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What W. H. Auden Can Do for You
Alexander McCall Smith · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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When facing a moral dilemma, Isabel Dalhousie--Edinburgh philosopher, amateur detective, and title character of a series of novels by best-selling author Alexander McCall Smith--often refers to the great twentieth-century poet W. H. Auden. This is no accident: McCall Smith has long been... |
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Prince Harry: Brother, Soldier, Son
Penny Junor · Grand Central Publishing; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The authoritative biography of Prince Harry by noted royal family biographer Penny Junor, author of Prince William: The Man Who Will Be King and The Firm: The Troubled Life of the House of Windsor. Prince Harry, one of the most popular members of the British royal family, has had a colorful... |
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Two Turns From Zero: Pushing to Higher Fitness Goals-Converting Them to Life Strength
Stacey Griffith · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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"The journey Stacey Griffith charts in Two Turns From Zero is both inspiring and instructional. Her book is action-oriented and wise beyond measure. It is full of engaging spirit and the true power of love and movement." - Deepak ChopraExpert motivator, a fitness virtuoso and a self-empowerment... |
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Dagger 22: U.S. Marine Corps Special Operations in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan
Michael Golembesky · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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The sequel to New York Times bestseller Level Zero HeroesLevel Zero Heroes, Michael Golembesky's bestselling account of Marine Special Operations Team 8222 in Bala Murghab, Afghanistan, was just the beginning for these now battle-hardened special operations warriors.The unforgiving Afghan... |
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The Kids Got It Right: How the Texas All-Stars Kicked Down Racial Walls
Jim Dent · Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition edition
Format: Book
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New York Times bestselling author Jim Dent pens the compelling story of how a black and white player came together to break the color barrier in Texas football in 1965. Jerry LeVias and Bill Bradley bonded as friends at the Big 33 high school all-star game, producing a dramatic finish that... |
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The Dream Colony: A Life in Art
Walter Hopps · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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A panoramic look at art in America in the second half of the twentieth century, through the eyes of the visionary curator who helped shape it.An innovative, iconoclastic curator of contemporary art, Walter Hopps founded his first gallery in L.A. at the age of twenty-one. At twenty-four,... |
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Pour Me a Life
A A Gill · Penguin Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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An astounding and brilliant memoir, A.A. Gill's Pour Me a Life is a riveting meditation on the author's alcoholism, seen through the lens of the memories that remain, and the transformative moments that saved him from a lifelong addiction and early death.Best known for his hysterically... |
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Letters to a Young Writer: Some Practical and Philosophical Advice
COLUM MCCANN · RANDOM House
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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From the bestselling author of the National Book Award winner Let the Great World Spin comes a lesson in how to be a writer - and so much more than that. Intriguing and inspirational, this book is a call to look outward rather than inward. McCann asks his readers to constantly push the boundaries... |
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Mozart: The Man Revealed
JOHN SUCHET · Pegasus Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The illustrated life-story of the world's most beloved composer, bringing vividly to life the man himself, his influences, achievements, and the glittering milieu of the Habsburg empire in eighteenth-century Europe. We think we know the story of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's life. Austrian-born... |
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Practice to Deceive
Ann Rule · Pocket Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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From “America’s best true-crime writer” (Kirkus Reviews) Ann Rule comes the New York Times bestselling mystery novel of drama, greed, sex, scandal, and murder on an eerie island in the Pacific Northwest. Nestled in Puget Sound and accessible only by ferry, Whidbey Island... |
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Martin Luther King Jr.: A King Family Tribute
Angela Farris Watkins · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover
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Martin Luther King Jr.'s family comes together for the first time to share their reflections and memories of the great civil rights leader. Included are contributions from his sister (the only surviving member of his immediate family) , his children, his in-laws, his nieces and nephews,... |
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