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Two and Two: McSorley's, My Dad, and Me
RAFE BARTHOLOMEW · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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A deeply stirring memoir of growing up in New York City's oldest Irish bar. McSorley's Old Ale House has been serving light and dark ale in New York City's East Village since 1854. Although a Supreme Court ruling forced them to allow women inside in the 1970s, many of the bar's... |
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Fay Wray and Robert Riskin: A Hollywood Memoir
Victoria Riskin · Pantheon
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover
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A Hollywood love story, a Hollywood memoir, a (dual) Hollywood biography--the woman who stole the heart of King Kong and the man, Robert Riskin, one of the greatest screenwriters of all time, an Academy Award winner, producer, and longtime collaborator with Frank Capra on eight pictures.... |
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The Big Heist: The Real Story of the Lufthansa Heist, the Mafia, and Murder
ANTHONY M DESTEFANO · Citadel
Pages: 266
Format: Hardcover
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"Terrific DeStefano. He finally gives us a fitting end to the murderous and fabled story of the 1978 Lufthansa heist." - Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguy and Casino
"A comprehensive account of the legendary 1978 heist . . . impressive."
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The Lie: A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out
William Dameron · Little A
Pages: 286
Format: Hardcover
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A candid memoir of denial, stolen identities, betrayal, faking it, and coming out.Do you know me?, the email began, sparking tremors of fear that turned into a full quake of panic when William Dameron discovered that his selfie had been stolen by strangers. On social networks and dating... |
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Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy
Eilene Zimmerman · Random House
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A journalist pieces together the mysteries surrounding her ex-husband's descent into drug addiction while trying to rebuild a life for her family, taking readers on an intimate journey into the world of white-collar drug abuse.
"A rare combination of journalistic rigor, personal... |
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First Thought: Conversations with Allen Ginsberg
Allen Ginsberg · Univ Of Minnesota Press
Pages: 264
Format: Paperback
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"The way to point to the existence of the universe is to see one thing directly and clearly and describe it. . . . If you see something as a symbol of something else, then you don't experience the object itself, but you're always referring it to something else in your mind.... |
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Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50
Agne?s Poirier · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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An incandescent group portrait of the midcentury artists and thinkers whose lives, loves, collaborations, and passions were forged against the wartime destruction and postwar rebirth of Paris
In this fascinating tour of a celebrated city during one of its most trying, significant,... |
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If You Love Me
Maureen Cavanagh · Henry Holt and Company
Format: Hardcover
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A mother's gripping memoir who suddenly finds herself on the front lines the opioid epidemic as her daughter battles substance abuse. |
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Blood: A Memoir
Allison Moorer · Da Capo Press
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
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The Grammy- and Academy Award- nominated singer-songwriter's haunting, lyrical memoir, sharing the story of an unthinkable act of violence and ultimate healing through art
Mobile, Alabama, 1986. A fourteen-year-old girl is awakened by the unmistakable sound of gunfire. On the front lawn,... |
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Mother Winter: A Memoir
Sophia Shalmiyev · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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"Vividly awesome and truly great." - Eileen Myles
"I love this gorgeous, gutting, unforgettable book." - Leni Zumas
"A rich tapestry of autobiography and meditations on feminism, motherhood, art, and culture, this book is as intellectually satisfying... |
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One Blade of Grass: Finding the Old Road of the Heart, a Zen Memoir
Henry Shukman · Counterpoint
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback
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"If you've ever wondered how a messed up kid like you or me might master the wisdom of Zen, One Blade of Grass is the adventure for you. It's great company -- and after reading it, you might recognize that you're further along than you imagined." -- David Hinton,... |
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Stranger in a Strange Land: Searching for Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem
George Prochnik · Other Press
Pages: 544
Format: Print book
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Prochnik creates a nonfiction Bildungsroman of one of the twentieth century's most important humanist thinkers, while also telling an intimate story of his own youth, marriage and spiritual quest in Jerusalem.
In Stranger in a Strange Land, Prochnik revisits the life and work... |
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Buddy Holly: Learning the Game
Spencer Leigh · McNidder & Grace
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback
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He was 22 years old when he died. Don McLean called that fatal day 'The Day the Music Died'. But, his music hasn't died, as he has left us a wonderful legacy. Spencer Leigh's new biography Buddy Holly: Learning the Game is the most definitive account of Buddy Holly and his career.... |
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