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Elia Kazan
A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
Few figures in film and theater history tower like Elia Kazan. Born in 1909 to Greek parents in Istanbul, Turkey, he arrived in America with incomparable vision and drive, and by the 1950s he was the most important and influential director in the nation, simultaneously dominating both theater and...
Thornton Wilder
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
"Thornton Wilder: A Life brings readers face to face with the extraordinary man who made words come alive around the world, on the stage and on the page." —James Earl Jones, actor
"Comprehensive and wisely fashioned….A splendid and long needed work." —Edward Albee,...
True Stories from an Unreliable Eyewitness
A Feminist Coming of Age
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A fiercely intelligent, hilarious, and deeply feminist collection of interrelated personal stories from Academy, Emmy, and Golden Globe Award–winning actress and director Christine Lahti.
For decades, actress and director Christine Lahti has captivated the hearts and minds of her audience...
A Stone of Hope
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2018
In the tradition of The Other Wes Moore and Just Mercy, a searing memoir and clarion call to save our at-risk youth by a young black man who himself was a lost cause—until he landed in a rehabilitation program that saved his life and gave him purpose.
Born into abject poverty in Haiti, young...
Hunting El Chapo
The Inside Story of the American Lawman Who Captured the World's Most-Wanted Drug Lord
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
A blend of Manhunt, Killing Pablo, and Zero Dark Thirty, Andrew Hogan and Douglas Century’s sensational investigative high-tech thriller—soon to be a major motion picture from Sony—chronicles a riveting chapter in the twentieth-century drug wars: the exclusive inside story of the American lawman...
The Sleepwalkers
How Europe Went to War in 1914
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
One of The New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the Year
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize (History)
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 is historian Christopher Clark’s riveting account of the explosive beginnings of World War I.
Drawing on...
The Residence
Inside the Private World of the White House
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2016
“Absolutely delicious.”—Washington Post
From the mystique of the glamorous Kennedys to the tumult that surrounded Bill and Hillary Clinton during the president’s impeachment to the historic tenure of Barack and Michelle Obama, each new administration brings a unique set of personalities...
This Explains Everything
150 Deep, Beautiful, and Elegant Theories of How the World Works
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything will revolutionize your understanding of the world.
What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? This is the question John Brockman, publisher of Edge.org ("The world's smartest website"—The...
1917
Lenin, Wilson, and the Birth of the New World Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017
**This is the story of two men, and the two decisions, that transformed world history in a single tumultuous year, 1917: Wilson’s entry into World War One and Lenin’s Bolshevik Revolution. **
In April 1917 Woodrow Wilson, champion of American democracy but also segregation; advocate for...
Land of Promise
An Economic History of the United States
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
A sweeping and original work of economic history by Michael Lind, one of America’s leading intellectuals, Land of Promise recounts the epic story of America’s rise to become the world’s dominant economy. As ideological free marketers continue to square off against Keynesians in Congress and...
Kick
The True Story of JFK's Sister and the Heir to Chatsworth
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Filled with a wealth of revealing new material and insight, the biography of the vivacious, unconventional—and nearly forgotten—young Kennedy sister who charmed American society and the English aristocracy, and would break with her family for love.
Encouraged to be “winners” from a...
by Megyn Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Whether it’s asking tough questions during a presidential debate or pressing for answers to today’s most important issues, Megyn Kelly has demonstrated the intelligence, strength, common sense, and courage that have made her one of today’s best-known journalists, respected by women and men,...
Darkest Hour
How Churchill Brought England Back from the Brink
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revelatory look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill’s ascendancy to Prime Minister—soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman.
“He was speaking to the nation, the world, and...
I'll Be Gone in the Dark
One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
Language: English
Release Date: February 26, 2019
Features new material on the Golden State Killer's case and an updated afterword by Patton Oswalt.
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