The Private Life of a Public Figure
Distinguished celebrity biographer and
Vanity Fair contributing editor Bosworth (
Marlon Brando, 2001, etc.) recounts the life story of an American icon in all its heady--and at times, unabashedly scandalous--glory.
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Starvation and Politics
Booker Prize–winning author Keneally (Searching for Schindler: A Memoir, 2008, etc.) examines causes of deadly famines over the past 150 years, terrible times of starvation when the victims became "members of the nation of the famished, who have more in common with each other than with the cultures starvation steals from them."
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When Joseph Heller Was Dad, the Apthorp Was Home, and Life Was a Catch-22
A daughter's loving tribute to her famous father and the iconic Manhattan apartment building that housed their family's joys and sorrows.
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The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein
From veteran nonfiction author Salamon (
Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God and Diversity on Steroids, 2008, etc.), the authorized biography of the playwright who brought the dreams and disappointments of her generation of women to the American stage.
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The Freddie Steinmark Story
Heartfelt biography of a Texas football star whose life was cut short by cancer.
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Inside the Fight to Fix America's Schools
An in-depth, impeccably researched examination of the education-reform movements that have swept America over the last several decades, as well as the obstacles they've faced.
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