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1924: The Year That Made Hitler
Peter Ross Range · Little
Pages: 316
Format: Print book |
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The dark story of Adolf Hitler's life in 1924--the year that made a monsterBefore Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany, there was 1924. This was the year of Hitler's final transformation into the self-proclaimed savior and infallible leader who would interpret and distort Germany's historical... |
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Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl: A Memoir
Carrie Brownstein · Riverhead Books, 2015.
Pages: 244
Format: Print book |
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From the New York Times bestselling author and guitarist of the pioneering band Sleater-Kinney, the book Kim Gordon says "everyone has been waiting for" - a candid, funny, and deeply personal look at making a life - and finding yourself - in music. Before Carrie Brownstein became... |
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My Father and Atticus Finch: A Lawyer's Fight for Justice in 1930s Alabama
Joseph Madison Beck · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover |
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A memoir about the author's father, whose courageous defense of a black man accused of rape calls to mind To Kill a Mockingbird.As a child, Joe Beck heard about his father's legacy: Foster Beck had once been a respected trial lawyer who defied the unspoken code of 1930s Alabama... |
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The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory 1874-1932
William Manchester · Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover |
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William Manchester met Winston Churchill on January 24, 1953. Their encounter on the Queen Mary sparked an intense curiosity in Manchester that would eventually result in his classic three-volume magnum opus The Last Lion. In this, the first volume, we follow Churchill from his birth to 1932,... |
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St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate
Karen Armstrong · New Harvest
Pages: 160
Format: Hardcover |
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St. Paul is known throughout the world as the first Christian writer, authoring fourteen of the twenty-seven books in the New Testament. But as Karen Armstrong demonstrates in St. Paul: The Apostle We Love to Hate, he also exerted a more significant influence on the spread of Christianity... |
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On Bowie
Rob Sheffield · Dey Street Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book |
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, a thoughtful and loving meditation on the life of the late David Bowie that explores his creative legacy and the enduring and mutual connection he enjoyed with his fansInnovative. Pioneering. Brave. Until his death in January... |
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The Lost Book of Moses: The Hunt for the World's Oldest Bible
Chanan Tigay · Ecco Press
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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A gripping account of one man's quest to find the oldest Bible in the world and solve the riddle of the brilliant, doomed antiquities dealer accused of forging it. In the summer of 1883, Moses Wilhelm Shapira--archaeological treasure hunter, inveterate social climber, and denizen of Jerusalem's... |
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