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She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
Erica Armstrong Dunbar · 37 Ink
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history - Harriet Tubman - a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonates today.Harriet Tubman is best known as one of the most... |
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Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving
Mo Rocca · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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From beloved CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Mo Rocca, an entertaining and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him.Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries - reading about the remarkable lives of global leaders, Hollywood heavyweights,... |
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My Penguin Year: Life Among the Emperors
Lindsay McCrae · William Morrow
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A "remarkable memoir" (Nature) of life with an emperor penguin colony, gorgeously illustrated with 32 pages of exclusive photography For 337 days, award-winning wildlife cameraman Lindsay McCrae intimately followed 11,000 emperor penguins amid the singular beauty of Antarctica.... |
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Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law
JeffreyRosen · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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In her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, though an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center.Conversations with RBG is a remarkable and unique book, an informal portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg,... |
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Making a Life: Working by Hand and Discovering the Life You Are Meant to Live
Melanie Falick · Artisan
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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"Falick's treasury, sumptuously photographed, will appeal to anyone who admires the people dedicated to making the world around them more beautiful." - Publishers Weekly, starred reviewWhy do we make things by hand? And why do we make them beautiful? Led by the question of why working... |
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The Cartiers: The Untold Story of the Family Behind the Jewelry Empire
Cartier Brickell, Francesca · Ballantine Books
Pages: 688
Format: Hardcover
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The captivating story of the family behind Cartier, and the three brothers who turned their grandfather's humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon--as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives.The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry... |
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A Song for You: My Life with Whitney Houston
Robyn Crawford · Dutton
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times Bestseller!After decades of silence, Robyn Crawford, close friend, collaborator, and confidante of Whitney Houston, shares her story. Whitney Houston is as big a superstar as the music business has ever known. She exploded on the scene in 1985 with her debut album and spent... |
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There's No Crying in Newsrooms: What Women Have Learned about What It Takes to Lead
Gilger, Kristin Grady · Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 216
Format: Hardcover
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There's No Crying in Newsrooms tells the stories of remarkable women who broke through barrier after barrier at media organizations around the country over the past four decades. They started out as editorial assistants, fact checkers and news secretaries and ended up running multi-million-dollar... |
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When Reagan Sent In the Marines: The Invasion of Lebanon
Patrick J. Sloyan · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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"In this formidable narrative, the prize-winning and super honest reporter, Patrick Sloyan, adds the depth of a scholar's context to produce a gripping reminder of why we should never forget history. He makes readers feel like they were eye witnesses." -- Ralph NaderFrom... |
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