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The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny
Daisy Dunn · Liveright
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world." -- Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge,... |
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City of Light, City of Poison: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris
Holly Tucker · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
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"A fierce tale of conspiracy and retribution ... Thanks to Tucker's sympathetic necromancy and her luscious resurrection of everyday detail, even in gilded palaces the human psyche seems familiarly deceitful and self-justifying." -- Michael Sims, author of The Story of Charlotte's... |
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Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir
Jayson Greene · Knopf
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"A gripping and beautiful book about the power of love in the face of unimaginable loss."
--Cheryl Strayed
For readers of The Bright Hour and When Breath Becomes Air, a moving, transcendent memoir of loss and a stunning exploration of marriage in the wake... |
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Robin
Dave Itzkoff · Henry Holt and Co.
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
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From New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff, the definitive biography of Robin Williams - a compelling portrait of one of America's most beloved and misunderstood entertainers.
From his rapid-fire stand-up comedy riffs to his breakout role in Mork & Mindy... |
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Leonardo da Vinci
Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 624
Format: Hardcover
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"Majestic...Isaacson takes on another complex, giant figure and transforms him into someone we can recognize...Enthralling, masterful, and passionate." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"A monumental tribute to a titanic figure." - Publishers Weekly... |
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Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer
Arthur Lubow · Ecco Press
Pages: 752
Format: Print book
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The definitive biography of the beguiling Diane Arbus, one of the most influential and important photographers of the twentieth century, a brilliant and absorbing exposition that links the extraordinary arc of her life to her iconic photographs Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer... |
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All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson
Mark Griffin · Harper
Pages: 496
Format: Hardcover
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The definitive biography of the deeply complex and widely misunderstood matinee idol of Hollywood's Golden Age. Devastatingly handsome, broad-shouldered and clean-cut, Rock Hudson was the ultimate movie star. The embodiment of romantic masculinity in American film throughout the '50s... |
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The News Sorority: Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christiane Amanpour-and the
Sheila Weller · Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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"Weller rivetingly recounts these gutsy ladies' time on the front lines... an inspiration for future generations of journalists." --Vanity FairFor decades, women battered the walls of the male fortress of television journalism. After fierce struggles, three women - Diane Sawyer,... |
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The World Remade: America in World War I
G J Meyer · Bantam
Pages: 688
Format: Print book
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A bracing, indispensable account of America's epoch-defining involvement in the Great War, rich with fresh insights into the key issues, events, and personalities of the period
After years of bitter debate, the United States declared war on Imperial Germany on April 6, 1917, plunging... |
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A Very Principled Boy: The Life of Duncan Lee, Red Spy and Cold Warrior
Mark A Bradley · Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
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Duncan Chaplin Lee was a Rhodes Scholar, patriot, and descendent of one of America's most distinguished families - and possibly the best-placed mole ever to infiltrate U.S. intelligence operations. In A Very Principled Boy intelligence expert and former CIA officer Mark A. Bradley traces... |
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Small Animals: Parenthood in the Age of Fear
KIM BROOKS · Flatiron Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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"Part memoir, part history, part documentary, part impassioned manifesto...it might be the most important book about being a parent that you will ever read." -- Emily Rapp Black, New York Times bestselling author of The Still Point of the Turning World "A... |
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Tibetan Peach Pie: A True Account of an Imaginative Life
Tom Robbins · HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 362
Format: Print book
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Internationally bestselling novelist and American icon Tom Robbins delivers the long awaited tale of his wild life and times, both at home and around the globe.Tom Robbins' warm, wise, and wonderfully weird novels - including Still Life With Woodpecker, Jitterbug Perfume, and Fierce... |
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In the Days of Rain: A Daughter, a Father, a Cult
REBECCA STOTT · Spiegel & Grau
Pages: 310
Format: Hardcover
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A father-daughter story that tells of the author's experience growing up in a fundamentalist, separatist Christian cult, from the author of the national bestseller Ghostwalk
Rebecca Stott both adored and feared her father, Roger Stott, a high-ranking minister in the Brighton,... |
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Make It Messy: My Perfectly Imperfect Life
Marcus Samuelsson · Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In this inspirational autobiography, world-famous chef Marcus Samuelsson tells his extraordinary story and encourages young people to embrace their mistakes and follow their dreams. Based on his highly praised adult memoir, Yes, Chef, this young adult edition includes an 8-page black-and-white... |
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