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Black and White: The Way I See It
Richard Williams · Atria Books
Format: Hardcover |
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He’d set his mind to raise two of the greatest women champions in professional tennis well before they could even hold a racket. The father of Venus and Serena Williams had a grand plan for his daughters. The source of his vision, the method behind his execution, and the root of his indomitable... |
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Year of the Cow: How 420 Pounds of Beef Built a Better Life for One American Family
Jared Stone · Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover |
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This is the story of a man, a cow, and a question: What am I eating? After realizing he knew more about television on his wall than the food on his plate, award-winning TV producer and amateur chef Jared Stone buys 420 pounds of beef directly from a rancher and embarks on a hilarious and inspiring... |
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Do the KIND Thing: Think Boundlessly, Work Purposefully, Live Passionately
Daniel Lubetzky · Ballantine Books
Format: Hardcover |
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFor the socially conscious reader of Blake Mycoskie's Start Something That Matters, Tony Hsieh's Delivering Happiness, and Howard Schultz's Onward comes an inspiring handbook for success in business, life, and the all-important task of building a more... |
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In the Darkroom
Susan Faludi · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 432
Format: Print book |
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author of Backlash, an astonishing confrontation with the enigma of her father and the larger riddle of identity consuming our age."In the summer of 2004 I set out to investigate someone I scarcely knew, my father. The project... |
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My Life, My Love, My Legacy
Coretta Scott King · Holt, Henry & Company, Inc.
Pages: 368
Format: Print book |
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The Washington Post's Books to Read in 2017The New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceUSA Today, "New and Noteworthy""This book is distinctly Coretta's story . . . particularly absorbing. . . generous, in a manner that is unfashionable in our culture." -- New York... |
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Lassoing the Sun: A Year in America's National Parks
Mark Woods · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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Many childhood summers, Mark Woods piled into a station wagon with his parents and two sisters and headed to America's national parks. Mark's most vivid childhood memories are set against a backdrop of mountains, woods, and fireflies in places like Redwood, Yosemite, and Grand Canyon national... |
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The Negotiator: A Memoir
George Mitchell · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover |
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Compelling, poignant, enlightening stories from former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell about growing up in Maine, his years in the Senate, working to bring peace to Northern Ireland and the Middle East, and what hes learned about the art of negotiation during every stage of his life.... |
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A Royal Experiment: The Private Life of King George III
Janice Hadlow · Henry Holt and Co.
Format: Hardcover |
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The Times Best Books of the Year * The Sunday Times Best Books of the Year The New Statesman Book of the Year selection by Lucy Hughes-Hallett BBC History Magazine Book of the Year selection by Helen Rappaport"A masterpiece . . . . [T]his heartbreaking narrative of family dysfunction... |
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Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man
Thomas Page McBee · City Lights Publishers
Format: Book |
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"Thomas Page McBee's Man Alive hurtled through my life. I read it in a matter of hours. It's a confession, it's a poem, it's a time warp, it's a brilliant work of art. I bow down to McBee - his humility, his sense of humor, his insightfulness, his structural deftness,... |
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Child Star: An Autobiography
Shirley Temple Black · Mcgraw-Hill; First Edition edition
Pages: 546
Format: Hardcover |
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With amazing clarity and total recall, Shirley Temple Black vividly describes her experiences as a child actress. Despite abuses by exploitive studio executives, her talent and perseverance could not be thwarted; before long she was making movies with the top stars of the day. And her memoirs... |
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18 Holes with Bing: Golf, Life, and Lessons from Dad
Nathaniel Crosby · Dey Street Books
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover |
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In this love letter to his father, former professional golfer Nathaniel Crosby shares memories of Bing Crosby on the golf course, and the lessons he taught him about the game and about life. With a Foreword by Jack Nicklaus."Bing Crosby was a great ambassador for our game, as well... |
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In the Skin of a Jihadist: A Young Journalist Enters the ISIS Recruitment Network
Anna Erelle · Harper Paperbacks
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback |
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A young French journalist's riveting and unprecedented look at how today's most ruthless terrorists use social media and technology to reach disaffected youth - witnessed through the undercover investigation that led to her deep involvement with a key member of ISIS.On Facebook,... |
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