"In a haze of vape smoke on a rare windy night in LA in the fall of 2016, Chelsea Handler daydreams about what life will be like with a woman in the White House. And then, Donald Trump happens. In a torpor of despair, she decides that she's had enough of the privileged bubble she's lived in--a bubble within a bubble--and that it's time to make some changes, both in her personal life and in the world at large. At home, she embarks on a 'Year of Self-Sufficiency'--learning...

Cokie Roberts sheds new light on the generation of heroines, reformers, and visionaries who helped shape our nation with this blend of biographical portraits and behind-the-scenes vignettes chronicling women's public roles and private responsibilities. Drawing on personal correspondence, private journals, and other primary sources--many of them previously unpublished--Roberts brings to life the extraordinary accomplishments of women who laid the groundwork...

The author recounts his hard-working early childhood in Chicago, his beginnings as a disc jockey after World War II, his success as an interviewer and oral historian, and his struggles after being blacklisted

"The definitive biography of an American icon, from a New York Times best-selling author with unique access to Ali's inner circle. He was the wittiest, the prettiest, the strongest, the bravest, and, of course, the greatest (as he told us over and over again). Muhammad Ali was one of the twentieth century's greatest radicals and most compelling figures. At his funeral in 2016, eulogists said Ali had transcended race and united the country, but they...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott were two ordinary young blacks in their mid-twenties. They were a part of the younger generation, and they were tired of the status quo. Receiving an assignment from God, they were obedient and helped changed the course of American civil rights. Our story spans across time, from the historic Rosa Parks arrest on December 1, 1955, to the prolific "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech on April 1968. In...

This is the true story of Graceland in 1970s Memphis, Tennessee, in the years before the death of Elvis Presley. It is also the story of a black man in Jim Crow South who made it.

Stephanie Stock was an average typical high school senior in 2018, living and dreaming of a marvelous life. Everything seemed to be perfect until one day, Venom entered her life and began to take her down piece by piece. Everything changed. Nothing seemed real. OCD and anxiety had taken over her life, and there seemed to be no hope or redemption. After believing that the problem was herself and avoiding accepting the reality of mental illness, she...

Bajo un relato que es crónica, diario, epistolario y soliloquio, un hombre escribe, desde la soledad del recuerdo, la organización y ejecución de la operación de rescate en helicóptero -desde la Cárcel de Alta Seguridad- de un grupo de presos pertenecientes al Frente Patriótico Manuel Rodríguez. El hecho ocurrió el 30 de diciembre de 1996, siendo calificado por la prensa como "la fuga del siglo". El acontecimiento remeció al país, demostrando...

Ladislaw, the famous gypsy mayor of his village, and one of the most famous Romani activists in Wonderland died under tragic circumstances on 14. July 2020. He was able to change and turn around his whole village in fourteen years with his benevolent and unorthodox style. He was a man who always lived up to his promises and had a fight against unfavorable odds in his entire life. Even his enemies admitted his positive results, and originality during...

Mandela: His Essential Life chronicles the life and legacy of one of the twentieth century's most influential and admired statesmen. Charting his development from remote rural roots to city lawyer, freedom fighter, and then political leader, Peter Hain takes an in-depth look at Mandela's rise through the ranks of the African National Congress (ANC) and subsequent 27 years imprisonment on Robben Island, as increasingly vocal protests against the injustices...