Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?Re=6666&browse=true&Ne=6670&N=3+6670+7104+4294967200 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1716141 In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence, a presence absent during much of the authors early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old Maya and her older brother away from their California home to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Their reunion a decade later began a story that has never before been told. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1705101 In 1836 in East Texas, nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker was kidnapped by Comanches, raised by the tribe, and eventually became the wife of a warrior. Twenty-four years after her capture, she was reclaimed by the U.S. cavalry and Texas Rangers and restored to her white family, to die in misery and obscurity. Cynthia Anns story has been told over generations to become a foundational American tale. The myth gave rise to operas and one-act plays, and in the 1950s to a novel by Alan LeMay, which would be adapted into one of Hollywoods most legendary films, The Searchers, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. Frankel explores the true-story-become-legend underpinning John Fords film, and the making of the film itself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682821 General Stanley McChrystal, the commanding officer of all U.S. and coalition forces in Afghanistan, frankly explores the major episodes and controversies of his eventful career. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1713206 The basketball player, coach, and ESPN analyst examines his life and career through the prism of toughness, which he explains comes from discipline, a team-oriented mind-set, and belief in oneself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735274 Reveals the dish and dirt behind the polite smiles and perky demeanors of morning television. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706045 The head coach of the New York Giants describes how the principles that apply on the field--including preparation, focus, consistency, and hard work--can also lead to success in other endeavors. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694364 The twelve-time All-Star catcher describes the inspiration he gleaned from his self-made father, his early career with the Dodgers, his memorable 2000 World Series with the Mets, and the controversies that have marked his career. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1682846 This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies over wartime Germany on 21 December 1943 --the American--2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown, a former farm boy from West Virginia who came to captain a B-17--and the German--2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler, a former airline pilot from Bavaria who sought to avoid fighting in World War II. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693097 The Grammy Award-winning American soul and gospel singer and mother of Whitney Houston reflects on her daughters life, the events that led up to her death and the aftermath of a senseless tragedy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1678855 Archivist Beecher White discovers a connection that may link the individuals responsible for the only four successful assassinations of American Presidents after discovering a modern-day killer who is recreating the assassins crimes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1712054 A brilliant and provocative reexamination of Americas thirtieth president, Calvin Coolidge, and the decade of unparalleled growth that the nation enjoyed under his leadership. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687226 An instant American icon--the first Hispanic on the U.S. Supreme Court--tells the story of her life before becoming a judge in an inspiring, surprisingly personal memoir. With startling candor and intimacy, Sonia Sotomayor recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a progress that is testament to her extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself. She writes of her precarious childhood and the refuge she took with her passionately spirited paternal grandmother. She describes her resolve as a young girl to become a lawyer, and how she made this dream become reality: valedictorian of her high school class, summa cum laude at Princeton, Yale Law, prosecutor in the Manhattan D.A.s office, private practice, federal district judge before the age of forty. She writes about her deeply valued mentors, about her failed marriage, about her cherished family of friends. Through her still-astonished eyes, Americas infinite possibilities are envisioned anew in this ... book-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1722575 In this beautiful and poignant tribute to her late daughter, award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author Carol Burnett presents a funny and moving memoir about mothering an extraordinary young woman through the struggles and triumphs of her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1602538 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545405 Examines presidential power within the context of U.S. history and the ongoing relationships presidents and ex-presidents formed with one another. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615813 After he and his team refurbish Americas aging weapon systems, Patrick McLanahan heads to Guam to oversee strategy, which causes the Chinese to take the offensive, launching a preemptive strike on a small American fleet that ignites a battle for the Pacific. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519608 The astonishing autobiography of SEAL Chief Chris Kyle, whose record 150 confirmed kills make him the most deadly sniper in U.S. military history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1583369 It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmothers house and helps her prepare a roast chicken for dinner. The grandmother is Swedish, a retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. This book is his love letter to food and family in all its manifestations. Marcus Samuelsson was only three years old when he, his mother, and his sister--all battling tuberculosis--walked seventy-five miles to a hospital in the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Adaba. Tragically, his mother succumbed to the disease shortly after she arrived, but Marcus and his sister recovered, and one year later, they were welcomed into a loving middle-class white family in Gothenburg, Sweden. It was there that Marcuss new grandmother, Helga, sparked in him a lifelong passion for food and cooking with her pan-fried herring, her freshly baked bread, and her signature roast chicken. From a very early age, there was little question what Marcus was going to be when he grew up. Yes, Chef chronicles Marcus Samuelssons remarkable journey from Helgas humble kitchen to some of the most demanding and cutthroat restaurants in Switzerland and France, from his grueling stints on cruise ships to his arrival in New York City, where his outsize talent and ambition finally come together at Aquavit, earning him a coveted New York Times three-star rating at the age of twenty-four. But Samuelssons career of chasing flavors, as he calls it, had only just begun--in the intervening years, there have been White House State dinners, career crises, reality show triumphs and, most important, the opening of the beloved Red Rooster in Harlem. At Red Rooster, Samuelsson has fufilled his dream of creating a truly diverse, multiracial dining room--a place where presidents and prime ministers rub elbows with jazz musicians, aspiring artists, bus drivers, and nurses. It is a place where an orphan from Ethiopia, raised in Sweden, living in America, can feel at home. With disarming honesty and intimacy, Samuelsson also opens up about his failures as a man--the price of ambition, in human terms--and recounts his emotional journey, as a grown man, to meet the father he never knew. Yes, Chef is a tale of personal discovery, unshakable determination, and the passionate, playful pursuit of flavors--one mans struggle to find a place for himself in the kitchen, and in the world-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510845 A critique of the white American class structure argues that the paths of social mobility that once advanced the nation are now serving to further isolate an elite upper class while enforcing a growing and resentful white underclass. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1583340 Camden, New Jersey was once an industrial giant. It employed some 36,000 workers in its shipyards during World War II and built some of the nations largest warships. It was the home to major industries, from RCA Victor to Campbells Soup. It was a destination for immigrants and upwardly mobile lower middle class families. Camden now resembles a penal colony. In Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Chris Hedges and American Book Award winning cartoonist Joe Sacco show how places like Camden, a poster child of postindustrial decay, stand as a warning of what huge pockets of the United States will turn into if we cement in place a permanent underclass. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1510422 Levin explores the philosophical basis of Americas foundations and the crisis that the government faces today. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656598 This novel continues the stories of five interrelated families who struggle with social, political, and economic turmoil in the mid-twentieth century, during which they witness the rise of Nazi Germany, the Spanish Civil War, and the horrors of World War II. It picks up right where the first book left off, and continues up to the explosions of the American and Soviet atomic bombs. Carla von Ulrich, born of German and English parents, finds her life engulfed by the Nazi tide until she commits a deed of great courage and heartbreak. American brothers Woody and Chuck Dewar, each with a secret, take separate paths to momentous events, one in Washington, the other in the bloody jungles of the Pacific. English student Lloyd Williams discovers in the crucible of the Spanish Civil War that he must fight Communism just as hard as Fascism. Daisy Peshkov, a driven American social climber, cares only for popularity and the fast set, until the war transforms her life, not just once but twice, while her cousin Volodya carves out a position in Soviet intelligence that will affect not only this war, but the war to come. These characters and many others find their lives inextricably entangled as their experiences illuminate the cataclysms that marked the century. From the drawing rooms of the rich to the blood and smoke of battle, their lives intertwine, propelling the reader into dramas of ever increasing complexity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645553 In the midst of a bloody battle in the Iraq War, two soldiers, bound together since basic training, do everything to protect each other from both outside enemies and the internal struggles that come from constant danger. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1677530 In this biography the author draws upon archives in the United States, England, and France, as well as unpublished transcripts of Jefferson presidential papers to give readers a view of Jefferson the politician and the President, a great and complex human being forever engaged in the wars of his era. The father of the ideal of individual liberty, of the Louisiana Purchase, of the Lewis and Clark expedition, and of the settling of the West, Jefferson recognized that the genius of humanity, and the genius of the new nation, lay in the possibility of progress. Philosophers think; politicians maneuver. Jeffersons genius was that he was both and could do both, often simultaneously, catapulting him into becoming the most successful political leader of the early republic, and perhaps in all of American history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1568542 The man behind the Real Housewives writes about his lifelong love affair with pop culture that brought him from the suburbs of St. Louis to his own television show. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1485005 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1658491 Celebrated historian David Nasaw brings to life the story of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, in this, the first and only biography based on unrestricted and exclusive access to the Joseph P. Kennedy papers.-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1563204 A fictional account of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, told from the perspectives of participants on both sides, recreates the April 1862 surprise attack by Confederate forces on the Union Army at Shiloh. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1660434 Americas greatest traveling bard Willie Nelson muses about the things that are most important to him and celebrates the family, friends, and colleagues who have blessed his remarkable journey. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1568321 Tackling the next threat to America--globalism--two New York Times best-selling authors reveal how foreign countries are pillaging our economy with the help of our own political and business leaders and offer solutions for combating this growing problem. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647724 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1679523 Its a chilling reality that homicide investigators know all too well: the last face most murder victims see is not that of a stranger, but of someone familiar. These doomed relationships are the focus of Ann Rules sixteenth all-new Crime Files collection. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1628054 Ann Coulter fearlessly explains the real history of race relations in this country, including how white liberals twist that history to spring the guilty, accuse the innocent, and engender racial hatreds, all in order to win politically. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522514 At some point in nearly every marriage, a wife finds herself asking, What the ... is wrong with my husband?! In the authors case, this turns out to be an apt question. Five years after he married Kristen, the love of his life, they learn that he has Asperger syndrome. The diagnosis explains his ever-growing list of quirks and compulsions, his lifelong propensity to quack and otherwise melt down in social exchanges, and his clinical-strength inflexibility. But it doesnt make him any easier to live with. Determined to change, he sets out to understand Asperger syndrome and learn to be a better husband, no easy task for a guy whose inability to express himself rivals his two-year-old daughters, who thinks his responsibility for laundry extends no further than throwing things in (or at) the hamper, and whose autism-spectrum condition makes seeing his wifes point of view a near impossibility. Nevertheless, he devotes himself to improving his marriage with an endearing yet hilarious zeal that involves excessive note-taking, performance reviews, and most of all, this book: a collection of hundreds of maxims and hard-won epiphanies that result from self-reflection both comic and painful. They include Dont change the radio station when shes singing along, Apologies do not count when you shout them, and Be her friend, first and always. Guided by the journal, he transforms himself over the course of two years from the worlds most trying husband to the husband who tries the hardest, the husband hed always meant to be. Filled with humor and surprising wisdom, this book is a candid story of ruthless self-improvement, a unique window into living with an autism-spectrum condition, and proof that a true heart can conquer all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1650598 A memoir by the bodybuilder, actor, and former governor of California traces his journey to the United States and rise from Mr. Universe champion to millionaire businessman, and discusses his political achievements and the choices he regrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1674900 In the aftermath of the surrenders of Germany and Japan in October 1945, Cletus Frade and his colleagues in the OSS are given the life-threatening task of maintaining security during a covert U.S. deal with Germany for intelligence about the identities of Soviet spies in the American atomic bomb program. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1547301 Based on exhaustive research and unprecedented access to White House officials, CIA analysts, Pakistani intelligence, and the military, this is the definitive account of ten years in pursuit of bin Laden and of the twilight of al-Qaeda. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1572684 #1 New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck provides readers with the truth about the issues the media and politicians are scared to touch.This year, America will face one of the most important elections in history. But in the whirlwind of all the debates, attack ads, and super-PAC money, something that Americans used to hold in high regard has been lost: the truth. Glenn Beck believes that those who control the information--from the media to our politicians--are scared to tell the public the truth because of narrow, selfish interests, such as an impact on their ratings, or lobbying agendas, or re-election campaigns. People and organizations have agendas-- but the truth does not. In Cowards, Beck provides a shockingly honest assessment of issues, ranging from border violence to Shariah law, from George Soros and the threat of economic terrorism to Frances Fox Piven and her strategy for collapsing our welfare system. Beck delivers the unvarnished truth about these little-covered topics. By the end, it will become clear why Beck often likes to quote President Garfield: The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1568396 A counterterrorism spy describes his leadership of the campaign that routed al Qaeda and the Taliban in the weeks after the September 11 attacks, offering insight into the ways in which the Afghanistan campaign changed American warfare. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1672050 Appearing daily on ABC stations, The Chew celebrates and explores life through food, with a group of dynamic, engaging, fun, relatable co-hosts who serve up everything to do with food--from cooking and home entertaining to food trends, restaurants, holidays, and more--all aimed at making life better, fuller, and more fun. The Chews first cookbook, titled THE CHEW, will feature recipes from the show, broken into chapters that feature some of The Chews most loved themes and segments, as well as new content exclusive to the book. The book will be attractively designed throughout, with two eight-page color photo inserts. The hosts of the show--all contributors to the book--are chef, best-selling author, and TV personality Mario Batali; Iron Chefs Michael Symon; Top Chefs Carla Hall; What Not to Wears Clinton Kelly; and best-selling author and nutritionist Daphne Oz-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1568552 Krugman pursues the questions of how bad the Great Recession really is, how we got stuck in what can now be called a depression and, above all, how we can free ourselves. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646034 The former FDIC Chairwoman, and one of the first people to acknowledge the full risk of subprime loans, offers a unique perspective on the greatest crisis the U.S. has faced since the Great Depression. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1590255 Tapped by FDR to assist the Allies efforts to secure France and build an atomic bomb, OSS spy chief Wild Bill Donovan and top agent Dick Canidy coordinate a sabotage mission in Germany while countering a mole who is leaking Manhattan Project secrets to the Soviets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585741 They were the Beatles of basketball, the Mercury Seven in sneakers. In Dream Team, acclaimed sports journalist Jack McCallum delivers the untold story of the greatest team ever assembled: the 1992 U.S. Olympic Mens Basketball Team that captivated the world, kindled the hoop dreams of countless children around the planet, and remade the NBA into a global sensation. As a senior staff writer for Sports Illustrated, McCallum enjoyed a courtside seat for the most exciting basketball spectacle on earth, covering the Dream Team from its inception to the gold medal ceremony in Barcelona. For the duration of the Olympics, he lived with, golfed with, and--most important--drank with some of the greatest players of the NBAs Golden Age: Magic Johnson, the ebullient showman who shrugged off his recent diagnosis of HIV to become the teams unquestioned captain and leader; Michael Jordan, the transcendent talent at the height of his powers as a player--and a marketing juggernaut; and Charles Barkley, the outspoken iconoclast whose utterances on and off the court threatened to ignite an international incident. Presiding over the entire traveling circus was the Dream Teams beloved coach, Chuck Daly, whose laissez-faire approach proved instrumental in getting the most out of such disparate personalities and superstars such as Larry Bird, Patrick Ewing, and Scottie Pippen. Drawing on fresh interviews with the players, McCallum provides the definitive account of the Dream Team phenomenon. He offers a behind-the-scenes look at the controversial selection process. He takes us inside the teams Olympic suites for late-night card games and bull sessions where the players debate both the finer points of basketball and their respective places in the NBA pantheon. And he narrates a riveting possession-by-possession account of the legendary July 1992 intrasquad scrimmage that pitted the Dream Teamers against one another in what may have been the greatest pickup game--and the greatest exhibition of trash talk--in history. In the twenty years since the Dream Team first captivated the worlds attention, its mystique has only grown--and so has its influence. The NBA is now flush with international stars, many of them inspired by the exuberant spirit of 92. Dream Team vividly re-creates the moment when a once-in-a-millennium group of athletes came together, outperformed the hype, and changed the future of sports--one perfectly executed fast break at a time. The Dream Team was. Michael Jordan, Guard, Chicago Bulls Magic Johnson, Guard, Los Angeles Lakers Larry Bird, Forward, Boston Celtics Charles Barkley, Forward, Phoenix Suns Chris Mullin, Forward, Golden State Warriors Scottie Pippen, Forward, Chicago Bulls John Stockton, Guard, Utah Jazz Karl Malone, Forward, Utah Jazz David Robinson, Center, San Antonio Spurs Patrick Ewing, Center, New York Knicks Christian Laettner, Forward, Duke University Clyde Drexler, Guard, Portland Trailblazers-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1567094 In an illustrated memoir, the creator of the Bloggess blog shares humorous stories from her life, including her awkward upbringing in Texas and her relationship with her husband. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522258 Michelle Mac Mackenzie, a super-human Greater-Than with unique abilities, teams up with a former Navy SEAL Shane Laughlin to stop the spread of a highly addictive drug called Destiny, which gives anyone the same abilities as a Greater-Than. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1669115 Thousands of people have had near-death experiences, but scientists have argued that they are impossible. Dr. Eben Alexander was one of those scientists. A highly trained neurosurgeon, Alexander knew that NDEs feel real, but are simply fantasies produced by brains under extreme stress. Then, Dr. Alexanders own bran was attacked by a rare illness. The part of the brain that controls thought and emotion--and in essence makes us human--shut down completely. For seven days he lay in a coma. Then, as his doctors considered stopping treatment, Alexanders eyes popped open. He had come back. Alexanders recovery is a medical miracle. But the real miracle of his story lies elsewhere. While his body lay in coma, Alexander journeyed beyond this world and encountered an angelic being who guided him into the deepest realms of super-physical existence. There he met, and spoke with, the Divine source of the universe itself. Alexanders story is not a fantasy. Before he underwent his journey, he could not reconcile his knowledge of neuroscience with any belief in heaven, God, or the soul. Today Alexander is a doctor who believes that true health can be achieved only when we realize that God and the soul are real and that death is not the end of personal existence but only a transition. -- Cover, p. [4] http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1568154 A unique collective biography of the four men who with a combination of nimble counsel, exasperating ego, studied patience, and street-fighter tactics shaped the modern U.S. Navy to win WWII at sea. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1563039 In this irresistible memoir, the #1 New York Times bestselling author writes about her life and the lives of women today, looking back and ahead--and celebrating it all--as she considers marriage, girlfriends, our mothers, faith, loss, all that stuff in our closets, and more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562977 Now nearly halfway through his trek, Alan Christoffersen walks from South Dakota to Memphis, Tennessee. He covers more than 800 miles on foot, but its the people he meets along the way who give the journey its true meaning. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1568043 For the first time, the author, a rock music icon, and one of the founding members of The Allman Brothers Band, tells the full story of his life and career. No subject is taboo, as one of the true giants of rock n roll opens up about his Georgia youth, his long struggle with substance abuse, his string of bad marriages (including his brief union with superstar Cher), the tragic death of brother Duane Allman, and life on the road in one of rocks most legendary bands. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1630238 Killing Kennedy chronicles both the heroism and the deceit of Camelot. The events leading up to the most notorious crime of the twentieth century are almost as shocking as the assassination itself. In January 1961, as the Cold War escalates, John F. Kennedy struggles to contain the growth of Communism while he learns the hardships, solitude, and temptations of what it means to be president of the United States. Along the way he acquires a number of formidable enemies, among them Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, and Alan Dulles, director of the Central Intelligence Agency. When his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, cracks down on organized crime, the list of those who have it in for the President grows. Then, in the midst of a 1963 campaign trip to Texas, Kennedy is gunned down, and the nation begins its slide into the cataclysmic division of the Vietnam War and its culture-changing aftermath.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476613 To combat the vampires of our society and to isolate the systematic ways in which our once productive industries and our government have been breached, Ratigan provides readers with a set of values that together form the answer for how each of us can not only understand what has gone wrong--but join together to make it right. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1566722 Maddow shows how deeply militarized our culture has become--how the role of the national security sector has shape-shifted and grown over the past century to the point of being financially unsustainable and confused in mission. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1453990 This book is a personal and inspirational memoir from the author, an Emmy and Oscar winner that is focused on her transformation as she embraced a healthy lifestyle and lost over eighty pounds. Soulful and sultry, she wowed the world with her powerful voice in American Idols third season, and then took Hollywood by storm with a star turn in Dreamgirls that won her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. But before we knew her as an American Idol standout, Jennifer was singing in her church choir in the Southside of Chicago. This memoir tells the story of Jennifers meteoric rise from American Idol to Dreamgirls to her amazing weight loss on the Weight Watchers diet plan. With the Weight Watchers brand endorsing her, Jennifer gives her fans tips for embracing a healthy lifestyle in order to lose weight and reclaim their bodies. Full of stories from her American Idol days, her experience acting in Dreamgirls, and how her son inspired her to want to live healthfully, this book is for her fans and an inspiration for anyone struggling with weight issues. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647708 The inspiring story of a son and his dying mother, who form a book club that brings them together as her life comes to a close. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613375 It is rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It is even rarer when that someone is a middl0--aged, six-foot three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station. And yet, that is exactly what Julia Child did. The warble voiced doyenne of television cookery became an iconic cult figure and joyous rule breaker as she touched off the food revolution that has gripped America for more than fifty years. In this biography, the Julia we know and love comes to life. In it the author provides a portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential Americans of our time, a woman known to all, yet known by only a few. At its heart, this biography is a story about a womans search for her own unique expression. Julia Child was a directionless, gawky young woman who ran off halfway around the world to join a spy agency during World War II. She eventually settled in Paris, where she learned to cook and collaborated on the writing of what would become Mastering the Art of French Cooking, a book that changed the food culture of America. She was already fifty when The French Chef went on the air, at a time in our history when women were not making those leaps. Julia became the first educational TV star, virtually launching PBS as we know it today; her marriage to Paul Child formed a decades long love story that was romantic, touching, and quite extraordinary. A fearless, ambitious, supremely confident woman, Julia took on all the pretensions that embellished tony French cuisine and fricasseed them to a fare-thee-well, paving the way for everything that has happened since in American cooking, from TV dinners and Big Macs to sea urchin foam and the Food Channel. Julia Childs story, however, is more than the tale of a talented woman and her sumptuous craft. It is also a saga of Americas coming of age and growing sophistication, from the Depression Era to the turbulent sixties and the excesses of the eighties to the greening of the American kitchen. Julia had an effect on and was equally affected by the baby boom, the sexual revolution, and the start of the womens liberation movement. On the centenary of her birth, Julia finally gets the biography she richly deserves. An in-depth, intimate narrative, full of fresh information and insights, this biography is the story of one of our most fascinating and beloved figures. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1649881 This is a true story of secret identities and international intrigue; it is the gripping account of the history making collusion between Hollywood and high-stakes espionage. It relates the true account of the 1979 rescue of six American hostages from Iran. On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran and captured dozens of American hostages, sparking a 444-day ordeal. But there is a little-known footnote to the crisis: six Americans escaped. A midlevel agent named Antonio Mendez devised an ingenious yet incredibly risky plan to rescue them. Armed with foreign film visas, Mendez and an unlikely team of CIA agents and Hollywood insiders, directors, producers, and actors, traveled to Tehran under the guise of scouting locations for a fake film called Argo. While pretending to find the ideal backdrops, the team succeeded in contacting the escapees and smuggling them out of Iran without a single shot being fired. Here the author finally details the extraordinarily complex and dangerous operation he led more than three decades ago. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1704179 In this star-studded autobiography, Clive Davis shares a personal, candid look into his remarkable life and the last fifty years of popular music as only a true insider can. Davis career has spanned more than forty years, and he has discovered, signed, or worked with a staggering array of artists: Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Simon and Garfunkel, Barry Manilow, Patti Smith, Lou Reed, Dionne Warwick, Carlos Santana, The Grateful Dead, Alicia Keys, Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Hudson, and Aretha Franklin, to name a few. He has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, and hosted the worlds highest profile parties. In this fully illustrated, personal account, Davis tells all, from becoming an orphan in high school and getting through college and law school on scholarships, to being falsely accused of embezzlement and starting up his own record company, J Records. His wealth of experience offers valuable insight into the evolution of the music business over the past half-century and into the future.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629929 Covering subjects ranging from healthcare to the economy to food, Stephen gives America the dose of truth it needs to get back on track. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1621208 Its amateur hour at the White House. So says New York Times bestselling author Edward Klein in his new political expos The Amateur. Tapping into the publics growing sentiment that President Obama is in over his head, The Amateur argues that Obamas toxic combination of incompetence and arrogance have run our nation and his presidency off the rails. Obama was both completely inexperienced and ideologically far to the left of Americans when he entered the White House, says Klein. And he was so arrogant that he didnt even know what he didnt know. Klein, who is known for getting the inside scoop on everyone from the Kennedys to the Clintons, reveals never-before-published details about the Obama administrations political inner workings and about Barack and Michelles personal lives. From Obamas conceited and detached demeanor, to his detrimental reliance on Michelle Obama and Valerie Jarretts advice, to the Obamas extravagant and out-of-touch lifestyle, The Amateur reveals a president whose blatant ignorance and incompetence is sabotaging himself, his presidency, and America. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1583169 Discusses how the policies of the Obama administration have put the United States on the path to financial ruin and decreased the countrys standing in the international community. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624123 NBA star Dwyane Wade discusses the rewarding responsibilities of being a single dad to his two sons, Zaire and Zion and highlights of his basketball career-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574993 After his parents are arrested and imprisoned for robbing a bank, fifteen-year-old Dell Parsons is taken in by Arthur Remlinger who, unbeknownst to Dell, is hiding a dark and violent nature that interferes with Dells quest to find grace and peace on the prairie of Saskatchewan. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1615598 A biography of the legendary college football coach, written with the cooperation of the subject and his family, traces his distinguished career over sixty-two football seasons and his enduring legacy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1563012 Pulitzer Prize biographer Robert A. Caro follows Lyndon Johnson through both the most frustrating and the most triumphant periods of his career, describing Johnsons volatile relationship with John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy during the fight they waged for the 1960 Democratic nomination for president, through Johnsons unhappy vice presidency, his assumption to the presidency after Kennedys assassination, his victories over the budget and civil rights, and the eroding trap of Vietnam. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1551789 A second installment in a planned five-part series finds Harry despairing of a marriage to Emma and joining the Merchant Navy before assuming the identity of a fallen American soldier whose past proves even more turbulent than Harrys own. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1645943 A masterful biography of the Civil War general and two-term president who saved the Union twice, on the battlefield and in the White House, holding the country together at two critical turning points in our history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576909 Colin Powell, one of Americas most admired public figures, reveals the principles that have shaped his life and career in this inspiring and engrossing memoir. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1512099 Tackling the issues at the forefront of the American mind--healthcare, education, capitalism, and more America the Beautiful is indispensable reading. From four-time bestselling author, internationally renowned neurosurgeon, and humanitarian Dr. Ben Carson, here is a sobering and inspiring manifesto of Americas greatness, her failings, and the values and changes it will take to carry our country into a brilliant and prosperous future. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1668339 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1630230 For the first time anywhere, the first-person account of the planning and execution of the Bin Laden raid from a Navy Seal who confronted the terrorist mastermind and witnessed his final moments. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251164 The four-decade star of All My Children offers behind-the-scenes stories from the show and discusses the joys and heartaches of her life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392215 Everybodys favorite momager, the businesswoman behind the Kardashian empire, Kris Jenner, shares her never-before-told story. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1303750 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392216 The revered actor and quintessential self-made man recalls trying to decipher William Wyler with Audrey Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine, breaking Doris Days ribs, having a heart-to-heart and eyeball-to-eyeball with Steve McQueen, being a card-carrying liberal--and proud of it, and much more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1258569 As the United States marks the 150th anniversary of our defining national drama, historian Adam Goodheart presents an original account of how the Civil War began. 1861 is an epic of courage and heroism beyond the battlefields. Early in that fateful year, a second American revolution unfolded, inspiring a new generation to reject their parents faith in compromise and appeasement, to do the unthinkable in the name of an ideal. It set Abraham Lincoln on the path to greatness and millions of slaves on the road to freedom. Goodheart takes us from the corridors of the White House to the slums of Manhattan, from the mouth of the Chesapeake to the deserts of Nevada, from Boston Common to Alcatraz Island, vividly evoking the Union at this moment of ultimate crisis and decision.--From publisher description. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1257798 Known for his network of conservative Web sites, Breitbart talks about the key issues that Americans face, how he has aligned himself with the Tea Party, and how one needs to deal with the liberal news world head on. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1203690 Traces the rewards and pitfalls of a Chinese mothers exercise in extreme parenting, describing the exacting standards applied to grades, music lessons, and avoidance of Western cultural practices. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1334408 The author examines the causes of the U.S. stock market crash of 2008 and its relation to overpriced real estate, bad mortgages, shareholder demand for excessive profits, and the growth of toxic derivatives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1213694 With the same directness that defined his career in public service, Rumsfelds memoir is filled with previously undisclosed details and insights about the Bush administration, 9/11, and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. It also features Rumsfelds unique and often surprising observations on eight decades of history. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1366367 Steyn argues that President Barack Obama is a dangerous radical who wants not only big government, but the Europeanization of the United States. He explains how citizens can roll back the liberal establishment and return to fundamental American values. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261430 Once again, the author takes a remarkable shard of history and brings it to vivid life. In 1665, a young man from Marthas Vineyard became the first Native American to graduate from Harvard College. Upon this slender factual scaffold, she has created a luminous tale of love and faith, magic and adventure. The narrator of the story is Bethia Mayfield, growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers and Puritans. Restless and curious, she yearns after an education that is closed to her by her sex. As often as she can, she slips away to explore the islands glistening beaches and observe its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At twelve, she encounters Caleb, the young son of a chieftain, and the two forge a tentative secret friendship that draws each into the alien world of the other. Bethias minister father tries to convert the Wampanoag, awakening the wrath of the tribes shaman, against whose magic he must test his own beliefs. One of his projects becomes the education of Caleb, and a year later, Caleb is in Cambridge, studying Latin and Greek among the colonial elite. There, Bethia finds herself reluctantly indentured as a housekeeper and can closely observe Calebs crossing of cultures. Like the authors beloved narrator Anna, in Year of Wonders, Bethia proves an emotionally irresistible guide to the wilds of Marthas Vineyard and the intimate spaces of the human heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1236050 The CIA operative author of See No Evil and his CIA sharpshooter wife describe how they unexpectedly fell in love during a mission and the complicated challenges they faced in their shared effort to return to civilian life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1305400 Presents a history of the role of British citizens in the American Civil War that offers insight into the interdependencies of both nations and how the Union worked to block diplomatic relations between England and the Confederacy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392843 The author, known for his landmark work in American journalism and for his other books, The Greatest Generation, and Boom!, now turns his attention to the challenges that face America in the new millennium, to offer reflections on how we can restore Americas greatness. What happened to the America I thought I knew? he writes. Have we simply wandered off course, but only temporarily? Or have we allowed ourselves to be so divided that we are easy prey for hijackers who could steer us onto a path to a crash landing? I do have some thoughts, original and inspired by others, for our journey into the heart of a new century. Rooted in the values, lessons, and verities of generations past and of his South Dakota upbringing, he weaves together stories of Americans who are making a difference and personal stories from his own family history, to engage us in a conversation about our country and to offer ideas for how we can revitalize the promise of the American Dream. Inviting us to foster a rebirth of family, community, and civic engagement as profound as the one that won World War II, built our postwar prosperity, and ushered in the Civil Rights era, he traces the changes in modern life, in values, education, public service, housing, the Internet, and more, that have transformed our society in the decades since the age of thrift in which he was raised. Offering ideas from Americans who are change agents in their communities, he gives us a book that is a vision of hopefulness in an age of dimished expectations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1377195 The stand-up comedian, television host, best-selling author and actress candidly discusses her personal life, her professional career and describes what it was like to become a judge on American Idol. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1392150 The author, a well-known funnyman is back with his first humor book since the bestselling Cosbyology. In this new collection of observations, he brings us more of his wonderful and wacky insights into the human condition. In the tradition of Fat Albert, he introduces a host of new characters, including Peanut Armhouse and Old Mother Harold. Not since Mushmouth, Dumb Donald, Bucky and the Cosby Kids has there been such a memorable cast of misfits. Over the past century few entertainers have achieved the legendary status of William H. Cosby Jr. His success spans five decades and virtually all media, remarkable accomplishments for a kid who emerged from humble beginnings in a Philadelphia housing project. The doctor of comedy holds forth on everything from a game show contestants confusing origins to a grandchild with a Godzilla infatuation, to his first love Bernadette, and many more delightful digressions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1259481 A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywoods top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1251171 From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that youre no one until someone calls you bossy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1401345 From bestselling author and host of HBOs Real Time, Bill Mahers new book of political riffs serves up a savagely funny set of rules for preserving sanity in an insane world. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542971 A narrative account of the twentieth presidents political career offers insight into his background as a scholar and Civil War hero, his battles against the corrupt establishment, and Alexander Graham Bells failed attempt to save him from an assassins bullet. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1220460 Joyce Carol Oates shares her struggle to comprehend a life absent of the partnership that had sustained and defined her for nearly half a century. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277471 Presents the history of sports channel ESPN based on interviews with nearly five hundred current and former employees, featuring announcers and analysts as well as sports stars including LeBron James, Peyton Manning, and Jeff Gordon. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261116 Actor, singer, songwriter Gibson writes about his personal experiences paired with reflective questions based on his extremely popular blog piece, The Love Circle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1209535 New York Times bestselling author Peter Bergens definitive account of al Qaedas evolution since 9/11 and the U.S. governments responses. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1342919 Facing daunting challenges in the form of political threats against the OSS and the early stirrings of the Cold War, Cletus Frade and his colleague conduct a secret operation to counter the growing ambitions of Joseph Stalin. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1256576 The twelve-term congressman expounds on the fifty key issues that he feels are most important to Americans, based on the concept of personal liberty. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277483 For the first time ever, a Navy SEAL Team Six sniper chronicles how he became an elite warrior and the ferocious battle that nearly cost him his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1261478 Drawing from a lifetime of lessons learned, seven-time Emmy winner Betty Whites wit and wisdom take center stage as she tackles topics like friendship, romantic love, aging, television, fans, love for animals, and the brave new world of celebrity. If You Ask Me mixes her thoughtful observations with humorous stories from a seven- decade career in Hollywood--Publishers description.