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The Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th-Century Journalism
MITCHELL STEPHENS · St. Martin's Press
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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The first and definitive biography of an audacious adventurer -- the most famous journalist of his time -- who more than anyone invented contemporary journalism.Tom Brokaw says: "Lowell Thomas so deserves this lively account of his legendary life. He was a man for all seasons."Few... |
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A Paris Year: My Day-to-Day Adventures in the Most Romantic City in the World
Janice MacLeod · St. Martin's Griffin
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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Part memoir and part visual journey through the streets of modern-day Paris, France, A Paris Year chronicles, day by day, one woman's French sojourn in the world's most beautiful city. Beginning on her first day in Paris, Janice MacLeod, the author of the best-selling book, Paris... |
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Go Slow: The Life of Julie London
Michael Owen · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
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It has been said that the records of singer and actress Julie London were purchased for their provocative, full-color cover photographs as frequently as they were for the music contained in their grooves. During the 1950s and '60s, her piercing blue eyes, strawberry blonde hair, and shapely... |
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Walking with the Muses: A Memoir
Pat Cleveland · 37 INK
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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An exciting account of the international adventures of fashion model Pat Cleveland - one of the first black supermodels during the wild sixties and seventies.New York in the sixties and seventies was glamorous and gritty at the same time, a place where people like Warhol, Avedon, and Halston... |
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On the Trail of Ebola: My Life as a Virus Hunter
Guido van der Groen · Lannoo Publishers
Pages: 285
Format: Paperback
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A fascinating story about the history of Ebola written by one of those who discovered itPopular science that reads like a thrillerIn the mid-seventies, Guido van der Groen and his colleagues at the Institute for Tropical Medicine in Antwerp discovered the deadly virus Ebola. Forty years... |
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The Drive: Searching for Lost Memories on the Pan-American Highway
Teresa Bruce · Seal Press
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
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The Drive follows Teresa Bruce on her 2003 road trip through Mexico and onto the Pan American Highway, in a rickety camper with her old dog and new husband in tow. Bruce first set off on the exact same route in 1973, her parents at the helm and their two young daughters in tow, as a reaction... |
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I'll Push You: A Journey of 500 Miles, Two Best Friends, and One Wheelchair
PATRICK GRAY · Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Pages: 312
Format: Paperback
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Two best friends, 500 miles, one wheelchair, and the challenge of a lifetime.Friendship takes on new meaning in this true story of Justin and Patrick, born less than two days apart in the same hospital. Best friends their whole lives, they grew up together, went to school together, and were... |
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Giving It All Away…and Getting It All Back Again: The Way of Living Generously
David Green · Zondervan
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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David Green believes that generosity and building a legacy based on giving can lead to getting back what you really want: a family that stays together, prays together, and shares life joyfully. Green tells the story of caring for the small things and starting Hobby Lobby in their garage.... |
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Murder in the City: New York, 1910-1920
Wilfried Kaute · ST MARTIN'S PRESS
Pages: 244
Format: Hardcover
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When night falls on New York, the shadows are everywhere and death wears many faces. How the victims leave their bodies is deeply personal, but the witnesses to their death and the factors that brought it about belong to the public world -- a somber world which is encapsulated in this gruesome... |
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