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My Twenty-Five Years in Provence: Reflections on Then and Now
PETER MAYLE · Knopf
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
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The beloved author Peter Mayle, champion of all things Provence, here in a final volume of all new writing, offers vivid recollections from his twenty-five years in the South of France--lessons learned, culinary delights enjoyed, and changes observed.
Twenty-five years ago, Peter... |
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Outpost: A Diplomat at Work
Christopher R Hill · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 431
Format: Print book
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A "candid, behind-the-scenes" (The Dallas Morning News) memoir from one of our most distinguished ambassadors who - in his career of service to the country - was sent to some of the most dangerous outposts of American diplomacy.Christopher Hill was on the front lines in the Balkans... |
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Mandela: My Prisoner, My Friend
Christo Brand · Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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Nelson Mandela as he has never been seen before His lifes sacrificesrecounted in vivid detailbytheprison guard with whom hebecame lifelong friends Raised in a multi-ethnic farming community Afrikaner Christo Brand was confused and saddened whenhe first confronted the realities of South... |
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Remembering Emmett Till
Dave Tell · University of Chicago Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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Take a drive through the Mississippi Delta today and you'll find a landscape dotted with memorials to major figures and events from the civil rights movement. Perhaps the most chilling are those devoted to the murder of Emmett Till, a tragedy of hate and injustice that became a beacon in the fight... |
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The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
John Le Carr · Viking
Pages: 310
Format: Print book
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"Recounted with the storytelling élan of a master raconteur - by turns dramatic and funny, charming, tart and melancholy." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
The New York Times bestselling memoir from John le Carré, the legendary author of Tinker,... |
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No Room for Small Dreams: The Decisions That Made Israel Great
Shimon Peres · Custom House
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
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In 1934, eleven-year-old Shimon Peres emigrated to the land of Israel from his native Poland, leaving behind an extended family who would later be murdered in the Holocaust. Few back then would have predicted that this young man would eventually become one of the towering figures of the twentieth... |
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Queen of the World: Elizabeth II: Sovereign and Stateswoman
Robert Hardman · Pegasus Books
Pages: 24
Format: Hardcover
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Written by renowned royal biographer, Robert Hardman, and with privileged access to the Royal Family and the Royal Household, this is a brilliant new portrait of the most famous woman in the world and her place in it. On today's world stage, there is one leader who stands apart... |
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Beer Money: A Memoir of Privilege and Loss
Frances Stroh · Harpercollins
Pages: 336
Format: Print book
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In the tradition of Rich Cohen's Sweet and Low and Sean Wilsey's Oh the Glory of it All, a memoir of a city, an industry, and a dynasty in decline, and the story of a young artist's struggle to find her way out of the ruins.Frances Stroh's earliest memories are ones of great... |
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Every Little Step: My Story
Bobby Brown · Dey St.
Pages: 326
Format: Print book
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In Every Little Step, Brown will for the first time tell the full story of his life and set the record straight, particularly about his relationship with Whitney Houston. Bobby Brown has been one of the most compelling American artists of the past... |
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Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America
Jonathan Darman · Random House; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In politics, the man who takes the highest spot after a landslide is not standing on solid ground. In this riveting work of narrative nonfiction, Jonathan Darman tells the story of two giants of American politics, Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan, and shows how, from 1963 to 1966, these... |
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Mighty Justice: My Life in Civil Rights
Dovey Johnson Roundtree · Algonquin Books
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
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"Dovey Johnson Roundtree set a new path for women and proved that the vision and perseverance of a single individual can turn the tides of history."
- Michelle Obama
In Mighty Justice, trailblazing African American civil rights attorney Dovey Johnson Roundtree... |
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Girl on a Wire: Walking the Line Between Faith and Freedom in the Westboro Baptist Church
Libby Phelps · Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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It wasn't until Libby Phelps was an adult, a twenty-five year old, that she escaped the Westboro Baptist Church. She is the granddaughter of its founder, Fred Phelps, and when she left, the church and its values were all she'd known. She didn't tell her family she was leaving. It happened... |
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