Remembering a great American. Last Lion: The Fall and Rise of Ted Kennedy chronicles the tumultuous, triumphant life of a legendary public servant. Dismissed as a spent force in politics in middle age, Kennedy became the most powerful senator of the last half century. This revealing and intimate biography presents the follies and nepotism of his youth as well as his transformation into a symbol of wisdom and perseverance.
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Franklin and Winston" and "American Gospel" comes a magnificent portrait of Andrew Jackson, the man who shaped the modern presidency. Illustrated with...
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Rice delivers her first work of nonfiction, a powerful and haunting memoir of her journey through life, from writing "Interview with the Vampire" and her 38 years as an atheist to her return to the...
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A bestselling historian of the Civil War illuminates how Lincoln worked with--and often against--his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander in chief as we know...
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Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winner Coll continues where "Ghost Wars" leaves off, shedding new light on one of the most elusive families of the 21st century.
Geoffrey Canada is a driven, brilliant crusader for children who argues that to change the lives of poor children, everything has to change--their schools, their families, their neighborhoods--all at...
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This mesmerizing account tells the story of the extraordinary summer when, at the age of 15, Michael Greenberg's daughter, Sally, was struck mad. Unsentimental and deeply humane, this work chronicles...
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A true story of murder, love, and headhunters, this work tells the remarkable tale of Herman Perry, a budding playboy who winds up in the Indo-Burmese jungle--not for adventure, but rather to escape...
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A revealing and personal new perspective on the Bloomsbury set and the servants who shared their lives. When Virginia Woolf wrote "A Room of One's Own" in 1929, she established her reputation as a...
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When her husband was killed in the World Trade Center attacks, Alissa Torres was cast into the role of terrorist widow. Told with the intimacy only a graphic novel can convey, "American Widow" is the...
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