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Joan of Arc: A History
Helen Castor · Harper; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the acclaimed She-Wolves, the complex, surprising, and engaging story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world - as never told before.Helen Castor tells afresh the gripping story of the peasant girl from Domremy who hears voices from God, leads the French... |
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Working
Robert A. Caro · Knopf
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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From the two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Power Broker and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: an unprecedented gathering of vivid, candid, deeply revealing recollections about his experiences researching and writing his acclaimed booksFor the first time in book form, Robert Caro... |
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Let Your Love Flow: The Life and Times of the Bellamy Brothers
David Bellamy · DarBella Publishing LLC
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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"THE INCREDIBLE STORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC'S GREATEST INTERNATIONAL AMBASSADORS" This book is about two Florida cowboys who journeyed from country poverty to worldwide musical stardom because they had the talent and because it never occurred to them they couldn't make it happen.... |
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Everything Is Possible: Finding the Faith and Courage to Follow Your Dreams
Jen Bricker · Baker Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Born without Legs, She Inspires Others to OvercomeJen Bricker was born without legs. Shocked and uncertain they could care for her, her biological parents gave her up for adoption. In her loving adoptive home, there was just one simple rule: "Never say 'can't.'" And pretty... |
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Life From Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness
Sasha Martin · National Geographic Soc
Pages: 352
Format: Book
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Witty, warm, and poignant, food blogger Sasha Martin's memoir about cooking her way to happiness and self-acceptance is a culinary journey like no other. Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook - and eat - a meal from every country in the world.... |
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Under the Wire: Marie Colvin's Final Assignment
Paul Conroy · Weinstein Books; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Zero Dark Thirty meets 127 Hours - a riveting war journal from photographer Paul Conroy, who accompanied Marie Colvin (called by her peers "the greatest war correspondent of her generation") during her ill-fated final assignment in Syria. |
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Our Auntie Rosa: The Family of Rosa Parks Remembers Her Life and Lessons
Sheila McCauley Keys · Tarcher
Format: Hardcover
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Our Auntie Rosa is the most intimate portrait yet of the great American hero - "the lady who refused to sit in the back of the bus." The family of Rosa Parks share their remembrances of the woman who was not only the mother of the civil rights movement, but a nurturing mother... |
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The Light Years: A Memoir
Chris Rush · Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The Light Years is a joyous and defiant coming-of-age memoir set during one of the most turbulent times in American historyChris Rush was born into a prosperous, fiercely Roman Catholic, New Jersey family. But underneath the gleaming mid-century house, the flawless hostess mom, and the thriving... |
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Miss D and Me: Life with the Invincible Bette Davis
Kathryn Sermak · Hachette Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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For ten years Kathryn Sermak was at Bette Davis's side--first as an employee, and then as her closest friend--and in Miss D and Me she tells the story of the great star's harrowing but inspiring final years, a story fans have been waiting decades to hear. Miss D and Me is a story of two powerful... |
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Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight
Jay Barbree · Thomas Dunne Books; First Edition ~1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Much has been written about Neil Armstrong, Americas modern hero, historys most famous space traveler, and the first man to walk on the moon. Yet shy of fame and never one to steal the spotlight Armstrong was always reluctant to discuss his personal side of events. Here for the first time... |
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Victoria: The Queen: An Intimate Biography of the Woman Who Ruled an Empire
Julia Baird · Random House
Pages: 696
Format: Print book
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This page-turning biography reveals the real woman behind the myth: a bold, glamorous, unbreakable queen - a Victoria for our times. Drawing on previously unpublished papers, this stunning new portrait is a story of love and heartbreak, of devotion and grief, of strength and resilience."Victoria... |
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American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith, and Renewal
Taya Kyle · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The widow of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle shares their private story: an unforgettable testament to the power of love and faith in the face of war and unimaginable loss--and a moving tribute to a man whose true heroism ran even deeper than the legendIn early 2013, Taya Kyle and her husband... |
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No Excuses: Growing Up Deaf and Achieving My Super Bowl Dreams
Marcus Brotherton · Gallery/Jeter Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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Trailblazing Seattle Seahawks fullback Derrick Coleman Jr. - the first deaf athlete to play offense in the NFL - tells his inspirational journey of persevering through every obstacle, remaining dedicated to the hard work and a no-excuses attitude that ultimately earned him a Super Bowl... |
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Beyond the Call: Three Women on the Front Lines in Afghanistan
EILEEN RIVERS · Da Capo Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A riveting account of three women who fought shoulder-to-shoulder with men in Afghanistan and worked with local women to restore their lives and village communitiesThey marched under the heat with 40-pound rucksacks on their backs. They fired M16s out of the windows of military vehicles,... |
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Born with Teeth: A Memoir
Kate Mulgrew · Little, Brown and Company,
Pages: 306
Format: Large Print Hardcover
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Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew "how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil," Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry and drama in her bones. But in her mother, a would-be artist burdened by the endless arrival of new babies, young Kate saw the consequences... |
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