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Yale University Press The Last Brahmin Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. and the
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Comprehensive, . . . dramatic.”—Gerald J. Russello, Wall Street Journal“Equal parts statesman and public servant, Lodge sacrificed personal ambition for the good of his country. The Last Brahmin is a worthy endeavor to honor a distinguished figure.”—Henry A. Kissinger, former U.S. Secretary of State”Combining vast research with a stylish narrative, Luke Nichter reminds us why Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., his life synonymous with the American Century, remains the best in the best and the brightest."—Richard Norton Smith, author of On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller"'A nineteenth-century figure dropped into the high-level politics of the more visceral twentieth century.' Luke Nichter in his meticulously researched biography not only gets Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. right. He also brilliantly captures the mismatch between Lodge's patrician persona and the low morass—namely America's Vietnam War—into which he sank. A scholarly yet highly readable tour de force."—Niall Ferguson, author of Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist."Luke Nichter, one of America’s leading young historians, restores Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. to his central place in mid-20th-century U.S. history, in shaping both America’s constructive internationalism and its tragic intervention in Vietnam. The Last Brahmin is an impressive achievement."—Thomas A. Schwartz, author of Henry Kissinger and American Power: A Political Biography
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Yale University Press Elie Wiesel
Book SynopsisAn intimate look at Elie Wiesel, author of the seminal Holocaust memoir Night and recipient of the Nobel Peace PrizeTrade Review“[A] judicious and well-crafted portrait of this remarkable man.”—Rupert Christiansen, The Telegraph“Perceptive. . . . Fair-minded throughout. . . . [Wiesel’s] legacy compels us to bear witness in his absence and continue to confront the silence.”—Diane Cole, Wall Street Journal“An extremely incisive biography. . . . The book makes for excellent reading, bringing insight into a man who kept the memory of the Holocaust and its victims in the public spotlight.”—Jay Levinson, Jewish TribuneFinalist for the 73rd National Jewish Book Award, Biography category, sponsored by the Jewish Book CouncilCHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2023“A necessary and moving biography of a-once-in-a-generation historic figure and irreplaceable moral teacher.”—Cynthia Ozick, author of Antiquities and Other Stories“Joseph Berger has performed a small miracle in offering us this moving, meticulously researched, judicious, and learned biography of Elie Wiesel who willed himself to transcend personal tragedy and bear witness in the hope that humanity might learn from the horrors of the past.”—David Nasaw, author of The Last Million: Europe’s Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War
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Yale University Press John Lewis
Book SynopsisThe first full-length biography of civil rights hero and congressman John LewisTrade Review“The perfect book, at the right time.”—Michael Henry Adams, The Guardian“Deeply researched and accessible. . . . A substantial entry in Yale’s Black Lives series.”—Matthew F. Delmont, New York Times Book Review“If you liked King: A Life, by Jonathan Eig, read John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community, by Raymond Arsenault.”—Washington Post“John Lewis: In Search of the Beloved Community examines a rare journey from protest leader to career politician, buffeted by the winds of Black nationalism, debates over the acceptability of violence and perennial tensions between purity and pragmatism.”—David Smith, The Guardian“Beautifully written and deeply researched, Arsenault’s biography of John Lewis captures his indomitable courage and steadfast moral clarity.”— Mia Bay, author of Traveling Black: A Story of Race and Resistance“Arsenault’s highly readable book presents us not just with an indispensable chronicle of a transformative era, but with the portrait of a remarkable human being whose character and vision challenge us all to live up to both his ideals and his sacrifices.”—Drew Gilpin Faust, Arthur Kingsley Porter University Professor and President Emerita, Harvard University“This is a lovely, honest, and thorough book about an American hero who should be better known.”—Thomas E. Ricks, author of Waging a Good War: How the Civil Rights Movement Won Its Battles, 1954–1968“An inspiring and movingly drawn portrait of a true American hero who, armed only with raw moral courage, managed to leave his beloved nation better than he found it.”—Obery M. Hendricks, Jr., author of Christians Against Christianity: How Right-Wing Evangelicals Are Destroying Our Nation and Our Faith
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Broadway Books (A Division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc) The Good Spy
Book SynopsisThe Good Spy is Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Kai Bird’s compelling portrait of the remarkable life and death of one of the most important operatives in CIA history – a man who, had he lived, might have helped heal the rift between Arabs and the West. On April 18, 1983, a bomb exploded outside the American Embassy in Beirut, killing 63 people. The attack was a geopolitical turning point. It marked the beginning of Hezbollah as a political force, but even more important, it eliminated America’s most influential and effective intelligence officer in the Middle East – CIA operative Robert Ames. What set Ames apart from his peers was his extraordinary ability to form deep, meaningful connections with key Arab intelligence figures. Some operatives relied on threats and subterfuge, but Ames worked by building friendships and emphasizing shared values – never more notably than with Yasir Arafat’s charismatic intelligence chief and heir apparent Ali Hassan Salameh (aka “The Red Prince”). Ames’ deepening relationship with Salameh held the potential for a lasting peace. Within a few years, though, both men were killed by assassins, and America’s relations with the Arab world began heading down a path that culminated in 9/11, the War on Terror, and the current fog of mistrust. Bird, who as a child lived in the Beirut Embassy and knew Ames as a neighbor when he was twelve years old, spent years researching The Good Spy. Not only does the book draw on hours of interviews with Ames’ widow, and quotes from hundreds of Ames’ private letters, it’s woven from interviews with scores of current and former American, Israeli, and Palestinian intelligence officers as well as other players in the Middle East “Great Game.” What emerges is a masterpiece-level narrative of the making of a CIA officer, a uniquely insightful history of twentieth-century conflict in the Middle East, and an absorbing hour-by-hour account of the Beirut Embassy bombing. Even more impressive, Bird draws on his reporter’s skills to deliver a full dossier on the bombers and expose the shocking truth of where the attack’s mastermind resides today.
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St. Martins Press-3PL Banvards Folly
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Little Brown and Company Connected
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Little, Brown & Company Barack and Joe The Making of an Extraordinary
Book SynopsisFrom the Washington Post editor and author of Kennedy and King, a vivid and inspiring account of the "bromance" that developed between Barack Obama and Joe Biden, which captured Americans' imagination and was unlike any President-Vice President relationship in American history.
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Franklin Classics Crockfords Clerical Directory
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Little, Brown Book Group The Red Sweet Wine Of Youth
Book SynopsisThe poetry that emerged from the trenches of WWI is a remarkable body of work, at once political manifesto and literary beacon for the twentieth century. In this passionate recreation of the lives of the greatest poets to come out of the conflict, Nicholas Murray brilliantly reveals the men themselves as well as the struggle of the artist to live fully and to bear witness in the annihilating squalor of battle.Bringing into sharp focus the human detail of each life, using journals, letters and literary archives, Murray brings to life the men''s indissoluble comradeship, their complex sexual mores and their extraordinary courage. Poignant, vivid and unfailingly intelligent, Nicholas Murray''s study offers new and finely tuned insight into the - often devastatingly brief - lives of a remarkable generation of men.Trade ReviewMurray is the best kind of literary biographer . . . A rich and compelling patchwork of responses to the conflict -- David Evans * Financial Times *With lightly worn learning and considerable erudition, The Red Sweet Wine of Youth recuperates lesser-known writers such as Julian Grenfell and TE Hulme, and situates them alongside Wilfred Owen and Seigfried Sassoon . . . A fine account of the poetic sensibility of the period -- Thomas Marks * Daily Telegraph *
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Rise
Book SynopsisINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of Barnes and Noble's Best History Books of 2022 * Finalist for the CALIBA Golden Poppy Award * A Goodreads Readers Choice Nominee"Hip, entertaining...imaginative."—Kirkus, starred review * "Essential."Trade Review“An eclectic work that colorfully observes seemingly everything…the book is a tome dedicated to what Asian America has looked, felt and sounded like in the past 30 years…The book, then, is not only a celebration but also a way to set the record straight.” — San Francisco Chronicle “'RISE' is a homage to the seminal moments in sports, politics and entertainment that came to define contemporary Asian American culture…A buffet of offerings awaits the reader" — NBC News "More than a cool primer or a pop history, this essential compendium documents Asian American culture from the 90s through today. Let the record stand, it’s an honor to be us." — Min Jin Lee, author of Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko, a finalist for the National Book Award “What a Herculean effort by Phil, Phil and Jeff to put together such a terrifically entertaining and massively comprehensive read. Not only was it illuminating to learn about how Asian Americans have contributed to pop culture over the last thirty years, it made me feel so proud at a moment when so many of us have been questioning our belonging in America.” — Lisa Ling, host of CNN's This is Life with Lisa Ling “Rise is a book like no other. It is informative, entertaining, thoughtful, beautiful, and full of love. It has literally expanded my idea of American culture and American history. I cannot imagine that anybody could pick up this book and not be immediately engrossed and ultimately benefited. This book is a must-read for anybody and everybody.” — Ijeoma Oluo, author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre "Rise is a smart, funny, entertaining book. It makes you feel smarter for having read it without ever making you feel dumb for not already knowing the information inside. Get two copies because the first copy is definitely gonna get swiped off your coffee table by one of your friends." — Shea Serrano, author of Hip-Hop (And Other Things) and Movies (And Other Things) "Playful, wide-ranging, and informative, Rise is a book we've needed for ages. If you think you already know, it'll teach you tons you didn't. If you don't know anything, get reading: it's a perfect introduction to the wildly diverse and ever-evolving Asian American community." — Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere "Rise is an accessible, informative, and fun compendium on Asian American pop culture and politics from Harold and Kumar to Asian dance crews to Black/Asian relations today. This book made me nostalgic for the 90's while reminding of ugly moments in American history like the racial profiling of scientist Wen Ho Lee. Jeff Yang, Phil Yu and Philip Wang offer us a vivid and readable tour of Asian American representation.” — Cathy Park Hong, author of Minor Feelings “Finally the book on Asian American pop culture that needed to be made. Don't be fooled by the fun, accessible presentation format because this book has serious substance on the criminally undertold but hugely essential contributions Asians have made to American culture. Also, I'm in it.” — Ronny Chieng, senior correspondent on The Daily Show "Illustrations, graphs, and text make this tour of history and Asian American excellence a book I didn’t know I needed but was glad to discover, and a welcome counterpoint to “explainer” nonfiction...All charmingly and engagingly illustrated." — Marie Myung-Ok Lee, O Magazine, "10 Must Read Books for AAPI Month" "A hip, entertaining book, as imaginative in its presentation and stories as the generation it portrays." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Well-researched…and pure fun...This gorgeous, entertaining book takes readers on a fun trip through Asian American pop culture history from the 1990s through the 2010s.” — Shelf Awareness
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Random House USA Inc Wild Steps of Heaven
Book SynopsisIn his critically acclaimed bestseller Rain of Gold, Victor Villase-or brought his mother''s family vividly to life. In Wild Steps Of Heaven, he turns to his father''s family, the Villase-ors. Against a vivid backdrop of love and war, magic and heroism, the author breathes life into his father''s people--and in particular, the Villase-or women*Margarita, the indomitable matriarch who was swept away by Don Juan Jesus Villase-or on the eve of the Mexican revolution*their beautiful daughters, who find strength and endurance in their mother''s faith, and searing passion amidst the turmoil of war. But it is little Juan, the youngest son, through whose eyes this tumultuous saga unfolds. Juan would learn from his brother Jose, a hero of the revolution, how to be a man; and from his beloved mother, how to live and love con gusto y amor. A story of madness and miracles, rage and redemption, In Wild Steps Of Heaven creates a riveting portrait of an extraordin
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Random House USA Inc All That You Leave Behind A Memoir
Book Synopsis“A documentary filmmaker and daughter of the late, great New York Times columnist David Carr celebrates and wrestles with her father’s legacy in a raw, redemptive memoir.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “A breathtaking read . . . a testimony equal parts love and candor. David would have had it no other way.”—Ta-Nehisi Coates, bestselling author of Between the World and Me NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY GLAMOUR AND MARIE CLAIRE Dad: What will set you apart is not talent but will and a certain kind of humility. A willingness to let the world show you things that you play back as you grow as an artist. Talent is cheap. Me: OK I will ponder these things. I am a Carr. Dad: That should matter quite a bit, actually not the name but the guts of what that name means. A celebrated journalist, bestselling author (
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Random House USA Inc First
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Cambridge University Press Pericles
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Cambridge University Press The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad 18981902 v. 2
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Cambridge University Press The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad
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Random House USA Inc My American Dream A Life of Love Family and Food
Book SynopsisFor decades, beloved chef Lidia Bastianich has introduced Americans to Italian food through her cookbooks, TV shows, and restaurants. Now she tells her own story for the first time in this “memoir as rich and complex as her mushroom ragú (O, the Oprah Magazine).Born in Pula, on the Istrian peninsula, Lidia grew up surrounded by love and security, learning the art of Italian cooking from her beloved grandmother. But when Istria was annexed by a communist regime, Lidia’s family fled to Trieste, where they spent two years in a refugee camp waiting for visas to enter the United States. When she finally arrived in New York, Lidia soon began working in restaurants, the first step on a path that led to her becoming one of the most revered chefs and businesswomen in the country. Heartwarming, deeply personal, and powerfully inspiring, My American Dream is the story of Lidia’s close-knit family and her dedication and endless passio
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Random House USA Inc Guest of the Reich The Story of American Heiress
Book SynopsisA Guest of the Reich is the incredible true story of Gertrude “Gertie” Legendre, an American heiress taken prisoner by the Nazis. Born into a wealthy family, Legendre lived a charmed life in Jazz Age America. But when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, she joined the OSS—the wartime spy organization that preceded the CIA—and headed to Europe. In 1944, while on leave, Legendre accidentally crossed the front lines along the Luxembourg–Germany border and was captured. The Nazis treated her as a “special prisoner” of the SS and moved her from city to city throughout Germany, where she witnessed the collapse of Hitler’s Reich as no other American did, before escaping into Switzerland. A gripping portrait of a multifaceted and deeply fascinating woman, A Guest of the Reich is a propulsive account of a little-known chapter in the history of World War II.
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Random House USA Inc The Road from Raqqa
Book SynopsisCrossing years and continents, the harrowing story of the road to reunion for two Syrian brothers who—despite a homeland at war and an ocean between them—hold fast to the bonds of family.Runner-Up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize • Riveting . . . a resplendent love letter to an obliterated city.”—The New York Times“The Road from Raqqa had me gripped from the first page. I couldn’t put it down.”—Christy Lefteri, author of The Beekeeper of Aleppo The Alkasem brothers, Riyad and Bashar, spend their childhood in Raqqa, the Syrian city that would later become the capital of ISIS. As a teenager in the 1980s, Riyad witnesses the devastating aftermath of the Hama massacre—an atrocity that the Hafez al-Assad regime commits upon its people. Wanting to expand his notion of government and justice, Riyad moves to the Unit
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Random House USA Inc On Great Fields
Book SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A. Lincoln and American Ulysses comes the dramatic and definitive biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero.Before 1862, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and mild-mannered professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were shocked when he volunteered for the Union army, but he was undeterred and later became known as one of the North’s greatest heroes: On the second day at Gettysburg, after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. Despite being wounded at Petersburg—and told by two surgeons he would die—Chamberlain survived the war, going on to be elected governor of Maine four times and serve as president of Bowdoin College.How did a
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Random House USA Inc True West
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A revelatory biography of the world-famous playwright and actor Sam Shepard, whose work was matched by his equally dramatic life, including collaborations with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan as well as tumultuous relationships with Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, and Jessica Lange“What [True West] achieves in its finest pages is placing the artist in his time. . . . I was filled with excitement, envy and reverence for the New York City that embraced the young Shepard in the 1960s and early ’70s.”—Ethan Hawke, The Washington PostTrue West: Sam Shepard’s Life, Work, and Times is the story of an American icon, a lasting portrait of Sam Shepard as he really was, revealed by those who knew him best. This sweeping biography charts Shepard’s long and complicated journey from a small town in Southern California to become an internationally known playwright and
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Dlucks Enterprise LLC No Lucks Given
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Random House USA Inc Riding with the Ghost
Book SynopsisAn unflinching memoir from a writer reckoning with his relationship with his troubled father and the complicated legacy that each generation hands down to the next“Justin Taylor’s relentless, peripatetic, and tender search for reconciliation with his late troubled father blooms into a full-throated song of joy about his own life lived through music, teaching, travel, and literature.”—Lauren Groff, author of FloridaNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY KIRKUS REVIEWSWhen Justin Taylor was thirty, his father, Larry, drove to the top of the Nashville airport parking garage to take his own life. Thanks to the intervention of family members, he was not successful, but the incident forever transformed how Taylor thinks of his father, and how he thinks of himself as a son.Moving back and forth in time from that day, Riding with the Ghost captures the past&r
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Random House USA Inc In the Early Times
Book SynopsisIn this “dazzling” (John Irving) memoir, acclaimed New Yorker staff writer Tad Friend reflects on the pressures of middle age, exploring his relationship with his dying father as he raises two children of his own. “How often does a memoir build to a stomach-churning, I-can’t-breathe climax in its final pages? . . . Brilliant, intensely moving.”—William Finnegan, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Barbarian DaysONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New YorkerAlmost everyone yearns to know their parents more thoroughly before they die, to solve some of those lifelong mysteries. Maybe, just maybe, those answers will help you live your own life. But life doesn’t stop to wait. In his fifties, New Yorker writer Tad Friend is grappling with being a husband and a father as he tries to grasp who he is as a son. Torn between two families, he careens
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Random House USA Inc Thanks for Waiting The Joy Weirdness of Being a
Book SynopsisAn honest, witty, and insightful memoir about what happens when your coming-of-age comes later than expected“Thanks for Waiting is the loving, wise, cuttingly funny older sister we all need in book form.”—Tara Schuster, author of Buy Yourself the F*cking LiliesDoree Shafrir spent much of her twenties and thirties feeling out of sync with her peers. She was an intern at twenty-nine and met her husband on Tinder in her late thirties, after many of her friends had already gotten married, started families, and entered couples’ counseling. After a long fertility struggle, she became a first-time mom at forty-one, joining Mommy & Me classes where most of the other moms were at least ten years younger. And while she was one of Gawker’s early hires and one of the first editors at BuzzFeed, she didn’t find professional fulfillment until she co-launched the successful self-care podcast Fore
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Random House USA Inc American Crisis Leadership Lessons from the
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Governor Andrew Cuomo tells the riveting story of how he took charge in the fight against COVID-19 as New York became the epicenter of the pandemic, offering hard-won lessons in leadership and his vision for the path forward.“An impressive road map to dealing with a crisis as serious as any we have faced.”—The Washington Post When COVID-19 besieged the United States, New York State emerged as the global “ground zero” for a deadly contagion that threatened the lives and livelihoods of millions. Quickly, Governor Andrew Cuomo provided the leadership to address the threat, becoming the standard-bearer of the organized response the country desperately needed. With infection rates spiking and more people dying every day, the systems and functions necessary to combat the pandemic in New York—and America—did not exist. So Cuomo undertook the impossible. He unified people
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Crown Wildflower
Book SynopsisThis “empowering and inspirational” (People) memoir of struggle and perseverance offers new ways of envisioning economic equality for everyone—from a leading activist and fashion pioneer.“With community and sisterhood at its center, Wildflower teaches us that against all odds, we can overcome.”—Rupi Kaur, New York Times bestselling author of milk and honeyA BLOOMBERG AND HARPER’S BAZAAR BEST BOOK OF THE YEARAurora James’s life is a great American “success story”—precisely because it looks so different from others we’ve seen. Scouted as a teen model, James struggled with body image and became disenchanted by the industry’s objectification of women and commodification of race. After she’d hit rock bottom, dropping out of high school and being arrested for street racing, she was forced to reshape her l
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Random House USA Inc From the Hood to the Holler
Book SynopsisKentucky State Representative Charles Booker tells the improbable story of his journey from one of the poorest neighborhoods in the country to a political career forging new alliances among forgotten communities across the New South and beyond.“Charles Booker is a rising leader in our nation, and an inspiration to me and all those who get to know his story and vision.”—Senator Cory BookerCharles Booker grew up in one of the poorest neighborhoods in Kentucky, living in the largely segregated West End of Louisville. Faith and love were everything in his family, but material comforts were scarce. The electricity was sometimes shut off. His mother often went hungry so her son could eat. Even after he graduated from law school, Booker rationed the insulin he took for diabetes. Determined to build a world in which poverty and racism would not plague future generations, he charted his own course into Kentucky politics, a world dominated b
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group The Last Fire Season
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Random House USA Inc What Just Happened
Book SynopsisA BOSTON GLOBE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • With unwavering humanity and light-footed humor, this intimate account of the interminable year of 2020 offers commentary on the COVID-19 pandemic, protests for racial justice, the U.S. presidential election, and more, all with a miraculous dose of groundedness in head-spinning times. This book is so funny and so true. Charles Finch unpacks a year of plague, fear, shameless venality, and dizzying stupidity with an irrepressible wit and surgically precise cultural observations. I didn''t know how badly I needed exactly this. Maybe you do too? —Joe Hill, author of Heart-Shaped Box In March 2020, at the request of the Los Angeles Times, Charles Finch became a reluctant diarist: As California sheltered in place, he began to write daily notes about the odd ambient changes in his own life and in the lives around him. The result is What Just Happened. In a warm, c
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Random House Publishing Group Horse Barbie
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Random House Publishing Group Up Home
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Simmons’s evocative account of her remarkable trajectory from Jim Crow Texas, where she was the youngest of twelve children in a sharecropping family, to the presidencies of Smith College and Brown University shines with tenderness and dignity.”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)“A riveting work of literature, destined to take its place in the canon of great African American autobiographies.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Harvard UniversityI was born at a crossroads: a crossroads in history, a crossroads in culture, and a geographical crossroad in North Houston County in East Texas.Born in 1945, Ruth J. Simmons grew up the twelfth child of sharecroppers. Her first home had no running water, no electricity, no books to read. Yet despite this—or, in her words, because of it—Simmons would become the first Black president
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Random House USA Inc The Interrupted Journey
Book SynopsisTWO LOST HOURS ABOARD A UFO—THE ABDUCTION OF BETTY AND BARNEY HILL • One of the most extraordinary UFO tales of our time—a thrilling, otherworldly, and wildly entertaining adventure that enraptured America and stands as the quintessential extraterrestrial encounterTrue believers will see this as further evidence of the reality of UFOs —The New York Times On a summer night in 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were driving home through New Hampshire when a bright object appeared in the sky and began following them. When the couple finally pulled over to get a better look, the object vanished before their eyes. With nothing else to do, Betty and Barney returned to their car and kept driving into the night. The encounter left them rattled, but what came next was even more arresting: the following day, the Hills realized they couldn’t remember anything from almost two hours of their drive. Time itself had disappeared, so the
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group A Life Impossible
Book SynopsisFrom NFL player Steve Gleason, a powerful, inspiring memoir of love, heartbreak, resilience, family, and remarkable triumph in the face of ALSIn 2011, three years after leaving the NFL, Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS, a terminal disease that takes away the ability to move, talk, and breathe. Doctors gave him three years to live. He was thirty-three years old. As Steve says, he is now ten years past his expiration date.His memoir is the chronicle of a remarkable life, one filled with optimism and joy, despite the trauma and pain and despair he has experienced. Writing using eye-tracking technology, Gleason covers his pre-ALS life through the highs and lows of his NFL career with the New Orleans Saints, where he made one of the most memorable plays in Saints history, leading to a victory in the first post-Katrina home game, uplifting the city, making him a hero, and reflected in a nine-foot bronze statue outside the Superdome. Then came his hea
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Random House Publishing Group Bibliophobia
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Random House USA Inc And There Was Light
Book SynopsisNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. “Meacham has given us the Lincoln for our time.”—Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize • Longlisted for the Biographers International Plutarch Award • One of the Best Books of the Year: The Christian Science Monitor, Kirkus ReviewsA president who governed a divided country has much to teach us in a twenty-first-century moment of polarization and political crisis. Hated and hailed, excoriated and revered, Abraham Lincoln was at the pinnacle of American power when implacable secessionists gave no quarter in a clash of visions bound up with money, race, identity, and faith. In him we can see the poss
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Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd Karunanidhi A Life
Book SynopsisMuthuvel Karunanidhi, a prominent Indian politician, served as Tamil Nadu's chief minister for five terms and led the DMK for over five decades. Known for his controversial yet impactful regional leadership, his legacy in Tamil history and culture is significant. "Karunanidhi: A Life" provides a detailed exploration of his remarkable life.
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Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd Margot
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Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd My Odyssey
Book SynopsisDr K. Radhakrishnan, a top scientist, led ISRO's successful Mars Orbiter and upcoming Moon Rover missions. His career spans from SLV-3 to working with renowned figures in India's space program. His memoir offers a glimpse into India's scientific advancements.
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Penguin Random House India The Magnificent Diwan
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Penguin Random House India A Childhood in Tibet True lifestory of a woman
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Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd Anand BakshiNagme Kisse Baatein Yaadein
Book SynopsisAnand Bakshi's inspiring journey from soldier to renowned lyricist in Hindi cinema, overcoming personal losses and setbacks to write 3300 songs in 630 films over five decades. Written by his son, the book highlights faith, dreams, success, and human values.
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Penguin Random House India Sing Dance and Pray
Book SynopsisSrila Prabhupada introduced Vedic teachings to America, founded ISKCON, and gained followers worldwide, inspiring self-realization.
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Random House USA Inc The True Story of Pocahontas
Book SynopsisLearn about how Pocahontas helped early Americans survive! Filled with suspense and historical details, here''s a very young biography of the Powhatan Indian princess who played a vital role in early Colonial and Native American relations.
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Donald H. Carpenter LLC Man of a Million Fragments The True Story of Clay
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Lexington Books Gandhis Experiments with Truth
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn a time ravaged by large-scale violence and unending 'terror wars,' nothing seems more urgent than to be reminded of another possibility: the path of non-violent struggle for justice exemplified by Gandhi. This volume assembles for the first time writings both by Gandhi and about Gandhi, the latter by some of the most distinguished experts in the field. Richard Johnson deserves credit for his judicious selections and for persuasively arguing that Gandhian satyagraha is 'the only way to stop terrorism.' -- Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre DameHaving these essays on one volume makes it a valuable source of supplemental readings for courses on Gandhi, peace and nonviolence, and conflict studies. -- July 2007 * Religious Studies Review *Those looking for an introduction to Gandhi, seasoned nonviolent activists, and long time students of Gandhi will all find this to be a remarkable collection. Johnson has brought together key selections from Gandhi’s writings with insightful essays by a variety of Gandhian scholars on Gandhi’s nonviolence, views on religion, methods of political, economic, and cultural change and his continuing influence and relevance for today. I cannot think of a better book that unites Gandhi’s own words with very readable essays covering a breadth of topics on Gandhi’s life and thought. Johnson's book makes clear again Gandhi's importance as a resource for creating a more just and peaceful world. -- Peter R. Gathje, Christian Brothers UniversityTable of ContentsChapter 1 Gandhi's Experiments with Truth: Private Life, Satyagraha, and the Constructive Programme Part 2 Gandhi's Life and Thought Chapter 3 From Childhood to Satyagrahi Chapter 4 Return to India Part 5 Selections from Writings by Gandhi Chapter 6 An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth Chapter 7 Satyagraha in South Africa Chapter 8 Hind Swaraj (Indian Home Rule) and Related Writings Chapter 9 Constructive Programme: Its Meaning and Place and Related Writings Chapter 10 Short Moral and Political Writings Part 11 Writings about Gandhi Part 12 Part A. Gandhi's Practice and Theory of Satyagraha Chapter 13 The Birth of Gandhian Satyagraha: Nonviolent Resistance and Soul Force Chapter 14 Gandhian Freedoms and Self-Rule Chapter 15 Gandhi's Politics Chapter 16 "Satyagraha, the Only Way to Stop Terrorism" Chapter 17 Gandhi and Human Rights: In Search of True Humanity Chapter 18 Gandhi's Constructive Programme Part 19 Part B. Gandhi's Impact on the World Chapter 20 Gandhi in the Mind of America Chapter 21 The Availability of Gandhi: Toward a Neo-Gandhian Praxis Chapter 22 Gandhi, Contemporary Political Thinking, and Self-Other Relations Chapter 23 Gandhi's Legacy Chapter 24 Gandhi's Contribution to Global Nonviolent Awakening Chapter 25 Gandhi, Nonviolence, and the Struggle against War
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The History Press Ltd John Gielgud An Actors Life Centenary Edition
Book SynopsisJohn GielgudTrade Review‘A testimony to Gyles Brandreth’s talent … Avoiding the usual tedious cradle-to-grave narrative, Brandreth braids Gielgud’s own reminiscences with those from friends and colleagues. What sets this apart from the usual kind of puff is Brandreth’s own voice, directing our responses to Gielgud’s art.’ – Kathryn Hughes, Daily Telegraph‘Full of personal detail … a treasure trove of anecdote but also clear and informative … Brandreth’s immaculate, charming and deceptively modest book … fascinating.’ – Carole Woddis, Glasgow Herald‘Cometh the hour, cometh the biography.’ – Stratford-upon-Avon Herald
£6.39
The Lost Prince
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