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Natural Disaster: I Cover Them. I am One.
Ginger Zee · Kingswell
Pages: 288 Format: Hardcover
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ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Zee pulls back the curtain on her life in Natural Disaster. Ginger grew up in small-town Michigan where she developed an obsession with weather as a young girl. Ginger opens up about her lifelong battle with crippling depression, her romances that range... |
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Undercover brother.
Eddie Huang · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 218 Format: Print book
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"Fresh Off the Boat was Huang's story of growing up in his wild family as a first-generation Chinese-American in the comically hostile world of suburban America; a rejection of the typical narrative of assimilation, it was a rallying cry for cultural integrity. But as he entered adulthood... |
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The Not Good Enough Mother
Sharon Lamb · Beacon Press
Pages: 200 Format: Hardcover
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A psychologist who evaluates the fitness of parents when their children have been removed from their custody finds herself reassessing her own mothering when her son falls victim to the opioid crisis.
Psychologist and expert witness Dr. Sharon Lamb evaluates parents, particularly... |
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Spider from Mars: My Life with Bowie
Woody Woodmansey · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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In January 2016, the unexpected death of David Bowie rocked the globe. For millions of people, he was an icon celebrated for his music, his film and theatrical roles, and his trendsetting influence on fashion and gender norms. But no one from her inner circle has told the story of how David... |
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Krazy: George Herriman, a Life in Black and White
Michael Tisserand · Harpercollins
Pages: 560 Format: Print book
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In the tradition of Schulz and Peanuts, an epic and revelatory biography of Krazy Kat creator George Herriman that explores the turbulent time and place from which he emerged - and the deep secret he explored through his art. The creator of the greatest comic strip in history finally... |
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Old In Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
Nell Irvin Painter · Counterpoint
Pages: 352 Format: Hardcover
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One of O: The Oprah Magazine's Top Books of Summer
"Old in Art School is a glorious achievement -- bighearted and critical, insightful and entertaining. This book is a cup of courage for everyone who wants to change their lives." -- Tayari Jones, author... |
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The Longest Kill: The Story of Maverick 41, One of the World's Greatest Snipers
Craig Harrison sniper · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 320 Format: Print book
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It takes a tough mindset to be a successful sniper, to be able to dig in for days on your own as you wait for your target, to stay calm on a battlefield when you yourself have become the target the enemy most want to take out. Craig Harrison has what it takes and in November 2009 in Afghanistan,... |
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Nobody's Son: A Memoir
Mark Slouka · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 288 Format: Print book
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"There comes a time in your life when the past decides to run you down," Mark Slouka writes in this heartbreaking and soul-searching memoir about one man's attempt to reckon with the past. Born in Czechoslovakia, Mark Slouka's parents survived the Nazis only to have to escape... |
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Reckless Daughter: A Portrait of Joni Mitchell
DAVID YAFFE · Sarah Crichton Books
Pages: 448 Format: Hardcover
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An intimate new biography of Joni Mitchell, one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth century Joni Mitchell is a cultural touchstone for generations of Americans. In her heyday she released ten experimental, challenging, and revealing albums; her lyrics captivated people with... |
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Murder in the Bayou : who killed the women known as the Jeff Davis 8
Ethan Brown · Scribner
Pages: 245
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Between 2005 and 2009, the bodies of eight women were discovered around the town of Jennings, in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. They had all engaged in sex work as a means of survival, and they came to be called the Jeff Davis 8. The investigations into their deaths, originally searching... |
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This Is Me: Loving the Person You Are Today
CHRISSY METZ · Dey Street Books
Pages: 256 Format: Hardcover
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A prescriptive and inspirational book of life lessons from the Emmy Award-nominee and breakout star of television's #1 hit show, NBC's This Is Us. Debuting in fall 2016, This Is Us quickly became America's most watched - and most talked about - network television show. Within weeks... |
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Becoming
Michelle Obama · Crown Publishing Group
Pages: 448 Format: Hardcover
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An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * OPRAH'S BOOK CLUB PICK * NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER
In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most... |
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