Talking jazz an oral history

"As you read, light bulbs switch on: that's what was going when she recorded that; now I can see where...

The diary of anais nin

Anais Nin records and reveals her struggles, friendships, and loves, observations of places and people, and responses to criticism, crises,...

The reason you walk a memoir

A moving father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic First Nations broadcaster, musician and activist. When his father was given a...

Andrew carnegie

A New York Times bestseller! “Beautifully crafted and fun to read.” —Louis Galambos, The Wall Street Journal “Nasaw’s research is...

The pillow book

The classic portrayal of court life in tenth-century Japan Written by the court gentlewoman Sei Shonagon, ostensibly for her own...

Girl in the picture

Finalist for the 2000 Governor General’s Award By the author of the award-winning memoir The Concubine’s Children On June 8,...

Stephen hawking

Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover...

Foundations of mathematics grade level

Stealing green mangoes two brothers

A memoir—written in the wake of a cancer diagnosis—that zeroes in on the crux between two brothers: one who became...

Almost american girl an illustrated memoir

Harvey Award Nominee, Best Children or Young Adult Book A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging,...

The intimate merton his life from his journals

In this diary-like memoir, composed of his most poignant and insightful journal entries, The Intimate Merton lays bare the steep...

The illustrated pirate diaries a remarkable eyewitness account of captain morgan and the buccaneers

"Morgan hurled himself at the fuse, and saved all his comrades' lives. His bravery was already the stuff of legend,...

Gaspipe confessions of a mafia boss

The boss of New York's infamous Lucchese crime family, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso's life in the Mafia was preordained from birth....

Saturday rules why college football outpasses

Does the NFL have better athletes than the college teams? Yes. Does it ensure more direct flights? Undoubtedly. Which game...

The other man john f. kennedy jr.

The international supermodel and actor details his rise to fame in the fashion world and reveals for the first time...

Merchant princes an intimate history of jewish families who built great department stores

Recounts the dramatic success stories of America's great Jewish storekeeping families--the Gimbels, Strauses, and Goldwaters among them--who rose from common...

The late starters orchestra

“We’re all living longer. What should we do with the time? Ari Goldman has a solution. The Late Starters Orchestra...

My father's son memories of war and peace

"The best wartime memoir written by a Canadian."--The Toronto Star It was an era of hope, heroism, and upheaval, a...

Swimming studies

Winner of the 2012 National Book Critics Circle Award, Autobiography Swimming Studies is a brilliantly original, meditative memoir that explores...

The rockefellers an american dynasty

A chronicle of the oil-and power-endowed American family, tracing its fortunes and fames and the activities and careers of individual...

Son of sam based on the authorized transcription of the tapes

Drawing on more than three hundred tape recordings of conversations David Berkowitz had with police, lawyers, and psychiatrists and his...

Never at rest a biography of isaac newton

This richly detailed 1981 biography captures both the personal life and the scientific career of Isaac Newton, presenting a fully...

Elisabeth louise vigee le brun

Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842) also known as Madame Le Brun, was a French portrait painter, especially of women,...

M train

From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey into the mind of this legendary artist, told...