The bestselling, heartfelt memoir from Sophie Cachia, whoreveals never-before-shared details of her marriage breakdown, and how delving into her feminine intuition and falling in love with a woman transformed her.
Based on over five years of interview and archival research, John Wayne: American explains the appeal of Wayne's abiding "e;Americanness"e; and how he became such a revered icon.
';An elegiac yet exuberant new memoir' (The New York Times Book Review)Bill Walton's New York Times bestselling memoir about his recovery from debilitating physical injury and how lessons from John Wooden at UCLA (and the music of the Grateful Dead) inspired his darkest hours.
From the Civil War to the turn of the century, this is the true-life story of the original coast guard, and one crew of African American heroes who fought storms and saved lives off North Carolina's outer banks.
When a single mother with terminal cancer asked a nurse shed met in the oncology ward to raise her son, neither could have imagined the miracles God had in store.
The star of Southern Charm and cofounder and CMO of Sewing Down South reveals how he turned his passion for sewing into a profitable enterprise and a fulfilling life, while also taking us behind-the-scenes of one of Bravo's most popular shows.
My Bondage and My Freedom is the second of three published autobiographies from one of the most brilliant and eloquent abolitionists and human rights activists in American history.
The New York Times bestseller from the beloved author of A Three Dog Lifean exhilarating, superbly written memoir on friendship, family, creativity, tragedy, and the richness of life: If you only read one book this year, make it this one (Ann Patchett).
Barton Swaim was struggling to find an academic jobhed recently received a PhD in Englishwhen he sent his resume to Mark Sanford, the conservative and controversial governor of South Carolina.
Kant für Anfänger: Die Grundfragen der Philosophie und der Geist der AufklärungImmanuel Kant erscheint heute oft wie ein Koloss, der die Menschen vor Ehrfurcht erstarren lässt.
President-elect Barack Obama reflected on the life of Ann Nixon Cooper on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, singling her out of millions of voters, he said, because she was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldnt vote for two reasonsbecause she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.
With a veteran Green Beret as your guide, go deep inside the grueling training that every Special Forces soldier must endure to become an elite fighting machine.
Written by eleven leading anthropologists from around the world, this volume extends the insights of Fredrik Barth, one of the most important anthropologists of the twentieth century, to push even further at the frontiers of anthropology and honor his memory.
Levi Johnstonbest known as Bristol Palin's baby daddy and Sarah Palin's favorite whipping boysets out to clear his name and, with any luck, end his run as Alaska's most hated man.
In a career spanning five decades, barrister, prosecutor, judge and corruption commissioner John McKechnie AO KC has seen up close how the law touches the lives of us all, for both good and bad.
Wheat Songsis a memoir of two interconnected Greek-American journeysan actual physical journey for the grandfather, Pericles Rizopoulos, and a philosophical quest by the author, Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos.
In 1962 Mick Jagger was a bright, well-scrubbed boy (planning a career in the civil service), while Keith Richards was learning how to smoke and to swivel a six-shooter.
Cumbre de la cultura occidental cuya indiscutible influencia planea sobre toda la historia de la filosofía, la obra de Immanuel Kant ha sido escrupulosamente analizada; sin embargo, el hombre, el Immanuel de carne y hueso, sigue siendo un gran desconocido.
Sherrie Daly, the former wife of PGA tour superstar John Daly, takes a swing at the controversial man called ';Wild Thing' in this jaw-dropping memoir about what really goes on behind the scenes of professional golf.
Like Michael Lewis's classic Liar's Poker, Jared Dillian's Street Freak takes us behind the scenes of the legendary Lehman Brothers, exposing its outrageous and often hilarious corporate culture and offering a ';candid look at the demise of a corporate behemoth' (Publishers Weekly).
The instant New York Times bestseller from acclaimed Sports Illustrated writer Michael Bambergera warm, nostalgic, intimately reported account of golf's greatest generation, and ';maybe the best golf book I've ever read' (Bill Reynolds, The Providence Journal).
Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment's greatest philosophersDavid Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer.
From the bestselling author of Annapurna: A Woman's Place, comes a revealing memoir about the mountaineering feats that made Arlene Blum one of America's most famous female climbers and her tumultuous journey to adulthood that inspired her to become the risk-taker she is today.
From Nixon to Clinton, Watergate to Whitewater, few Americans have observed the ups and downs of presidential leadership more closely over the past thirty years than David Gergen.
From the bestselling coauthor of Wittgenstein's Poker, a fascinating account of Peter Singer's controversial ';drowning child' thought experimentand how it changed the way people think about charitable givingImagine this: You're walking past a shallow pond and spot a toddler thrashing around in the water, in obvious danger of drowning.
The #1 New York Times bestseller and subject of the acclaimed major motion picture Bridge of Spies directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks as James B.
It is rare to find one person whose life embodies the history of an industry the way Bob Buck's life encompasses the history of commercial aviation in America.
The instant New York Times bestseller from the creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away With Murder shares how saying YES changed her life.
Mike Pressler walked into the bottomfloor meeting room of the Murray Building and, as he had done hundreds of times over a sixteen-year career at Duke University, prepared to address his men's lacrosse team.
