Search Results: Biography from Kayleighbug Books

New York: Newmarket Press, 2009. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; In his fast-paced, fascinating, and candid memoir, Wyly reveals the thought processes, relationships, and financial machinations behind the building of his diverse businesses over the last four decades.

New York: Perennial Library, 1965. Mass Market Paperback. Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear; mini-biographies of 400 Notable Americans

New York: Crown Publishers, 2014-11-11. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5x1x8. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; 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 own eyes and in his own words. A unique and intimate biography, the book covers the entire scope of the elder President Bush’s life and career, including his service in the Pacific during World War II, his pioneering work in the Texas oil business, and his political rise as a Congressman, U.S. Representative to China and the United Nations, CIA Director, Vice President, and President. The book shines new light on both the… Read More

New York: Viking Adult, 1999-05-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 278 pages; light edge wear; The beautifully written, warm and delightful memoir of one of Ireland's preeminent theater directors, set in Dublin in the early 1960s. "Sharp, jazzy, hilarious, and often painful . . . (a) wild song of a book."--Frank McCourt.

Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light soiling to pages ends. edge wear and creasing to jacket; Reader's Digest Condensed editions of 4 of 1991's best nonfiction titles: The Man Who Changed the World: The Lives of Mikhail S. Gorbachev by Gail Sheehy. Adams vs. Texas by Randall Dale Adams with William Hoffer & Marilyn Mona Hoffer. Guardians of Yellowstone by Dan R. Sholly with Steven M. Newman. Fortunate Son by Lewis B. Puller

New York: Riverhead Books, 2008. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; Kathleen Norris had written several books, yet she couldn’t drag herself out of bed in the morning, couldn’t summon the energy for daily tasks. Even as she struggled, Norris recognized her familiar battle with acedia. She had discovered the word in an early Church text when she was in her thirties. Having endured times of deep soul-weariness since she was a teenager, she immediately recognized that this passage described her affliction: sinking into a state of being unable to care. Fascinated by this “noonday demon,” so familiar to those in the early and medieval Church, Norris read intensively and knew she must restore this forgotten but utterly relevant and important concept to the modern world’s vernacular.Like Norris’s The Cloister Walk, Acedia & me is part… Read More

New York: Penguin Press, 2007-09-17. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; first edition, first printing; With the distillation of a life's worth of wisdom and insight into an elegant expression of a coherent worldview, this book will stand as Greenspan's personal and intellectual legacy.

New York: Avery, 2013-09-12. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8x5x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear to boards and jacket; In this lushly written follow-up to Almost French, Sarah Turnbull explores a new paradise: Tahiti. Having shared her story in her bestselling memoir, Almost French, Australian writer Sarah Turnbull seemed to have had more than her fair share of dreams come true. While Sarah went on to carve out an idyllic life in Paris with her husband, Frederic, there was still one dream she was beginning to fear might be impossible-starting a family. Then out of the blue an opportunity to embark on another adventure offered a new beginning-and new hope. Leaving behind life in the world's most romantic and beautiful city was never going to be easy. But it helps when your destination is another paradise on earth: Tahiti.

New York: Penguin Books, 2001-10-01. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6x1x9. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. light edge wear; From her introduction to the world in 1947 as "debutante of the year" to her untimely death in 1994, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has truly remained America's answer to royalty. In "America's Queen", the acclaimed biographer of Queen Elizabeth and Princess Grace reveals the real Jackie in a sympathetic but frank portrait. 32 photos.

Pleasantville, NY: Reader's Digest, 1991. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 573 pages; edge wear to boards and jacket, small edge tear in jacket; Abridged editions of 4 bestselling nonfiction titles in one volume.

New York: Scribner, 1996-09-05. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 364 pages; light edge wear to jacket and boards; later printing; Born in depression-era Brooklyn to recent Irish immigrants, Frank McCourt experienced a childhood fraught with poverty and occasional cruelty. When the family moves back to Limerick, Frank endures the most miserable of childhoods. An astonishing, glorious debut, Angela's Ashes recounts McCourt's existence with remarkable exuberance and remarkable forgiveness.

New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1955. Hardcover. Good. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 241 pages; light edge wear to boards, some uneven sunning;

New York: Berkley, 1997. Mass Market Paperback. Good. 4x4x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. spine creasing, edge wear, back cover creased. Readers learn all about this drop-dead gorgeous, yet down-to-earth superstar--from her major acting roles to her total infatuation with animals to the hair, makeup, and fashion tips from the artists who worked with her in "Clueless". Along with exclusive interviews and a 16-page photo insert, readers will learn how to surf the Web for Alicia fans, info, and gossip.

New York: Viking Juvenile, 1989. Hardcover. Good. 8x5x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. ex-library with usual markings; edge wear; reinforced library binding; Examines the life of the Swedish storyteller who created the well-known Pippi Longstocking for her sick daughter and saw the story go on to be published in fifty languages.

New York: Doubleday, 1988-12-16. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x6x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 341 pages; light edge wear to jacket and boards, 1" tear in top edge of jacket; The moving, personal story of a woman who worked her way to the top. It is filled with stories of people she met and worked with along the way. A true story of the White House, and an American success story. 16 photos.

Golden, CO: Fulcrum Publishing, 1996-02-20. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x5x1. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 435 pages; light edge wear to boards and jacket; More than a hostage story, this is a rare portrait of the Middle East that transcends the Sutherlands' personal struggle to place a turbulent decade in the Middle East in perspective.

New York: Parkstone Press, 2002-01-01. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. 8x5x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. 95 pages; some light edge wear to jacket; Born in 1872, Aubrey Beardsley was -- with Oscar Wilde -- one of the key figures of the final decadent years of Queen Victoria's England. He was largely self-taught, and at first based his work on the themes and ideals of the Pre-Raphaelites such as Burne-Jones and Rossetti. Later he adopted a stylistic approach that was novel and radical, and which featured in his illustrations for Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. He also helped found the influential periodical The Yellow Book. But it was with his darkly erotic drawings, notably in illustrating Wilde's play Salome, that he best evoked the strong sense of rebellion in contemporary art. Falling prey to tuberculosis, Beardsley died at the appallingly premature age of 25. He left behind him many works of art that were to have considerable influence on the artists and craftsmen… Read More

Washington, DC: Brassey's Inc, 2002. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 88x12x140. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. slight edge wear; -- Describes the great events, major actors, and social effects of the American Revolution -- Reveals previously unknown details about a joint Indian and British attack on American positions outside Montreal, Ethan Allen's imprisonment, and the treatment of smallpox A rare participant's account of seafaring during the Revolutionary War. Christopher Prince recounts his adventures on board both British and American ships as a naval enlisted man, as an officer of privateers, and as a master of merchantmen. Prince also describes his religious conversion and its transforming effect on his postwar life as a merchant sea captain. Editor Crawford provides introductions, commentary, notes, appendixes, and a glossary.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001-01-01. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 9x6x0. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. edge wear; The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All Over but the Shoutin’ continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother’s childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the magnificent story of the man who raised her.Charlie Bundrum was a roofer, a carpenter, a whiskey-maker, a fisherman who knew every inch of the Coosa River, made boats out of car hoods and knew how to pack a wound with brown sugar to stop the blood. He could not read, but he asked his wife, Ava, to read him the paper every day so he would not be ignorant. He was a man who took giant steps in rundown boots, a true hero whom history would otherwise have beem overlooked.

Nashville, TN: Cumberland House Publishing, 1999. Hardcover. Good/Good. 80x11x128. No Stock Photos! We photograph every item. ex-library with usual markings; edge wear to boards and jacket, damage to pastedowns. THE AVOCADO DRIVE ZOO is a warm and personal, yet humorous, recounting of how the members of the Hamner family have lived with and loved the animals in their lives. By the time they moved to Hollywood and settled into a lovely residence on Avocado Drive, their home was virtually a zoo.