The impressive life story of Muhammad Ali is interwoven with vital moments in American history in this visually stunning, full-color biography.The story of famed boxing champion Muhammad Ali is more a
This story is autobiographical related against a backdrop of historical events in America and elsewhere in the world. It begins in Boston during the years of the Great Depression and the prelude to W
An immediate bestseller upon its publication in 1880, the anonymously penned Democracy prompted widespread speculation and guessing games as to its author’s identity. It is the story of Mrs. Lightfoot
The impressive life story of Muhammad Ali is interwoven with vital moments in American history in this visually stunning, full-color biography.The story of famed boxing champion Muhammad Ali is more a
Ronald Reagan’s autobiography is a work of major historical importance. Here, in his own words, is the story of his life—public and private—told in a book both frank and compellingl
Follows the Depression-era story of Ira Stigman, a thirty-two-year-old novelist who becomes enamored with a blond, aristocratic pianist and abandons his Manhattan family for the promise of the sunny A
Follows the Depression-era story of Ira Stigman, a thirty-two-year-old novelist who becomes enamored with a blond, aristocratic pianist and abandons his Manhattan family for the promise of the sunny A
The untold story of how America's progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the twentieth century. At the turn of the last century, a smallpox epidemic swep
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAN OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB 2018 SELECTIONLONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION“Haunting . . . Beautifully written.” —The New York Times Book Review “A tense and timely love story . . . Packed with brave questions about race and class.” —People “Epic . . . Transcendent . . . Triumphant.” —ElleNewlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to twelve years for a crime Celestial knows he didn’t commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding. As Roy’s time in prison passes, she is unable to hold on to the love that has been her center. After five years
At times mirroring and at times shockingly disparate to the rise of traditional white American medicine, the history of African-American health care is a story of traditional healers; root doctors; gr
"Rozek's [work] is antimedia media, almost disorienting in its simplicity."?Wired magazineLynzsea Sky, a twenty-something college student, tells the author her heartbreaking, disturbing, and culture-c
Neighbors From Hell finds itself nestled in the "children's book for adults" niche in the vein ofGo the F*ck to Sleep. The book tells the story of the real life monsters in America w
A master class in spycraft from one of its greatest practitionersJack Devine is one of the legendary spymasters of our time. He was in Chile when Allende fell; he ran Charlie Wilson’s war in Afghanist
A MASTER CLASS IN SPYCRAFT FROM ONE OF ITS GREATEST PRACTITIONERSJack Devine is one of the legendary spymasters of our time. He was in Chile when Allende fell; he ran Charlie Wilson's war in Afghanist
When populations of striped bass began plummeting in the early 1980s, author and fisherman Dick Russell was there to lead an Atlantic coast conservation campaign that resulted in one of the most remar
