Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Sisters First - Stories from Our Wild and Wonderful Life


Former first daughters Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush share intimate stories and reflections from the Texas countryside to the storied halls of the White House and beyond.

Friday, October 27, 2017

Gorilla and the Bird - A Memoir of Madness and a Mother's Love


The story of a young man fighting to recover from a devastating psychotic break and the mother who refuses to give up on him 

Zack McDermott, a 26-year-old Brooklyn public defender, woke up one morning convinced he was being filmed, Truman Show-style, as part of an audition for a TV pilot. Every passerby was an actor; every car would magically stop for him; everything he saw was a cue from "The Producer" to help inspire the performance of a lifetime. After a manic spree around Manhattan, Zack, who is bipolar, was arrested on a subway platform and admitted to Bellevue Hospital. 

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Endurance - A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery


A stunning, personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station a candid account of his remarkable voyage, of the journeys that preceded it, and of his colorful and inspirational formative years. 

Friday, October 20, 2017

I'm Fine...And Other Lies



“Whitney Cummings has written a book about being, well, not fine and what to do when you find yourself with brutal anxiety and a co-dependency disorder; all in her trademark wit, humor, and honesty. This book, however, is fine as hell.” - Sophia Amoruso, author of #Girlboss

“The funniest cry for help you'll read this year.” - BJ Novak

Well, well, well. Look at you, ogling my book page....I presume if you’re reading this it means you either need more encouragement to buy it or we used to date and you’re trying to figure out if you should sue me or not.

Friday, October 13, 2017

Leonardo da Vinci


He was history’s most creative genius. What secrets can he teach us? 
The author of the acclaimed bestsellers Steve Jobs, Einstein, and Benjamin Franklin brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography.

Tuesday, October 10, 2017

We Were Eight Years in Power - An American Tragedy


In these “urgently relevant essays,”* the National Book Award-winning author of Between the World and Me “reflects on race, Barack Obama’s presidency and its jarring aftermath”* including the election of Donald Trump.

Friday, October 6, 2017

Grant Book


Pulitzer Prize winner Ron Chernow returns with a sweeping and dramatic portrait of one of our most compelling generals and presidents, Ulysses S. Grant.
 
Ulysses S. Grant's life has typically been misunderstood. All too often he is caricatured as a chronic loser and an inept businessman, or as the triumphant but brutal Union general of the Civil War. But these stereotypes don't come close to capturing him, as Chernow shows in his masterful biography, the first to provide a complete understanding of the general and president whose fortunes rose and fell with dizzying speed and frequency.

Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Tuesdays with Morrie - An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson


Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it.