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by Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
**The #1 New York Times Bestseller
A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance from Aziz Ansari, the star of Master of None and one of this generation’s sharpest comedic voices**
At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey...
Frank Lloyd Wright
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2008
Pulitzer Prize?winning critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography of America?s greatest architect
Renowned architecture critic Ada Louise Huxtable?s biography Frank Lloyd Wright looks at the architect and the man, from his tumultuous personal life to his long career as a master builder. Along the...
by Rebecca Solnit
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2006
A stimulating exploration of wandering, being lost, and the uses of the unknown from the author of Men Explain Things To Me
Written as a series of autobiographical essays, A Field Guide to Getting Lost draws on emblematic moments and relationships in Rebecca Solnit's life to explore issues...
Fashion Climbing
A Memoir with Photographs
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
**The New York Times bestseller
“[An] obscenely enjoyable romp.” —The New York Times Book Review
The untold story of a New York City legend's education in creativity and style**
For Bill Cunningham, New York City was the land of freedom, glamour, and, above all, style....
Old Masters, New World
America's Raid on Europe's Great Pictures
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2008
A spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world
In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe's extraordinary Old Master pictures, causing a major migration of art across the Atlantic. Old Masters,...
Coco Chanel
An Intimate Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2011
The controversial story of Chanel, the twentieth century's foremost fashion icon.
Revolutionizing women's dress, Gabrielle "Coco'' Chanel was the twentieth century's most influential designer. Her extraordinary and unconventional journey-from abject poverty to a new kind of glamour- helped...
Scandals, Vandals, and da Vincis
A Gallery of Remarkable Art Tales
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
The secret histories of the worlds most famous masterpieces
Caravaggios, Rembrandts, Monets-the works of immortal artists such as these are indelibly imprinted in the public mind; they are priceless masterpieces whose beauty, artistry, and emotional impact have inspired admiration, awe, and...
Forever Liesl
A Memoir of The Sound of Music
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2001
The magic of The Sound of Music lives on in the minds and hearts of everyone it has touched. Now, Charmian Carr, who in 1965 captivated moviegoers as Liesl "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" von Trapp, tells what it was like to be a part of the film that has become a cultural phenomenon. It's...
Escape from Bellevue
A Memoir of Rock 'n' Roll, Recovery, and Redemption
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2009
Read Christopher John Campion's posts on the Penguin Blog.
Indie rock raconteur Chris Campion-one of the few patients ever to escape from Bellevue's locked ward-recalls his band's tumultuous ride, his plummet into addiction, and the strange road back to sobriety
Chronicling more than...
Life at the Marmont
The Inside Story of Hollywood's Legendary Hotel of the Stars--Chateau Marmont
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2013
Raymond Sarlot bought the Chateau Marmont in 1975, but what was originally a business purchase became a love affair as he delved into the hotel's incredible history. From its perch overlooking the Sunset Strip, the glamorous Marmont reigned for decades as the spot for artists, writers, musicians,...
Emilie Du Chatelet
Daring Genius of the Enlightenment
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2007
The captivating biography of the French aristocrat who balanced the demands of her society with passionate affairs of the heart and a brilliant life of the mind
Although today she is best known for her fifteen-year liaison with Voltaire, Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du...
The Lost Men
The Harrowing Saga of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2007
The untold story of the last odyssey of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration
Sir Ernest Shackletons 1914 Antarctic endeavor is legend, but for sheer heroism and tragic nobility, nothing compares to the saga of the Ross Sea party. This crew of explorers landed on the opposite side of Antarctica...
River Run Red
The Fort Pillow Massacre in the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2006
On April 12, 1864, on the Tennessee banks of the Mississippi River, a force of more than 3,000 Confederate cavalrymen under General Nathan Bedford Forrest stormed Fort Pillow, overwhelming a garrison of some 350 Southern white Unionists and over 300 former slaves turned artillerymen. By the next day,...
by Rebecca Solnit
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
From the author of Men Explain Things to Me, a personal, lyrical narrative about storytelling and empathy – a fitting companion to Solnit’s A Field Guide to Getting Lost
A finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award
In this exquisitely written book by the author of A Paradise...