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Out Of The Blue: The Story Of A Man Who Fought Back
Dror Aloni · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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Fall in love with the optimism of a dying man One clear day, at the age of ten, Dror learns that cancer had spread all over his body. For over two decades, he fights the persistent disease, using cancer as a path to personal and spiritual growth. With complete openness, rare wisdom and unprecedented... |
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The Broken Road: From the Iron Gates to Mount Athos
Patrick Leigh Fermor · Random House Inc
Pages: 362
Format: Hardcover
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In the winter of 1933, eighteen-year-old Patrick ("Paddy") Leigh Fermor set out on a walk across Europe, starting in Holland and ending in Constantinople, a trip that took him almost a year. Decades later, Leigh Fermor told the story of that life-changing journey in A Time of Gifts... |
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Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty
Vikram Chandra · Graywolf Press
Format: Book
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The nonfiction debut from the author of the international bestseller Sacred Games about the surprising overlap between writing and computer codingVikram Chandra has been a computer programmer for almost as long as he has been a novelist In this extraordinary new book his first work of nonfiction... |
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All Happy Families: A Memoir
JEANNE MCCULLOCH · Harper Wave
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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The Glass Castle meets The Nest in this stunning debut, an intimate family memoir that gracefully brings us behind the dappled beachfront vista of privilege, to reveal the inner lives of two wonderfully colorful, unforgettable families.On a mid-August weekend, two families assemble for a wedding... |
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Sidelined: Overcoming Odds through Unity, Passion, and Perseverance
Chuck Pagano · Zondervan
Format: Hardcover
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Chuck Pagano, head coach of the Indianapolis Colts, has become one of the most inspiring, intriguing personalities in the game of football. Only three games into his rookie season in 2012, Pagano was diagnosed with leukemia, sidelined by the side effects chemotherapy and months of recovery.... |
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Two Turns From Zero: Pushing to Higher Fitness Goals-Converting Them to Life Strength
Stacey Griffith · William Morrow
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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"The journey Stacey Griffith charts in Two Turns From Zero is both inspiring and instructional. Her book is action-oriented and wise beyond measure. It is full of engaging spirit and the true power of love and movement." - Deepak ChopraExpert motivator, a fitness virtuoso and a self-empowerment... |
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The Romanov Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra
Helen Rappaport · St Martins Pr
Pages: 492
Format: Print book
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A New York Times Bestseller for 12 weeks! "Helen Rappaport paints a compelling portrait of the doomed grand duchesses." -- People magazine"The public spoke of the sisters in a gentile, superficial manner, but Rappaport captures sections of letters and diary entries to showcase... |
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Will & I: A Memoir
Clay Byars · Farrar
Pages: 208
Format: Print book
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Clay Byars was recovering at home from a near-fatal car crash when he suffered a massive stroke. He was just eighteen years old. He awoke, back in the hospital, and was told he would be paralyzed from the eyes down for the rest of his life. Determined to defy the odds, Clay quickly and miraculously... |
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Food, Health and Happiness: 115 On-Point Recipes for Great Meals and a Better Life
Oprah Winfrey · Flatiron Books
Pages: 231
Format: Hardcover
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Oprah Winfrey will be the first to tell you, she has had a complicated relationship with food. It's been both a source of delight and comfort for her, but also the cause of an ongoing struggle with her weight. In Food, Health, and Happiness, Oprah shares the recipes that have allowed eating... |
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Good Grief: Life in a Tiny Vermont Village
Ellen Stimson · Countryman Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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An Endless Vacation Becomes a Way of Life! One vacation changed everything. Ellen Stimson and her husband had such a wonderful time in Vermont that they wondered what living there would really be like. “What if we stayed here . . . forever?” So began the series of adventures... |
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Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self
Alex Tizon · Houghton Mifflin
Pages: 261
Format: Hardcover
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An award-winning writer takes a groundbreaking look at the experience and psyche of the Asian American male. ?? Alex Tizon landed in an America that saw Asian women as sexy and Asian men as sexless. Immigrating from the Philippines as a young boy, everything he saw and heard taught him to be ashamed... |
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Billy Joel
Fred Schruers · Crown Archetype
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited, all-access biography of a music legendIn Billy Joel, acclaimed music journalist Fred Schruers draws upon more than one hundred hours of exclusive interviews with Joel to present an unprecedented look at the life, career, and legacy of the pint-sized kid from Long Island... |
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Updike
Adam Begley · HarperCollins Canada, Limited
Pages: 558
Format: Hardcover
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Updike is Adam Begley's masterful, much-anticipated biography of one of the most celebrated figures in American literature: Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Updike - a candid, intimate, and richly detailed look at his life and work.In this magisterial biography, Adam Begley offers... |
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Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
Alice Waters · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 306
Format: Hardcover
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The New York Times bestselling and critically acclaimed memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America's most influential restaurant. When Alice Waters opened the doors... |
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