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The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend
Glenn Frankel · Bloomsbury USA; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches. She was raised by the tribe and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery... |
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Raging Against Aging: kicking & screaming, laughing & crying, stretching & kvetching
College van Beroep voor het bedrijfsleven. · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback
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With a humorous outlook, Jacqueline Becker takes on aging and its effects on every aspect of her life. From family and personal health to dead friends and the question of an afterlife, no topic is off limits in this down-to-earth book. Author will donate 18% of her royalties to Memorial... |
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Something Wonderful: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution
Todd S. Purdum · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American CenturyThey stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound... |
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Grace Notes: My Recollections
Katey Sagal · Gallery Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book
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Gripping, singular, and gorgeously reflective, Grace Notes is a memoir told in essays by beloved actress, Hollywood veteran, and singer/songwriter Katey Sagal - perfect for fans of Mary Louise Parker's Dear Mr. You and Patti Smith's M Train.Popular and award-winning star Katey Sagal chronicles... |
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The Chess Player's Bible: Illustrated Strategies for Staying Ahead of the Game
James Eade · Barron's Educational Series
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover - Revised Ed.
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Master the ancient art of chess, the game of kings. Now, novice players can learn quickly and at a glance the key techniques and classic moves of the chess masters. This fully revised and updated edition includes basic and advanced tactics, combinations, sacrifices, pawn structures, and annotated... |
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Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine
Joe Hagan · Knopf
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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The first and only biography of Jann Wenner, the iconic founder of Rolling Stone magazine, and a romp through the hothouses of rock and roll, politics, media, and Hollywood, from the Summer of Love to the Internet age.Lennon. Dylan. Jagger. Belushi. Leibovitz. The story of Jann Wenner,... |
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So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know
Retta · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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In her hilarious book of essays, Parks and Recreation star Retta shares the stories that led to her success in Hollywood.In So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know, Parks and Recreation star Retta takes us on her not-so-meteoric rise from roaches to riches (well, rich enough that... |
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Players and Pawns: How Chess Builds Community and Culture
Gary Alan Fine · University Of Chicago Press
Format: Hardcover
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A chess match seems as solitary an endeavor as there is in sports: two minds, on their own, in fierce opposition. In contrast, Gary Alan Fine argues that chess is a social duet: two players in silent dialogue who always take each other into account in their play. Surrounding that one-on-one... |
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The Tunnel at the End of the Light: Essays on Movies and Politics
Jim Shepard · Tin House Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback
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The first book of nonfiction from one of our great fiction writers. A Publishers Weekly Best Essay Collection of FallGiven that most Americans proudly consider themselves non-political, where do our notions of collective responsibility come from? Which self-deceptions, when considering... |
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The Bassoon King: My Life in Art, Faith, and Idiocy
Rainn Wilson · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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Rainn Wilson's memoir about growing up geeky and finally finding his place in comedy, faith, and life. For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyone's favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Office fell in love with the character and grew to love... |
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Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure
AMY KAUFMAN · Dutton
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The first definitive, unauthorized, behind-the-scenes cultural history of the Bachelor franchise, America's favorite guilty pleasureFor fifteen years and thirty-five seasons, the Bachelor franchise has been a mainstay in American TV viewers' lives. Since it premiered in 2002, the show's... |
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She Wants It: Desire, Power, and Toppling the Patriarchy
Jill Soloway · Crown Archetype
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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From the creator of the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning series Transparent, a poignant memoir of personal transformation set against the profound cultural upheaval and shifting power dynamics that continue to shape our society.In She Wants It, Jill Soloway takes us on a patriarchy-toppling... |
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Bare Bones: I'm Not Lonely If You're Reading This Book
Bobby Bones · Dey Street Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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A touching, funny, heart-wrenching, and triumphant memoir from one of the biggest names in radio, the host of The Bobby Bones Show, one of the most listened-to drive time morning radio shows in the nation.Growing up poor in Mountain Pine, Arkansas, with a young, addicted mom, Bobby Estell... |
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