Biographies & Memoirs

This collection of 50 true narratives by veterans and active duty personnel spans four wars. It includes tales by a Vietnam vet whose helicopter plummeted to the ground, a marine who improvised when adrift and hungry in the sea and a pilot who learned why a dog is a man's best friend.

"Chika Jeune was born three days before the devastating earthquake that decimated Haiti in 2010. She spent her infancy in a landscape of extreme poverty, and when her mother died giving birth to a baby brother, Chika was brought to The Have Faith Haiti Orphanage that Albom operates in Port Au Prince. ...

A business biography of George Washington, focusing on his many innovations and inventions. George Washington: general, statesman...businessman? Most people don't know that Washington was the country's first true entrepreneur, responsible for innovations in several industries. In George Washington, Entrepreneur, ...

Gershwin's rise as one of the sons of Russian-Jewish immigrants on Manhattan's lower East Side to his unassailable position as the leading composer of his time makes Gershwin the embodiment of the American Dream. This biography evokes the pace and colour of New York in the 1920s and 30s, and firmly places Gershwin at the centre of the Jazz Age.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was an exceptionally prolific and versatile writer. From his 'Storm and Stress' "Gotz von Berlichingen" to "Faust", which evolved over a sixty-year period, he created the prototype of the Romantic hero.

Born in Cleveland in 1968, Halley Berry first gained the public’s attention in 1986 as a runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant. When she turned to acting, her career took off with a key role in Spike Lee’s 1991 film Jungle Fever. It wasn’t until 1999, however, with her Golden Globe-winning performance ...

A journalist's rollicking ride through the romance industry and a heartfelt and hilarious memoir of restoring faith in romantic love When his own romantic life was on the rocks, Avi Steinberg wondered if classical ideas about love still applied. As a compulsive reader, literary giants would be his guide. ...

"In the early 1800s, three young men strode onto the national stage, elected to Congress at a moment when the Founding Fathers were beginning to retire to their farms. Daniel Webster of Massachusetts, a champion orator known for his eloquence, spoke for the North and its business class. Henry Clay of ...

In his short and eventful life Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) scandalised the conservative establishment of arts and letters with the subject matter of his paintings and lithographs He was part of the avant-garde whose work provoked and fascinated, and he became one of the most representative ...

A sequel to the best-selling Hugs from Obama.

Leaders in the Last Century is a collection of fifty of the most important politicians, and social innovators of the past 100 years. Each of the people featured in this book changed the world either for better or for worse.

This volume is part of a series of occasional anthologies which includes excerpts from essays and diaries, poetry, stories and novels. The authors include: Stephen Becker, Julio Cortazar, Gesualdo Bufalino, Starling Lawrence, Lionel Abrahams, Nicholas Matiser and Anna Maria Ortese.

"The multitalented writers, directors, producers, and actors (The League, Transparent, Togetherness, and The Mindy Project) share the secrets of their lifelong partnership in this unique personal memoir"--

Amanda Kloots bravely reflects on love, loss, and life with her husband, Broadway star, and Tony Award nominee Nick Cordero, whose public battle with COVID-19 and tragic death made headlines around the world.In March 2020, Broadway star and Tony Award nominee Nick Cordero was hospitalized for what he ...

The nonfiction debut from beloved international sensation and #1 NYT bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay: her biography of novelist Daphne du Maurier.

In Master of None, Hudson turns expertise on its head and shows that by embracing variety and becoming more versatile, anyone can succeed and become more open to different opportunities in life.

A New York Times bestseller.From FOX & Friends Weekend cohost Pete Hegseth comes a collection of inspiring stories from fifteen of America's greatest heroes-highly decorated Navy SEALs, Army Rangers, marines, Purple Heart recipients, combat pilots, a Medal of Honor recipient, and more-based on FOX Nation's ...

Claude Monet (1840-1926) spent most of his career painting his own spontaneous impression of nature. He gave the title of Impressionism to the school of art he created together with Manet, Renoir, Pissaro, Caillebotte and Sisley.

Book and CD. The classic publication for the Mozart Year 2006. This earBOOKmini is divided in easy to entertaining, easy-to-understand chapters. A wealth of quotes from letters and numerous pictures lead the way through the genius' eventful life. Mozart Music CD: summarisation is naturally impossible, ...

The second book by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Michael Goodwin is the ultimate retrospective of the 12 years Mayor Edward I. Koch governed - and rescued - New York City from the brink of collapse. With archival photographs and insightful essays, New York Comes Back tells the story of one of NYC's ...