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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...
Passion and Pain
The Life of Hector Lavoe
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2007
From the poverty-stricken streets of Ponce, Puerto Rico to the vibrant barrios of New York City, HECTOR LAVOE became the singer of all singers, and the driving-force behind the Salsa movement in the mid-1960s. His popularity rivaled that of his contemporaries, Tito Puente, Celia Cruz and Johnny Pacheco.
Behind...
Ziegfeld
The Man Who Invented Show Business
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Any girl who twists her hat will be fired! – Florenz Ziegfeld
And no Ziegfeld girl ever did as she made her way down the gala stairways of the Ziegfeld Follies in some of the most astonishing spectacles the American theatergoing public ever witnessed. When Florenz Ziegfeld started in theater,...
Puttin' On the Ritz
Fred Astaire and the Fine Art of Panache, A Biography
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
Fred Astaire defined elegance on the dance floor. With white tie, tails and a succession of elegant partners - Ginger Rogers, Cyd Charisse, Rita Hayworth, Eleanor Powell, Judy Garland and others - he created an indelible image of the Anglo bon vivant. His origins, though, were far more humble: Born...
by Chris Nickson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
From Bel-Air to The Wild, Wild West, Chris Nickson's biography of Will Smith details the extraordinary rise of today's hottest superstar. With #1 hit music singles and explosive success in television and movies—from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air to Six Degrees of Separation to blockbusters like Men...
Sniper One
On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
When Sgt. Dan Mills and the rest of the 1st Battalion, The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment flew into Iraq in April, 2004, they were supposed to be winning hearts and minds. They were soon fighting for their lives.
Within hours of their arrival in Iraq, a grenade bounced off one of the battalion's...
SEAL Team Six
Memoirs of an Elite Navy SEAL Sniper
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
The New York Times best selling book that takes you inside SEAL Team Six – the covert squad that killed Osama Bin Laden
SEAL Team Six is a secret unit tasked with counterterrorism, hostage rescue, and counterinsurgency. In this dramatic, behind-the-scenes chronicle, Howard Wasdin takes readers...
The Glitter and the Gold
The American Duchess---in Her Own Words
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
A new edition of Consuelo Vanderbilt Balsan's memoir—the story of the "real" Lady Grantham of Downton Abbey
Consuelo Vanderbilt was young, beautiful, and heir to a vast fortune. She was also in love with an American suitor when her mother chose instead for her to marry an English...
Extreme Ownership
How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
An updated edition of the blockbuster bestselling leadership book that took America and the world by storm, two U.S. Navy SEAL officers who led the most highly decorated special operations unit of the Iraq War demonstrate how to apply powerful leadership principles from the battlefield to business...
Fighter Pilot
The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Please note: This ebook edition does not include the photo insert from the print edition.
The widely anticipated memoir of legendary ace American fighter pilot, Robin Olds
Robin Olds was a larger-than-life hero with a towering personality. A graduate of West Point and an inductee in...
Born to Rule
Five Reigning Consorts, Granddaughters of Queen Victoria
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
Julia Gelardi's Born to Rule is an historical tour de force that weaves together the powerful and moving stories of the five royal granddaughters of Queen Victoria. These five women were all married to reigning European monarchs during the early part of the 20th century, and it was their reaction...
The Reaper
Autobiography of One of the Deadliest Special Ops Snipers
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Preorder REAPER: GHOST TARGET now, Nick Irving's debut thriller that Brad Thor calls "one hell of a read"!
The Instant New York Times Bestseller by Co-Star of Fox's American Grit and Legendary Ranger Nick Irving
Groundbreaking, thrilling and revealing, The Reaper is the astonishing...
Hell Above Earth
The Incredible True Story of an American WWII Bomber Commander and the Copilot Ordered to Kill Him
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
"The riveting true story of a World War II bomber pilot and the co-pilot who received orders to kill him…After the twists and turns in Goering's many missions, Frater finishes with a stunning revelation…the author delivers an exciting read full of little-known facts about the war. A WWII...
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...