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One Man Great Enough: Abraham Lincoln's Road to Civil War
John C. Waugh · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; 1 edition
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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How did Abraham Lincoln, long held as a paragon of presidential bravery and principled politics, find his way to the White House? How did he become this one man great enough to risk the fate of the nation on the well-worn but cast-off notion that all men are created equal?Here... |
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Last of the Donkey Pilgrims
Kevin O'Hara · Forge Books; 1st edition
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A heartwarming story of a man who journeys to the land of his people to discover what kind of man he is . . . and, more to the point, what kind of man he could becomeKevin O'Hara was a man who was at the crossroads of life. Newly married to a beautiful woman, Kevin found himself full... |
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Secret Heroes: Everyday Americans Who Shaped Our World
Paul Martin · William Morrow Paperbacks; Original edition
Format: Print book
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Secret Heroes is a remarkable compendium by Paul Martin, former Executive Editor of National Geographic Traveler, that illuminates the lives of thirty forgotten American heroes. Gathering together remarkable stories about unknown champions, explorers, inventors, and innovators who never... |
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Little Girl Blue: The Life of Karen Carpenter
Randy L. Schmidt · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 351
Format: Hardcover
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Little Girl Blue is an intimate profile of Karen Carpenter, a girl from a modest Connecticut upbringing who became a Southern California superstar. Karen was the instantly recognizable lead singer of the Carpenters. The top-selling American musical act of the 1970s, they delivered... |
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Mop Men: Inside the World of Crime Scene Cleaners
Alan Emmins · Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition edition
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Neal Smither doesn’t hide his work. The side of his van reads: “Crime Scene Cleaners: Homicides, Suicides and Accidental Death.” Whenever a hotel guest permanently checks out, the cops finish an investigation, or an accidental death is reported, Smither’s crew pick... |
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Sons of Cain: A History of Serial Killers from the Stone Age to the Present
Peter Vronsky · Berkley
Pages: 432
Format: Paperback
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From the author of Serial Killers: The Method and Madness of Monsters comes an in-depth examination of sexual serial killers throughout human history, how they evolved, and why we are drawn to their horrifying crimes.Before the term was coined in 1981, there were no "serial killers."... |
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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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A Year in the World: Journeys of A Passionate Traveller
Frances Mayes · Broadway; First edition
Pages: 448
Format: Hardcover
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The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany in bestselling travel memoirs expands her horizons to immerse herself—and her readers—in the sights, aromas, and treasures of twelve new special places. A Year in the World is vintage Frances... |
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Elsewhere: A memoir
Richard Russo · Knopf; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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After eight commanding works of fiction, the Pulitzer Prize winner now turns to memoir in a hilarious, moving, and always surprising account of his life, his parents, and the upstate New York town they all struggled variously to escape.Anyone familiar with Richard Russo's acclaimed... |
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Ethel Merman: A Life
Brian Kellow · Viking Adult; 1St Edition edition
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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More than twenty years after her death, Ethel Merman continues to set the standard for American musical theater. The stories about the supremely talented, famously strong-willed, fearsomely blunt, and terrifyingly exacting woman are stuff of legend. But who was Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, really?... |
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