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Alice's Piano
The Life of Alice Herz-Sommer
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
How music provided hope in one of the world's darkest times—the inspirational life story of Alice Herz-Sommer, the oldest living Holocaust survivor
Alice Herz-Sommer was born in Prague in 1903. A talented pianist from a very early age, she became famous throughout Europe; but, as the Nazis...
The Red Circle
My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
The Red Circle: My Life in the Navy SEAL Sniper Corps and How I Trained America's Deadliest Marksmen
Now including an excerpt from The Killing School: Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program
BEFORE HE COULD FORGE A BAND OF ELITE WARRIORS... HE HAD TO BECOME ONE HIMSELF.
Brandon...
Cleared Hot!
A Marine Combat Pilot's Vietnam Diary
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 1993
Daring missions. Dangerous rescues. Deadly accuracy.
Many pilots never made it out of 'Nam. This one did. Highly decorated Col. Bob Stoffey-- a Marine Corps pilot for over twenty-five years, who served multiple tours in Vietnam-- has seen and done it all. Cleared Hot! is his story-- a fast-paced,...
Admiral "Bull" Halsey
The Life and Wars of the Navy's Most Controversial Commander
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2010
The definitive biography of America's best-known naval officer, who commanded the legendary fast carrier force during WWII.
From the tragic aftermath of Pearl Harbor, when he fashioned America's first response to the attack, to the war's final day in Tokyo Bay when he witnessed Japan's surrender,...
I'm Staying with My Boys
The Heroic Life of Sgt. John Basilone, USMC
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
I'm Staying with My Boys is a firsthand look inside the life of one of the greatest heroes of the Greatest Generation. Sgt. John Basilone held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. At Iwo Jima he single-handedly destroyed an enemy blockhouse, allowing...
The Killing School
Inside the World's Deadliest Sniper Program
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Webb was tapped to revamp the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper School, incorporating the latest advances in technology and ballistics software to create an entirely new course that continues to test the skills and even the best warriors. In this revealing...
Wild Bill
The True Story of the American Frontier's First Gunfighter
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
The definitive true story of Wild Bill, the first lawman of the Wild West, by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City**.**
In July 1865, "Wild Bill" Hickok shot and killed Davis Tutt in Springfield, MO—the first quick-draw duel on the frontier. Thus began the reputation...
by Charles Messenger, Klaus Naumann
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2009
Modeled on the acclaimed Great Generals series, which features the strategy and legacy of famous American generals, World Generals broadens the scope to include the world's finest military leaders. Each volume will include a foreword by Wesley K. Clark, and be co-edited by a different foreign general...
Ten Years a Nomad
A Traveler's Journey Home
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2019
Part memoir and part philosophical look at why we travel, filled with stories of Matt Kepnes' adventures abroad, an exploration of wanderlust and what it truly means to be a nomad.
"Matt is possibly the most well-traveled person I know...His knowledge and passion for understanding the world...
Front Row
Anna Wintour: The Cool Life and Hot Times of Vogue's Editor in Chief
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
From the New York Times bestselling author of Just Desserts: Martha Stewart: The Unauthorized Biography comes a scrupulously researched investigative biography that tells the inside story of Anna Wintour's incredible rise to power
From her exclusive perch front row center, glamorous Vogue magazine...
by Vivica A. Fox
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Vivica A. Fox is a dynamo who has created a lasting career on her own, through sheer, roll-up-your-sleeves DIY hustle. Every Day I'm Hustling is a personal book with a message Fox passionately believes in: that you make your own luck, that you never ever wake up in the morning thinking somebody’s...
Step Out on Nothing
How Faith and Family Helped Me Conquer Life's Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2009
It was August 25, 2006, my first on-camera studio open for the CBS News broadcast 60 Minutes*. Executive Producer Jeff Fager poked his head in the dressing room." Good luck, Brotha! You've come a long way to get here. You've earned it."*
…If only he knew. My mind flashed back to elementary...
The Politician
An Insider's Account of John Edwards's Pursuit of the Presidency and the Scandal That Brought Him Down
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2010
"The greatest political saga, the one that has it all, that gets to the real heart of American politics, is the John Edwards story... This isn't just politics, it's literature. It's the great American novel, the kind that isn't written anymore." --Michael Wolff on John Edwards's trajectory,...
Nixon's Darkest Secrets
The Inside Story of America's Most Troubled President
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2012
A veteran White House reporter reveals our 37th president was even more sinister and haunted than we knew.
Richard Nixon left the White House in 1974 as our most disgraced president, but the American people never knew the full extent of his demons, deceptions, paranoia, prejudices, hatreds,...