‘Biographies’ Category




Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in ...

Diplomacy and Diamonds: My Wars from the Ballroom to the Battlefield

Monday, November 7th, 2011

She's been dirt poor; she's been filthy rich. Rich was more fun. She married three times, divorced twice, found her true love, and lost him to cancer. At twenty-one, she was told she would soon die. She lived. Doctors said she'd never be able to have children. ...

No Higher Honor: A Memoir of My Years in Washington

Saturday, November 5th, 2011

From one of the world’s most admired women, this is former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s compelling story of eight years serving at the highest levels of government.  In her position as America’s chief diplomat, Rice traveled almost continuously around the globe, seeking common ground among ...

Albert Einstein: Out of My Later Years

Sunday, September 4th, 2011

Albert Einstein, among the greatest scientists of all time, was also a man of profound thought and deeply humane feelings. His collected essays offer a fascinating and moving look at one of the twentieth century's leading minds.Covering a fifteen year period from 1934 to 1950, the contents of this book ...

How to Dump Your Boyfriend in the Men’s Room (and other short stories)

Friday, September 2nd, 2011

EDITORIAL REVIEWS“Most of these stories are laugh out loud funny, written by a terrific writer who is always capable of engaging her audience. The last story is touching and made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Great job Sibel, can't wait to read more of your ...

Palm Trees on the Hudson: A True Story of the Mob, Judy Garland & Interior Decorating

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

ISBN13: 9780757003516Condition: NewNotes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Palm Trees on the Hudson is the hilarious prequel to Elliot Tiber's bestseller Taking Woodstock. Before Elliot found financial success by bringing Woodstock Ventures to his upstate motel, he ...

Bossypants

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. She also had a dream that one day she would be a ...

The Works of Edgar Allan Poe – Volume 3

Friday, February 25th, 2011

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