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The definitive biography of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and how his ideas still resonate in the world today from the bestselling author of Leonardo da Vinci and Steve Jobs.By the time Henry Kissinger was made secretary of state in 1973, he had become, according...
The Pulitzer Prize–winning critic recounts his visit to the 1987 Cannes Film Festival while commenting on movies, celebrities, and the industry's future."Perhaps the best book ever written about experiencing the Cannes Film Festival. . . . Classic." —Bright Lights...
Ernest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in the 1920s, now available in a restored edition, includes the original manuscript along with insightful recollections and unfinished sketches.Published posthumously in 1964, A Moveable Feast remains one of Ernest...
"A cat-centric biography of Julia Child? Why not? . . . The many feline fanciers out there will surely enjoy the photographs of the cats." —Chicago TribuneThe world knows Julia Child as the charismatic woman who brought French cuisine to America and became a TV...
"A thoughtful document that dispels any assumptions that sheep are 'just dumb farm animals' who do nothing but follow . . . an enchanting book." ―Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of PeaceIn this touching memoir about the...
The story every mother in America needs to read. As featured on NPR and the TODAY Show. All moms have to deal with choosing baby names, potty training, finding your village, and answering your kid's tough questions, but if you are raising a Black child, you have to...
New York Times Bestseller: A "fascinating portrait" of one of the men enslaved by James and Dolley Madison, and his journey toward freedom (Publishers Weekly). Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later...
An entertaining and fascinating memoir of “gifted storyteller” (People) Ann Hood’s adventurous years as a TWA flight attendant.In 1978, in the tailwind of the golden age of air travel, flight attendants were the epitome of glamor and sophistication. Fresh out of...
“One of the most satisfying accounts of a great passion that I have ever read.” —Vivian Gornick, New York Times Book ReviewMary Norris, The New Yorker’s Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me,...
From one of America’s most respected journalists and modern historians comes the highly acclaimed, “splendid” (The Washington Post)biography of Jimmy Carter, the thirty-ninth president of the United States and Nobel Prize–winning humanitarian.Jonathan Alter tells the...
