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Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
Stan Redding · Broadway Books
Pages: 277
Format: Paperback
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The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man, immortalized by Leonardo DiCaprio in DreamWorks' feature film of the same name.Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers,... |
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Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
Patricia Williams · Dey Street Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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Finalist for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding LiteratureFinalist for a 2018 Southern Book Prize for Biography and History"An absolute must-read" - Shondaland"[Rabbit] tells how it went down with brutal honesty and outrageous humor" - New York Times "I know a lot of people... |
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Breaking Free: How I Escaped Polygamy, the FLDS Cult, and My Father, Warren Jeffs
RACHEL JEFFS · Harper
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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In this searing memoir of survival in the spirit of Stolen Innocence, the daughter of Warren Jeffs, the self-proclaimed Prophet of the FLDS Church, takes you deep inside the secretive polygamist Mormon fundamentalist cult run by her family and how she escaped it.Born into the Fundamentalist... |
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Men We Reaped: A Memoir
Jesmyn Ward · Bloomsbury USA; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle AwardNominee for the Hurston/Wright Legacy AwardA New York Times Notable Book"We saw the lightning and that was the guns; and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood... |
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American Warlord: A True Story
Johnny Dwyer · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover
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Chucky Taylor is the American son of the infamous African dictator Charles Taylor. Raised by his mother in the Florida suburbs, at the age of 17 he followed his father to Liberia, where he ended up leading a murderous militia. Chucky is now in a federal penitentiary, the only American ever... |
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The Last Job: "The Bad Grandpas" and the Hatton Garden Heist
Dan Bilefsky · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive account of one of the most brazen jewel heists in history.Over Easter weekend 2015, a motley crew of six English thieves, several in their sixties and seventies, couldn't resist coming out of retirement for one last career-topping heist. Their target: the Hatton Garden Safe... |
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Judy Garland: A Portrait in Art & Anecdote
John Fricke · Bulfinch; First edition
Pages: 324
Format: Hardcover
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In a career that spanned five decades and encompassed stardom in every medium, Judy Garland's professional achievments retain their power to excite and thrill audiences of all ages. This book aims to define her on-and-off-stage "talent to amuse". Historian John Fricke presents... |
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The Girl Who Walked Home Alone: Bette Davis, A Personal Biography
Charlotte Chandler · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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(Applause Books). Noted film biographer Charlotte Chandler interviewed Bette Davis extensively in the last decade of her life, resulting in a biography in which the great actress speaks for herself. Chandler also spoke with directors, actors, and others who knew and worked with Davis, and includes... |
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My Life in Politics
Jacques Chirac · Palgrave Macmillan Trade
Format: Hardcover
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Along with Mikhail Gorbachev, Helmut Kohl, and Francois Mitterand, Jacques Chirac is one of the most iconic statesmen of the twentieth century. Two-time president of France, mayor of Paris, and international politician, a recent poll voted him the most admired political figure in France,... |
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The Last Pilgrimage: My Mother's Life and Our Journey to Saying Goodbye
Linda Daly · Counterpoint
Format: Book
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Linda Daly had a seemingly charmed life: her mother Nancy was married to the head of Warner Bros, and her parents were one of the most prominent couples in Los Angeles. Even their divorce couldn’t test the bond between mother and daughter, and their family grew: her mother married... |
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The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers
MAXWELL KING · Abrams Press
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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Fred Rogers (1928-2003) was an enormously influential figure in the history of television and in the lives of tens of millions of children. As the creator and star of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, he was a champion of compassion, equality, and kindness. Rogers was fiercely devoted to children... |
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