I Hate Everyone…Starting with Me by: Joan Rivers (Author) Publisher: Berkley Publication Date: 2012-06-05 Language: English Print Length: 256 pages ISBN-10: 978043 ISBN-13: 9780425248300 Book Description “An entertaining rant…The only thing missing is the sound of a drumroll and cymbals to feel as though one is sitting in a nightclub watching a live comedy marathon…A raucous, biting look at life.”—Kirkus Reviews “Nobody, but nobody, can hate like Joan Rivers. It is a gift. It is also sho...
Crumb: A Cartoonist’s Life by: Dan Nadel (Author) Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: 2025-04-15 Language: English Print Length: 480 pages ISBN-10: 1982144009 ISBN-13: 9781982144005 Book Description The first biography of Robert Crumb—one of the most profound and influential artists of the 20th century—whose iconic, radically frank and meticulously rendered cartoons and comics inspired generations of readers and cartoonists, from Art Spiegelman to Alison Bechdel.Robert Crumb is often cre...
Hitman: The Untold Story of Canada’s Deadliest Assassin by: Julian Sher (Author), Lisa Fitterman (Author) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Publication Date: 2025-04-15 Language: English Print Length: 272 pages ISBN-10: 1443471518 ISBN-13: 9781443471510 Book Description The wild and gripping story of Yves “Apache” Trudeau. Ideal for true crime readers and fans of crime podcasts.For Yves Trudeau, the blood was all business. An assassin for the Hells Angels in the ’70s and ’80s, Trudeau wa...
The Fate of the Generals: MacArthur, Wainwright, and the Epic Battle for the Philippines by: Jonathan Horn (Author) Publisher: Scribner Publication Date: 2025-04-15 Language: English Print Length: 448 pages ISBN-10: 1668010070 ISBN-13: 9781668010075 Book Description In the tradition of Hampton Sides’s bestseller Ghost Soldiers comes a World War II story of bravery, survival, and sacrifice—the vow Douglas MacArthur made to return to the Philippines and the oath his fellow general Jonathan Mayhew ...
The Best of All Possible Worlds: A Life of Leibniz in Seven Pivotal Days by: Michael Kempe (Author), Marshall Yarbrough (Translator) Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Publication Date: 2024-11-12 Language: English Print Length: 304 pages ISBN-10: 1324093943 ISBN-13: 9781324093947 Book Description A biography of the polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz told through seven critical days spanning his life and revealing his contributions to our modern world.Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) was...
James Monroe: The Era Of Good Feelings by: . 50Minutes.Com (Author) Publication Date: 2017-04-28 Language: English Print Length: 40 pages ISBN-10: 2806294266 ISBN-13: 9782806294265 Book Description Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of James Monroe in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and presidency of James Monroe. In 1817, Monroe was sworn in as the fifth President of the United States, and was the...
Pattern Poetry: Guide to an Unknown Literature by: Dick Higgins (Author) Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr Publication Date: 1987-01-01 Language: English ISBN-10: 0887064132 ISBN-13: 9780887064135 Book Description Pattern poetry—poetry from before 1900 that fuses literature and visual art—has existed since the times of ancient Crete and Egypt. Less well known than modern visual poetry, pattern poetry has been produced in most European and American literatures, and, as close analogues, in many...
Radical Solidarity: Ruth Reynolds, Political Allyship, and the Battle for Puerto Rico’s Independence by: Lisa G. Materson (Author) Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication Date: 2024-12-10 Language: English Print Length: 286 pages ISBN-10: 1469679922 ISBN-13: 9781469679921 Book Description Radical Solidarity tells the riveting story of Ruth Reynolds (1916–89), a white pacifist from South Dakota who became a stalwart ally of nationalist revolutionaries during Puerto Ric...
Only a Penny: How a Lebanese-American Family Overcame Profound Poverty and Found Prosperity by: Sharon Abercia (Author), John Evans (Author) Publication Date: 2024-09-16 Language: English Print Length: 210 pages ISBN-10: 1632998793 ISBN-13: 9781632998798 Book Description Can only a penny make a difference in your life?Maybe not now, but it did for a seven-year-old boy, his young mother, and his five siblings living in Houston, Texas. Only a Penny is the inspiring story of the Abercias—a Lebanese...
A Jane Austen Year by: Jane Austen’s House curators (Author) Publisher: Pitkin Publication Date: 2025-03-11 Language: English Print Length: 208 pages ISBN-10: 1849949042 ISBN-13: 9781849949040 Book Description This beautifully illustrated book charts the life of one of the world’s most beloved authors through the letters, objects, and manuscripts that shaped her life.Published in partnership with the curators of Jane Austen’s House, the enchanting Hampshire cottage where Jane Austen’s geni...
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