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The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey
Dawn Anahid MacKeen - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book
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An epic tale of one man's courage in the face of genocide and his granddaughter's quest to tell his story In the heart of the Ottoman Empire as World War I rages, Stepan Miskjian's world becomes undone. He is separated from his family as they are swept up in the government's mass deportation... |
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Once More We Saw Stars: A Memoir
Jayson Greene - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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"A gripping and beautiful book about the power of love in the face of unimaginable loss." --Cheryl StrayedFor 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 of unimaginable... |
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Burned: A True Story of Murder and the Crime That Wasn't
Edward Humes - Dutton
Format: Hardcover
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Was a monstrous killer brought to justice or an innocent mother condemned?On an April night in 1989, Jo Ann Parks survived a house fire that claimed the lives of her three small children. Though the fire at first seemed a tragic accident, investigators soon reported finding evidence proving... |
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The Black Calhouns: From Civil War to Civil Rights with One African American Family
Gail Lumet Buckley - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Print book
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In The Black Calhouns, Gail Lumet Buckley - daughter of actress Lena Horne - delves deep into her family history, detailing the experiences of an extraordinary African-American family from Civil War to Civil Rights.Beginning with her great-great grandfather Moses Calhoun, a house... |
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Lennyball: A Memoir of Life on the Edge
Lenny Dykstra - William Morrow
Format: Print book
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A TOP-TEN NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! AN INSTANT CLASSIC OF HUSSLE AND EXCESS ..."Tough, straight, upsetting, and strangely beautiful. ONE OF THE BEST SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHIES I'VE EVER READ. It comes from the heart." - Stephen King"THIS BOOK IS GOING TO BLOW YOUR MIND! Obviously... |
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Living with a Wild God: A Nonbeliever's Search for the Truth about Everything
Barbara Ehrenreich - Grand Central Publishing; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that will change the way you see the world. Barbara Ehrenreich is one of the most important thinkers of our time. Educated as a scientist, she is an author, journalist, activist,... |
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True Crime: The Infamous Villains of Modern History and Their Hideous Crimes
Martin Fido - Carlton Books; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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The lure of true crime stories is irresistible—and this popular book, now updated to include today's headline-making felonies, delivers hundreds of them in hard-hitting tabloid style. Dating from the 19th century to the present, the list of perps includes the most notorious villains... |
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The Correspondents: Six Women Writers on the Front Lines of World War II
Judith Mackrell - Doubleday
Format: Hardcover
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On the front lines of the Second World War, a contingent of female journalists were bravely waging their own battle. Barred from combat zones and faced with entrenched prejudice and bureaucratic restrictions, these women were forced to fight for the right to work on equal terms with men.... |
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The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life
Alex Trebek - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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Longtime Jeopardy! host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career.Since debuting as the host of Jeopardy! in 1984, Alex Trebek has been something like a family member to millions of television viewers, bringing entertainment and education into their homes five nights... |
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