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Anthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation
M L J Dierikx - Smithsonian Books
Format: Hardcover
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Comprehensive biography of Anthony Fokker, the famed Dutch pilot and daredevil aviatorAnthony Fokker: The Flying Dutchman Who Shaped American Aviation tells the larger-than-life true story of maverick pilot and aircraft manufacturer Anthony Fokker. Fokker came from an affluent Dutch family... |
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The Lost Prince: A Search for Pat Conroy
Michael Mewshaw - Counterpoint
Format: Hardcover
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"In The Lost Prince Michael Mewshaw sets down one of the most gripping stories of friendship I've ever read." -- Daniel Menaker, author of My Mistake: A Memoir Pat Conroy was America's poet laureate of family dysfunction. A larger-than-life character and the author... |
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To Catch a Cat: How Three Stray Kittens Rescued Me
Heather Green - Berkley Books
Format: Print book
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A heartfelt, funny memoir about how a kitten rescue project changed one cynic's life ... Journalist Heather Green was finally putting down roots: in shiny, buzzing Manhattan. She loved her work and threw herself into sixty-hour weeks - once walking into a subway pole, getting a concussion,... |
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Spy Sites of Washington, DC: A Guide to the Capital Region's Secret History
Robert Wallace - Georgetown University Press
Format: Print book
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Washington, DC stands at the epicenter of world espionage. Mapping this history from the halls of government to tranquil suburban neighborhoods reveals scores of dead drops, covert meeting places, and secret facilities -- a constellation of clandestine sites unknown to even the most avid... |
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The Doors: The Illustrated History
Gillian G Gaar - Voyageur Press, 2015.
Format: Print book
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Take an up-front and behind-the-scenes look at The Doors.Although their career with their wild and unpredictable frontman lasted barely six years, The Doors are one of the most mind-blowing bands in rock history. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film school acquaintances Jim Morrison... |
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The Shapeless Unease: A Year of Not Sleeping
Samantha Harvey - Grove Press
Format: Hardcover
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This genre-defying debut memoir by Betty Trask Prize winner, Samantha Harvey, weaves a tapestry of confessional anguish, flash fiction, cathartic poetry, and feverish observations on politics and psychology in a transcendent search for reality and truth. In 2016, Samantha Harvey began to lose... |
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