CK - Biography & Memoir 86

"After seven rounds of chemo, I lost my hair, but not my love of livin' life…" Rock musician and songwriter Ryder Buck was a young man with an unstoppable dream to lift people up through his music. ……続きを見る

Plus redoutable que Nelson, William Sidney Smith, dont la statue accueille le visiteur au musée maritime de Greenwich, paraît de nos jours connu des seuls spécialistes. Si Bourrienne le considérait ……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE, 2014 Haunted by the fate of Dora Bruder – a fifteen-year-old girl listed as missing in an old December 1941 issue of Paris Soir – Nobel Prize-winning author ……続きを見る

L'info a été relayée dans toute la presse people : la Première Dame de France tient un journal intime dans lequel elle consigne notes et impressions sur les coulisses du pouvoir. Mais quels secrets ……続きを見る

Oliver Sacksot neurológiai esetleírásaiért és az emberi viselkedés legváratlanabb és legkevésbé ismert megnyilvánulásai iránti szenvedélyes érdeklődése tette közkedveltté. Utolsó esszékötete személy……続きを見る

Travel to Casablanca and Marrakesh, Tuscany and Venice, Bocas del Toro and Panama City, and Santiago, Chile and back to P.C. Zick's home in the United States. Odyssey to Myself takes the reader on t……続きを見る

British vet, Nick Trout, a modern day James Herriot working in Boston, USA, returns with a completely captivating true story. After exposing the fascinating life of a vet in his previous book, Trout……続きを見る

When Brendan Behan died in 1964 at the age of 41, he had rung the changes in his short life: bomber, gunman, borstal boy, alcoholic and, finally, international literary figure with the success of Th……続きを見る

Extrait : S’il est difficile de donner une juste idée des contemporains illustres dans l’intimité desquels on n’a pas pénétré, il l’est aussi d’en parler lorsqu’on les a approchés de très près, quan……続きを見る

Livreira judia de origem polonesa e apaixonada pela literatura, Françoise Frenkel abre a primeira livraria francesa em Berlim no começo dos anos 1920, fazendo do lugar um ponto de encontro da intele……続きを見る

When asked to conjure an impression of the 'typical fighter pilot', you may be inclined to think of the confident, extroverted, gregarious type, rallying his men and flying in the pursuit of victory……続きを見る

At 14, Richard (Ricky) Abercrombie was besieged by prejudice because of his multi-racial background and angered by unsatisfactory answers to his heartfelt questions about religious truth. The time w……続きを見る

“I have had the chance to meet Melissa and hear her amazing story in person. In this book, Melissa shares insight on how she became a warrior and fought back to become the champion she is today. She……続きを見る

The remarkable story of a father's devotion to his wheelchair-bound son and how their bond inspired millions of people worldwide. Born a spastic quadraplegic, Rick Hoyt was written off by numerous d……続きを見る

Our world today -- from the phone in your pocket to the car that you drive, the allure of social media to the strategy of the Pentagon -- has been shaped irrevocably by the technology of silicon tra……続きを見る

A biography of the business mogul, former New York City mayor, and 2020 democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg has repeatedly defied the standard models for success. He has never won a cro……続きを見る

On the eve of her 31st birthday, after yet another painful breakup, Tamara Duricka Johnson decides it’s time to overhaul her dating habits. When a friend jokingly suggests that she embark on a dati……続きを見る

Acclaimed historian Rick Perlstein chronicles the rise of the conservative movement in the liberal 1960s. At the heart of the story is Barry Goldwater, the renegade Republican from Arizona who loath……続きを見る

When Daniel Patrick Moynihan died in 2003 the Economist described him as "a philosopher-politician-diplomat who two centuries earlier would not have been out of place among the Founding Fathers." Th……続きを見る

The last signatory to the Declaration of Independence was one of the earliest to sign up for the Revolution: Thomas McKean lived a radical, boisterous, politically intriguing life and was one of the……続きを見る

No champion has astonished the world quite like Lance Armstrong. A cancer survivor who went on to win the Tour de France an unprecedented seven times, he is an inspiration to millions. Yet few know ……続きを見る

Sixteen-year-old Steve McKee watched his father die of a heart attack on the couch in their TV room. A lifelong smoker and workaholic, John McKee had been floored by a heart attack five years earlie……続きを見る

As Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the early 1980s, David Stockman was a chief architect of the Reagan Revolution -- a bold plan to cut taxes and reduce the scope and cost of gove……続きを見る

Franklin Delano Roosevelt stands astride American history like a colossus, having pulled the nation out of the Great Depression and led it to victory in the Second World War. Elected to four terms a……続きを見る

Show-business legend Dick Van Dyke is living proof that life does get better the longer you live it. Who better to offer instruction, advice, and humor than someone who's entering his ninth decade w……続きを見る

A member in the Society of the Sacred Heart for nearly thirty years; president of Manhattanville College in New York; recipient of a doctorate in philosophy; philanthropic advisor to the Rockefeller……続きを見る

Brande Roderick, former Playmate of The Year and star of Celebrity Apprentice Season 2, is your advisor, confidante, and stand in best friend in this fun, comprehensive guide to getting the best out……続きを見る

A gripping story of grace, faith, and triumph for a woman whose world shattered hours after her husband's suicide. Becky Powell faced the unthinkable on May 16, 2013. Her husband Mark called and sai……続きを見る

The inspiring true story of a US Special Forces soldier who was medically retired after stepping on an IED, and his incredible return to active duty. Sergeant First Class (SFC) Ryan Hendrickson is a……続きを見る

In this thrilling anthology, bestselling mystery writers abandon the cloak of fiction to investigate the suspenseful secrets in their own lives. For many of us, a good, heart-pounding mystery is the……続きを見る