julia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon whose statuesque height and warmly enthused warble have become synonymous with the art of cooking.... |
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Sinatra in Hollywood
Tom Santopietro · Thomas Dunne Books; 1st edition
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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Hollywood legend, Academy Award--winning actor, and recipient of the Golden Globe Award for lifetime achievement in film, Frank Sinatra carved out one of the biggest careers in the history of Hollywood, yet paradoxically his screen legacy has been overshadowed by his extraordinary achievements... |
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Flags of Our Fathers
James Bradley · Bantam
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the heartbreak, and the legacy of the six men who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Here is the true story behind the immortal photograph that has come... |
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Truth and Consequences: Life Inside the Madoff Family
Laurie Sandell · Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In December 2008, the world watched as master financier Bernard L. Madoff was taken away from his posh Manhattan apartment in handcuffs, accused of swindling thousands of innocent victims—including friends and family—out of billions of dollars in the worlds largest Ponzi scheme. Madoff... |
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Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir
Janice Erlbaum · Villard
Pages: 272
Format: Book
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Just two hours ago, I had been heating up some lentil soup at my mom's in Brooklyn, thinking I'd eat it and maybe read some Edith Wharton before bed. Now here I was at a runaway shelter, staring at a nun's mustache and wondering where I was going to spend the rest of my adolescence.At... |
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Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney
Howard Sounes · Da Capo Press; F First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Howard Sounes, the bestselling author of Down the Highway: The Life of Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, turns his considerable reporting and storytelling skills to one of the most famous, talented - and wealthiest - men alive: Paul McCartney.Fab is the first... |
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The Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop
Steve Osborne · Doubleday
Format: Audiobook
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How ya doin? With these four syllables, delivered in an unmistakably authentic New York accent, Steve Osborne has riveted thousands of people through the legendary storytelling outfit The Moth and over a million times on their website with his hilarious, profane, and touching tales from... |
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Worth More Dead: And Other True Cases Vol. 10
Ann Rule · Pocket Books
Pages: 432
Format: Mass Market Paperback
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Why would a man kill his lover's husband and then his wife, the woman who fought successfully to have him paroled from prison? Why would he risk arrest by kidnapping the child of another woman who adored him? Because they were... Worth More Dead A cold case reopened -- and solved... |
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