CK - Biography & Memoir 8

A New York Times Bestseller Winner of the Chicago Tribune Heartland Prize Winner of the Hillman Prize for Book Journalism Named a best book of the year by: the Los Angeles Times the San Francisco Ch……続きを見る

Bret Lee is one of the greatest Australian fast bowlers in the history of cricket. He has many bowling records to his name. Lee was born on 8th November 1976 at Wollongong, New South Wales. He storm……続きを見る

Measuring the Mosaic is a comprehensive intellectual biography of John Porter (1921-1979), author of The Vertical Mosaic (1965), preeminent Canadian sociologist of his time, and one of Canada's most……続きを見る

“Enthralling and intelligent, a masterly exploration of the sinister labyrinth that was wartime France . . . It is a remarkable book, utterly fascinating.” ーAllan Massie Not long after 2:00 p.m. on……続きを見る

KENK is an award-winning 300-page journalistic comic book surrounding Igor Kenk, the worlds most prolific bicyclethief (The New York Times, The Guardian). In the summer of 2008, Kenk was arrested an……続きを見る

“Some day the sun will shine and have not will be no more.” These are the immortal words of Brian Peckford, who served as the third premier of Newfoundland, and leader of the Progressive Conservativ……続きを見る

From the master of adventure behind the classic Death in the Long Grass, former big-game hunter Peter Hathaway Capstick now turns from his own exploits to those of some of the greatest hunters of th……続きを見る

Philip Glass has had a unique impact on traditional popular culture over the past 40 years. Written jointly as an appraisal of his work and a biography, Glass details the landmark points of his care……続きを見る

Live Aid mastermind Bob Geldof once told his fellow Irishman and journalist Joe Jackson he would never update his 1986 autobiography 'Is That It'. Joe Jackson now suggests that "in ways the two inte……続きを見る

Robert H. Jackson was one of the giants of the Roosevelt era: an Attorney General, a still revered Supreme Court Justice and, not least important, one of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's close friends an……続きを見る

In 1999, Serbia attacked Kosovo. Genocide of Kosovo's ethnic Albanians was the Serbian military's goal. Shawn Hendricks deployed there for the US Army, KFOR (Kosovo FORce - coalition NATO peacekeepe……続きを見る

A former rival and associate of Whitey Bulger tells all in this “profane, often brutal” true crime memoir about the inner workings of life in the Irish mob (The Boston Herald) After serving in Vietn……続きを見る

The beloved author of such works as The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and The Sea Wolf turns his keen eye to social realism in The People of the Abyss. In this fascinating volume, Jack London recoun……続きを見る

Famous for her avant-garde outfits, over-the-top performances, and addictive dance beats, Lady Gaga is one of the most successful pop musicians of all time. But behind her showmanship lies another a……続きを見る

Popcorn, Soda and Showbiz... Meet man in charge in the week running up to the biggest film release of the year as he tells all about the thieving staff, customers who love to queue, vomiting childre……続きを見る

Karen Southwick’s unauthorized account provides the full story of Larry Ellison’s brilliant, controversial career. Ellison’s drive and fierce ambition created Oracle out of the dust and built it int……続きを見る

Are you the world's biggest Marilyn Manson fan? Or do you want to know everything there is to know about the controversial frontman?If so, then this is the book for you! Contained within are 101 ama……続きを見る

  Marybeth's Final Journey is based on a true story that tells a heartfelt true story of a family caught up in extremely stressful and emotional circumstances, torn between their immense ……続きを見る

Irish rugby as you've never seen it before -- from the man who got the job every rugby lover would love to have. 'Rala has a gift for making people feel at ease and special at the same time' Paul O'……続きを見る

By mid-1944, the U.S. Army was facing a critical shortage of the most important commodity in any war, the common foot soldier. Higher-than-expected casualties during the liberation of France had for……続きを見る

'I was born in Tuckahoe I have no accurate knowledge of my age, never having seen any authentic record containing it. By far the larger part of the slaves know as little of their ages as horses know……続きを見る

Chuck Palahniuk’s world has always been, well, different from yours and mine. In his first collection of nonfiction, Chuck Palahniuk brings us into this world, and gives us a glimpse of what inspire……続きを見る

Honorable Justice: The Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Sheldon Novick (with a new preface by the author; 178,000 words, 25 illustrations) Oliver Wendell Holmes is widely regarded as America’s grea……続きを見る

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Deval Patrick, “an inspirational figure guided by optimism and hope who presaged the rise of President Obama” (The Boston Globe), r……続きを見る

Explores Mississippi’s school desegregation from the viewpoint of a white teacher A New Day in the Delta is a fresh and appealing memoir of the experience of a young white college graduate in need o……続きを見る

With a foreword by The Who's Pete Townshend, Raising Hell is a compilation of Wright's groundbreaking photography and the true stories behind the captivating pictures. Over the years, Wright has all……続きを見る

In Frederick Douglass' autobiography 'My Bondage and My Freedom' we can see the power of literacy and belief. Douglass transforms himself from slave to an abolitionist, journalist, orator, and one o……続きを見る

Perikles, the creator of the reputation of Classical Athens was an enigmatic figure. This book traces Perikles' development from a somewhat hesitant, though left-leaning politician, to a mature stat……続きを見る

'When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed into some kind of monstrous vermin.' With a bewildering blend of the everyday and the fantastical, Kafka thus beg……続きを見る

In 1952 Susan and her brother were given away by their mother and subsequently sent to Australia under the Child Migrant Scheme. Susan’s first book Goodbye, Mummy Darling described her journey throu……続きを見る