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What Blest Genius?: The Jubilee That Made Shakespeare
Stott, Andrew McConnell · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable, ridiculous, rain-soaked story of Shakespeare's Jubilee: the event that established William Shakespeare as the greatest writer of all time.In September 1769, three thousand people descended on Stratford-upon-Avon to celebrate the artistic legacy of the town's most... |
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When I Was White: A Memoir
Valentine, Sarah · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The stunning and provocative coming-of-age memoir about Sarah Valentine's childhood as a white girl in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, and her discovery that her father was a black man. At the age of 27, Sarah Valentine discovered that she was not, in fact, the white girl she had always... |
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Broadway, Balanchine, and Beyond: A Memoir
Bettijane Sills · University Press of Florida
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback
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In this memoir of a roller-coaster career on the New York stage, former actor and dancer Bettijane Sills offers a highly personal look at the art and practice of George Balanchine, one of ballet's greatest choreographers, and the inner workings of his world-renowned company during its golden... |
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Gotti's Boys: The Mafia Crew That Killed for John Gotti
DeStefano, Anthony M. · Citadel
Pages: 356
Format: Hardcover
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Meet the men who murdered for the mob - and made John Gotti the most powerful and deadly crime boss in America . . . They called him the "Teflon Don." But in his short reign as the head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti wracked up a lifetime of charges from gambling, extortion,... |
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On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard
Jennifer Pastiloff · Center Point
Pages: 500
Format: Library Binding
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Centered around the touchstone stories Jen tells in her popular workshops, On Being Human is the story of how a starved person grew into the exuberant woman she was meant to be all along by battling the demons within and winning. |
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Searching for Stonewall Jackson: A Quest for Legacy in a Divided America
Cleary, Ben · Twelve
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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Historian Ben Cleary takes readers beyond the legend of Stonewall Jackson and directly onto the Civil War battlefields on which he fought, and where a country once again finds itself at a crossroads. Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson was the embodiment of Southern contradictions.... |
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Burn the Place: A Memoir
Regan, Iliana · Agate Midway
Pages: 250
Format: Hardcover
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A singular, powerfully expressive debut memoir that traces one chef's struggle to find her place and what happens once she does.Burn the Place is a galvanizing memoir that chronicles Iliana Regan's journey from foraging on the family farm to running her Michelin-starred restaurant,... |
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Forward: A Memoir
Abby Wambach · Dey Street Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Lucid and wrenching...Forward puts [Wambach's] achievement in context with painful and beautiful candor." - NPR"Forward is the powerful story of an athlete who has inspired girls all over the world to believe in themselves." - Sheryl... |
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Working with Winston: The Unsung Women Behind Britain's Greatest Statesman
Stelzer, Cita · Pegasus Books
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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An original and insightful look at Winston Churchill through the eyes of those who knew him best -- the women who worked with him throughout his life.All politicians adopt a public persona that they believe contributes to electoral success. Though they might reflect the character of the politician,... |
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The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip
Jeff Guinn · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of two American giants - Henry Ford and Thomas Edison - whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically. In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist... |
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