Little Brown And Company : 1930 books
The Rebecca Notebook
and Other Memories
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
"In her heartfelt memories...one hears the genuine, thoughtful voice of a woman whose works have been loved by millions."-New York Times
Rebecca was one of Daphne du Maurier's greatest bestsellers. It has been read all around the world, and in many different languages. The book has...
by Tavis Smiley
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
A remarkable story of friendship, love, and courage
When Maya Angelou and Tavis Smiley met in 1986, he was twenty-one and she was fifty-eight. For the next twenty-eight years, they shared an unlikely, special bond. Angelou was a teacher and a maternal figure to Smiley, and they talked often,...
Ghost in the Wires
My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
The thrilling memoir of the world's most wanted computer hacker
"Mitnick manages to make breaking computer code sound as action-packed as robbing a bank." -- NPR
Kevin Mitnick was the most elusive computer break-in artist in history. He accessed computers and networks at the...
Long Walk to Freedom
The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2008
The book that inspired the major new motion picture Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom.
Nelson Mandela is one of the great moral and political leaders of our time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace Prize...
by Pete Souza
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Relive the extraordinary Presidency of Barack Obama through White House photographer Pete Souza's behind-the-scenes images and stories in this #1 New York Times bestseller--with a foreword from the President himself.
During Barack Obama's two terms, Pete Souza was with the President during...
The Last Lion
Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
The long-awaited final volume of William Manchester's legendary biography of Winston Churchill.
Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany....
An Unfinished Life
John F. Kennedy, 1917 - 1963
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2003
Everywhere acclaimed for its compelling narrative, its fresh insights, and its dispassionate appraisal of John F. Kennedy's presidency, this #1 national bestseller is the first full-scale single-volume biography of JFK to be written by a historian in nearly four decades. Drawing on previously unavailable...
by The Editors of Life Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2008
For decades Americans have turned to LIFE to see, understand, and remember the most important events and people of our time. Just as LIFE once opened up the glittering Kennedy White House, LIFE now focuses its lens on Barack Obama. The American Journey of Barack Obama covers the candidate from his...
The Last Lion Box Set
Winston Spencer Churchill, 1874 - 1965
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012
Spanning the years of 1940-1965, THE LAST LION picks up shortly after Winston Churchill became Prime Minister-when his tiny island nation stood alone against the overwhelming might of Nazi Germany. The Churchill conjured up by William Manchester and Paul Reid is a man of indomitable courage, lightning...
An Unlikely Journey
Waking Up from My American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2018
The keynote speaker at the 2012 DNC, former San Antonio mayor and Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Julian Castro, tells his remarkable and inspiring life story.
In the spirit of a young Barack Obama's Dreams from My Father, comes a candid and compelling memoir about race and poverty...
The Wind in My Hair
My Fight for Freedom in Modern Iran
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2018
An extraordinary memoir from an Iranian journalist in exile about leaving her country, challenging tradition and sparking an online movement against compulsory hijab.
A photo on Masih's Facebook page: a woman standing proudly, face bare, hair blowing in the wind. Her crime: removing her veil,...
Rise of the Rocket Girls
The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2016
**"****If Hidden Figures has you itching to learn more about the women who worked in the space program, pick up Nathalia Holt's lively, immensely readable history, Rise of the Rocket Girls." --Entertainment Weekly
The riveting true story of the women who launched America into space.**
In...
The Only Girl in the World
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE MONTH.
For readers of Room and The Glass Castle, an astonishing memoir of one woman rising above an unimaginable childhood.
Maude Julien's parents were fanatics who believed it was their sacred duty to turn her into the ultimate survivor--raising her in isolation,...
by James Gleick
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2000
From the bestselling, National Book Award-nominated auhtor of Genius and Chaos, a bracing new work about the accelerating pace of change in today's world. Most of us suffer some degree of "hurry sickness." a malady that has launched us into the "epoch of the nanosecond," a need-everything-yesterday...