Details the extraordinary partnership and friendship between Larry Ellison, billionaire CEO of Oracle Corporation, and blue-collar mechanic Norbert Bajurin, offering a riveting glimpse into their runs
An award-winning San Francisco Chronicle reporter documents the mysterious 1993 archdiocese decision to close St. Brigid Church in San Francisco, tracing how the efforts of a ragtag group of faithful
Includes a new afterword on the 2013 America’s CupThe America’s Cup, first awarded in 1851, is the oldest trophy in international sports and one of the most hotly contested. In 2000, Larry Ellison, co
An unforgettable story of four women who came to California to try to make it in a world stacked against them. Through grit and ingenuity, the women became stars in cutthroat, high-stakes, male domina
A remarkable, uplifting story about one of the greatest medical breakthroughs of the 20th centuryIn 1951 in Sydney, Australia, a 14-year-old boy named James Harrison was near death when he received a
Alone in a spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed towards space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begin the climb to a target no civilian pilot had ever reached.
How a historic race gave birth to private space flight Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds to exceed the speed of sound and begi
A New York Times bestseller! The historic race that reawakened the promise of manned spaceflight Alone in a Spartan black cockpit, test pilot Mike Melvill rocketed toward space. He had eighty seconds
