CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINY
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Biography
HOW NOT TO KILL YOURSELF: A PORTRAIT OF THE SUICIDAL MIND
Written by Martin, Clancy
An intimate, insightful, at times even humorous exploration of why the thought of death is so compulsive for some while demonstrating that there's always another solution--from the acclaimed writer and professor of philosophy, based on his viral essay, "I'm Still Here." "If you're going to write a book about suicide, you have to be willing to say the true things, the scary things, th
REVENGE: MEGHAN, HARRY, AND THE WAR BETWEEN THE WINDSORS
Written by Bower, Tom
This instant #1 internationally bestselling "explosive tell-all" (Daily Express, London) reveals the inside story about Meghan Markle's journey from minor actress and attempted activist to the woman powerful enough to drive a wedge within the British Royal Family. After a childhood spent on Hollywood film sets, Meghan Markle fought hard for stardom.
OSIP MANDELSTAM: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Dutli, Ralph
The personal and political life of the iconic Russian poet Osip Mandelstam is graphically portrayed in this lavishly illustrated book This is the first full-scale biography of Osip Mandelstam to combine an analysis of his poetry with a description of his personal life, from his beginnings as a young intellectual in pre-revolutionary Russia to his final fate as a victim of Stalinism.
WORKING GIRL: ON SELLING ART AND SELLING SEX
Written by Giovannitti, Sophia
An exploration into the very similar work of selling art and selling sex, from a luminous new voice Sex and art, we're told, are sacred, two spheres that ought to be kept separate from the ravages of the marketplace. Yet both prop up two incredibly lucrative industries, built on the commodification of creativity and desire, authenticity and intimacy.
NIETZSCHE IN ITALY
Written by De Pourtales, Guy
A fascinating classic account of Nietzsche's travels in Italy at the end of the nineteenth century, where he found inspiration for his major works
TO THE ONE I LOVE THE BEST
Written by Bemelmans, Ludwig
A witty and charming account of the wildly entertaining Elsie de Wolfe in 1950s Hollywood, recounted by her dear friend, the beloved creator of Madeline Ludwig Bemelmans' charming intergenerational friendship with the late-in-life "First Lady of Interior Decoration" provides an enormously enjoyable nostalgia trip to the sun-soaked glamour of Los Angeles, where de Wolfe surrounded
MORTALITY
Written by Hitchens, Christopher
On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for his bestselling memoir, Hitch-22, Christopher Hitchens was stricken in his New York hotel room with excruciating pain in his chest and thorax.
THOMAS PAINE'S RIGHTS OF MAN: A BIOGRAPHY
Written by Hitchens, Christopher
Christopher Hitchens, the #1 New York Times best-selling author of God Is Not Great has been called a Tom Paine for our times, and in this addition to the Books that Changed the World Series, he vividly introduces Paine and his Declaration of the Rights of Man, the world's foremost defense of democracy.
PETER THE GREAT: HIS LIFE AND WORLD
Written by Massie, Robert K
"Enthralling...As fascinating as any novel and more so than most!"THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWAgainst the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great.
ELIZABETH THE QUEEN: THE LIFE OF A MODERN MONARCH
Written by Smith, Sally Bedell
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This "excellent, all-embracing" (The New York Times) biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance--and a captivating window into her decades-long reign.
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