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Not Dead Yet
Phil Collins · Crown Archetype
Pages: 384
Format: Print book
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Phil Collins pulls no punches - about himself, his life, or the ecstasy and heartbreak that's inspired his music. In his much-awaited memoir, Not Dead Yet, he tells the story of his epic career, with an auspicious debut at age 11 in a crowd shot from the Beatles' legendary film A Hard Day's... |
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Miss Jessie's: Creating a Successful Business from Scratch---Naturally
Miko Branch · Amistad
Format: Hardcover
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Miss Jessie's is a memoir and business guide rich with inspirational life lessons and unique business advice from Miko Branch, the Chief Executive Officer of the dynamic Miss Jessie's - the company that revolutionized the hair care industry.When Miko and her sister, Titi, were... |
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Manson: The Life and Times of Charles Manson
Jeff Guinn · Simon & Schuster; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The most authoritative account ever written of how an ordinary juvenile delinquent named Charles Manson became the notorious murderer whose crimes still shock and horrify us today. More than forty years ago Charles Manson and his mostly female commune killed nine people, among them the pregnant... |
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To Siri With Love: A Mother, her Autistic Son, and the Kindness of Machines
Judith Newman · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 228
Format: Hardcover
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From the author of the viral New York Times piece ''To Siri with Love'' comes a collection of touching and hilarious stories about a 13-year-old autistic boy and his intimate relationship with Apple's automated personal assistant, Siri.When Judith Newman shared the story of how Apple's... |
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John Quincy Adams: American Visionary
Fred Kaplan · Harpercollins
Pages: 652
Format: Hardcover
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Fred Kaplan, the acclaimed, award-winning author of Lincoln, returns with John Quincy Adams, an illuminating biography of one of the most overlooked presidents in American history - a leader of sweeping perspective whose progressive values helped shape the course of the nation.In this fresh... |
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Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life
Louis Zamperini · Harpercollins
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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American hero Louis Zamperini shares his wisdom, values, lessons, secrets, and other insights gleaned from his remarkable experiences in this powerful and inspiring book.Louis Zamperini's struggle to survive the unimaginable - brought to life in his autobiography Devil at My Heels and in Laura... |
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This is not my beautiful life : a memoir
Victoria Fedden · Picador
Pages: 321
Format: Print book
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This Is Not My Beautiful Life is the story of how Victoria lost her parents to prison and nearly lost her mind. No one ever said motherhood would be easy, but as she struggles to change diapers, install car seats, and find the right drop-off line at pre-school--no easy task--when each one is named... |
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A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety
Jimmy Carter · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Jimmy Carter, thirty-ninth President, Nobel Peace Prize winner, international humanitarian, fisherman, reflects on his full and happy life with pride, humor, and a few second thoughts. At ninety, Carter reflects on his public and private life with a frankness that is disarming. He adds... |
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A Slave in the White House: Paul Jennings and the Madisons
Elizabeth Dowling Taylor · Palgrave Macmillan Trade; First Edition first Printing edition
Format: Hardcover
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Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later becoming part of the Madison household staff at the White House. Once finally emancipated by Senator Daniel Webster later in life, he would give an aged and impoverished Dolley Madison,... |
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Journals: 1952-2000
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. · Penguin Press HC, The; First Edition edition
Pages: 928
Format: Hardcover
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A landmark event in the history of American letters: the publication of Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.'s extraordinary, revelatory, never-before-seen journals. For more than a half century, Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., has been at the vital center of American political and cultural life. From... |
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Shallow Grave: The Unsolved Crime That Shook The Midwest
Gavin Schmitt · Barricade Books
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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An upright citizen kidnapped in public and dumped in a shallow grave. A police chief's wife arrested for murder. A mobster kidnapped and threatened by the FBI. And an ongoing corruption probe looking at everyone from the lowest bookie all the way up to judges and prosecutors. What is going... |
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The Search for Anne Perry: The Hidden Life of a Bestselling Crime Writer
Joanne Drayton · Arcade Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In 1994, director Peter Jackson released the movie Heavenly Creatures, based on a famous 1950s matricide committed in New Zealand by two teenage girls embroiled in an obsessive relationship. The movie launched Jackson’s international career. It also forever changed the life of Anne... |
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Feel Free: Essays
Zadie Smith · Penguin Press
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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From Zadie Smith, one of the most beloved authors of her generation, a new collection of essays Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has established herself not just as one of the world's preeminent fiction writers, but also a brilliant... |
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Deep Thoughts From a Hollywood Blonde
Jennie Garth · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 256
Format: Book
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For the first time ever, Jennie Garth is putting it all out there, sharing her joys and her sorrows, her successes and her failures, with candor and a surprising, even bawdy, sense of humor. From her sudden rise to fame as a golden-haired teen beauty, to recently redefining herself as a single... |
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