Fearing expulsion and parental disapproval after lighting a shirt on fire at his school, Brent goes home, soaks his bathrobe with gasoline, steps into his shower, and strikes a match. Suffering horrific burns, Brent faces a long,...
Biography
- Author:Runyon, BrentSummary:
- Author:DENTON, KitSummary:
Harry Morant, Australian poet, horseman, mercenary and accused murderer, was court-martialled and shot by the British Army during the Boer War for supposed atrocities. Was he a scapegoat?
- Author:Kurdi, TimaSummary:
"An intimate and poignant memoir about the family of Alan Kurdithe young Syrian boy who became the global emblem for the desperate plight of millions of Syrian refugeesand of the many extraordinary journeys the Kurdis have taken,...
- Author:Agovino, Michael JSummary:
A top journalist's perfectly rendered, tough yet tender memoir about his family's struggle for success in the Bronx and his father's gambling habit that always threatened to take it away.
- Author:Kempe, MargerySummary:
- Author:Elliott, Marilyn DavidsonSummary:
Eric Davidson lost both eyes in the Halifax Explosion when he was two years old. Against all odds, he taught himself to become an auto mechanic and had a successful decades-long career as “one of the boys.” Eric Davidson was a beautiful...
- Author:Alexandrov, Vladmir E.Summary:
The Black Russian is the incredible story of Frederick Bruce Thomas, born in 1872 to former slaves who became prosperous farmers in Mississippi. A rich white planter's attempt to steal their land forced them to flee to Memphis,...
- Author:Burrough, BryanSummary:
Bryan Burrough reveals how four Texas oil tycoons transformed America. Rising from humble beginnings through hard work and shrewd dealings, they shifted the balance of power in American politics. While hobnobbing with movie stars and...
- Author:Ben Izzy, JoelSummary:
When a storyteller loses his voice, he believes he's lost everything. In fact, he's been given a great gift. Once upon a time, a successful storyteller lost his voice to throat cancer. Deprived of the instrument of his art and...
- Author:Coates, Ta-NehisiSummary:
Son of Vietnam vet and black awareness advocate Paul Coates--a poor man who set out to publish lost classics of black history--Ta- Nehisi drifts toward salvation at Howard University, while his ominous brother Big Bill finds his own...
- Author:FitzSimons, PeterSummary:
The Ballad of Les Darcy, a biography of the legendary Australian boxer, is the latest book from Australia's bestselling author Peter FitzSimons
- Author:Franklin, BenjaminSummary:
Industry, honesty, and an eye for the ladies are ever apparent in this candid self-portrait, from his humble birth in 1706 to the beginnings of his greatness in 1757.
- Author:Broad, Eli.Summary:
With razor-sharp insight, Broad shows how "unreasonable thinking" can drive innovation and positive change. Too often people look at problems and explain away possible solutions with logic such as, "It's never been...
- Author:Stevenson, Robert LouisSummary:
In 1874, Stevenson left Edinburgh for San Francisco to join his fiancee. A shrewd and sympathetic observer, he produced the best account ever written of the passage to the New World.
- Author:Sadler, Anthony, Skarlatos, Alek, Stone, Spencer, Stern, Jeffrey E.Summary:
When a terrorist boarded a train bound for Paris, he encountered something he hadn't anticipated: three Americans who refused to give in to fear.
- Author:Bobrick, BensonSummary:
Bobrick tells the story of Benjamin "Webb" Baker, his great-grandfather. Webb enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and thereafter suffered through horrid conditions in camp and absolute hell in combat. Bobrick's fascinating...
- Author:Cheney, MargaretSummary:
- Author:Keller, HelenSummary:
- Author:Leavitt, SarahSummary:
"What do you do when your outspoken, passionate, and quick-witted mother starts fading into a forgetful, fearful woman? In this powerful graphic memoir, Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer's disease transformed her mother...
- Author:Tiber, ElliotSummary:
This is the extraordinary, behind-the-scenes tale of how Woodstock went from a pipe dream to the most iconic rock concert of all time. Elliot Tiber, then known as Eliyahu Teichberg, was a budding painter in the 1960s. He also happened...