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Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . and you too!
Chelsea Handler · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 256
Format: Book
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The funny, sad, super-honest, all-true story of Chelsea Handler's year of self-discovery - featuring a nerdily brilliant psychiatrist, a shaman, four Chow Chows, some well-placed security cameras, various family members (living and departed) , friends, assistants, and a lot of edibles
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LeBron, Inc.: The Making of a Billion-Dollar Athlete
Brian Windhorst · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Book
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Return of the King comes the story of LeBron James's incredible transformation from basketball star to sports and business mogul.
With eight straight trips to the NBA Finals, LeBron James has proven himself one of the greatest... |
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Nanaville: Adventures in Grandparenting
Anna Quindlen · Random House
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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A bighearted book of wisdom, wit, and insight, celebrating the love and joy of being a grandmother, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and #1 New York Times bestselling author
It's a little challenging to suss out why exactly it can be so magical. . . . All I know... |
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
Hallie Rubenhold · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Five devastating human stories and a dark and moving portrait of Victorian London - the untold lives of the women killed by Jack the Ripper.
Polly, Annie, Elizabeth, Catherine and Mary-Jane are famous for the same thing, though they never met. They came from Fleet Street, Knightsbridge,... |
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Defying Hitler: The Germans Who Resisted Nazi Rule
Gordon Thomas · Dutton Caliber
Pages: 560
Format: Hardcover
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An enthralling work of popular history that vividly resurrects the web of everyday Germans who resisted Nazi rule
Nazi Germany is remembered as a nation of willing fanatics. But beneath the surface, countless ordinary, everyday Germans actively resisted Hitler. Some passed industrial... |
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K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches
Tyler Kepner · Doubleday
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today
The... |
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Notes from a Young Black Chef: A Memoir
Kwame Onwuachi · Knopf
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A groundbreaking memoir about the intersection of race, fame, and food, from the Top Chef star and Forbes and Zagat 30 Under 30 honoree
By the time he was twenty-seven, Kwame Onwuachi had competed on Top Chef, cooked at the White House, and opened and closed... |
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Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
Oliver Sacks · Knopf
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From the best-selling author of Gratitude and On the Move, a final volume of essays that showcase Sacks's broad range of interests--from his passion for ferns, swimming, and horsetails, to his final case histories exploring schizophrenia, dementia, and Alzheimer's.
Oliver... |
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The Honey Bus: A Memoir of Loss, Courage and a Girl Saved by Bees
Meredith May · Park Row
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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An extraordinary story of a girl, her grandfather and one of nature's most mysterious and beguiling creatures: the honeybee.
Meredith May recalls the first time a honeybee crawled on her arm. She was five years old, her parents had recently split and suddenly she found herself in the care... |
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The Heartland: An American History
Kristin L. Hoganson · Penguin Press
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover
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A history of a quintessentially American place - the rural and small town heartland -- that uncovers deep yet hidden currents of connection with the world.
When Kristin L. Hoganson arrived in Champaign, Illinois, after teaching at Harvard, studying at Yale, and living in the D.C.... |
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The Lost Gutenberg: The Astounding Story of One Book's Five-Hundred-Year Odyssey
Margaret Leslie Davis · TarcherPerigee
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The never-before-told story of one extremely rare copy of the Gutenberg Bible, and its impact on the lives of the fanatical few who were lucky enough to own it.
For rare-book collectors, an original copy of the Gutenberg Bible--of which there are fewer than 50 in existence--represents... |
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American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race
Douglas Brinkley · Harper
Pages: 576
Format: Hardcover
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As the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy's inspiring challenge, and America's race to the moon.
"We choose... |
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
Lori Gottlieb · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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From a New York Times best-selling author, psychotherapist, and national advice columnist, a hilarious, thought-provoking, and surprising new book that takes us behind the scenes of a therapist's world - where her patients are looking for answers (and so is she) .
One day,... |
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Gray Day: My Undercover Mission to Expose America's First Cyber Spy
Eric O'Neill · Crown
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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A cybersecurity expert and former FBI "ghost" tells the thrilling story of how he helped take down notorious FBI mole Robert Hanssen, the first Russian cyber spy.
Eric O'Neill was only twenty-six when he was tapped for the case of a lifetime: a one-on-one undercover investigation... |
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