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by Barbara Leaming
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2014
The instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller!
The untold story of how one woman's life was changed forever in a matter of seconds by a horrific trauma.
Barbara Leaming's extraordinary and deeply sensitive biography is the first book to document Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis' brutal, lonely...
Kick Kennedy
The Charmed Life and Tragic Death of the Favorite Kennedy Daughter
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2016
Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy was the incandescent life-force of the fabled Kennedy family, her father’s acknowledged “favorite of all the children” and her brother Jack’s “psychological twin.” She was the Kennedy of Kennedys, sure of her privilege, magnetically charming and somehow not...
The Greatest Traitor
The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, Ruler of England: 1327--1330
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
One night in August 1323, a captive rebel baron, Sir Roger Mortimer, drugged his guards and escaped from the Tower of London. With the king's men-at-arms in pursuit he fled to the south coast and sailed to France. There he was joined by Isabella, the Queen of England, who threw herself into his arms....
The Royal Stuarts
A History of the Family That Shaped Britain
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
"Compelling...A masterly feat...A magnificent, sweeping, authoritative, warm yet wry history."
--The Wall Street Journal
In this fascinating and intimate portrait of the Stuarts, author Allan Massie takes us deep into one of history's bloodiest and most tumultuous reigns. Exploring...
Queen Victoria's Mysterious Daughter
A Biography of Princess Louise
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015
The secrets of Queen Victoria's sixth child, Princess Louise, may be destined to remain hidden forever. What was so dangerous about this artistic, tempestuous royal that her life has been documented more by rumor and gossip than hard facts? When Lucinda Hawksley started to investigate, often thwarted...
Young Henry
The Rise of Henry VIII
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2012
Set during the same years of Henry VIII's life as The Tudors, this book charts his rise as a magnificent and ruthless monarch
Immortalized as a domineering king, notorious philanderer, and the unlikely benefactor of a new church, Henry VIII became a legend during his own reign. Who, though,...
A Charmed Life
Growing Up in Macbeth's Castle
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2015
We grew up with the same parents in the same castle, but in many ways we each had a moat around us. Sometimes when visitors came they would say, "You are such lucky children; it's a fairytale life you live." And I knew they were right, it was a fairytale upbringing. But fairy tales are dark...
The Horse God Built
The Untold Story of Secretariat, the World's Greatest Racehorse
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
He was the perfect horse, it was said, "the horse God built."
Most of us know the legend of Secretariat, the tall, handsome chestnut racehorse whose string of honors runs long and rich: the only two-year-old ever to win Horse of the Year, in 1972; winner in 1973 of the Triple Crown,...
by Doug Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
The first biography of the eccentric pitcher, rookie All-Star starter, 70s pop icon, and first athlete on the cover of Rolling Stone
For those who remember him, Mark Fidrych is still that player who brings a smile to your face, the irresistibly likable pitcher whose sudden rise brightened the...
The Junction Boys
How 10 Days in Hell with Bear Bryant Forged a Champion Team
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2000
The legendary Paul "Bear" Bryant is recognized nationwide as one of the greatest coaches ever. So why did he always cite his 1-9 A&M team of 1954 as his favorite? This is the story of a remarkable team - and the beginning of the legend.
The Junction Boys tells the story of Coach...
Courage Beyond the Game
The Freddie Steinmark Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title
Jim Dent, the award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of The Junction Boys, returns with a powerful Texas story which transcends college football, displaying the courage and determination of one of the game's most valiant players.
Freddie...
One Last Shot
The Story of Michael Jordan's Comeback
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
One Last Shot gives Jordan fans the inside scoop they're looking for on basketball's greatest legend, with exclusive interviews from NBA executives, players, and coaches. Mitchell Krugel uses his fifteen years of following Michael Jordan's every move to explain why the man who left the game as The...
Split Season: 1981
Fernandomania, the Bronx Zoo, and the Strike that Saved Baseball
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
The never-before-told story of the momentous season torn in half by the bitter players strike.
1981 was a watershed moment in American sports, when players turned an oligarchy of owners into a game where they had a real voice. Midway through the season, a game-changing strike ripped baseball...
Turning Two
My Journey to the Top of the World and Back with the New York Mets
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2012
Only one man, Bud Harrelson, can say he was in uniform for both New York Mets world championships: as the shortstop who anchored the infield of the 1969 "Miracle Mets" and then as the third-base coach for the storied 1986 team. In Turning Two, Harrelson delivers a team memoir as he takes...