Jon: 3174 books
The Garner Files
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Told in the charming and self-deprecating style that has made him one of America’s most beloved celebrities—the real story behind Hollywood legend James Garner, from his Depression-era childhood to his colorful career.
His incredible story, in his own words.
One of Hollywood’s...
Chesty
The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
Featured on the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Reading List and the Chief of Naval Operation’s “Naval Power” Reading List
The Marine Corps is known for its heroes, and Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller has long been considered the greatest of them all. His assignments and activities...
Here Lies Hugh Glass
A Mountain Man, a Bear, and the Rise of the American Nation
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2012
In the summer of 1823, a grizzly bear mauled Hugh Glass. The animal ripped the trapper up, carving huge hunks from his body. Glass's fellows rushed to his aid and slew the bear, but Glass's injuries mocked their first aid. The expedition leader arranged for his funeral: two men would stay behind to...
Frank
The True Story That Inspired the Movie
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
From the bestselling author of The Psychopath Test comes a characteristically humorous story of a musician on the margins. In Frank: The True Story that Inspired the Movie, Jon Ronson reflects on his days playing keyboard for the Frank Sidebottom Oh Blimey Big Band. Frank Sidebottom, best known for...
by Jon Juaristi
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 3, 2012
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 3, 2012
La última biografía de Unamuno, una nueva mirada a su vida y obra.
Elegida mejor biografía de 2012 por los lectores de El País.
El escritor vasco Miguel de Unamuno y Jugo fue el primer intelectual verdaderamente moderno del país. Su vida, su obra y su muerte, en plena guerra civil,...
The Psychopath Test
A Journey Through the Madness Industry
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2011
In this madcap journey, a bestselling journalist investigates psychopaths and the industry of doctors, scientists, and everyone else who studies them.
The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played on the...
Destiny and Power
The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2015
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this brilliant biography, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jon Meacham chronicles the life of George Herbert Walker Bush.
**NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book...
by Jon Meacham
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2012
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times Book Review • The Washington Post • Entertainment Weekly • The Seattle Times • St. Louis Post-Dispatch • Bloomberg Businessweek
In this magnificent biography, the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Lion and Franklin...
Franklin and Winston
An Intimate Portrait of an Epic Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2003
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The most complete portrait ever drawn of the complex emotional connection between two of history’s towering leaders
Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill were the greatest leaders of “the Greatest Generation.” In Franklin and Winston, Jon Meacham explores...
American Lion
Andrew Jackson in the White House
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
The definitive biography of a larger-than-life president who defied norms, divided a nation, and changed Washington forever
Andrew Jackson, his intimate circle of friends, and his tumultuous times are at the heart of this remarkable book about the man who rose from nothing to create the modern...
by Jon Reiner
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2011
“I’m a glutton in a greyhound’s body, a walking contradiction, in the grip of the one thing I can’t have—food.”
Food is not just sustenance. It is memories, a lobster roll on the beach in Maine; heritage, hot pastrami club with a half-sour pickle; guilty pleasures, a chocolate rum-soaked...
Crossings
A Doctor-Soldier's Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Every juncture in Jon Kerstetter’s life has been marked by a crossing from one world into another: from civilian to doctor to soldier; between healing and waging war; and between compassion and hatred of the enemy. When an injury led to a stroke that ended his careers as a doctor and a soldier,...
Fethullah Gulen
A Life of Hizmet
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2019
In this first critical biography of Fethullah Gulen in English, historian Jon Pahl takes us on a journey where we discover wisdom and controversy, from 1940's Turkey to the U.S. in the twenty-first century. Pahl tells the story of a pious Muslim boy from a tiny and remote Turkish village who on the...
Taxing Ourselves
A Citizen's Guide to the Debate over Taxes
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2017
The new edition of a popular guide to the key issues in tax reform, presented in a clear, nontechnical, and unbiased way.
To follow the debate over tax reform, the interested citizen is often forced to choose between misleading sound bites and academic treatises. Taxing Ourselves bridges the...