Friday, June 30, 2017

The Bright Hour: A Memoir of Living and Dying


* INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *

“Stunning…heartrending…this year’s When Breath Becomes Air.” - Nora Krug, The Washington Post

“Beautiful and haunting.”  - Matt McCarthy, MD, USA TODAY

“Deeply affecting…simultaneously heartbreaking and funny.” - People (Book of the Week)

“Vivid, immediate.” - Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe 

Starred reviews from * Kirkus Reviews * Publishers Weekly * Library Journal * 

Most Anticipated Summer Reading Selection by * The Washington Post * Entertainment Weekly * Glamour * The Seattle Times * Vulture * InStyle * Bookpage * Bookriot * Real Simple * The Atlanta Journal-Constitution *

Tuesday, June 27, 2017

You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir


The Instant New York Times Bestseller

One of the most anticipated books of 2017--Entertainment Weekly and Bustle 

A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.

Friday, June 23, 2017

Never Call Me a Hero: A Legendary American Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle of Midway



National Bestseller • "An instant classic." - Dallas Morning News • 75 YEARS AGO, ONE DARING AMERICAN PILOT MAY HAVE CHANGED THE COURSE OF HISTORY WHEN HE STRUCK AND SANK TWO JAPANESE CARRIERS AT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY

On the morning of June 4, 1942, high above the tiny Pacific atoll of Midway, Lt. (j.g.) "Dusty" Kleiss burst out of the clouds and piloted his SBD Dauntless into a near-vertical dive aimed at the heart of Japan’s Imperial Navy, which six months earlier had ruthlessly struck Pearl Harbor. The greatest naval battle in history raged around him, its outcome hanging in the balance as the U.S. desperately searched for its first major victory of the Second World War. Then, in a matter of seconds, Dusty Kleiss’s daring 20,000-foot dive helped forever alter the war’s trajectory.

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Hunger - A Memoir of (My) Body


From the New York Times best-selling author of Bad Feminist, a searingly honest memoir of food, weight, self-image, and learning how to feed your hunger while taking care of yourself.

“I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she is still there, somewhere. . . . I was trapped in my body, one that I barely recognized or understood, but at least I was safe.”

Friday, June 16, 2017

I Can't Make This Up: Life Lessons


Superstar comedian and Hollywood box office star Kevin Hart turns his immense talent to the written word by writing some words. Some of those words include: the, a, for, above, and even even. Put them together and you have the funniest, most heartfelt, and most inspirational memoir on survival, success, and the importance of believing in yourself since Old Yeller.

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Crooked - Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery


The acclaimed author of Carved in Sand a veteran investigative journalist who endured persistent back pain for decades delivers the definitive book on the subject: an essential examination of all facets of the back pain industry, exploring what works, what doesn't, what may cause harm, and how to get on the road to recovery.

Friday, June 9, 2017

Al Franken, Giant of the Senate


"Flips the classic born-in-a-shack rise to political office tale on its head. I skipped meals to read this book - also unusual - because every page was funny. It made me deliriously happy." - Louise Erdrich, The New York Times