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American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell
Deborah Solomon · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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Welcome to Rockwell Land, writes Deborah Solomon in the introduction to this spirited and authoritative biography of the painter who provided twentieth-century America with a defining image of itself. As the star illustrator of The Saturday Evening Post for nearly half a century, Norman... |
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The Unsettlers: In Search of the Good Life in Today's America
Mark Sundeen · Riverhead Books
Pages: 324
Format: Print book
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The radical search for the simple life in today's America. On a frigid April night, a classically trained opera singer, five months pregnant, and her husband, a former marine biologist, disembark an Amtrak train in La Plata, Missouri, assemble two bikes, and pedal off into the night, bound... |
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Isabella: The Warrior Queen
Kirstin Downey · Nan A. Talese; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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An engrossing and revolutionary biography of Isabella of Castile, the controversial Queen of Spain who sponsored Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World, established the Spanish Inquisition, and became one of the most influential female rulers in historyBorn at a time when Christianity... |
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Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Barbara Ehrenreich · Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist,... |
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The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo
Tom Reiss · Crown Trade
Pages: 414
Format: Paperback
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Here is the remarkable true story of the real Count of Monte Cristo - a stunning feat of historical sleuthing that brings to life the forgotten hero who inspired such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo and The Three Musketeers.The real-life protagonist of The Black Count, General Alex... |
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A House in the Sky: A Memoir
Amanda Lindhout · Scribner; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world’s most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity—an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and grace... |
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Bettyville: A Memoir
George Hodgman · Viking
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A beautifully crafted memoir, rich with humor and wisdom." - Will Schwalbe, author of The End of Your Life Book Club"The idea of a cultured gay man leaving New York City to care for his aging mother in Paris, Missouri, is already funny, and George... |
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir
Augusten Burroughs · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 315
Format: Paperback
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The #1 New York Times BestsellerAn Entertainment Weekly Top Ten Book of the YearNow a Major Motion Picture Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking... |
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Alfred Hitchcock : the man who knew too much
Michael Wood · New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 129
Format: Print book
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Widely regarded as the greatest filmmaker of the twentieth century, Alfred Hitchcock had a gift for creating suspense and a shrewd knowledge of human psychology. His film career, spanning more than half a century, is studded with classics from The 39 Steps to Psycho, North by Northwest... |
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