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Bloody Lies: A CSI Scandal in the Heartland
John Ferak · Black Squirrel Books
Pages: 243
Format: Paperback
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The remote farming community of Murdock, Nebraska, seemed to be the least likely setting for one of the heartland's most ruthless and bloody double murders in decades. In fact, the little town had gone more than a century without a single homicide. But on the night of Easter 2006, Wayne... |
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The Fortress: A Love Story
Danielle Trussoni · Dey Street Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book
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The critically acclaimed, bestselling author of Falling Through the Earth and Angelology returns with this much-anticipated memoir of love and transformation in France. The Fortress is Peter Mayle meets Eat, Pray, Love, a gorgeously written account of one woman's journey to the other side... |
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Queen of Thieves: The True Story of "Marm" Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York
J. North Conway · Skyhorse Pub Co Inc
Pages: 240
Format: Book
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Queen of Thieves is the gritty, fast-paced story of Fredericka "Marm" Mandelbaum, a poor Jewish woman who rose to the top of her profession in organized crime during the Gilded Age in New York City. During her more than twenty-five-year reign as the country's top receiver... |
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Ted and I: A Brother's Memoir
Gerald Hughes · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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Anecdotal and immensely charming, Ted and I is a unique portrait of a shared childhood between Gerald Hughes and his younger brother Ted, one of the finest and best-loved poets of modern times. Teds love for Gerald was probably one of the most enduring and sustaining forces in his life.... |
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Say It Out Loud: Revealing and Healing the Scars of Sexual Abuse
Roberta Dolan · She Writes Press; New edition
Format: Print book
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Breaking the silence about sexual abuse is vital -- but it's only the first step. What happens next? For most survivors, the wounds left by such abuse are often left to fester, slowly destroying their lives. Say It Out Loud -- a unique blend of memoir and how-to -- exposes the emotional... |
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Hemingway at Eighteen: The Pivotal Year That Launched an American Legend
Steve Paul · Chicago Review Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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In the summer of 1917, Ernest Hemingway was an eighteen-year-old high school graduate unsure of his future. The American entry into the Great War stirred thoughts of joining the army. While many of his friends in Oak Park, Illinois, were heading to college, Hemingway couldn't make up his mind... |
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Dead of Night
Gary C. King · Pinnacle; Reprint edition
Format: Book
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Details of the abduction and murder of a Santa Barbara City College student, Brianna Denison home on winter break in Reno, Nevada by serial rapist, James Biela. |
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The Dogs are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan
Graeme Smith · Counterpoint
Pages: 298
Format: Print book
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With a new foreword by the author, The Dogs are Eating Them Now is a highly personal narrative of our war in Afghanistan and how it went dangerously wrong. Written by a respected and fearless former foreign correspondent who has won multiple awards for his journalism (including an Emmy... |
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West Point '41: The Class That Went to War and Shaped America
Anne Kazel-Wilcox · ForeEdge; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Bataan. North Africa. Sicily. Omaha Beach. The Ardennes. West Point 41: The Class That Went to War and Shaped America is an uplifting story of ordinary young men in extraordinary times, in extraordinary places, who graduated directly into the teeth of battle and displayed unwavering leadership,... |
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Accustomed to Her Face: Thirty-Five Character Actresses of Golden Age Hollywood
Axel Nissen · McFarland & Company
Pages: 288
Format: Print book
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Drawing on historical documents and newspaper reports, this book provides a fascinating portrait of a diverse group of character actresses who left their stamp on Hollywood from the early sound era through the 1960s. The lives of 35 actresses are explored in detail. Some are familiar: Margaret... |
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Charlemagne
Johannes Fried · Harvard University Press
Pages: 688
Format: Print book
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When Charlemagne died in 814 CE, he left behind a dominion and a legacy unlike anything seen in Western Europe since the fall of Rome. Distinguished historian and author of The Middle Ages Johannes Fried presents a new biographical study of the legendary Frankish king and emperor, illuminating... |
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