New DVDs: TV Series, NonFiction and Feature Length Films – August 2009

Aberdeen

A very downbeat drama about a successful-but-unhappy London lawyer who goes on a road trip with her alcoholic father to visit her dying mother in a hospital in Norway.Cast: Stellan Skarsgård, Lena Headey, Ian Hart, Charlotte Rampling. (2000) Rated R

American Dreamer

A housewife wins a trip to Paris as a prize from a mystery writing contest. Silly from a blow on the head, she begins living the fictional life of her favorite literary adventure. Cast: JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti, Giancarlo Giannini. (1984) Rated PG

Blue Murder: Set 4

This set sees Janine tackle some of her most baffling cases yet: the murders of an illegal Belarusian émigré, a suburban cheerleading coach, a rock star about to break into the big time, and more. In Blue Murder s signature style, heart-tugging domestic drama and good-natured workplace ribbing leaven each suspenseful, grimly realistic mystery. Cast: Caroline Quentin, Ian Kelsey, Paul Loughran, Nicholas Murchie, Belinda Everett. Not Rated

Buffalo Bill

This episode of the PBS series, The American Experience, explore how William “Buffalo Bill” Cody’s legendary exploits helped create a myth that endures even today. Features the life of the master showman who became part of American history. (2008) Not Rated

Cover Her Face

Scotland Yard’s Adam Dalgliesh investigates the murder of a drug dealer found dead in the basement of a book club.  Mysterious deaths occur, and the detective must deal with a multitude of suspects, evasive answers, and his growing attraction to Deborah Riscoe.  Cast: Roy Marsden, Phyllis Calvert, Bill Fraser, Julian Glover, Mel Martin, Rupert Frazer. Based on the book by P.D. James. (1987) Not Rated

Everest

Based on the true story of the first Canadians to ever make it to the top of the world’s tallest and most historic peak. Cast: Eric Johnson, John Pyper-Ferguson, Jason Priestley, William Shatner. (2007) Rated PG-13

400 Years of the Telescope

This PBS documentary features interviews with leading astrophysicists and cosmologists from the world’s renowned universities and observatories, who explain concepts ranging from Galileo’s act of revealing the cosmos with a simple telescope, to the latest discoveries in space, including startling new ideas about life on other planets and dark energy – a mysterious vacuum energy that is accelerating the expansion of the universe. Originally broadcast on PBS on 2008.  Not Rated

Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes

This episode of the PBS series American Masters, is a freeform and intimate look at the private man in the public spotlight goes behind the scenes of America’s most popular radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, and inside the imagination of the man who created it. (2009)  Not Rated

Grey Gardens

Based on the life stories of the eccentric aunt and first cousin of Jackie Kennedy, this HBO drama tells the tender, intimate story of an eccentric mother and daughter.Cast: Drew Barrymore, Jessica Lange, Daniel Baldwin, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Ken Howard. Not Rated

High Hopes

Low-budget, cerebral British black comedy/drama about conflicts between yuppies and socialists in 1980s England. Fans of non-mainstream, slice-of-life, thought-provoking films enjoy its sharp dissection of the British class system. Cast: Philip Davis, David Bamber, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore, Lesley Manville, Philip Jackson, Hether Tobias (1989) Rated PG

Influenza 1918

This episode of the PBS series, The American Experience, examines the influenza pandemic that broke out in 1918 and that within two years killed 30 million people. Epidemiologists discuss the odds of such a plague occurring again. (1998) Not Rated

Into Thin Air

This made for TV movie attempts to re-create the disastrous events that took place during the Mount Everest climb on May 10, 1996. Cast: Peter Horton, Nat Parker, Richard Jenkins, Christopher McDonald. Based on Jon Krakauer’s best selling book. (1997) Not Rated

Jazz & Swing Greats: Live from Lincoln Center

One amazing night in 1972, the greats of swing – Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Bennie Goodman – came together at New York’s Philharmonic Hall for a jazz blowout. Joined by Dizzy Gillespie, hosted by Doc Severinson, these jazz pioneers reveled in the numbers with which they had changed the face of popular music more than thirty years before. (1972) Not Rated

King Lear

Proposing to divide his vast kingdom amongst his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cornelia, Lear devises a test for his offspring to convince him of their suitability and compassion for rule. Goneril and Regan’s true colors emerge, they uncover a vast conspiracy of greed and cruelty within the once loyal dynasty. Cast: Ian McKellen, Frances Barber, Monica Dolan, Romola Garai, Jonathan Hyde, Seymour Matthews, William Gaunt, Sylvester McCoy, Philip Winchester. Originally broadcast on PBS’s Great Performances in 2008. Not Rated

The Longest Day

The complete story of the D-Day landings at Normandy through the eyes of all its participants. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda, Robert Ryan, Rod Steiger, Richard Todd, Richard Burton, Robert Wagner, Eddie Albert, Red Buttons, Sean Connery, Peter Lawford, Mel Ferrer, Paul Anka, Stuart Whitman, Edmond O’Brien, Curt Jürgens. Based on the book by Cornelius Ryan. (1962) Rated G

Mad Men: Season Two

A continuing look at the Sterling Cooper advertising agency and the lives of the people who work there. Cast: Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss, Vincent Kartheiser, January Jones, John Slattery. Originally broadcast on AMC in 2008.  Not Rated

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in The Whirlwind

Originally broadcast as an episode of PBS series, The American Experience, this documentary uses a wealth of archival film, photographs and documents to uncover the story of this Jamaican immigrant who between 1916 and 1921 built the largest black mass movement in world history. Also features interviews with people who witnessed the Garvey movement first hand. (2001) Not Rated

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s comedy about the king and queen of the fairies and the two couples brought together by their celestial matchmaking. Cast: Rupert Everett, Calista Flockhart, Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Stanley Tucci, Christian Bale, Sophie Marceau, David Strathairn. (1999) Rated PG-13

My Life

A high-powered executive, diagnosed with terminal cancer, begins filming a home movie in which he teaches his unborn son all the things a man must know: how to shave, how to slam dunk, and most of all, how to love. Cast: Michael Keaton, Nicole Kidman. (1993) Rated PG-13

Othello

In this dramatization of William Shakespeare’s tragedy a great man’s vanity is manipulated by a jealous aide to bring about his downfall. Betrayal, deception and murder end the friendship between Othello and Iago and culminate in the tragic death of Desdemona. Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Irene Jacob, Kenneth Branagh. (1995) Rated R

Patton

The Academy Award-winning dramatization of the experiences of General George S. Patton during World War II. Based on “Patton: Ordeal and Triumph” by Ladislas Farago and “A Soldier’s Story” by Omar N. Bradley. Cast: George C. Scott, Karl Malden. (1970) Rated PG

Power Yoga

Kristin McGee presents her special blend of power yoga with this intense fitness program. Building on the yoga lessons she taught on MTV, McGee combines aerobics with soul-centering moves all accompanied by an energizing workout.

Psycho

In this Alfred Hitchcock horror film, a secretary steals money from her boss and leaves town. On the road, she checks into the Bates Motel, run by a nice young man and his mother. Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh. (1960) Rated R

Pygmalion

Professor Henry Higgins works to make a pretty flower girl into a young lady of society. Cast: Wendy Hiller, Leslie Howard, Wilfred Lawson, Marie Lohr, Scott Sunderland. Based on the play by George Bernard Shaw. (1938) Not Rated

Spellbound

In this Alfred Hitchcock film, a psychologist falls for a suspect in a murder, which she tries to solve by unlocking the clues hidden in his mind. Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Gregory Peck, Michael Chekhov, Leo G. Carroll, Rhonda Fleming, John Emery. (1945) Not Rated

Summer of Love

David Ogden Stiers narrates this episode of the PBS series, The American Experience.  It offers a look into the hippie revolution in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district during the summer of 1967, and how the free love and music turned into a life of drug use, violence, and broken dreams. (2007) Not Rated

Swann in Love

Set in Paris in the 1890s, Swann falls in love with a young courtesan, and soon finds himself tormented by his unrelenting sexual desire. Cast: Jeremy Irons, Alain Delon, Ornella Muti, Fanny Ardant, Marie-Christine Barrault, Anne Bennent, Nathalie Juvet. Based on the novel by Marcel Proust. (1984) In French, English subtitles. Not Rated

The Taming of the Shrew

A lavish screen production of the classic Shakespearean play, with Taylor starring as the wealthy Katharina and Burton as the Petruchio who tries to subdue her. Cast: Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael York, Cyril Cusack, Michael Hordern, Alfred Lynch, Alan Webb, Victor Spinetti, Natasha Pyne. (1967) Not Rated

Twelve O’clock High

A heroic American bomber group, based in England during WWII, is overworked and overstressed. Their empathetic leader is replaced by a severe general who begins to identify with the young fliers.  Cast: Gregory Peck, Hugh Marlowe, Gary Merrill.  (1949)  Not Rated

Twice upon a Yesterday

When a man tries to stop his ex-girlfriend from marrying someone else, he is magically given an opportunity to turn back the clock and correct a past mistake. Cast: Lena Headey, Douglas Henshall, Penelope Cruz, Gustavo Salmeron, Eusebio Lazaro, Mark Strong, Charlotte Coleman, Neil Stuke, Elizabeth McGovern. (1999) Rated R

Waterland

A history teacher, Tom Crick, inspires his students to embrace the past and discover the marvels and mysteries of life. Through many extraordinary stories, he takes them on an unforgettable journey into the past that changes their lives forever. Cast: Jeremy Irons, Ethan Hawke, Sinead Cusack, Cara Buono, Grant Warnock, Lena Headey, Peter Postlethwaite, David Morrissey, John Heard. (1992) Rated R

Wildfire: Season Two

Change comes to Kris Furillo and everyone at the Raintree Ranch. A near win at the Sandpiper Race puts Kris and Wildfire in the limelight, but how will she adjust to fame and how will it affect those closest to her? Cast: Genevieve Cortese, Nicole Tubiola, Nana Visitor, Greg Serano, Micah Alberti, Andrew Hoeft, Ryan Sypek. Originally broadcast on television in 2006. Not Rated

Yoga: Total Body Makeover

Alanna Zabel presents traditional, flowing yoga routines moving through sequences that target specific body parts and muscle groups. Begins with a simple warm-up and moves to lower body to lift and tighten buns, thighs and hips. Next is the sculpting arm and upper body sequence, followed by a middle-whittling core segment, finishing with a total body stretch.

Sewickley’s Favorite Books – Summer 2009

The Following books were rated 5 stars by the participants in the Adult Summer Reading Program.

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Accidental Mother Rowan Coleman	Alexandria Lindsey Davis
All Around the Town Mary Higgins Clark	Angels and Demons Dan Brown
The Appeal John Grisham	Arctic Drift Cive cussler
Beach Music Pat Conroy	Big Four Agatha Christie
Blood Work Michael Connelly	Blow Out Catherine Coulter
A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity Bill O’Reilly	Book Thief Marcus Zusak
A Case of Need Michael Crichton	The Cat who went up the Creek Liliam Jackson Braun
Chasing Smoke Bill Cameron	Columbine Dave Cullen
The Count of Monte Cristo Alexandre Dumas	The Cradle Will Fall Mary Higgins Clark
Crazy Love Leslie Morgan Steiner	Cross Country James Patterson
A Cry in the Night Mary Higgins Clark	Cutting for Stone A. Verghese
Danse Macabre Laurell K. Hamilton	Dark Summer Iris Johansen
A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan	Dear and Glorious Physician Taylor Caldwell
Death in Hyde Park Robin Paige	Domestic Affairs Eileen Goudge
Dying for Revenge Eric J. Dickey	The Edge Catherine Coulter
Executive Privilege Phillip Margolin	Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury
The Faithful Spy Alex Berenson	Farewell To Arms Ernest Hemingway
Fatally Flaky Diane Mott Davidson	Fault Line Barry Eisler
Fearless Fourteen Janet Evanovich	Fidelity Thomas Perry
Finding Nouf Zoe Ferraris	Finger Lickin Fifteen Janet Evanovich
Fire and Ice J.A. Jance	First Family David Baldacci
Fortune Hunter Diane Farr	Foul Play Janet Evanovich
Francesca’s Party Patricia Scanlan	Gifts of the Heart Bettie Youngs
A Good Woman Danielle Steel	The Gospel of Wealth and Other Timely Essays Andrew Carnegie
The Grand Finale Janet Evanovich	The Great Books Bruce Meyer
Grow Organic Doug Oster and Jessica Walliser	Growing Up Again Mary Tyler Moore
Handle with Care Jodi Piccoult	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince JK Rowling
The Help Kathryn Stockett	The Hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien
The Horse Boy Rupert Isaacson	In Her Defense Stephen Horn
Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri	It Only Takes a Moment Mary Jane Clark
The Judgement of Paris Ross King	Junk Beautiful: room-by-room makeovers with junkmarket style Sue Whitney & Ki Nassauer
Kaffe Knits Again Kaffe Fassett	Keeping Faith Jodi Picoult
King’s Oak Anne Rivers Seddons	The Kite Runner Khaled Hoseini
The Last Hurrah Edwin O’Connor	The Last Lecture Randy Pausch
Les Miserables Victor Hugo	Light in the Forest Conrad Richter
Lights Out Tonight Mary Jane Clark	Loitering with Intent Stuart Woods
London Bridges James Patterson	Long Lost Harlan Coben
Look Again Lisa Scottoline	Love, Medicine, and Miracles Bernie Siegel
Mason Dixon Knitting Outside the Lines Kay Gardiner	Meltdown Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
The Memory Collector Meg Gardiner	The Middle Place Kelly Corrigan
Midnight in Sicily Peter Robb	Mists of Avalon Marion Zimmer Bradley
My Sister’s Keeper Jodi Picoult	The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri
The Necklace Guy de Maupassant	Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult
Off Season Ann Rivers Siddons	One Day at a Time Danielle Steel
The Outliers Malcolm Gladwell	Perfectly Imperfect Lee Woodruff
Porch Stories Jewel Parker Rhodes	Real Sex Lauren Winner
Running Hot Jayne Krentz	Same Kind of Different as Me Ron Hall
The Scarecrow Michael Connelly	The School of Essential Ingredients Erica Buermister
Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd	Shadow Music Julie Gardwood
Sharpe’s Tiger Bernard Cornwell	The Silent Speaker Rex Stout
Soul Stories Gary Zukav	Still Alice Lisa Genova
Still Watch Mary Higgins Clark	Summer at Tiffany Marjorie Hart
Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas James Patterson	Sweetheart Chelsea Cain
Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Alan Bradley	Swimsuit James Patterson
Tail Spin Catherine Coulter	Sidney Crosby: Taking the Game by Storm Gare Joyce
TeaTime for theTraditionally Built Alexander McCall Smith	Team of Rivals Doris Kearns Goodwin
To Have and Have Not Ernest Hemingway	To the Death Patrick Robinson
Today, I am a Ma’am Valerie Harper	Total Control David Baldacci
Trunk Music Michael Connelly	Under Enemy Colors S. Thomas Russell
The Undomestic Goddess Sophie Kinsella	Walk Away the Pounds: The Breakthrough Six-week Program that Helps you Burn the Fat, Tone Muscle, and Feel Great without Dieting Leslie Sansone
Warlock: a novel of Ancient Egypt Wilbur Smith	Wedding Ring Emilie Richards
Weep No More My Lady Mary Higgins Clark	While My Pretty One Sleeps Mary Higgins Clark
The Whole World Over Julia Glass	Wicked Prey John Sandford

New Non-Fiction Books – August 2009

The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal
Ben Mezrich
338.761 MEZ 2009
Two Harvard undergraduates looking for a way to win social success, hacked into the university’s computer system.  The framework for Facebook was born in a Harvard dorm room.

The Age of the Unthinkable: Why the New World Disorder Constantly Surprises Us and What We Can Do About It
Joshua Cooper Ramo
973.931 RAM 2009
How to thrive in a world of unpredictability.

American Passage: The History of Ellis Island
Vincent J. Cannato
325.7 CAN 2009
Between 1892 to 1924 over twelve million immigrants passed through the gates at Ellis Island.

And Then the Roof Caved In: How Wall Street’s Greed and Stupidity Brought Capitalism to Its Knees
David Faber
332.63 FAB 2009
The author relates the story behind the economic crisis: the defining theme of which has been greed, coupled with the regulatory failure of the government.

Busted: Life Inside the Great Mortgage Meltdown
Edmund L. Andrews
332.722 AND 2009
Even as a New York Times economics reporter, the author succumbed to the temptation of subprime lending and became part of the economic catastrophe.

Empire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle
Chris Hedges
302.23 HED 2009
The author asserts that a culture that cannot distinguish between reality and illusion dies; the society that retreats into fantasy will eventually turn to demagogues and charlatans.

Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur
Pamela Slim
658.11 SLI 2009
How to make a getaway from the corporate grind.

The Evolution of God
Robert Wright
200.9 WRI 2009
The author presents a sweeping journey through history and the development of Judaism, Christianity and Islam.

A Failure of Capitalism: The Crisis of ‘08 and the Descent Into Depression
Richard A. Posner
330.973 POS 2009
The author presents a non-technical examination of the current financial disaster and the efforts to cope with it.

Halfway to Heaven: My White-knuckled and Knuckleheaded Quest for the Rocky Mountain High
Mark Obmascik
796.522 OMB  2009
A look inside the culture of the mountaineering obsessives who try scaling all 54 of Colorado’s 14,000-foot mountains in one year, to become part of an elite group known as the  Fourteneers.

Holy Roller: Finding Redemption and the Holy Ghost in a Forgotten Texas Church
Julie Lyons
289.9 LYO 2009
An inspiring story of a journalists firsthand investigation into the results of faith and prayer in the lives of society’s overlooked people.

Horse Soldiers: The Extraordinary Story of a Band of U.S. Soldiers Who Rode to Victory in Afghanistan
Doug Stanton
958.1047 STA 2009
The dramatic account of a small band of Special Forces soldiers who secretly entered Afghanistan following 9/11 and rode to war on horses against the Taliban.

How the Mighty Fall: And Why Some Companies Never Give In
Jim Collins
338.7 COL 2009
Every institution is vulnerable to decline, but it can be avoided.  By the author of Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don’t.

How Rome Fell
Adrian Goldsworthy
937.09 GOL 2009
During the second century, the Roman Empire controlled most of the known world.  By the end of the fifth century, the empire had disintegrated, a shadow of its former might.

The Language of Things: Understanding the World of Desirable Objects
Dyan Sudjic
745.401 SUD 2009
An informative look at the intersection between art, design, and commerce.

The Last Best Hope: Restoring Conservatism and America’s Promise
Joe Scarborough
320.52 SCA 2009
A new take on the nation’s political and economic situation.

Packing the Court: The Rise of Judicial Power and the Coming Crisis of the Supreme Court
James MacGregor Burns
347.7326 BUR 2009
A penetrating look at the nation’s top court by a noted author.

Portfolios of the Poor: How the World’s Poor Live on $2 a Day
Daryl Collins, et.al.
339.46 POR 2009
About 40% of the world’s people live on incomes of $2.00 a day or less.  How do the poor find solutions to living on such an amount?  A thoughtful report on the “bottom billion.”

Renegade: The Making of a President
Richard Wolffe
324.973 WOL 2009
The story of how a political newcomer with no money became the world’s most powerful leader.

Rocket Men: The Epic Story of the First Men on the Moon
Craig Nelson
629.45 NEL 2009
The dramatic story of the first trip to the moon aboard the 30-story-high Apollo II-Saturn V spaceship.

Shop Class as Soulcraft: An Inquiry Into the Value of Work
Matthew B. Crawford
331 CRA 2009
The author discusses the experience that was once quite common: the activity of making and fixing things with our hands.

Soul Survivor: The Reincarnation of a World War II Fighter Pilot
Bruce and Andrea Leininger
133.90135 LEI 2009
The parents of James Leininger were puzzled and disturbed by the nightmares their two-year-old son was having.  They set out on a journey of discovery that led to one conclusion.

Stay Close: A Mother’s Story of Her Son’s Addiction
Libby Cataldi
362.29 CAT 2009
The poignant story of a mother’s love and her struggles with her son’s drug addiction.

Strokes of Genius: Federer, Nadal, and the Greatest Match Ever Played
L. Jon Wertheim
796.342 WER 2009
All the details of the classic tennis match between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on July 6, 2008.

The Third Reich at War
Richard J. Evans
940.53 EVA 2009
A narrative of the war along with the personal stories from a wide range of people during the rise and demise of German military might.

The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me About Life, Death, and Pretty Much Everything Else
Christopher R. Beha
011.73 BEH 2009
The Harvard Classics were compiled a century ago by Charles Eliot.  The author decides to revisit these classic books over the course of a year.

You Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon, but Get Lost in the Mall
Colin Ellard
153.752 ELL 2009
How has modern culture become so directionally challenged?

New Biographies – August 2009

Age is Just a Number: Achieve Your Dreams at Any Stage in Your Life
Dara Torres with Elizabeth Weil
B TORRES
From the Olympic medalist who competed at the age 41, comes a  memoir about aging gracefully and pursuing your dreams.

Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown
Jennifer Scanlon
B BROWN
The life of the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan and an influential feminist.

The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture
Nathan Rabin
B RABIN
As a child and teenager, pop culture was the author’s means of escape.  Today, pop culture is his life.

Blue Collar, Blue Scrubs: The Making of a Surgeon
Michael J. Collins
B COLLINS
The story of a construction worker who decided to become a doctor and his path to becoming a surgeon.

Bobby and Jackie: A Love Story
C. David Heymann
B KENNEDY
The complex relationship between RFK and Jackie Kennedy is depicted by a Kennedy biographer.

The Bolter
Frances Osborne
B SACKVILLE
The author relates the story of her great-grandmother, Idina Sackville, and her adventurous and scandal filled life as the “high priestess” of the “Happy Valley Set” in Kenya.

Closing Time: A Memoir
Joe Queenan
B QUEENAN
The humorist turns his sights on his own coming-of-age in Philadelphia during the 1960s.

Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival
Norman Ollestad
B OLLESTAD
Trained by he father from the age of three to become a “Boy Wonder,” the skills he learned saved his life at age eleven when he and his father were victims of an airplane crash during a blizzard.

Duchess of Death: The Unauthorized Biography of Agatha Christie
Richard Hack
B CHRISTIE
The romance, scandal and betrayal that marked the life of the  popular novelist is presented in an intimate biography.

Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip
Matthew Algeo
B TRUMAN
After his term as president, Mr. and Mrs. Truman decided to hit the road.

Home Game: An Accidental Guide to Fatherhood
Michael Lewis
B LEWIS
The author explores the difference between the idea of fatherhood and his actual experiences.

In the Sanctuary of Outcasts: A Memoir
Neil White
B WHITE
Following conviction for bank fraud, the author spent a year in a prison in Carville, Louisiana, housed in the last leper colony in mainland America.

The Lady in Red: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, Scandal and Divorce
Hallie Rubenhold
B WORSLEY
The marriage of Lady Seymour Dorothy Fleming and Sir Richard Worsley might have been a fairy tale marriage, but ended in one of the most scandalous and publicized divorces in history.

Lance: The Making of the World’s Greatest Champion
John Wilcockson
B LANCE
The remarkable and controversial life of the seven time winner of the Tour de France.

Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon
Buzz Aldrin with Ken Abraham
B ALDRIN
The flight of Apollo 11 made Aldrin one of the most famous persons on the planet; here is the rest of his story.

My Remarkable Journey
Larry King
B KING
The life of the iconic interviewer as he looks back over 50 years in broadcasting.

Perfection: A Memoir of Betrayal and Renewal
Julie Metz
B METZ
Julie Metz’s life changes forever when her husband suddenly collapses and dies.  She soon learns that he had another life that he had kept hidden from her.

Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress
Lee Woodruff
B WOODRUFF
The author of In an Instant, the chronicle of her husband’s recovery from an injury sustained in Iraq, now looks at her life in terms both personal and universal.

Prairie Tale: A Memoir
Melissa Gilbert
B GILBERT
The child star of Little House on the Prairie tells the story of her life and her recovery from self-destructive behavior.

Red and Me: My Coach, My Lifelong Friend
Bill Russell
B RUSSELL
The great basketball player discusses his relationship with one of the best coaches in all of sports.

Right Time, Right Place: Coming of Age with William F. Buckley Jr. and the Conservative Movement
Richard Brookhiser
B BROOKHISER
The author became a National Review senior editor at age 23.  He tells the story of his relationship with the conservative icon throughout their tumultuous friendship.

Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend
Larry Tye
B PAIGE
The great story of athlete, showman, and philosopher, Leroy “Satchel” Paige.

A Son of the Game: A Story of Golf, Going Home, and Sharing Life’s Lessons
James Dodson
B DODSON
The author of Final Rounds, returns to the world of golf and to the famous courses at Pinehurst, North Carolina to recover a lost passion and to share that passion with his son.

Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne
James Gavin
B HORNE
A portrait of the celebrated singer and actress.

We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
Gillian Gill
B VICTORIA
An enduring love story and the most influential marriage of the 19th century is related in this personal history by a noted author.

The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America
Douglas Brinkley
B ROOSEVELT
The “naturalist president” set aside more than 230 million acres of wild America for posterity between 1901 and 1909, making conservation a universal endeavor.

Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Untimely Death in Africa
Mark Seal
B ROOT
In January 2006, Joan Root, a sixty-nine-year-old naturalist and filmmaker was murdered in her home on the shore of a beautiful Kenyan lake.  The author explores this real-life mystery and the remarkable life of a noted conservationist.