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LIFE The Day Kennedy Died: Fifty Years Later: LIFE Remembers the Man and the Moment
The Editors of LIFE · Life; Pck Har/Pa edition
Format: Hardcover
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Fifty years ago on November 22, 1963, in Dallas's Dealey Plaza, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated while traveling in a motorcade with his wife, Jacqueline. LIFE magazine, the weekly pictorial chronicle of events in America and throughout... |
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George Michael: Freedom: The Ultimate Tribute 1963 - 2016
David Nolan · Carlton Books
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover
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This lavishly illustrated volume pays tribute to George Michael, the brilliant songwriter who went from teen idol to activist. When George Michael's death was announced on Christmas Day in 2016, the world mourned the loss of a huge talent who left us far too soon. Blessed with a dramatic,... |
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Between Two Worlds: Lessons from the Other Side
Tyler Henry · Gallery Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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From Tyler Henry, a twenty-year-old clairvoyant and star of E!'s hit reality series Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry, comes Between Two Worlds, a memoir about his journey as a medium thus far."Dying doesn't mean having to say goodbye." Tyler Henry discovered his gift for communicating... |
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Appetites: A Cookbook
Anthony Bourdain · Ecco
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Anthony Bourdain is a man of many appetites. And for many years, first as a chef, later as a world-traveling chronicler of food and culture on his CNN series Parts Unknown, he has made a profession of understanding the appetites of others. These days, however, if he's cooking, it's for family... |
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Plutarch's Lives
Plutarch. · Modern Library
Pages: 1309
Format: Hardcover
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Offers biographies of Greek and Roman leaders and compares their personal qualities and accomplishments |
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The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography
Miriam Pawel · Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 548
Format: Book
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Cesar Chavez founded a labor union, launched a movement, and inspired a generation. He rose from migrant worker to national icon, becoming one of the great charismatic leaders of the 20th century. Two decades after his death, Chavez remains the most significant Latino leader in US history.... |
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Rise: How a House Built a Family
Cara Brookins · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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If you were inspired by Wild and Eat, Pray, Love, you'll love this extraordinary true story of a woman taking the greatest risk of her life in order to heal from the unthinkable. After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself.... |
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The Mistress of Paris: The 19th-Century Courtesan Who Built an Empire on a Secret
Catherine Hewitt · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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A fantastically readable biography of a nineteenth-century Parisian courtesan who harbored an incredible secretComtesse Valtesse de la Bigne was painted by Édouard Manet and inspired Émile Zola, who immortalized her in his scandalous novel Nana. Her rumored affairs with Napoleon III and the future... |
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Jackie's Girl: My Life with the Kennedy Family
Kathy Mckeon · Gallery Books
Pages: 309
Format: Hardcover
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An endearing coming-of-age memoir by a young woman who spent thirteen years as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant and occasional nanny - and the lessons about life and love she learned from the glamorous first lady.In 1964, Kathy McKeon was just nineteen years old and newly arrived from... |
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GI Brides: The Wartime Girls Who Crossed the Atlantic for Love
Duncan Barrett · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 361
Format: Paperback
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For readers enchanted by the bestsellers The Astronaut Wives Club, The Girls of Atomic City, and Summer at Tiffany's, an absorbing tale of romance and resilience - the true story of four British women who crossed the Atlantic for love, coming to America at the end of World War II to make... |
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