Apron Anxiety

Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Three Rivers Press | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Biography & Autobiography - Culinary; Cooking - Essays
978-0-307-95214-1 (0-307-95214-2)

May 22, 2012 | $17.00



“Hot sex, looking good, scoring journalistic triumphs . . . nothing made Alyssa love herself enough until she learned to cook. There's a racy plot and a surprising moral in this intimate and delicious book.”
--Gael Greene, creator of Insatiable-Critic.com and author of Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess

Apron...

Chogyam Trungpa

Trade Paperback | 576 pages | Shambhala | Religion - Buddhism - Tibetan; Biography & Autobiography
978-1-59030-236-1 (1-59030-236-2)

May 22, 2012 | $27.95



Chögyam Trungpa is virtually synonymous with the transmission of Tibetan Buddhism to the West. Over the course of his seventeen-year teaching career in North America, Trungpa ushered in a radically new approach to spirituality—both rooted in the ancient wisdom of the buddhadharma and thoroughly situated in the contemporary world. His teachings...

Fearless

Hardcover | 272 pages | WaterBrook Press | Biography & Autobiography - Military; Religion - Christian Life - Inspirational; Religion - Christian Life - Men's Issues
978-0-307-73069-5 (0-307-73069-7)

May 22, 2012 | $25.99

Fearless takes you deep into SEAL Team SIX, straight to the heart of one of its most legendary operators.
 
When Navy SEAL Adam Brown woke up on March 17, 2010, he didn’t know he would die that night in the Hindu Kush Mountains of Afghanistan—but he was ready: In a letter to...

Finding Ultra

Hardcover | 288 pages | Crown Archetype | Sports & Recreation - Running & Jogging; Sports & Recreation - Cycling; Biography & Autobiography - Sports
978-0-307-95219-6 (0-307-95219-3)

May 22, 2012 | $29.95



Finding Ultra is Rich Roll’s incredible-but-true account of achieving one of the most awe-inspiring midlife physical transformations ever.
 
One cool evening in October 2006, the night before he was to turn forty, Rich experienced a chilling glimpse of his future. Nearly fifty pounds overweight at the time and unable to...

Joshua L. Chamberlain

Hardcover | 336 pages | Osprey Publishing | History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); Biography & Autobiography - Military; History - United States - State & Local - New England (Ct, Ma, Me, Nh, Ri, Vt)
978-1-84908-559-5 (1-84908-559-5)

May 22, 2012 | $30.00



Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain has been a central character in two feature films (Gettysburg and Gods & Generals), a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (The Killer Angels), and an inspiration for Ken Burns's production of the highly acclaimed PBS series The Civil War. Chamberlain won national fame at the Battle of Gettysburg for his...

Omar Bradley

Trade Paperback | 64 pages | Osprey Publishing | History - Military - World War II; History - Military - Strategy; Biography & Autobiography - Military
978-1-84908-660-8 (1-84908-660-5)

May 22, 2012 | $18.95



General Omar Bradley was the premier US Army tactical commander in the European Theater of Operations in 1944-45. A West Point classmate of Dwight Eisenhower, Bradley was the quintessential US field commander of World War II, elevated to high command with little combat experience but a solid track record as a...

Prime Time

Trade Paperback | 448 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Self Help - Aging; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Self-Help - Personal Growth
978-0-8129-7858-2 (0-8129-7858-7)

May 22, 2012 | $20.00

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
 
An A-to-Z guide to living and aging well by #1 bestselling author, actress, and workout pioneer Jane Fonda
 
In this unique, candid, and inspiring book, Jane Fonda explores how midlife and beyond can be the time when we become our most energetic, loving, and fulfilled...

Uncorked

Hardcover | 224 pages | Clarkson Potter | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Cooking - Wine & Spirits; Cooking - Essays
978-0-307-71984-3 (0-307-71984-7)

May 22, 2012 | $28.00

Marco Pasanella's behind-the-scenes memoir through the world of wine will captivate wine lovers with its story of one man who decided, at age 43, to change his life by opening a wine shop.

As Kitchen Confidential and Waiter Rant explored the front and back of the house at restaurants, Uncorked offers a...

Winston Churchill

Trade Paperback | 56 pages | Shire | Biography & Autobiography - Historical; History - Great Britain; History - Modern - 20th Century
978-0-7478-1045-2 (0-7478-1045-1)

May 22, 2012 | $14.95



Winston Churchill was one of Britain's greatest leaders and an iconic figure. Prime minister twice (1940-45 and 1951-55), his political career - with its many ups and downs, controversies and achievements - spanned over sixty years from the reign of Queen Victoria to that of Queen Elizabeth II, its high point...

Dream New Dreams

Hardcover | 240 pages | Crown Archetype | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Self Help - Death, Grief, Bereavement; Health & Fitness - Diseases - Cancer
978-0-307-88850-1 (0-307-88850-9)

May 15, 2012 | $28.00



A remarkably frank, deeply moving, and inspiring memoir by Jai Pausch, whose husband, Randy, wrote the bestseller The Last Lecture while battling pancreatic cancer.
 
"Jai is such a giver that she often forgets to take care of herself," Randy Pausch wrote about his wife. "Jai knows that she’ll have to give herself permission...

Lefty

Hardcover | 416 pages | Ballantine Books | Sports & Recreation - Baseball; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Sports & Recreation - History
978-0-345-52648-9 (0-345-52648-1)

May 15, 2012 | $34.00



A baseball legend distinguished by his competitive nature, quick wit, and generous spirit, Lefty Gomez was one of a kind. Told for the first time, this is his remarkable story.
 
Born to a small-town California ranching family, the youngest of eight, Vernon “Lefty” Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular...

Mr. Hornaday's War

Hardcover | 272 pages | Beacon Press | Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection; Biography & Autobiography; History - United States
978-0-8070-0635-1 (0-8070-0635-1)

May 15, 2012 | $32.00



He was complex, quirky, pugnacious, and difficult. He seemed to create enemies wherever he went, even among his friends. A fireplug of a man who stood only five feet eight inches in his stocking feet, he began as a taxidermist and an adventurer who tracked tigers in Borneo with friendly headhunters...

My Lucky Life In and Out of Show Business

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Three Rivers Press | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Performing Arts - Television; Biography & Autobiography - Entertainment & Performing Arts
978-0-307-59224-8 (0-307-59224-3)

May 15, 2012 | $18.00



Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and beloved by audiences the world over for his beaming smile, his physical dexterity, his impeccable comic timing, his ridiculous stunts, and his unforgettable screen roles.
           
His trailblazing television program, The Dick Van...

Outlaw Marriages

Hardcover | 224 pages | Beacon Press | Biography & Autobiography - Gay & Lesbian
978-0-8070-0334-3 (0-8070-0334-4)

May 15, 2012 | $32.00



For more than a century before gay marriage became a hot-button political issue, same-sex unions flourished in America. Pairs of men and pairs of women joined together in committed unions, standing by each other “for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health” for periods of thirty or forty—sometimes as many...

Robert Redford

Trade Paperback | 608 pages | Vintage | Biography & Autobiography - Entertainment & Performing Arts
978-0-307-47596-1 (0-307-47596-4)

May 15, 2012 | $21.50

Robert Redford is among the most widely admired Hollywood stars of his generation, renowned for his iconic roles as the Sundance Kid, Bob Woodward and Jay Gatsby, and celebrated for his fierce commitment to environmental causes, independent filmmaking, and his Sundance Film Festival. Yet only now, in this revelatory biography written...