"Last year J. Randy Taraborrelli wrote a bestselling book entitled The Secret Life of Marilyn. His is the most recent of dozens written since Marilyn's death in August of 1962 and yet the appetite for
The ultimate 'one stop' guide to training with suspended body weight training devices. Practical and easily accessible, The Total Suspended Body Weight Training Workout is perfect for the fitness e
A British soldier walked over to the German front line to deliver newspapers; British women married to Germans became “enemy aliens” in their own country; a high-ranking British POW discussed his own
A beautifully written celebration of a life well lived. A host of vividly caught characters are here: Mirabel's extrovert, free-spirited mother Phyllis; Aylmer Vallance, who with extraordinary love le
Hoping to secure a happy life in a Rajah's luxurious home by swapping places with a rug, a thin, lonely tiger enjoys midnight feasts and romps with the family's children only to be exposed by burglars
A sequel to the internationally best-selling Red Azalea traces the author's journey from the painful deprivations of her homeland to the sudden bounty of America, where she endures five jobs, crime an
The National Book Award finalist author of Jelly Roll presents an evocative collection of food poetry that meditates on the role of food in everyday life, identity and culture and includes pieces by s
My grandmother bought the island. The year was 1947 and she was thirty-three, a couple of years older than I am now. She was the visionary sort of person who can make something magical out of very lit
The colossal scale of World War II required a mobilization effort greater than anything attempted in all of the world's history. The United States had to fight a war across two oceans and three contin
The author of Patient and music artist best known for Everything But The Girl traces his parents' lives, marriage and decline into old age, recounting his father's achievements as a Glaswegian jazz mu
A slyly funny debut novel about a young woman fumbling her way into adulthood as she attempts to unravel the truth of her mother's legacy. At 22, Olivia is looking for a fresh start, throwing herself
From bestselling author Ross King, a brilliant portrait of the legendary artist and the story of his most memorable achievement.Claude Monet is perhaps the world's most beloved artist, and among all h
There are dramatic differences in health between countries and within countries. But this is not a simple matter of rich and poor, for it depends on each society's particular social gradient. In all c
Unrestrained by convention, lion-hearted and free, Eleanor Marx (1855-98) was an exceptional woman. Hers was the first English translation of Flaubert'sMme Bovary. She pioneered the theatre of Henrik
Mrs. Laetitia Rodd, aged fifty-two, is the widow of an archdeacon. Living in Hampstead with her confidante and landlady, Mrs. Benson, who once let rooms to John Keats, Laetitia makes her living as a h
The future flashed before my eyes in all its pre-ordained banality. Embarrassment, at first, to the exclusion of all other feelings. But embarrassment curled at the edges with a weariness …I got a jok
