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Travelling to Infinity: The True Story Behind The Theory of Everything
Jane Hawking · Alma Books
Pages: 487
Format: Print book
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Professor Stephen Hawking is one of the most famous and remarkable scientists of our age and the author of the scientific bestseller A Brief History of Time, which has sold more than 25 million copies. In this compelling memoir, his first wife, Jane Hawking, relates the inside story... |
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Agnostic: A Spirited Manifesto
Lesley Hazleton · Riverhead Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book
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A widely admired writer on religion celebrates agnosticism as the most vibrant, engaging - and ultimately the most honest - stance toward the mysteries of existence. One in four Americans reject any affiliation with organized religion, and nearly half of those under thirty describe themselves... |
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America's Reluctant Prince: The Life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
Steven M. Gillon · Dutton
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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A major new biography of John F. Kennedy Jr. from a leading historian who was also a close friend, America's Reluctant Prince is a deeply researched, personal, surprising, and revealing portrait of the Kennedy heir the world lost too soon.
Through the lens of their decades-long... |
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A Torch Kept Lit: Great Lives of the Twentieth Century
William F Jr Buckley · Crown
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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A unique collection of eulogies of the twentieth century's greatest figures, written by conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and compiled by National Review and Fox News White House correspondent James Rosen
In a half-century on the national stage, William F. Buckley... |
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Small Fry
LISA BRENNAN-JOBS · Grove Press
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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A frank, smart and captivating memoir by the daughter of Apple founder Steve Jobs.
Born on a farm and named in a field by her parents -- artist Chrisann Brennan and Steve Jobs -- Lisa Brennan-Jobs's childhood unfolded in a rapidly changing Silicon Valley. When she was young, Lisa's... |
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The Trial of Lizzie Borden
Cara Robertson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover
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The remarkable new account of an essential piece of American mythology - the trial of Lizzie Borden - based on twenty years of research and recently unearthed evidence.
The Trial of Lizzie Borden tells the true story of one of the most sensational murder trials in American... |
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Out of the Woods: A Memoir of Wayfinding
Lynn Darling · HarperTorch
Pages: 270
Format: Hardcover
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Combining the soul-baring insight of Wild, the profound wisdom of Shop Class as Soulcraft, and the adventurous spirit of Eat, Pray, Love: Lynn Darling's powerful, lyrical memoir of self-discovery, full of warmth and wry humor, Out of the Woods.When her college-bound daughter leaves... |
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Young Money: Inside the Hidden World of Wall Street's Post-Crash Recruits
Kevin Roose · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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Becoming a young Wall Street banker is like pledging the world's most lucrative and soul-crushing fraternity. Every year, thousands of eager college graduates are hired by the world's financial giants, where they're taught the secrets of making obscene amounts of money-- as well... |
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The Jew Who Defeated Hitler: Henry Morgenthau Jr., FDR, and How We Won the War
Peter Moreira · Prometheus Books
Format: Hardcover
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt coined the slogan “The Arsenal of Democracy” to describe American might during the grim years of World War II. The man who financed that arsenal was his Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau Jr. This is the first book to focus on the wartime... |
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Lara: The Untold Love Story and the Inspiration for Doctor Zhivago
Anna Pasternak · Ecco
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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The heartbreaking story of the love affair between Boris Pasternak, the author of Doctor Zhivago, and Olga Ivinskaya - the true tragedy behind the timeless classic When Stalin came into power in 1924, the Communist government began persecuting dissident writers. Though Stalin spared... |
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Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dreams & Rumors
Zoî Howe · The Overlook Press
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The New biography of "the Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll" (Rolling Stone) Lyrical visionary, enduring style icon, and one indispensable fifth of post-Peter Green megaband Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks is one of the most recognizable figures in rock 'n' roll history -- very... |
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Dangerous Ground: My Friendship with a Serial Killer
M WILLIAM PHELPS · Kensington
Pages: 353
Format: Hardcover
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"Anyone can become a killer under the right circumstances - even you."
For the first time, award-winning investigative journalist M. William Phelps reveals the identity of "Raven," the serial killer who co-starred with him on Dark Minds... |
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