Posts Tagged ‘biography’
Sully
Soon to be the major motion picture Sully from Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt. Sully Sullenberger the pilot who miraculously landed a crippled US Airways Flight 1549 in New York s Hudson River, saving the lives of all 155…
Read MoreBarbarian Lost
To this day, China remains an enigma. Ancient, complex and fast moving, it defies easy understanding. Ever since he was a boy, Alexandre Trudeau has been fascinated by this great county. Recounting his experiences in the China of recent years, Trudeau visits artists and migrant workers, townspeople and rural farmers. Often accompanied by a young…
Read MoreThe Unconquered
Even today there remain tribes in the far reaches of the Amazon rainforest that have avoided contact with modern civilization. Deliberately hiding from the outside world, they are the unconquered, the last survivors of an ancient culture that predates the arrival of Columbus. Journalist Scott Wallace chronicles an expedition into the Amazon’s uncharted depths, discovering…
Read MoreTestimony
One of the most spellbinding, entertaining, major books of the fall: the long-awaited memoir from the Canadian music legend takes us candidly, in his own voice, into his extraordinary life and friendships with some of the greatest artists of the last half-century. Robbie Robertson’s singular contributions to popular music have made him one of the…
Read MoreThe Rainbow Comes and Goes
A charming and intimate collection of correspondence between #1 New York Times bestselling author Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, that offers timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their lives. Anderson Cooper’s intensely busy career as a journalist for CNN and CBS’ 60 Minutes affords him little time to spend with his ninety-one…
Read MoreBased on a True Story
“As its title suggests, Norm Macdonald tells the story of his life–more or less–from his origins in a rural small town in the-back-of-beyond Canada to an epically disastrous appearance on Star Search, to his possibly incredible account of auditioning for Lorne Michaels and his memorable run as the anchor of Saturday Night Live’s “Weekend Update.”…
Read MoreCromwell
A recreation of the life and complex character of Oliver Cromwell. Antonia Fraser seeks to free Cromwell from the distortions of myth and Royalist propaganda. Of Cromwell’s fitness for high office, both military and civil, this text leaves no doubt.
Read MoreLion
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman and Rooney Mara, this #1 international best-seller tells the miraculous and triumphant story of a young man who rediscovers not only his childhood life and home…but an identity long-since left behind. “Amazing stuff.” -The New York Post “So incredible that sometimes it reads…
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In the New York Times bestseller that the Washington Post called “Lean In for misfits,” Sophia Amoruso shares how she went from dumpster diving to founding one of the fastest-growing retailers in the world. Sophia Amoruso spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and scrounging in dumpsters for leftover bagels. By age twenty-two she had…
Read MoreDrunk Mom
Three years after giving up drink, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagne like it was ginger ale. “It’s a special occasion,” she said to her boyfriend. And indeed it was. It was a party celebrating the birth of their first child. It also marked Jowita’s immediate, full-blown return to alcoholism and…
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