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First Women: The Grace and Power of America's First Ladies
Kate Andersen Brower · Harpercollins
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the groundbreaking backstairs look at the White House, The Residence, comes an intimate, news-making look at the true modern power brokers at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue: the First Ladies, from Jackie Kennedy to Michelle Obama.One of the most... |
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The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss
Anderson Cooper · Harper
Pages: 290
Format: Print book |
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A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their livesThough Anderson Cooper has always considered himself close to his mother, his intensely busy career as a journalist for CNN and CBS affords... |
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Becoming Grandma
Lesley Stahl · Penguin Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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From one of the country's most recognizable journalists: How becoming a grandmother transforms a woman's life. After four decades as a reporter, Lesley Stahl says the most vivid and transforming experience of her life was not covering the White House, interviewing heads of state, or any other... |
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Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Atul Gawande · Metropolitan Books
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover |
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In Being Mortal, bestselling author Atul Gawande tackles the hardest challenge of his profession: how medicine can not only improve life but also the process of its endingMedicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable.... |
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When breath becomes air
Paul Kalanithi · Random House
Pages: 228
Format: Print book |
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * For readers of Atul Gawande, Andrew Solomon, and Anne Lamott, a profoundly moving, exquisitely observed memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis who attempts to answer the question What makes a life worth living?At the age of thirty-six,... |
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Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 152
Format: Print book |
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER * NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST * NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review * The Washington Post * People * Entertainment Weekly * Vogue * Los Angeles Times * Chicago Tribune... |
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Lab Girl
Hope Jahren · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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An illuminating debut memoir of a woman in science; a moving portrait of a longtime friendship; and a stunningly fresh look at plants that will forever change how you see the natural world Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in which she's studied trees, flowers,... |
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The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time
Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington · Harmony
Pages: 400
Format: Print book |
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We are in the midst of a sleep deprivation crisis, writes Arianna Huffington, the co-founder and editor in chief of The Huffington Post. And this has profound consequences - on our health, our job performance, our relationships and our happiness. What is needed, she boldly asserts, is nothing... |
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Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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Lin-Manuel Miranda's groundbreaking musical Hamilton is as revolutionary as its subject, the poor kid from the Caribbean who fought the British, defended the Constitution, and helped to found the United States. Fusing hip-hop, pop, R&B, and the best traditions of theater, this once-a-generation... |
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The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur's Vision of the Future
Steve Case · Simon & Schuster, 2016.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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One of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs - a pioneer who made the Internet part of everyday life and orchestrated the largest merger in the history of business - shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology.Steve Case's career began when... |
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