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Nagasaki: Life After Nuclear War
Susan Southard · Viking
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover |
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A 2015 Washington Post Notable Book of the Year"A poignant and complex picture of the second atomic bomb's enduring physical and psychological tolls. Eyewitness accounts are visceral and haunting. . . . But the book's biggest achievement is its treatment of the aftershocks... |
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Approval Junkie: Adventures in Caring Too Much
Faith Salie · Crown Archetype
Pages: 272
Format: Print book |
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From comedian and journalist Faith Salie, of NPR's Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me! and CBS News Sunday Morning, a collection of humorous essays chronicling the author's adventures during her lifelong quest for approval. Faith Salie has done it all in the name of validation. Whether it's... |
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The Nine of Us: Growing Up Kennedy
Jean Kennedy Smith · Harper
Pages: 262
Format: Print book |
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In this evocative and affectionate memoir, Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving child of Joe and Rose Kennedy, offers an intimate and illuminating look at a time long ago when she and her siblings, guided by their parents, laughed and learned a great deal under one roof.Prompted... |
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All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt
John Taliaferro · Simon & Schuster; 1st Edition, 1st Printing edition
Format: Hardcover |
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If Henry James or Edith Wharton had written a novel describing the accomplished and glamorous life and times of John Hay, it would have been thought implausible—a novelist’s fancy. Nevertheless, John Taliaferro’s brilliant biography captures the extraordinary life of Hay,... |
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Weekends with Daisy
Sharron Kahn Luttrell · Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover |
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“A heartwarming and utterly charming story about empathy, hope, and letting go. Weekends with Daisy shows us how loving a dog can make us all a little more human.” —Lisa Genova, NYT bestselling author of Still Alice and Love, Anthony “Moving… with candor that... |
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Lennyball: A Memoir of Life on the Edge
Lenny Dykstra · William Morrow
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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A TOP-TEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! AN INSTANT CLASSIC OF HUSSLE AND EXCESS ..."Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHIES I'VE EVER READ. It comes from the heart." - Stephen King"THIS BOOK IS GOING TO BLOW YOUR MIND! Obviously... |
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Coreyography: A Memoir
Corey Feldman · St. Martin's Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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Spares no details. —Starred Publishers Weekly Review An incredible read. —Richard Donner, Director People always ask me about life after childhood stardom. What would I say to parents of children in the industry? My only advice, honestly, is to get these kids out of Hollywood and let them... |
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Heimlich's Maneuvers: My Seventy Years of Lifesaving Innovation
Henry J. Heimlich · Prometheus Books
Pages: 253
Format: Paperback |
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Here, in his own words, is the story of one of the twentieth century's most creative medical innovators, Dr. Henry Heimlich. The thoracic surgeon is best known for having developed the Heimlich Maneuver, the world's easiest-to-learn and most universally known method to save people... |
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The Last Punisher: A SEAL Team THREE Sniper's True Account of the Battle of Ramadi
Kevin Lacz · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 320
Format: Print book |
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A gripping and intimate on-the-ground memoir from a Navy SEAL who was part of SEAL Team THREE with American Sniper Chris Kyle. Experience his deployment, from his first mission to his first kill to his eventual successful return to the United States to play himself in the Oscar-nominated... |
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Charlie One Five: A Marine Company's Vietnam War
Nicholas Warr · Texas Tech University Press; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The combat history of the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines--or “One Five” (1/5)--is long and illustrious, but there are many periods of their combat operations during the Vietnam War about which there is little in print. This history is drawn from many years of research, from the author’s... |
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The Unbreakable Child
Kim Michele Richardson · Kunati Inc.
Format: Hardcover |
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Grim yet ultimately inspiring, this harrowing biography catalogues years of institutional abuse that took place in the Saint ThomasSaint Vincent Orphan Asylum, a Catholic orphanage in Anchorage, Kentucky. After many years of neglect by their drug-addicted mother, Kim and her three older... |
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