Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=3295&browse=true&N=3+3448+7498+4294967200 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715298 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705081 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668887 Henry Fondas performances--in The Grapes of Wrath, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Lady Eve, 12 Angry Men, On Golden Pond--helped define American in the twentieth century. He worked with movie masters from Ford and Sturges to Hitchcock and Leone. He was a Broadway legend. He fought in World War II and was loved the world over. Yet much of his life was rage and struggle. McKinneys Fonda is dark, complex, fascinating, and a product of glamour and acclaim, early losses, and Midwestern demons--a man haunted by what hed seen and who he was. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668241 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712091 Some see travel as a form of light-hearted escapism while others believe it has the power to open ones mind, forcing one to confront their demons and discover their true self. Andrew McCarthy details his excursions around the world. He ponders his personal life, his acting career, and his impulse to leave home, all building toward one of the most significant moments of his life: His wedding day. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679170 A memoir from the former child actress and veteran journalist describes the pride, pressure, and cruelty she felt from her ambitious stage mother while working as part of the cast of Little House on the Prairie. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674919 In this remarkably honest memoir, award-winning journalist and distinguished author Kati Marton presents an impassioned and romantic story of love, loss, and life after loss. At every stage of her life, Paris offers Marton beauty and excitement, and now, after the sudden death of her husband, Richard Holbrooke, it offers a chance for a fresh beginning. With intimate and nuanced portraits of Peter Jennings, the man to whom she was married for fifteen years and with whom she had two children, and Richard, with whom she found enduring love, Marton paints a vivid account of an adventuresome life in the stream of history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682432 Christine Benvenuto had been married for more than twenty years--with three young children--when her husband turned to her one night in bed and said Im thinking constantly about my gender. Unhappy in his body, he wanted to become a woman. Part memoir, part voyeurs look into a marriage, Sex Changes is a journey through the end of a marriage and out the other side. We see a mother, desperate to save her family and shelter her children, discover a well of strength and resilience she never knew she had. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668268 Rachel Carson, founder of the modern environmental movement, began work on her seminal book Silent Spring in the late 1950s, when a dizzying array of synthetic pesticides had come into use. Leading this chemical onslaught was the insecticide DDT. Effective against crop pests as well as insects that transmitted human diseases such as typhus and malaria, DDT had at first appeared safe. But as its use expanded, alarming reports surfaced of collateral damage to fish, birds, and other wildlife. Silent Spring was a chilling indictment of DDT and its effects, and it shocked the public and forced the government to take action--despite a withering attack on Carson from the chemicals industry. The book awakened the world to the heedless contamination of the environment and eventually led to the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and to the banning of DDT and a host of related pesticides. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682426 The Presidents Club was born at Eisenhowers inauguration when Harry Truman and Herbert Hoover first conceived the idea. Over the years that followed and to this day the presidents relied on, misunderstood, sabotaged, and formed alliances with one another that changed history. The worlds most exclusive fraternity is a complicated place: its members are bound forever because they sat in the Oval Office and know its secrets, yet they are immortal rivals for historys favor. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1696037 A gripping adventure of the body and mind, To the Last Breath depicts in crystal-clear prose the quest that led Francis Slakey around the globe, challenged his fiercely held beliefs, and opened his heart. Expanding his tale with riveting science and arresting insight into our relation to the Earth and one another, the author takes readers across the plateaus of Tibet, into the heat of Tanzania, to the desolate edge of the Arctic, and beyond. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1715259 Chronicles Abraham Lincolns success at turning the Civil War to the Norths favor during the year of 1862. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694340 James Madison is remembered primarily as a systematic political theorist, but this bookish and unassuming man was also a practical politician who strove for balance in an age of revolution. In this biography, Jeff Broadwater focuses on Madisons role in the battle for religious freedom in Virginia, his contributions to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, his place in the evolution of the party system, his relationship with Dolley Madison, his performance as a wartime commander-in-chief, and his views on slavery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684866 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1275042 From veteran journalist Douglas Waller comes an action-packed look into the life of Wild Bill Donovan, the charismatic and controversial father of the CIA. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1275043 The actor examines his life in Hollywood, looking at both his professional and private life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1306766 Frank Brady chronicles the brilliant yet troubled life of iconic chess master Bobby Fischer. An enigmatic genius, Fischer is best remembered for defeating Soviet chess champion Boris Spassky in 1972. However, the victory was overshadowed by the exorbitant demands Fischer made before the match and is subsequent decent into irrelevance. A rematch with Spassky in 1992 put Fischer back in the spotlight, but also got him into trouble with the American government. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261158 When Ed Breslin bought a new dog, Miss Dutchie, he wasnt expecting his beloved pet to help him beat alcoholism. But caring for Miss Dutchie completely transformed Eds outlook on life. The unconditional love Miss Dutchie and Ed shared was a crucial incentive to overcoming his devastating addiction, and this moving story speaks to anyone who has ever loved a dog or battled their own personal demons. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1298957 The son of Ronald and Nancy Reagan presents an assessment of his fathers life that features his childhood observations of the qualities that rendered the future fortieth president a powerful leader. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1376448 Between a Rock and a Hard Place meets Into the Void in this harrowing account of a terrible mountaineering accident and one mans amazing escape from a hellish fall--a second-by-second retelling of tragedy, survival, and renewal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1279564 In this often violent but always introspective memoir, Mobb Deeps Prodigy tells his much-anticipated story of struggle, survival, and hope on the mean streets of New York City. For the first time, he gives an intimate look at his family background, battles with drugs, life of crime, relentless suffering with sickle-cell anemia, and more. Recently released after serving three and a half years in state prison due to what many consider an unlawful arrest, Prodigy is ready to talk about his life as one of raps greatest legends. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1310282 Set in Provence, London, and New York, this is a daughters evocative and witty memoir of her mother and stepfather--Dee Wells, a glamorous and rebellious American journalist, and A. J. Ayer, the celebrated Oxford philosopher--and the life they lived at the center of absolutely everything. Gully Wells takes us into the heart of Londons liberated intellectual inner circle of the 1960s, with Alan Bennett, Isaiah Berlin, Iris Murdoch, Bertrand Russell, and others, then in New York, Mayor Lindsay, Mike Tyson, her mother as an outspoken and progressive television commentator, her stepfather--an icon in the world of twentieth-century philosophy--proving himself as prodigious a womanizer as he was a thinker. Throughout, there is La Migoua, the house in France, where her parents and their friends came together and where Gully learned some long-lasting lessons of a life well lived. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1279549 In this dramatic, behind-the-scenes chronicle, Howard Wasdin takes readers deep inside the world of navy SEALs and Special Forces snipers. After training, Desert Storm, and the selection process to join the legendary SEAL Team Six, Wasdin graduated from the most storied and challenging sniper program in the country, eventually becoming one of the best snipers on the planet. A few months later, he was fighting for his life. The Battle of Mogadishu left eighteen American soldiers dead and seventy-three wounded; Wasdin had both of his legs nearly blown off. His explosive combat tales and inside details of becoming one of the worlds deadliest snipers. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1254793 In a follow-up to his first two books, veterinarian Nick Trout offers a funny, moving, and thoughtful memoir about the animals hes had all his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261132 Perhaps the greatest physicist of the second half of the twentieth century, Richard Feynman changed the way we think about quantum mechanics, the most perplexing of all physical theories. Here Krauss, himself a theoretical physicist and bestselling author, offers a unique scientific biography: a rollicking narrative coupled with clear and novel expositions of science at the limits. An immensely colorful person, Feynman revolutionized our understanding of nature amid a turbulent life. From the death of Feynmans childhood sweetheart during the Manhattan Project to his reluctant rise as a scientific icon, Krauss presents that life as seen through the science. An accessible reflection on the issues that drive physics today, Quantum Man captures the story of a man who was willing to break all the rules to tame a theory that broke all the rules. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1305453 While in prison with his father, Frank Calabrese Sr., on racketeering charges, Frank Jr, a former member of the Chicago crime syndicate known as the Outfit, offered to help the FBI keep his father in prison for life by testifying against him. Now in the federal witness protection program and living in an undisclosed location, Frank Jr. gives an insiders view of the Outfit and how he helped expose its crimes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1377731 Traces the authors longtime friendship and love affair with John F. Kennedy, Jr., describing their prep-school antics and shared stage productions before entering into a love affair that ended when Kennedy decided he was not ready to settle down. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1297844 The daughter of piano prodigy Norma Herr describes how she and her sister were forced by their mothers violent schizophrenic episodes to discontinue contact with her until the authors debilitating injury changed her sense of the world and enabled a healing reconciliation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1306839 In a moving and inspiring memoir told with genuine humility, Eric Greitens offers something new in the history of military memoirs. A warrior who wanted to be strong to be good, only to discover that he had to be good to be strong. Throughout his SEAL training and deployments in Kenya, Thailand, Afghanistan, and Iraq, the lessons of his humanitarian work bore fruit. The result is a lesson for all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392334 Roger Ebert has been reviewing films since 1967. The first film critic ever to win a Pulitzer Prize, he has been a fixture on television for over 30 years. Then, complications from thyroid-cancer treatment resulted in the loss of his ability to eat, drink, or speak. But with the loss of his voice, Ebert has only become a more prolific and influential writer. And now, for the first time, he tells the full, dramatic story of his life and career. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1305438 A biography of the legendary frontiersman, soldier, and martyr examines his life--from hunting bears in the unspoiled countryside to helping defend the Alamo--and aims to dispel long-held myths. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1306739 Ice-T offers his hip-hop generations Horatio Alger story: the narrative of an orphaned child who, drawn inexorably into a harrowing life of crime, ultimately turns away from the streets and, through self-discipline and a single-minded work ethic, forges a path to international fame as a musician and film and television star. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392340 Kevin Mitnick is one of the worlds foremost computer hackers. He infiltrated some of the most complicated and advanced computer systems before the law finally caught up with him. Here, Mitnick chronicles his three years on the run from the FBI, during which he worked odd jobs, kept tabs on his pursuers, and continued to hack into systems throughout the world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1274599 One of Americas great chefs (Vogue) shares how his drive to cook immaculate food won him international renown--and fueled his miraculous triumph over tongue cancer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1113948 Revealing, behind-the-scenes looks at Dogs most significant challenges, along with seat-of-your-pants accounts of his most breakneck bounty hunting stories, makes Where Mercy Is Shown, Mercy Is Given a must-listen for any fan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1127683 In this eye-opening look into the underside of modern American politics, Andrew Young presents a riveting account of presidential hopeful John Edwards meteoric rise and scandalous fall. Young, a former Edwards campaign staffer, offers a truly disturbing, even shocking perspective on the risks taken and tactics employed by a man determined to rule the most powerful nation on Earth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1060437 Peter Biskind, author of the film classics Easy Riders, Raging Bulls and Down and Dirty Pictures, writes the most intimate, revealing, and balanced biography ever of Hollywood legend Warren Beatty. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1305368 Stacy Morrison, the editor-in-chief, of Redbook, tells the emotionally charged story of her divorce and the gift of grace it brought her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1064388 This inspiring, true tale follows author Alexandra Penneys journey from financial security to economic ruin. After investing, and losing, her life savings with Bernie Madoff, Penney is forced to confront her deepest fears. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1130565 Tells the dramatic life-and-death tale of the Vermont native who, in April of 2008, was held captive on a tiny lifeboat off Somalias anarchic, gun-plagued shores. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1185288 James Keene had it all: cars, girls, and houses up and down the Gold Coast of Chicago. But behind his well-connected star athlete faade was the man who paid for it all: a money-obsessed drug dealer desperate to make the big score that will get him out of the business. When he was sentenced to prison, it seemed that the only lessons he would learn would be about navigating convict society as deftly as he had the world of drugs. Instead, Keene was offered a chance to regain his freedom in return for going undercover in the nations highest security prison for the criminally insane. His task was to get friendly with Larry Hall, a mentally unbalanced serial rapist and murderer, and obtain his confession. For nearly a year, Keene walked the line between the part he played and the self he hoped to redeem, all the while dodging punches from deranged inmates, currying favor with imprisoned Mafia dons, and staying beneath the radar of Larrys oddly protective psychiatrist. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1210576 An intimate look behind CNN journalist Soledad OBriens most compelling reporting moments and how they have shaped her perspective on Americas future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1129751 At twenty, Tiger Woods made his debut in a Nike commercial. Hello, World, he said. Are you ready for me? The world was ready. His handlers kept a tight rein on the private superstar, carefully controlling his media coverage. Although everyone recognizes Tiger Woods, his true character has remained a mystery. Tiger: The Real Story is the riveting story of this gifted athlete who tasted unprecedented success and fame. Using his storied golf career as a backdrop, it examines how the people closest to Tiger--an ambitious father, an ambivalent mother, and a starstruck wife--have shaped him into a complex and conflicted man. Central to the story is Tiger himself: how media hype and a sudden fall from grace have nearly destroyed his personal and professional life...and where he goes from here. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277749 The founder and CEO of Susan G. Komen for the Cure shares the inspirational story of her late sisters battle with breast cancer and the authors contributions to establishing one of the worlds most influential health advocacy organizations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=998726 The flesh-and-blood story of the outlaw lovers who robbed banks and shot their way across Depression-era America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007761 Joe Queenans acerbic riffs on movies, sports, books, politics, and many of the least forgivable phenomena of pop culture have made him one of the most popular humorists and commentators of our time. In Closing Time, Queenan turns his sights on a more serious and personal topic: his childhood in a Philadelphia housing project in the early 1960s. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059024 Book thief John Charles Gilkey stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of rare books from book fairs, stores, and libraries around the country. Determined to catch Gilkey, Ken Sanders, a book dealer with a penchant for detective work, tirelessly pursued him. Journalist Allison Hoover Bartlett befriended both eccentric characters, obtaining crucial details on both mens stories. Here, she reveals exactly how Gilkey pulled off his dirtiest crimes and how Sanders ultimately caught him. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=996968 Biography of General George Henry Thomas, Union commander during the Civil War. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007766 Successful filmmaker Mark Millhone didnt think life could get any worse after he almost lost his newborn son to birth complications, his father was diagnosed with cancer, his mother died from a heart attack, his career floundered, and his marriage fell apart. In the midst of these crises, Mark buys a vintage car on the Internet. In an adventure of self-exploration, Mark and his father embark on a chaotic road trip to obtain the car from its owner in Texas. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1047106 Based on never-before-published interviews with Grace Kelly and her friends and colleagues, from co-stars James Stewart and Cary Grant to director Alfred Hitchcock. Also includes documents disclosed by her children for the first time. Acclaimed biographer Donald Spoto explores the transformation of a convent schoolgirl to New York model, successful television actress, Oscar-winning movie star, and beloved royal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1003299 The host of The Late, Late Show traces his journey from working-class Glasgow to the comedic limelight of Hollywood, revealing his personal story of becoming an American citizen. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1023973 In American Rebel, Marc Eliot examines the ever-exciting, often tumultuous arc of Clint Eastwoods life and career, from his days as a disaffected college dropout to his rise to fame as the archetypal loner to his acceptance into the pantheon as a multiple Academy Award winner. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1043733 From the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physical and psychological battle. Their uncommonly competitive relationship came to symbolize the most compelling rivalry in the NBA. These were the basketball epics of the 1980s - Celtics vs Lakers, East vs West, physical vs finesse, Old School vs Showtime, even white vs black... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=956475 A West Point grad, Rhodes scholar, and Army Ranger recounts his unparalleled education in the art of war and reckons with the hard wisdom that only battle itself can bestow. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1003301 Barack and Michelle Obama exploded on the national political scene in 2004, and within four short years, captured the ultimate political prize. In so doing, they became a First Couple like no other. Here, author Christopher Andersen examines the First Family and reveals how their relationship stands as one of the great personal and political partnerships in American history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1054300 A member of the Continental Congress, Silas Deane, was sent to France in 1776 to persuade the king to support the colonists in their struggle with Britain. He, playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, and diplomat and sometime spy the Chevalier dEon were at the heart of a monumental power struggle between Britain and France, with the outcome of the War of American Independence hanging in the balance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1007736 Erin Arvedlund, the financial reporter who questioned the amazing returns of Bernie Madoffs hedge funds way back in 2001, traces the life of the infamous swindler and addresses the tough questions surrounding the collapse of his Ponzi scheme. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=999075 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1020531 An in-depth look at the much talked-about -- but never fully revealed -- relationship between Jackie Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy that began as a result of their shared grief over the assassination of the president in 1963 and lasted until Bobby began his run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1968. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=751715 Documents the events surrounding a mid-nineteenth-century Springfield blacksmiths murder trial that would define Abraham Lincolns legal career, evaluating how the case reflected the beliefs of the time and placed Lincoln in a national spotlight. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1001040 When Kurt Cobain died by his own hand in April 1994, it was an act of will that typified his short, angry, inspired life. Music journalist Charles R. Cross fuses his knowledge of the Seattle music scene with his deep compassion for his subject in this story of artistic brilliance and the pain that extinguished it. Based on more than four hundred interviews, four years of research, exclusive access to Cobains unpublished diaries, lyrics, and family photos, and a wealth of documentation, Heavier Than Heaven traces Cobains life from his early days in a double-wide trailer outside of Aberdeen, Washington, to his rise to fame, success, and the adulation of a generation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1019973 In 1845, just seven years after his escape from slavery, the young Frederick Douglass published this powerful account of his life in bondage and his triumph over oppression. The book, which marked the beginning of Douglasss career as an impassioned writer, journalist, and orator for the abolitionist cause, reveals the terrors he faced as a slave, the brutalities of his owners and overseers, and his harrowing escape to the North. It has become a classic of American autobiography. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=774280 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1001035 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=969893 Printer, scientist and statesman Franklin wrote his autobiography, which ends in 1757, sporadically over a period of eighteen years, ending shortly before his death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1020535 R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. traces the formative influences on the young, fatherless Clinton by the hustlers and rogues who populated his boyhood hometown of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Tyrrell shows how the influence-peddlers who dominated Arkansas politics served as Clintons real political models, and explains how these factors combined with Clintons 60s-era radicalism to create a new, more dangerous type of career politician. With dozens of fresh revelations about both Bill and Hillary Clinton, Tyrrell sheds important new light on their activities in Arkansas and Washington. Tyrrell also draws together the overwhelming evidence--enough to convict any lesser citizen--that the Clintons are guilty of tax fraud, obstruction of justice, and lying to government agencies.