An unapologetic examination of blue-collar values that merges personal memoir and public history to tell a story about family loyalty, small-town life, and working-class values in the face of a violent 1959 labor strike.

2,692円

Packinghouse Daughter: A Mem…

When Consuelo Vanderbilt's grandfather died, he was the richest man in America. Her father soon started to spend the family fortune, enthusiastically supported by Consuelo's mother, Alva, who was determined to take the family to the top of New York society--forcing a heartbroken Consuelo into a marriage she did not want with the underfunded Duke of Marlborough. But the story of Consuelo and Alva is more than a tale of enterprising social ambition, Gilded Age glamour, and the emptiness of wealth. It is a fascinating account of two extraordinary women who struggled to break free from the world into which they were born--a world of materialistic concerns and shallow elitism in which females were voiceless and powerless--and of their lifelong dedication to noble and dangerous causes and the battle for women's rights.

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Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt…

Insightful and comprehensive, Gill's work reveals art patron Peggy Guggenheim as never before in a book for serious art lovers, art history buffs, and anyone interested in the story of a fascinating woman. Three 8-page photo inserts.

3,168円

Art Lover: A Biography of Pe…

This is a story of the unexpected.In "Destined to Witness," Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir -- an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. The son of a prominent African and a German nurse, Hans remained behind with his mother when Hitler came to power, due to concerns about his fragile health, after his father returned to Liberia. Like other German boys, Hans went to school; like other German boys, he swiftly fell under the Fuhrer's spell. So he was crushed to learn that, as a black child, he was ineligible for the Hitler Youth. His path to a secondary education and an eventual profession was blocked. He now lived in fear that, at any moment, he might hear the Gestapo banging on the door -- or Allied bombs falling on his home. Ironic,, moving, and deeply human, Massaquoi's account of this lonely struggle for survival brims with courage and intelligence.

3,009円

Destined to Witness: Growing…

At the helm of America's most influential literary magazine for more than half a century, Harold Ross introduced the country to a host of exciting talent, including Robert Benchley, Alexander Woolcott, Ogden Nash, Peter Arno, Charles Addams, and Dorothy Parker. But no one could have written about this irascible, eccentric genius more affectionately or more critically than James Thurber -- an American icon in his own right -- whose portrait of Ross captures not only a complex literary giant but a historic friendship and a glorious era as well. "If you get Ross down on paper," warned Wolcott Gibbs to Thurber," nobody will ever believe it." But readers of this unforgettable memoir will find that they do.

2,692円

The Years with Ross

Blanche Kelso Bruce was born a slave in 1841, yet, remarkably, amassed a real-estate fortune and became the first black man to serve a full term in the U.S. Senate. He married Josephine Willson--the daughter of a wealthy black Philadelphia doctor--and together they broke down racial barriers in 1880s Washington, D.C., numbering President Ulysses S. Grant among their influential friends. The Bruce family achieved a level of wealth and power unheard of for people of color in nineteenth-century America. Yet later generations would stray from the proud Bruce legacy, stumbling into scandal and tragedy. Drawing on Senate records, historical documents, and personal letters, author Lawrence Otis Graham weaves a riveting social history that offers a fascinating look at race, politics, and class in America.

2,534円

The Senator and the Socialit…

At the age of 37, the author suffered a massive stroke that doctors said would leave her wheelchair-bound for the rest of her life. Defying the odds, she not only taught herself to walk again, but taught others how to have faith in herself.

2,851円

Don't Leave Me This Way: Or …

From the unapologetic bad boy of professional golf comes a rip-roaring account of his rollercoaster life and career. Daly reveals how a down-home Everyman from Arkansas managed to conquer the green, dodge the hazards, and finally take control of his life (sort of). 16-page color photo insert.

3,009円

My Life in and Out of the Ro…

Meet Annie Choi. She fears cable cars and refuses to eat anything that casts a shadow. Her brother thinks chicken is a vegetable. Her father occasionally starts fires at work. Her mother collects Jesus trading cards and wears plaid like it's a job. No matter how hard Annie and her family try to understand one another, they often come up hilariously short. But in the midst of a family crisis, Annie comes to realize that the only way to survive one another is to stick together . . . as difficult as that might be. Annie Choi's "Happy Birthday or Whatever" is a sidesplitting, eye-opening, and transcendent tale of coping with an infuriating, demanding, but ultimately loving Korean family.

2,692円

Happy Birthday or Whatever: …

As a boy, Stephen J. Dubner's hero was Franco Harris, the famed and mysterious running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers. When Dubner's father died, he became obsessed--he dreamed of his hero every night; he signed his school papers "Franco Dubner." Though they never met, it was Franco Harris who shepherded Dubner through a fatherless boyhood. Years later, Dubner journeys to meet his hero, certain that Harris will embrace him. And he is . . . well, wrong. Told with the grit of a journalist and the grace of a memoirist, "Confessions of a Hero-Worshiper" is a breathtaking, heartbreaking, and often humorous story of astonishing developments. It is also a sparkling meditation on the nature of hero worship--which, like religion and love, tells us as much about ourselves as about the object of our desire.

2,534円

Confessions of a Hero-Worshi…

If you've ever felt alone in a world of strangers, missing someone you've never met, you'll find a message from your love in "The Bridge Across Forever.

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The Bridge Across Forever: A…

Moving and elegantly written, this study is riveting history: a gripping portrait of two men, whose friendship forged under fire on the Civil War's greatest battlefields, would set the stage for the crucial final year of the war.

3,009円

Grant and Sherman: The Frien…

Alive with the energy of street life, the sober reality of prison, and the visceral thrill of being inside the fast-paced kitchens of great restaurants, "Cooked" is an extraordinary memoir that chronicles a gifted man's against-the-odds journey of second chances.

3,308円

Cooked: From the Streets to …

4,118円

Just as I Am: The Autobiogra…

4,276円

Amazing Grace: William Wilbe…

Johnny Gunther was only 17 years old when he died of a brain tumor. This Perennial Modern Classic is a father's memoir of this brave, intelligent, and spirited boy.

3,009円

Death Be Not Proud

3,168円

Rat Bastards: The South Bost…

Comprised of 21 autobiographical tales, "Why I'm Like This" begins with a hilarious send-up of Kaplan's last year at "Queechy Lake Camp" and ends with a tour-de-force about the cruelly unfufilled life of the truffle pig.

2,217円

Why I'm Like This: True Stor…

Welcome to New Auburn, Wisconsin, where the local vigilante is a farmer's wife armed with a pistol and a Bible, the most senior member of the volunteer fire department is a cross-eyed butcher with one kidney and two ex-wives (both of whom work at the only gas station in town), and the back roads are haunted by the ghosts of children and farmers. Against a backdrop of fires and tangled wrecks, bar fights and smelt feeds, "Population: 485" is a comic and sometimes heartbreaking true tale leavened with quieter meditations on an overlooked America.

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Population: 485

Henry "Hammering Hank" Aaron slugged his way from the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro League to the Atlanta Braves, where, on April 8, 1974, he shattered Babe Ruth's homerun record--a feat recently voted the greatest moment in baseball history. "A hell of a story".--New York Times Book Review. Photographs.

3,168円

I Had a Hammer: The Hank Aar…

Sports writer Travis chronicles the ribald intensity, ridiculous quirks, and religious fervor of football in the Southeastern Conference. This irreverent and witty account of the cultural individuality of the South on football Saturdays reveals the experiences and excitement of the common fan.

2,851円

Dixieland Delight: A Footbal…

Jean Houston's rich and insightful meta-biography recounts her larger-than-life personal story, showing readers in the process how to recognize and tap into the mythic themes that shape and inform their own lives. "Without myths, a society becomes sterile and is bereft of meaning and soul. I recommend (A Mythic Life) to those who want to restore the magical and the miraculous in their lives".--Deepak Chopra.

2,692円

A Mythic Life: Learning to L…

The memoir of an ordinary woman--a mother, a daughter, a psychologist, a wife--who skillfully, uncannily tells the tale of her spiraling descent into a severe, debilitating depression, Manning's is a witty and graceful account that belies the popular understanding of the controversial treatment she sought.

2,692円

Undercurrents: A Therapist's…

An intimate portrait of Thomas Merton (1915-1968), a Trappist monk, bestselling author ("The Seven Storey Mountain"), and peace activist, is presented in this autobiography drawn from Merton's own personal journals.

3,009円

The Intimate Merton: His Lif…

The author of "The Sacred Journey", his affecting memoir, revisits the incidents that made his previous memoirs so haunting, enhancing them with the perspective he has gained in his later years, bred by the maturity that comes fro a lifetime of exploring his faith through writing.

2,217円

The Eyes of the Heart: A Mem…

The son of the first Sherpa to summit the top of Everest, Norgay retraces his father's historic ascent and reveals the great untold story of this sacred mountain.

2,851円

Touching My Father's Soul: A…

3,326円

Life Without Ed: How One Wom…

Written by one of the world's greatest authorities on Martin Luther, this is the definitive biography of the central figure of the Protestant Reformation. "A brilliant account of Luther's evolution as a man, a thinker, and a Christian. . . . Every person interested in Christianity should put this on his or her reading list."--Lawrence Cunningham, "Commonweal" "This is "the" biography of Luther for our time by the world's foremost authority."--Steven Ozment, Harvard University "If the world is to gain from Luther it must turn to the real Luther--furious, violent, foul-mouthed, passionately concerned. Him it will find in Oberman's book, a labour of love."--G. R. Elton, "Journal of Ecclesiastical History"

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Luther: Man Between God and …

In 1585, Catalina de Erauso escaped a convent dressed as a boy. During her lifetime she became a soldier in the Spanish army, killed her own brother, and managed to become the darling of the Pope and the Spanish-speaking world. "A rollicking, swashbuckling tale". LOS ANGELES TIMES.

2,534円

Lieutenant Nun: The True Sto…

This charming memoir chronicles Montgomery's touching friendship with a generous soul, who just so happens to be a pig, and the valuable lessons she learns about family, community, and the pleasures of the sweet, green Earth.

2,851円

The Good Good Pig: The Extra…

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