Reprint of Stephen E. Ambrose's classic (and controversial) military history and biography of General Dwight D. Eisenhower.
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Interview With Kim and Krickitt Carpenter, Authors of The Vow: The True Events that Inspired the Movie, Part 1
"Our heart is in the book as we wrote it and it shares the personal details of journey."
Read More »Book Review: Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith
Van Gogh's life illustrates the fine line between genius and madness.
Read More »Book Review: Charles Dickens: A Life by Jane Smiley
New biography illuminates Dickens' craft.
Read More »Book Review: He Ran All The Way: The Life of John Garfield by Robert Nott
“What are you gonna do? Kill me? Everybody dies.” - John Garfield's last knockout in Body & Soul
Read More »Book Review: And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life by Charles J. Shields
Thorough, readable biography explores the contradictions that were Kurt Vonnegut.
Read More »Book Review: Fante: A Family’s Legacy of Writing, Drinking and Surviving by Dan Fante
A bittersweet remembrance by the son of John Fante.
Read More »Book Review: Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life by Natalie Goldberg
A writer’s writer reissues her work in digital format.
Read More »Book Review: The Shooting Salvationist: J. Frank Norris and the Murder Trial that Captivated America by David R. Stokes
Renowned fundamentalist Texas preacher on trial: murder or self defense.
Read More »Book Review: The Long Night: William L. Shirer and the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by Steve Wick
The Long Night examines the experiences of the journalist that gave rise to the most popular work on the history of Nazi Germany.
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