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Waiting to Be Heard: A Memoir
Amanda Knox - Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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Amanda Knox spent four years in a foreign prison for a crime she did not commit.In the fall of 2007, the 20-year-old college coed left Seattle to study abroad in Italy, but her life was shattered when her roommate was murdered in their apartment.After a controversial trial, Amanda was convicted... |
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The last love song : a biography of Joan Didion
Tracy Daugherty - St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Pages: 728
Format: Print book
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"In The Last Love Song, Tracy Daugherty, the critically acclaimed author of Hiding Man (a New Yorker and New York Times Notable book) and Just One Catch, delves deep into the life of distinguished American author and journalist Joan Didion in this, the first printed biography published... |
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Feel Free: Essays
Zadie Smith - Penguin Press
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover
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From Zadie Smith, one of the most beloved authors of her generation, a new collection of essays Since she burst spectacularly into view with her debut novel almost two decades ago, Zadie Smith has established herself not just as one of the world's preeminent fiction writers, but also a brilliant... |
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The Buddhist on Death Row: How One Man Found Light in the Darkest Place
David Sheff - Simon & Schuster
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who has become one of America's most inspiring Buddhist practitioners while locked in a cell on death row. Jarvis Jay Masters's early life was a horror story whose outline... |
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Vampira: Dark Goddess of Horror
W. Scott Poole - Soft Skull Press
Format: Print book
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The new book from award-winning historian W. Scott Poole is a whip-smart piece of pop culture detailing the story of cult horror figure Vampira that actually tells the much wider story of 1950s America and its treatment of women and sex, as well as capturing a fascinating swath of Los Angeles... |
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A Life in Parts
Bryan Cranston - Simon & Schuster Audio
Format: Audiobook
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A poignant, intimate, funny, inspiring memoir - both a coming-of-age story and a meditation on creativity, devotion, and craft - from Bryan Cranston, beloved and acclaimed star of one of history's most successful TV shows, Breaking Bad.Bryan Cranston landed his first role at seven,... |
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It's Not About Perfect: Competing for My Country and Fighting for My Life
Shannon Miller - Thomas Dunne Books
Format: Hardcover
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The winner of seven Olympic medals and the most decorated gymnast, male or female, in U.S. history, Shannon tells her story from being a shy, rambunctious girl raised in Oklahoma, through her training accidents, her successful battle with ovarian cancer, and the birth of her miracle baby... |
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A Curious Man: The Strange and Brilliant Life of Robert "Believe It or Not!" Ripley
Neal Thompson - Crown Archetype; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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An Amazon Best Book of the Month A Barnes Noble Booksellers Pick An NPR pick for 2013 A Vanity Fair Hot Type pick A Publishers Lunch Buzz Book 2013 An iTunesiBookstore Best Book of the Month A Parade magazine 2013 Summer Read A Curious Man is the marvelously compelling biography of Robert... |
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Trump as President: The Inside Story of His First Years in the White House
Doug Wead - Center Street
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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After dozens of books and articles by anonymous sources, here is finally a history of the Trump White House with the President and his staff talking openly, on the record. In Trump as President, Doug Wead offers a sweeping, eloquent history of President Donald J. Trump's first years in the White... |
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