Model Number: BBTW1401382800DLDA
Author: Cross, Charles R.
Published on the 35th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's tragic death in 1970, ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS is the definitive biography of rock n' roll's greatest guitarist. Meticulously researched and based on more than 200 interviews with those who knew Hendrix best--this landmark book paints the entire arc of ...more »
Model Number: BBAL389480761XDLDA
Author: Hogrefe, Jurgen
Würde man den Verlauf der ersten vier Jahre Gerhard Schröders im Amt des Kanzlers der Bundesrepublik Deutschland als Kurve zeichnen, sie würde erhebliche Ausschläge zeigen - nach oben wie nach unten. Dem glanzvollen Einzug ins Bonner Kanzleramt folgte ein negatives erstes Regierungsjahr. »Wir haben damals ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743235800DLDA
Author: Paradiz, Valerie
The two-year-old toddler Elijah Paradiz was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism characterized by social awkwardness, a fixation with particular subjects, and literal-mindedness. Elijah's Cup, written by Elijah's mother, gives a groundbreaking insider's view of the beauty of minds hidden ...more »
Model Number: BBHC0060770880DLDA
Author: Prose, Francine
Hester Thrale & Samuel Johnson. Yoko Ono & John Lennon. Alice Liddell & Lewis Carroll.... In a brilliant, wry, and provocative new book, Francine Prose (Blue Angel) explores the complex relationship between the artist and his muse. E-book is not illustrated. In a brilliant, wry, and provocative ...more »
Model Number: BBR1588365069DLDA
Author: Miller, Bode
"I don't master the mountain, I master speed." Coming from Bode Miller, this isn't boasting, it's just the way he lives: fast, honest, and wide open. In this candid book, the two-time Olympic medalist and champion skier shares his story, the secret of his success, and his philosophy of life ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743298861DLDA
Author: Ignatius, David
When she arrived in Iraq in May 2004 as the most junior member of the Washington Post bureau staff, Jackie Spinner entered a war zone where traditional reporting had become impossible. Bombs were a daily occurrence and kidnapping an ever-present threat for American journalists. Yet the longer I stayed ...more »
Model Number: BBAL3894806834DLDA
Author: McGibbon, Robin
Eminem: Kotzbrocken für die einen, rebellischer Held für die anderen. Kaum ein Musikkünstler hat je so stark polarisiert wie der 28-jährige amerikanische Rapper Eminem. Marshall Bruce Mathers III., so sein bürgerlicher Name, wuchs ohne Vater und unter ärmlichsten Bedingungen in den schlimmsten Gegenden ...more »
Model Number: BBS0312706146DLDA
Author: Shapiro, Marc
As lead guitarist for the Beatles, George Harrison provided the band with a lyrical style of playing and a new form of rock that made every note matter. Now, in a new biography by New York Times bestselling author Marc Shapiro, fans and rock enthusiast alike will be granted insight into this rock legend ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743256077DLDA
Author: Meili, Trisha
For the first time since the brutal assault in 1989 -- a crime that stunned New Yorkers, the nation, and the world -- the Central Park Jogger reveals her identity and tells the story you haven't heard, the journey of a young woman who turned horrifying violence and certain death into extraordinary healing ...more »
Model Number: BBR1588364313DLDA
Author: ITZKOFF, DAVE
"What I wanted after college was a job and my own apartment, but what I needed was a good comeuppance, and that's what I got." When Dave Itzkoff graduated from Princeton in 1998-the first member of his family to earn a college degree-he expected to be rewarded with a career, and a life, that ...more »
General, later the Baron, Marbot, came from a family which might be described as landed gentry. His father served in the bodyguard of Louis XV and later in the Republican army. Marbot himself was a soldier from the age of 17 and fought in the wars of the Republic and the campaigns of Napoleon. His memoirs ...more »