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15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall: Three Generals Who Saved the American Century
Stanley Weintraub · Free Press; First Edition edition
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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In the closing days of World War II America looked up to three five-star generals as its greatest heroes George C Marshall Dwight D Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur personified victory from the Pentagon to Normandy to the Far East Counterparts and on occasion competitors they had leapfrogged... |
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Coco Chanel: An Intimate Life
Lisa Chaney · Viking Adult; 1ST edition
Format: Print book
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The controversial story of Chanel, the twentieth centurys foremost fashion icon. Revolutionizing womens dress, Gabrielle Coco Chanel was the twentieth centurys most influential designer. Her extraordinary and unconventional journey-from abject poverty to a new kind of glamour- helped... |
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Where the Past Begins: A Writer's Memoir
AMY TAN · Ecco
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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FROM NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AMY TAN, A MEMOIR ON HER LIFE AS A WRITER, HER CHILDHOOD, AND THE SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FICTION AND EMOTIONAL MEMORYIn Where the Past Begins, bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate... |
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Reckless: My Life as a Pretender
Chrissie Hynde · Doubleday Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Chrissie Hynde, for nearly four decades the singer/songwriter/ undisputed leader of the Pretenders, is a justly legendary figure. Few other rock stars have managed to combine her swagger, sexiness, stage presence, knack for putting words to music, gorgeous voice and just all-around kick-assedness... |
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Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship
Michelle Kuo · Random House
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
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A memoir of race, inequality, and the power of literature told through the life-changing friendship between an idealistic young teacher and her gifted student, jailed for murder in the Mississippi Delta "Reading with Patrick could be the most affecting book you'll read this year."... |
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The Great American Read: The Book of Books
PBS · Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A blockbuster illustrated book that captures what Americans love to read, The Great American Read: The Book of Books is the gorgeously-produced companion book to PBS's ambitious summer 2018 series. What are America's best-loved novels? PBS will launch The Great American Read series with... |
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In the Great Green Room: The Brilliant and Bold Life of Margaret Wise Brown
Amy Gary · Flatiron Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book
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For decades children and their parents around the world have cuddled together to read Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. While the lulling words of these stories have formed nighttime rituals for millions, few know that these classic works were part of a publishing revolution led by Margaret... |
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Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor in America
Bill Schelly · Fantagraphics; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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This biography reveals the true story of Mad creator Harvey Kurtzmanthe man who revolutionized humor in America it features new interviews with his colleagues Hugh Hefner, Robert Crumb, and others. Harvey Kurtzman created Mad, and Mad revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman was the original... |
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Summer at Tiffany
Marjorie Hart · William Morrow; 1 edition
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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“Hart has a genuine gift for conveying the texture of midcentury Manhattan…. [She makes] the dilemmas of her own young life both compelling and contemporary.”—USA Today “[A] glorious once upon a time fairytale come true….I loved every moment!” —Adriana... |
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The Astor Orphan: A Memoir
Alexandra Aldrich · Ecco
Format: Book
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The Astor Orphan is an unflinching debut memoir by a direct descendant of John Jacob Astor, Alexandra Aldrich.She brilliantly tells the story of her eccentric, fractured family; her 1980s childhood of bohemian neglect in the squalid attic of Rokeby, the family’s Hudson Valley Mansion;... |
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The Brontes: Wild Genius on the Moors: The Story of a Literary Family
Juliet Barker · Pegasus; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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In a revised and updated edition, the real story of the Brontë sisters, by distinguished scholar and historian Juliet Barker.The story of the tragic Brontë family is familiar to everyone: we all know about the half-mad, repressive father, the drunken, drug-addicted wastrel of a brother,... |
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