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American Isis
The Life and Art of Sylvia Plath
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
On the fiftieth anniversary of her death, a startling new vision of Plath—the first to draw from the recently-opened Ted Hughes archive
The life and work of Sylvia Plath has taken on the proportions of myth. Educated at Smith, she had an epically conflict-filled relationship with her mother,...
by Brenda Maddox
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
George Eliot is one of the most celebrated novelists in history. Her books, including Middlemarch, Daniel Deronda, and Adam Bede, are as appreciated now as they were in the nineteenth century. Yet her nonconformist and captivating personal life—a compelling story in itself—is not well known. Ridiculed...
Ayn Rand Nation
The Hidden Struggle for America’s Soul
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2012
Thirty years after her death in March 1982, Ayn Rand's ideas have never been more important. Unfettered capitalism, unregulated business, bare-bones government providing no social services, glorification of selfishness, disdain for Judeo-Christian morality—these are the tenets of Rand's harsh philosophy.
In...
Just One Catch
A Biography of Joseph Heller
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
The New York Times bestselling writer Tracy Daugherty illuminates his most vital subject yet in this first biography of the Catch-22 author Joseph Heller
Joseph Heller was a Coney Island kid, the son of Russian immigrants, who went on to great fame and fortune. His most memorable novel took...
by Osho
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2001
Understand the life and teachings of Osho, one of the twentieth century’s most unusual gurus and philosophers, in Autobiography of a Spiritually Incorrect Mystic.
In 1990, Osho prepared for his departure from the body that had served him for fifty-nine years—in the words of his attending...
Beatrix Potter
A Life in Nature
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Peter Rabbit, Mr. McGregor, and many other Beatrix Potter characters remain in the hearts of millions. However, though Potter is a household name around the world, few know the woman behind the illustrations. Her personal life, including a romantic relationship with her publisher, Norman Warne, and...
The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Manic Depression and the Life of Virginia Woolf
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2014
Combining his knowledge as a doctor and a lifelong fascination with Virginia Woolf's life and work, eminent psychiatrist Peter Dally offers a haunting and compelling look at the depression that tormented Virginia Woolf throughout her adult years, in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: Manic Depression...
Manderley Forever
A Biography of Daphne du Maurier
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
The nonfiction debut from beloved international sensation and #1 New York Times bestselling author Tatiana de Rosnay: her bestselling biography of novelist Daphne du Maurier.
“It's impressive how Tatiana was able to recreate the personality of my mother, including her sense of humor. It is...
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers Vol II
1937-1943: From Novelist to Playwright
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
This second volume of Dorothy L. Sayers covers the seven years in which the greatest detective novelist of the golden age--and the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey--turns away from mystery writing to become a playwright and, in turn, a controversial figure.
Accused on the one hand of blasphemy,...
by M. M. Kaye
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
In the second book of her autobiography, M. M. Kaye returns, after spending several years at a British boarding school, to India, the cherished country of her childhood. It is 1927, and nineteen-year-old Mollie makes her debut on the Delhi social scene. Feeling awkward and plain, party etiquette and...
by Andrew Morton
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 1999
Behind the headlines, there was one fascinating woman. This is her story.
Monica Lewinsky. You know her name, you know her face, and you think you know her story: the pretty young intern who began an illicit affair with the President of the United States-- a liaison that ignited an unprecedented...
Kushner, Inc.
Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2019
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
The first explosive book about Javanka and their infamous rise to power
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump are the self-styled Prince and Princess of America. Their swift, gilded rise to extraordinary power in Donald Trump’s White House is unprecedented...
The Lies of Sarah Palin
The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2011
In The Lies of Sarah Palin, Geoffrey Dunn provides the first full-scale and in-depth political biography of the controversial Republican vice-presidential candidate and former governor of Alaska.
Based on more than two-hundred interviews---many of them with Republican colleagues and one-time...
by Stormy Daniels
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Instant New York Times bestseller
"Standing up to bullies is my kind of thing."
How did Stormy Daniels become the woman willing to take on a president?
In this book, Stormy Daniels tells her whole story for the first time: what it's like to be a leading actress and director...