For over fifty years, Freddie Foreman's name has commanded respect, and occasionally fear, from those who work to uphold the law - and those who operate just outside of it.
For fans of Little Miss Sunshine and Secrets of Miss America, this memoir from a national award-winning author reveals the reality of being the first Guyrex Girl in the 1970s.
According to author and radio personality Hewitt, Mitt Romney-billionaire venture capitalist, consummate family man, gifted and media-savvy politician-would be unstoppable in the coming presidential race were it not for one niggling line on his resum: he's a Mormon.
According to author and radio personality Hewitt, Mitt Romney-billionaire venture capitalist, consummate family man, gifted and media-savvy politician-would be unstoppable in the coming presidential race were it not for one niggling line on his resum: he's a Mormon.
Thadé, polonais d'origine juive, violoniste virtuose dont les aléas de la vie et de l'histoire ont modelé le parcours de vie riche et humaniste, passe sa jeunesse dans l'opulence d'une famille bourgeoise de Varsovie.
Eine, wenn nicht die Konstante in Reinhold Messners Leben ist der Gegenwind: ob als schwere Stürme auf dem Weg zum Südpol mit Arved Fuchs oder mit seinem Bruder Hubert über das Grönland-Eis, ob allein beim Zeltaufbau oder in den steilsten Wänden.
What sort of mad longing besets a woman-nearing fifty and recently widowed-to sell everything she owns, buy an around-the-world airline ticket, pack a single suitcase, and set off alone on a year-long journey without a plan or agenda?
«O khozhdenii vo ldakh» — poehtichnyi i sozertsatelnyi putevoi dnevnik nemetskogo rezhissera, otpravivshegosia v noiabre 1974 goda v peshii pokhod iz Miunkhena v Parizh.
Citizen Wynn recounts the cautionary saga of uber-wealthy casino king Steve Wynn, who built a global gambling empire on fantasy, grift, and misogyny before hubris and #MeToo brought him down.
Scott Morrison, Australia's 30th Prime Minister (2018-2022), offers a unique insider's account of a Christian who was open about his faith and operated at the top level of politics for more than a decade.
Exploring the highs and lows of an esteemed career in professional boxing, Frank's autobiography is truly enthralling and packed with wonderful insight and anecdotes about himself and the who's who of the boxing fraternity.
The fourth and final volume of Michel Leiris's renowned autobiography, now available in English for the first time, translated by Richard Sieburth Ex-surrealist and maverick anthropologist Michel Leiris (1901-1990) crafted his multivolume autobiography over the course of thirty-five years, profoundly influencing generations of French writers, from Sartre and Beauvoir to Modiano and Ernaux.
Explores how the 1789 congressional election between two future presidents with differing views on the Constitution and the Bill of Rights influenced the destiny of the United States.
When you wake up in the morning, you feel that it is just another ordinary day, but someday, it could be a very special day that could change your life.
Susan's mother is difficult, spunky, quirky, and a bit demanding of her, but when her mother gets Alzheimer's, Susan is thrust into a world of ludicrous and sometimes hilarious circumstances and describes in heart-wrenching detail how she deals with feelings of guilt and frustration.
In Hell to Pay, Olson--a former federal prosecutor--separates fact from fiction and shows us Hillary's often disturbing complicity in her husband's affairs, lust for power, and exposes Clinton's paranoia.