PART MEMOIR AND PART ELEGY, READING MY FATHER IS THE STORY OF A DAUGHTER COMING TO KNOW HER FATHER AT LAST A GIANT AMONG TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN NOVELISTS AND A MAN WHOSE DEVASTATING DEPRESSION DARKENED THE FAMILY LANDSCAPE.
NOW AMAJOR SERIES GENIUS ON NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, PRODUCED BY RON HOWARD AND STARRING GEOFFREY RUSHEinstein is the great icon of our age: the kindly refugee from oppression whose wild halo of hair, twinkling eyes, engaging humanity and extraordinary brilliance made his face a symbol and his name a synonym for genius.
One of ';Five Best Books about Wartime Presidents'Michael Bechloss, The Wall Street Journal From Lyndon Johnson's closest domestic adviser during the White House years comes a book in which ';Johnson leaps out of the pages in all his raw and earthy glory' (The New York Times Book Review) that's been called ';a joy to read' (Stephen Ambrose, The Washington Post Book World).
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Featured as One of Summer's most anticipated reads by the Los Angeles Times, Vogue, Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, ELLE, Buzzfeed, and Bitch Media.
WWE Superstar Stone Cold Steve Austin shares an unvarnished take on his life and his days as a wrestler from growing up in small town Texas to his long-awaited return to the world of professional wrestling.
With his no-holds-barred delivery and unique worldview, Paul Mooney continues to stir anger, generate laughter, and provoke thought while attempting to tear down racial and social barriers through his juicy memoir about his years writing comedy with the likes of Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx, the Wayans' Brothers, and Dave Chappelle.
Completed shortly before Ambrose's untimely death, To America is a very personal look at our nation's history through the eyes of one of the twentieth century's most influential historians.
A deeply personal account of the scientific, shamanic, and metaphysical encounters that led to the development of Metzner's psychological methods *; Recounts the author's meetings and friendships with Albert Hofmann, Alexander Shulgin, the McKenna brothers, Wilson Van Dusen, Myron Stolaroff, and Leo Zeff *; Details his lucid dream encounters with G.
Extremely nasty things happen when a rich divorce, an ambitious music mogul, and an extremely horny high school virgin all cross paths in a delicious web of insatiable lust, obsession, and revenge.
A deeply personal memoir spanning three generations of women, this is the intimate autobiography of Emmy Awardwinning actress Debbi Morgan, best known as Angie Hubbard on the long-running soap opera All My Children.
The New York Times bestselling biography of John Wayne: ';authoritative and enormously engagingEyman takes you through Wayne's life, his death, and his legend in a detailed, remarkably knowledgeable yet extremely readable way' (Peter Bogdanovich, The New York Times Book Review).
New York Times bestselling author of Life as I Blow It Sarah Colonna is back with a hilarious, honest look at life in her late thirtiesin all its messy, pants-missing glory.
A deeply personal account of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords' and astronaut Mark Kelly's lives together, recounting their courtship, Ms Giffords' rise in politics, and the tragic 8th January 2011 shooting in Arizona which killed six people and gravely wounded Representative Gifford and twelve others.
';A riveting, exciting and thoroughly compelling tale of adventure'JOHN GRISHAM on David GrannsThe Lost City of Z';Awonderful storyof a lost age of heroic exploration'Sunday TimesonThe Lost City of Z';Marvellous .
Throughout the years, there may have been equally charismatic performers, comparable athletes, and even better interviews, but none were blessed with the same combination of talents to manage to stay on top for over three decades.
A harrowing yet inspiring portrait of a tormented consciousness struggling for reconciliation and peace, JARHEAD is authentic, revelatory and brilliantly crafted.
Though cast in the form of a novel, Frabato the Magician is in fact the spiritual autobiography of Franz Bardon, one of the twentieth century’s greatest Hermetic adepts.
In his major New York Times bestseller, Jimmy Carter looks back from ninety years of age and reveals private thoughts and recollections over a fascinating career as businessman, politician, evangelist, and humanitarian (Booklist).
La vida de Aroldo Quiroz Monsalvo es un inspirador viaje que comienza en las calles de Valledupar, donde vendía arepas para sobrevivir junto a su familia y nos lleva, por ahora, hasta el logro de convertirse en el presidente de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de Colombia.
Tucídides, según el filósofo Thomas Hobbes, fue el "historiador más político que jamás ha escrito", y el Diálogo de Melos es la expresión más densa y desafiante de su visión del imperio, del poder y de la justicia.
Nueva Historia de las Mujeres en la Argentina es un caleidoscopio de escritos hilvanados a partir de una potente reunión entre generaciones de especialistas provenientes de diferentes trayectorias académicas, regiones y provincias.
Han transcurrido algunos años desde que, en palabras de su médico, Osho preparó la salida del cuerpo que le había servido durante 59 años, "con tanta calma como si estuviera haciendo la maleta para pasar el fin de semana en el campo".
Obra híbrida entre el fondo literario, la escritura testimonial, la pregunta abierta y el cuestionamiento y análisis selectivo, dentro del complejo mundo actual.
"En América Latina como en España, luego de largos períodos de conflictos armados o dictaduras, las iniciativas para la apertura de las fosas comunes se han multiplicado en los últimos años.
Víctor Gómez Pin nos devuelve el pensamiento de uno de las figuras más complejas y controvertidas de la filosofía occidental, venerada a lo largo de su vida y hoy casi olvidada.
A new intellectual biography of Goethe, examining the paradox of his thoughtJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832) was a poet, a novelist, a scientist and an essayist on a dizzying range of topics.
A new intellectual biography of Goethe, examining the paradox of his thoughtJohann Wolfgang von Goethe (17491832) was a poet, a novelist, a scientist and an essayist on a dizzying range of topics.
