One of the most charismatic movie stars of all time, Cary Grant left an indelible mark on the film industry and on the culture at large. His sense of style–so integral to who he was both onscreen and off–has been admired, copied, emulated, and lauded, but never fully examined, until now. With rare and never-before-published […]
Charles Chaplin was born in London in 1889 to actor parents. His career in films started in 1914 with a string of single-reelers for Keystone Comedy Film Company. Success was immediate, and nine years later, to get better terms, he helped form United Artists. Chaplins life was full of controversy, from his memorable arguments with […]
The boss of New Yorks infamous Lucchese crime family, Anthony “Gaspipe” Cassos life in the Mafia was preordained from birth. His rare talent for “earning”??concocting ingenious schemes to hijack trucks, rob banks, and bring vast quantities of drugs into New York??fueled his unstoppable rise up the ladder of organized crime. A mafioso responsible for at […]
With her astounding beauty and enigmatic persona, Greta Garbo is the ultimate Hollywood icon. Though many books have tried to unlock the mystique of the “Swedish Sphinx” by focusing primarily on her personal life, Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy is the first to pay serious attention to what made her an icon-her 24 Hollywood films. […]
This book is the first comprehensive, critical study of Jagadis Chandra Boses science and philosophy of science in the context of Western scientific culture. Drawing mainly on primary scientific literature and unpublished archival material, it describes Boses precise contribution to physics, radio, and biology.
England, the 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the countrys most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Moving between inter-war London and Shanghai, When We Were Orphans is a remarkable […]
Now Keeble has summoned Gene back from a long-overdue holiday. It seems that a very expensive stallion has been taken in Kentucky. Its the third high-value kidnapping in a few years. Keeble wants his horse back. Gene is asked to go out there and find it. But what Gene doesnt know is that hes about […]
Written over five months when Jawaharlal Nehru was imprisoned in the Ahmadnagar Fort, The Discovery of India has acquired the status of a classic since it was first published in 1946. In this work of prodigious scope and scholarship, one of the greatest figures of Indian history unfolds the panorama of the countrys rich and […]
As President Bush is preparing to invade Iraq, Wall Street Journal correspondent Asra Nomani embarks on a dangerous journey from Middle America to the Middle East to join more than two million fellow Muslims on the hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca required of all Muslims once in their lifetime. Mecca is Islams most sacred city […]
Science writer Matt Ridley has found a way to tell someone elses story without being accused of plagiarism. Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters delves deep within your body (and, to be fair, Ridleys too) looking for dirt dug up by the Human Genome Project. Each chapter pries one gene out of […]
In this fascinating and meticulously researched book, bestselling historian Arthur Herman sheds new light on two of the most universally recognizable icons of the twentieth century, and reveals how their forty-year rivalry sealed the fate of India and the British Empire. They were born worlds apart: Winston Churchill to Britain??s most glamorous aristocratic family, Mohandas […]
Michelle Obama – In Her Own Words. The Speeches 2008. Our Nations new First Lady: Michelle LaVaughn Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and the wife of the elected President Barack Obama. Michelle is the first African-American to become the First Lady of the United States. Michelle was born and grew up […]
Abandoned by her mother, beaten by her father, and hurriedly married off at twelve to an abusive man twice her age, Baby Halders early life was marked by overwhelming challenges and heartbreak. Exhausted and desperate, the young mother finally fled with her three children in 1999 to Delhi, where she found work as a maid […]
Few lives have been more eventful and controversial than Protima Bedis, and this book, derived from her unfinished autobiography, journals and her letters to family, friends and lovers, is a startlingly frank and passionate memoir. Illustrated with over fifty photographs, this is the story of a remarkable woman who had the spirit, the courage and […]