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Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Susan's life would never be the same after she meets Peter. Theirs is the story of how marital love permeated their love of life, and their love of food. Together they take the food world by storm, embarking on a rollicking marriage adventure through France, exploring delicacies from the souks in Morocco to Union Street Market, discovering the world's best and most desired tables, cavorting between bullfights with Hemingway, and sampling delectable...
Author
Publisher
Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
After a deadly terrorist bombing at the American embassy in Lebanon in 1983, only one man inside the CIA possessed the courage and skills to rebuild the networks destroyed in the blast: William Buckley. But the new Beirut station chief quickly became the target of a young terrorist named Imad Mughniyeh. Beirut Rules is the pulse-by-pulse account of Buckley's abduction, torture, and murder at the hands of Hezbollah terrorists. Drawing on never-before-seen...
Author
Publisher
Crown Forum
Pub. Date
c2016.
Language
English
Description
"A unique collection of eulogies of the twentieth century's greatest figures, written by conservative icon William F. Buckley Jr. and compiled by National Review and Fox News chief Washington correspondent James Rosen. In a half-century on the national stage, William F. Buckley Jr. achieved unique stature as a polemicist and the undisputed godfather of modern American conservatism. He knew everybody, hosted everybody at his East 73rd Street maisonette,...
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
His mother's last word was his name. His father's was "Wonderful." Together they inspired the title for this true story of love and redemption. Bob Morris was always the entertainer in his family, but not always a perfect son. When he finds his parents approaching the end of their lives, he begins to see his relationship to them in a whole new light and it changes his way of thinking. How does an adult child with flaws and limitations figure out...
Author
Publisher
Powerhouse Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The summer of 1969 was a momentous one in modern history. It was a season punctuated with change. Apollo 11 landed on the moon, thousands of young fans flocked to rock 'n' roll festivals like Woodstock and the controversial Altamont Freeway concert, the Manson Family cult were on a high-profile killing spree, and the first uprisings that would become the Stonewall Riots began. It was an electric summer of violent endings, new beginnings, and social...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Here, in a sweeping gathering of 45 essential conservative writers, editor Andrew Bacevich surveys the core currents of conservative thought in the United States since 1900: the importance of tradition, the value of familial and local ties, the mounting of resistance to an ever-expanding state, the opposition to collectivist utopias and other forms of tyranny abroad, and the necessity of free markets and economic growth to sustain individual liberties...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author John Glatt tells the true story of Thomas Gilbert Jr., the disturbed young man accused of murdering his father, a Manhattan millionaire and hedge fund founder. By all accounts, Thomas Gilbert Jr. led a charmed life. The son of a wealthy hedge fund manager and a financier, he grew up surrounded by a loving family and all the luxury an Upper East Side childhood could provide: education at the elite Buckley School and...
Series
Best American poetry volume 24
Publisher
Scribner Poetry
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Collects poems chosen by editor Kevin Young as the best of 2011, featuring 75 poets including Elizabeth Alexander, Sherman Alexie, Rae Armantrout, and John Ashbery.
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