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Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image

Joshua Zeitz

From Booklist Many of Abraham Lincoln’s friends and associates claimed to have known and understood him well. Some,...

A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Learning, Survival, and Coming of Age in Prison

Reginald Dwayne Betts

Dwayne Betts was incarcerated for 9 years in an unforgiving place?a place in which he also discovered the incredible...

Portrait of an Artist: A Biography of Georgia O'Keeffe

Laurie Lisle

Laurie Lisle's most recent book is a memoir, Word for Word: A Writer's Life, in which she describes writing this...

The Soul of a Doctor: Harvard Medical Students Face Life and Death

Susan Pories

From Publishers Weekly As Groopman states in his foreword, "each interaction between a doctor and a patient is a...

Julie Andrews: An Intimate Biography

Richard Stirling

From Publishers Weekly London-based stage/TV/film actor Stirling brings up the house lights to detail the entire life...

Wheelock's Latin, 6th Revised Edition

Richard A. Lafleur

Frederic M. Wheelock (1902-1987) received the A.B., A.M., and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard University. His long and...

Growing Up Boeing: The Early Jet Age Through the Eyes of a Test Pilot's Daughter

Rebecca Wallick

Rebecca Wallick is the daughter of legendary Boeing test pilot S. L. "Lew" Wallick. While not a pilot herself (despite...

Chosen Forever: A Memoir

Susan Richards

From Publishers Weekly Far better than a book tour chronicle has any right to be, Richards' follow-up to her bestseller...

The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes

Lauren Kessler

A more unlikely minister's wife could hardly be imagined. Yet Florence Lowe Barnes (1901-74) was in fact married to an...

Two Sides of the Moon: Our Story of the Cold War Space Race

Christine Toomey

“A very valuable account of the way the Cold War was ended in Space.” ― Sir Arthur C. Clarke, author of 2001: A...

Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball

Bill Madden

Review “Madden provides a definitive and captivating biography of ‘The Boss.’” (Kirkus Reviews )“Definitive,...

The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose from Defeat to Create the New Majority

Patrick J. Buchanan

“An evenhanded insider take on Nixon's storied political rebirth…Buchanan deals the story with a great deal of...

Destroyer Captain: Lessons of a First Command

Admiral James Stavridis USN

Destroyer Captain is a quick and enjoyable read. The writing flows like a good conversation with an old friend. This...

Chicago Street Cop: Amazing True Stories from the Mean Streets of Chicago and Beyond

Pat McCarthy

A retired Chicago police officer who served as a SWAT sniper, gang specialist, and undercover agent recounts his time...

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

David Grann

The best book of the year so far." — Entertainment Weekly “A marvel of detective-like research and narrative...

A River in Darkness: One Man's Escape from North Korea

Masaji Ishikawa

Review “A terrifying true story of life in North Korea…Told in simple prose, this is a shocking and devastating...

Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown

Anne Glenconner

Lady in Waiting is a total hoot--I can't put it down." -- "Daily Mail (London)" "A remarkable memoir--containing, at...

The Bell Jar

Sylvia Plath

About the Author Sylvia Plath (1932-1963) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she...

In Pieces

Sally Field

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A classic in the making - the kind that will land on the bestseller list...and stay on...

Why Not Me?

Mindy Kaling

“Kaling has written a second book that’s funnier, sharper and more confident than her 2011 collection of personal...

The Rainbow Comes and Goes: A Mother and Son on Life, Love, and Loss

Gloria Vanderbilt

Review “Intriguing… an ideal Mother’s/Father’s Day gift, with the opening, ‘Let’s get to know each other...

The Rainbow Comes and Goes CD: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss

Gloria Vanderbilt

About the Author Anderson Cooper is the anchor of Anderson Cooper 360 ° on CNN and a correspondent for CBS’s 60...

Lab Girl

Hope Jahren

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography • A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the...

On Wings of Eagles

Ken Follett

About the Author Ken Follett is the author of numerous international bestsellers, including Jackdaws, Hornet Flight,...