The more people say you can't, the more you can. The more they talk negatively, the more you fight. You have to think about bettering your life and go after it. I don't care what you got to do. You only have one life to live, so do your thing. In one moment, with one tearful, touching performance of ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743217004DLDA
Author: Fox, James
This book traces the lives of the famous Langhorne sisters of Virginia who were considered a phenomenon in America. It shows why they were constantly in the limelight, their combination of Southern-belle charm, vivacity and daring, firing the public interest. From Irene, the famous Gibson girl, to Nancy ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743216687DLDA
Author: Diego, Ximena
Shakira's crossover success has been predicted for years by those in the know. She landed her first record deal when she was a mere thirteen years old, recorded her second album at fifteen, and starred in a popular soap opera in her native Colombia. She was only nineteen when her third album, Pies descalzos ...more »
Model Number: BBS031270464XDLDA
Author: Conkling, Winifred
In recent years, there has been a surge of interest in alternative therapies, especially those which deal with pain management. It is a commonly held belief that giving birth will be a terribly painful ordeal without the use of drugs. But childbirth can and ought to be comfortable and easy for most mothers ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743281829DLDA
Author: Radziwill, Carole
What Remains is a vivid and haunting memoir about a girl from a working-class town who becomes an award-winning television producer and marries a prince, Anthony Radziwill, one of a long line of Polish royals and nephew of President John F. Kennedy. Carole Radziwill's story is part fairy tale, part tragedy ...more »
Model Number: BBHC0060748796DLDA
Author: Andersen, Christopher
I don't quit. I keep going. –Hillary Rodham Clinton She is, quite simply, the most famous, most complex, most loved/hated/admired/reviled woman -- perhaps person -- in America. And, whether she fulfills her life's ambition or not, she can already lay claim to being the first woman ever considered a serious ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743255720DLDA
Author: Eisenhower, John
John S.D. Eisenhower modestly explains General Ike as a son's view of a great military leader -- highly intelligent, strong, forceful, kind, yet as human as the rest of us. It is that, and more: a portrait of the greatest Allied military leader of the Second World War, by the man who knew Ike best. General ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743203771DLDA
Author: FitzGerald, Frances
The idea that America should have an impregnable shield against nuclear weapons was Ronald Reagan's invention. He called on scientists to produce it, giving rise to the Strategic Defense Initiative. SDI turned into a multibillion-dollar research program, and played a central role in U.S.-Soviet relations ...more »
Model Number: BBSS0743265262DLDA
Author: Gerhart, Ann
Laura Bush is arguably the most popular figure in the Bush White House. Even the President's detractors would not hesitate to describe the First Lady as utterly sincere and devoted to family and country, whether she is advocating on behalf of education and libraries or comforting the nation in times ...more »
Model Number: BBR0440333946DLDA
Author: Sheehan, Andrew
To runners around the world, Dr. George Sheehan, author of the landmark New York Times bestseller Running and Being, was nothing short of a guru--the country's greatest philosopher of sport. But to his son Andrew, who had spent his entire boyhood longing for the attention and approval of an emotionally ...more »
Model Number: BBTW0759513996DLDA
Author: D. Eisner, Michael
For the millions who enjoyed childhood summers spent away from home at camp, those moments are recalled with everything from dismay to nostalgic bliss. For Disney CEO Michael D. Eisner, the months he spent at Keewaydin summer camp, nestled in the mountains of Vermont, served as a cherished and invaluable ...more »