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The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B Tyson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover |
In 2014, protesters ringed the White House, chanting, "How many black kids will you kill? Michael Brown, Emmett Till!" Why did demonstrators invoke the name of a black boy murdered six decades before?
In 1955, white men in the Mississippi Delta lynched a fourteen-year-old... |
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Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much
Faith Salie · Crown Archetype
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning, a collection of humorous essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval.
Faith Salie has done it all in the name... |
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Swansong 1945: A Collective Diary of the Last Days of the Third Reich
Walter Kempowski · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A monumental work of history that captures the last days of the Third Reich as never before.Swansong 1945 chronicles the end of Nazi Germany and World War II in Europe through hundreds of letters, diaries, and autobiographical accounts covering four days that fateful spring: Hitler's... |
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Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 916
Format: Paperback |
Winner of the Lincoln Prize
Acclaimed historian Doris Kearns Goodwin illuminates Lincoln's political genius in this highly original work, as the one-term congressman and prairie lawyer rises from obscurity to prevail over three gifted rivals of national reputation to become... |
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The Madwoman in the Volvo: My Year of Raging Hormones
Sandra Tsing Loh · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A 2014 New York Times Book Review Notable Book From an "imaginatively twisted and fearless" writer (Los Angeles Times) , a hilarious memoir of middle age. In a voice that is wry, disarming, and totally candid, Sandra Tsing Loh tells the moving and laugh-out-loud tale of her roller... |
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Way of the Reaper: My Greatest Untold Missions and the Art of Being a Sniper
Nicholas Irving · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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From the legendary special operations sniper and bestselling author of The Reaper comes a rare and powerful book on the art of being a sniper. Way of the Reaper is a step-by-step accounting of how a sniper works, through the lens of Irving's 10 most significant kills - none... |
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Nujeen: One Girl's Incredible Journey from War-Torn Syria in a Wheelchair
Nujeen Mustafa · Harper Wave
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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Prize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, now tells the inspiring true story of another remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose harrowing journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany... |
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Until We Are Free: My Fight for Human Rights in Iran
ShiÃŒ?riÃŒ?n Ê»IbaÃŒ?diÃŒ? · Random House
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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The first Muslim woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Shirin Ebadi has inspired millions around the globe through her work as a human rights lawyer defending women and children against a brutal regime in Iran. Now Ebadi tells her story of courage and defiance in the face of a government... |
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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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The Spider and the Fly: A Reporter, a Serial Killer, and the Meaning of Murder
Claudia Rowe · Dey Street Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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In this superb work of literary true crime - a spellbinding combination of memoir and psychological suspense - a female journalist chronicles her unusual connection with a convicted serial killer and her search to understand the darkness inside us. "Well, well, Claudia. Can I call... |
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The Underdogs: Children, Dogs, and the Power of Unconditional Love
Melissa Fay Greene · Ecco Press
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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From two-time National Book Award nominee Melissa Fay Greene comes a profound and surprising account of dogs on the front lines of rescuing both children and adults from the trenches of grief, emotional, physical, and cognitive disability, and post-traumatic stress disorder. The... |
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Over the Top and Back: The Autobiography
Tom Jones · Blue Rider Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover |
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'For a lot of years, I've answered a lot of questions, but have never told my story before.'Across six decades, Sir Tom Jones has maintained a vital career in a risky, unstable business notorious for the short lives of its artists. With a drive that comes from nothing but the love... |
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The Invention of Nature: Alexander von Humboldt's New World
Andrea Wulf · Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover |
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NATIONAL BEST SELLERFinalist -- Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionFinalist -- Kirkus Reviews Prize for NonfictionThe acclaimed author of Founding Gardeners reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural... |
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