Touchstone: 629 books
Why You Crying?
My Long, Hard Look at Life, Love, and Laughter
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2004
In this eagerly awaited autobiography, comedian and prime-time television star George Lopez tells the heartbreaking yet humorous story of his inspirational rise from dead-end kid in the Valley to giving a command performance before the president of the United States.
It is a rare story that touches...
Shakira
Woman Full of Grace
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2002
Hace años que los entendidos venían pronosticando el exitoso crossover de Shakira. La cantante firmó su primer contrato discográfico a los trece años, grabó su segundo álbum a los quince y actuó en una telenovela popular en su Colombia natal. Tenía solamente diecinueve años cuando su tercer...
Fallin' Up
My Story
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
Taboo, Grammy Award–winning performing artist and founding member of the Black Eyed Peas, shares the inspiring story of his rise from the mean streets of East L.A. to the heights of international fame.
Few bands can ever hope to achieve the sort of global success that the record-breaking...
Lee's Lieutenants
A Study in Command
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2001
Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command is the most colorful and popular of Douglas Southall Freeman's works. A sweeping narrative that presents a multiple biography against the flame-shot background of the American Civil War, it is the story of the great figures of the Army of Northern Virginia who...
Tesla
Man Out of Time
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
In this “informative and delightful” (American Scientist) biography, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient mind of Nikola Tesla, one of the twentieth century’s greatest scientists and inventors.
In Tesla: Man Out of Time, Margaret Cheney explores the brilliant and prescient...
by Joanna Stratton
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
From a rediscovered collection of autobiographical accounts written by hundreds of Kansas pioneer women in the early twentieth century, Joanna Stratton has created a collection hailed by Newsweek as “uncommonly interesting” and “a remarkable distillation of primary sources.”
Never before...
I'm Still Standing
From Captive U.S. Soldier to Free Citizen--My Journey Home
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2010
SHOSHANA HOLDS NOTHING BACK in this harrowing account of an ordinary woman caught in extraordinary circumstances. She reveals decisions made by chain of command that may have led to her twenty-two-day imprisonment, describes the pain of post-traumatic stress disorder, and shares the surprising story...
Co. Aytch
A Confederate Memoir of the Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2008
A classic Civil War memoir, Co. Aytch is the work of a natural storyteller who balances the horror of war with an irrepressible sense of humor and a sharp eye for the lighter side of battle. It is a testament to one man’s enduring humanity, courage, and wisdom in the midst of death and destruction.
Early...
32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
Life Lessons from Teaching
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Phillip Done fixes staplers that won't staple, zippers that won't zip, and pokes pins in the caps of glue bottles that will not pour. He has sung "Happy Birthday" 657 times.
A witness to the joys of discovery, Done inspires readers with the everyday adventures and milestones of his 32 third...
Off Balance
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
In this searing and riveting New York Times bestseller, Olympic gold medalist Dominique Moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of Olympic gymnastics, the true price of success…and the shocking secret about her past and her family that she only learned years later.
At fourteen years old, Dominique...
Winning Ugly
Mental Warfare in Tennis--Lessons from a Master
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
The tennis classic from Olympic gold medalist and ESPN analyst Brad Gilbert, now featuring a new introduction with tips drawn from the strategies of Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams, Andy Murray, and more, to help you outthink and outplay your toughest opponents
A former Olympic...
Breaking Free
My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2008
The NFL legend and Heisman Trophy winner shares the inspiring story of his life and diagnosis with dissociative identity disorder.
Herschel Walker is widely regarded as one of football's greatest running backs. He led the University of Georgia to victory in the Sugar Bowl on the way to an NCAA...
Racing Through the Dark
Crash. Burn. Coming Clean. Coming Back.
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2012
WORLD-CLASS CYCLIST***,*** Tour de France stage winner, and time trial specialist David Millar offers a vivid portrait of his life in professional cycling—including his soul-searing detour into performance-enhancing drugs, his dramatic arrest and two-year ban, and his ultimate decision to return...
Seven Seconds or Less
My Season on the Bench with the Runnin' and Gunnin' Phoenix Suns
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2006
In Seven Seconds or Less, Sports Illustrated's chief NBA writer, Jack McCallum, gets in the paint with the Phoenix Suns and takes a season-long look at the NBA's most exciting and controversial team.
A few weeks before the 2005-2006 NBA training camps began, Jack McCallum called the Phoenix...