Biographies
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Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World
$16.99 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – This “wittily illustrated [and] accessible volume” (The Wall Street Journal) highlights the contributions of fifty notable women to the fields of science, technology, engin… [more below]
- Series: Women in Science
- Author: Ignotofsky, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: July 26 2016
- ISBN10: 1607749769
- Language: English
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Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World
$29.99 Read more“Catch Me if You Can meets Coming to America in this epic tale of one of the greatest scammers of all time.”-NPR
Shortlisted for the Mark Lynton History Prize
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year- Author: Yeebo, Yepoka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1635574730
- Language: English
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Who Is Harry Styles?
$5.99 Read moreLearn about the life of one of today’s most popular musicians in this Who HQ Now biography about Harry Styles and his exciting career from One Direction to his Grammy-winning solo performances.
In 201- Series: Who HQ Now
- Author: Anderson, Kirsten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 56
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 0593662652
- Language: English
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On the Rocks: The Primadonna Story
$19.95 Add to cartOn the Rocks chronicles the real-life journey of restaurateur Joseph Costanzo Jr., from his rise to success in the 1990s as a owner of the highly acclaimed Primadonna Restaurant, radio host, columnist
- Author: Palmer, Maria C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 318
- Publish Date: August 08, 2023
- ISBN10: 9798888240274
- Language: English
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The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis
$30.00 Add to cartNew York City, 1929. A sanatorium, a deadly disease, and a dire nursing shortage.
In the pre-antibiotic days when tuberculosis stirred people’s darkest fears, killing one in seven, white nurses a… [more below]- Author: Smilios, Maria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0593544927
- Language: English
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Living the Beatles Legend: The Untold Story of Mal Evans
$50.00 Add to cartThe first full-length biography of Mal Evans, the Beatles’ beloved friend, confidant, and roadie.
Malcolm Evans, the Beatles’ long-time roadie, personal assistant, and devoted friend, was an invaluabl
- Author: Womack, Kenneth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0063248522
- Language: English
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The Boy Who Grew a Forest: The True Story of Jadav Payeng
$16.99 Add to cart2020 Green Earth Book Award Long list 2020 Crystal Kite Awards – Southeast Division Winner 2020-2021 Keystone to Reading Elementary Book Award List Notable Social Studies Trade Books list – Winning Ti
- Author: Gholz, Sophia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: March 15, 2019
- ISBN10: 1534110240
- Language: English
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The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
$32.00 Add to cartThe unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. An instant New York Times bestseller!
Late last year, when the bill
Ray Dalio does not want you to read this book.- Author: Copeland, Rob
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 1250276934
- Language: English
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Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival
$32.00 Read moreEndgame, the explosive book from longtime royal journalist Omid Scobie and author of the international blockbuster Finding Freedom, is a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British
- Author: Scobie, Omid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0063258668
- Language: English
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The Real Rfk Jr.: Trials of a Truth Warrior
$32.50 Read moreAn epic biography filled with drama, conflict, and surmounted challenges.
The Real RFK Jr. is an intimate biographical portrait examining the controversial activist’s journey from anguish and addictio- Author: Russell, Dick
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 20, 2023
- ISBN10: 1510776095
- Language: English
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Taylor Swift: And the Clothes She Wears
$30.00 Add to cart– Stunning images of global phenomenon Taylor Swift
– Revealing fashion insights from the bestselling author of Harry Styles and the Clothes He Wears and Rihanna and the Clothes She Wears
– Elegant hard
- Author: Newman, Terry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 19, 2023
- ISBN10: 1788842286
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
$28.99 Add to cartThis instant New York Times bestselling “dynamic detective story” (The New York Times) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world’s greatest inventors, and his mysterious disappearance… [more below]
- Author: Brunt, Douglas
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1982169907
- Language: English
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Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld
$35.00 Read moreThe definitive biography of fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, written by journalist and author William Middleton, who knew the designer in Paris.
In February 2019, the world lost one of its most enduring cu
- Author: Middleton, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 28 2023
- ISBN10: 006296903X
- Language: English
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Notebooks of a Wandering Monk
$39.95 Read moreThe memoirs of renowned Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard and his extraordinary journey toward inner freedom and compassion in action.
Matthieu Ricard began his spiritual transformation at the age of twen- Author: Ricard, Matthieu
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048299
- Language: English
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Plato of Athens: A Life in Philosophy
$28.99 Add to cartThe first ever biography of the founder of Western philosophy
Considered by many to be the most important philosopher ever, Plato was born into a well-to-do family in wartime Athens at the end of the- Author: Waterfield, Robin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 0197564755
- Language: English
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The Secret Gate: A True Story of Courage and Sacrifice During the Collapse of Afghanistan
$28.99 Read moreThe incredible true story of a breathtaking rescue in the frenzied final hours of the U.S. evacuation of Afghanistan–and how a brave Afghan mother and a compassionate American officer engineered a da… [more below]
- Author: Zuckoff, Mitchell
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0593594843
- Language: English
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Shakira
$15.99 Add to cartFrom the critically acclaimed, multimillion-copy bestselling Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Shakira, the world’s most popular Latin American singer.
As a child, little Shakir- Series: Little People, Big Dreams #95
- Author: Sanchez Vegara, Maria Isabel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: February 07, 2023
- ISBN10: 0711283109
- Language: English
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Beyond the Story (Crónica de 10 Años de Bts) / Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of Bts
$29.95 Read moreEl regalo perfecto.
Publicado para celebrar el 10. aniversario de BTS, contiene historias que van mucho m?s all? de lo que ya sabes sobre el grupo e incluye fotos in?ditas, c?digos QR con los v?deos- Author: Kang, Myeongseok
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 1644739550
- Language: Spanish
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The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous Female Physician and the Campaign to Make Abortion a Crime
$34.98 Add to cartThe biography of one of the most famous abortionists of the nineteenth century–and a story that has unmistakable parallels to the current war on reproductive rights
For forty years in the mid-nineteen- Author: Syrett, Nicholas L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1620977451
- Language: English
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The Longest Shot: How Larry Kwong Changed the Face of Hockey
$24.95 Add to cartLarry Kwong became the first player of Asian descent in the NHL when he played one shift with the New York Rangers in 1948.
Even though Larry’s achievement happened more than 70 years ago, his contrib
- Series: Orca Biography
- Author: Soon, Chad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 104
- Publish Date: February 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1459835034
- Language: English
