In this inspiring large print book, explore the trials and tribulations of heroes of the faith including C. S. Lewis, Charles Spurgeon, Amy Carmichael, and more. Author Elizabeth Skoglund tells the engaging stories of people who were real, accessible, and thoroughly faithful to Christ. Also included are ten vignettes on individuals including Dwight L. Moody, George MacDonald, Brother Lawrence, …
George W. Bush, the 43rd President of the United States, has authored a personal biography of his father, George H. W. Bush, the 41st President. Forty-three men have served as President of the United States. Countless books have been written about them. But never before has a President told the story of his father, another President, through his …
Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption (Random House Large Print)
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • Hailed as the top nonfiction book of the year by Time magazine • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography and the Indies Choice Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year awardOn a May afternoon in 1943, an Army Air Forces bomber crashed into the …
A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope (Random House Large Print)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom Tom Brokaw, the bestselling author of The Greatest Generation, comes a powerful memoir of a year of dramatic change—a year spent battling cancer and reflecting on a long, happy, and lucky life. Tom Brokaw has led a fortunate life, with a strong marriage and family, many friends, and a brilliant journalism career culminating in …
Hard Choices: A Memoir (Thorndike Press Large Print Popular and Narrative Nonfiction Series)
Product Description Hillary Rodham Clinton’s inside account of the crises, choices, and challenges she faced during her four years as America’s 67th Secretary of State, and how those experiences drive her view of the future. “All of us face hard choices in our lives,” Hillary Rodham Clinton writes at the start of this personal chronicle of years at …
“What was it really like to be Richard Nixon? Evan Thomas tackles this fascinating question by peeling back the layers of a man driven by a poignant mix of optimism and fear. The result is both insightful history and an astonishingly compelling psychological portrait.”—Walter Isaacson, author of Steve JobsEvan Thomas delivers the best single-volume biography of Richard Nixon to …
Memories of Turtle is the unapologetic true account of my interaction with Omaha’s meth culture. Spanning more than a decade, it revolves around my friendship with Turtle, who became addicted to meth when he was seventeen. Memories of Turtle is the inevitable result of living in a modern city where vice ferments. It should also serve …
“Larson is a marvelous writer…superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.”—New York Times Book Review Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns his hand to a remarkable story set during Hitler’s rise to power. The time is 1933, …
He is one of basketball’s towering figures: “Mr. Clutch,” who mesmerized his opponents and fans. The coach who began the Lakers’ resurgence in the 1970s. The general manager who helped bring “Showtime” to Los Angeles, creating a championship-winning force that continues to this day. Now, for the first time, the legendary Jerry West tells his story-from his tough …
When you look at me what do you see? Do you see a man with a successful rising career, someone with a body of art, a man with a beautiful wife? Well it hasn’t always been like that for me. Born into the deep streets of East Oakland, I had to learn how to survive. I was the …