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The Vagabonds: The Story of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's Ten-Year Road Trip
Jeff Guinn · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The fascinating story of two American giants - Henry Ford and Thomas Edison - whose annual summer sojourns introduced the road trip to our culture and made the automobile an essential part of modern life, even as their own relationship altered dramatically. In 1914 Henry Ford and naturalist... |
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American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
Maureen Callahan · Viking
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A gripping tour de force of investigative journalism that takes us deep into the investigation behind one of the most frightening and enigmatic serial killers in modern American history, and into the ranks of a singular American police force: the Anchorage PDMost of us have never heard... |
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What Set Me Free
Brian Banks · Atria Books
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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Brian Banks, the major motion picture starring Aldis Hodge, Greg Kinnear, and Sherri Shepherd, winner of the audience award at the 2018 LA Film Festival, opens nationwide in 2019! Discover the unforgettable and inspiring true story of Brian Banks - a young man who was wrongfully convicted... |
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Out of the Silence: After the Crash
Eduardo Strauch · Amazon Crossing
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
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A personal story of survival, hope, and spiritual awakening in the face of unspeakable tragedy.It's the unfathomable modern legend that has become a testament to the resilience of the human spirit: the 1972 Andes plane crash and the Uruguayan rugby teammates who suffered seventy-two days... |
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Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II
Svetlana Alexievich · Random House
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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From the Nobel Prize-winning author comes an oral history of children's experiences in WWII across Europe and Russia, in the celebrated tradition of her masterpiece, The Unwomanly Face of War.Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Last Witnesses is Svetlana Alexievich's... |
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir
Daniel R. Day · Random House
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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"Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn't just about fashion. It's about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hustle, love, and a singular determination to live our dreams out loud." - Ava Duvernay, director of Selma, 13th,... |
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Hitler's Secret Army: A Hidden History of Spies, Saboteurs, and Traitors
Tim Tate · Pegasus Books
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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This dramatic exposé of Allied subterfuge and betrayal uncovers the treachery of undercover fascists and American Nazi spy rings during the height of World War II. Between 1939 and 1945, more than seventy Allied men and women were convicted -- mostly in secret trials -- of working to help... |
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George Marshall: Defender of the Republic
David L. Roll · Dutton Caliber
Pages: 704
Format: Hardcover
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The extraordinary career of George Catlett Marshall - America's most distinguished soldier-statesman since George Washington - whose selfless leadership and moral character influenced the course of two world wars and helped define the American century. Winston Churchill called him World... |
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Hawking
Jim Ottaviani · First Second
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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Following their New York Times-bestselling graphic novel Feynman, Jim Ottaviani and Leland Myrick deliver a gripping biography of Stephen Hawking, one of the most important scientists of our time.From his early days at the St Albans School and Oxford, Stephen Hawking's brilliance and good... |
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Woodstock: 50 Years of Peace and Music
Daniel Bukszpan · Imagine
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Giftable 50th anniversary commemorative with never-before-seen images and original interviews. Hear from performers and attendees in their own voices! Featuring Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and The Grateful Dead, as well as unsung audience members and folks behind the scenes. This compendium... |
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If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years
Christopher Benfey · Penguin Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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A captivating new exploration of Rudyard Kipling's life in Gilded Age America, and the essential work he did here, from a celebrated author and scholar of American literatureRudyard Kipling once towered over not just English literature, but indeed the entire literary world. In 1907, at just... |
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Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler's Journey Home
Matthew Kepnes · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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Part travel memoir and part philosophical look at why we travel, filled with stories of Matt Kepnes' adventures abroad, an exploration of wanderlust and what it truly means to be a nomad. "Matt is possibly the most well-traveled person I know...His knowledge and passion for understanding... |
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The Seventies: A Photographic Journey
Ira M. Resnick · Abbeville Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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Unseen images of the personalities who defined a decade The seventies in America were a time of social and cultural ferment, and Ira Resnick was there with his camera to capture it all. Now he is opening his archives to reveal hundreds of rare celebrity photos -- many never seen since their... |
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America's Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Steven M. Gillon · Dutton
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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A major new biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. from a leading historian who was also a close friend, America's Reluctant Prince is a deeply researched, personal, surprising, and revealing portrait of the Kennedy heir the world lost too soon. Through the lens of their decades-long friendship... |
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When the Crowd Didn't Roar: How Baseball's Strangest Game Ever Gave a Broken City Hope
Kevin Cowherd · University of Nebraska Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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The date is April 29, 2015. Baltimore is reeling from the devastating riots sparked by the death in police custody of twenty-five-year-old African American Freddie Gray. Set against this grim backdrop, less than thirty-six hours after the worst rioting Baltimore has seen since the assassination... |
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