Week of Sept. 22, 2011
Jacqueline Kennedy
Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy presents the annotated transcription and original audio for the 1964 interviews Jacqueline Kennedy gave on her experience as the wife of John F. Kennedy, offering an intimate and detailed account of the man and his times.
That Used To Be Us
How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back
New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman and foreign policy expert Michael Mandlebaum make recommendations for meeting four major challenges facing the United States: globalization, the information-technology revolution, chronic deficits and unbalanced energy consumption.
News and Reviews
Unbroken
A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption
Unbroken tells the gripping true story of a U.S. airman who was the sole survivor when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II. He faced thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft and an even greater trial.
News and Reviews
In The Garden Of Beasts
Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin
The best-selling author of Devil in the White City documents the efforts of William E. Dodd, the first American ambassador to Hitler's Germany, to acclimate to a residence in an increasingly violent city where he is forced to associate with the Nazis while his daughter pursues a relationship with Gestapo chief Rudolf Diels.
News and Reviews
Go The F- - - To Sleep
A bedtime book for adults portrays the trials and tribulations of a parent whose little angel just won't nod off.
News and Reviews
Cocktail Hour Under The Tree Of Forgetfulness
Alexandra Fuller's book traces the stories of her parents' respective childhoods in Kenya and England, recounts her own upbringing in Africa and offers insight into the impact of their beliefs and the waning of the British empire on her parents' marriage.
News and Reviews
In My Time
A Personal and Political Memoir
The former vice president of the United States reflects on his influential tenure in a much-anticipated memoir.
News and Reviews
1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
When Columbus crossed the Atlantic in 1492, his journey prompted the exchange of not only information but also food, animals, insects, plants and viruses between the continents. Charles C. Mann documents the lesser-known consequences of Columbus' voyage to the New World.
News and Reviews
Arguably
Essays
Spanning four remarkable decades, this collection includes the best-selling author's early writings on civil rights and international incidents, as well as his inflammatory — and now infamous — columns on the Clintons, the Catholic Church, Mother Teresa and radical Islam.
Bossypants
The breakout star of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock gives a humorous account of her life, as well as behind-the-scenes stories from her hit shows.
News and Reviews
Here Comes Trouble
Stories from My Life
The influential best-selling author and Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker of such productions as Bowling for Columbine presents a systematic analysis of big business, Social Security, the military and other hot-button issues to share his unconventional perspectives on why the nation may not be as divided as believed.
News and Reviews
The Eighty-Dollar Champion
Snowman, The Horse That Inspired a Nation
Elizabeth Letts traces the story of a champion equine jumper and the Dutch farmer who rescued him from the slaughterhouse, recounting the way the farmer discovered the horse's jumping talents and trained him to compete against the world's most expensive thoroughbreds.
The Black Banners
The Inside Story of 9/11 and the War Against Al-Qaeda
A former FBI special agent offers an insider's account of how Sept. 11 could have been prevented, as well as his role in the war on terrorism — including his highly effective interrogation efforts.
News and Reviews
The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
The best-selling author of 1776 tells the story of the generations of American artists, writers and doctors who traveled to Paris — the intellectual, scientific and artistic capital of the Western world — fell in love with the city and its people, and changed America through what they learned there.
News and Reviews
A Stolen Life
The woman abducted at age 11 by a man and woman who subsequently held her hostage and sexually abused her for 18 years discusses her life.













