Stephen Fried: 7 books
by Stephen Fried
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2002
From award-winning journalist Stephen Fried comes a vividly intimate portrait of American Judaism today in which faith, family, and community are explored through the dramatic life of a landmark congregation as it seeks to replace its legendary retiring rabbi--and reinvent itself for the next generation.
The...
Appetite for America
Fred Harvey and the Business of Civilizing the Wild West--One Meal at a Time
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2010
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Featured in the PBS documentary The Harvey Girls: Opportunity Bound
The legendary life and entrepreneurial vision of Fred Harvey helped shape American culture and history for three generations—from the 1880s all the way through World War II—and still influence...
by Stephen Fried
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2007
Why do men hog the remote? Refuse to stop and ask for directions? Have such a hard time sharing their emotions? Why can’t they drop their socks in the laundry basket instead of near it? What does a man mean when he says “uh-huh”? (No, it doesn’t always mean he’s not listening.)
In...
Bitter Pills
Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2011
We take our medicines on faith. We assume our doctors are well-informed, our drug companies scrupulous, our FDA diligent—and our medications safe. All too often we're wrong. Just how wrong is documented in this critically acclaimed portrait of the international pharmaceutical industry by one of...
Rush
Revolution, Madness, and Benjamin Rush, the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2018
The monumental life of Benjamin Rush, medical pioneer and one of our most provocative and unsung Founding Fathers
FINALIST FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BOOK PRIZE • AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
By the time he was thirty, Dr. Benjamin Rush had signed the Declaration...
A Common Struggle
A Personal Journey Through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2015
In this New York Times bestseller Patrick J. Kennedy, the former congressman and youngest child of Senator Ted Kennedy, details his personal and political battle with mental illness and addiction, exploring mental health care's history in the country alongside his and every family's private struggles.
On...
by Stephen Fried
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2011
At age seventeen, Gia Carangi was working the counter at her father's Philadelphia luncheonette, Hoagie City. Within a year, Gia was one of the top models of the late 1970's, gracing the covers of Cosmopolitan and Vogue, partying at New York's Studio 54 and the Mudd Club, and redefining the industry's...