Category: Biography
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Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball
It’s an epic story. A young man with talent, maybe not as much as some but what he lacks in physical and athletic prowess he makes up with moxie and determination. And like most epics, there’s a rise to the heights and then a fall from grace. It could be a movie. Maybe it will…
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Kalamazoo County Characters by Dianna Higgs Stampfler
This fascinating book, featuring profiles of 50 notable figures in the Kalamazoo area history, will be released by The History Press in January 2025. Since its founding in the early 1800s, Kalamazoo has welcomed a variety of notable individuals who have shaped the community’s legacy in their own special way. From founding fathers to early…
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The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
“a compelling look at a dynamic trailblazer who broke into a field that was male dominated and leading the way for other women . . .” “When Dana Walters found her husband ashen-faced and unconscious in their hotel bed, his bottle of sleeping pills emptied, she didn’t call an ambulance,” writes author Susan Page in…
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C-SPAN’s Book TV is again partnering with the Library of Congress to bring the 2023 National Book Festival to a national television audience, live and on-site.
As an original supporter of the National Book Festival, C-SPAN’s Book TV is contributing the following for this year’s event – held on Saturday, August 12, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center: • live coverage of author interviews and panel discussions.• lengthy live call-in interviews with nonfiction authors on location from the grand lobby.•…
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Henry VIII’s Children: Legitimate & Illegitimate Sons & Daughters of the Tudor King
“This book is a compelling read as Angus is a clear, concise, and talented writer who makes even small facets of long ago lives fascinating.” The irony of Henry VIII is acute. The once dashing heroic young man who succumbed to gluttony, cruelty, and, though it was done in a state-sanctioned manner, the murder of…
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Dreaming in French: The Paris Years of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy, Susan Sontag, and Angela Davis
A compelling look at three talented women and their youthful time, separately, in Paris and the great city’s influence on their lives.
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Capote’s Women: The Story of the Writers’ Swans
“There are certain women who, though perhaps not born rich, are born to be rich,” author Truman Capote wrote about the beautiful, well-dressed, and style-setting women he called his “swans.” The ultimate arm candy for the wealthiest and most powerful of men, these women of the mid-20th century were trophy wives before the term existed.…
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