SUPERMAN: THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY by Glen Weldon

Submitted by arosen on Thu, 2013-07-25 16:20
July 14, 2013

Glen Weldon spoke about his book, Superman: The Unauthorized Biography, at Politics & Prose on Sunday, July 14, 2013.

As Superman turns 75, what better time to look back over his life? Weldon, NPR blogger, critic, and comics expert, considers not only the Man of Steel’s adventures and achievements, but also his place in the culture as the first, and still most popular, superhero.

Biography & Memoir
Graphic Novels & Comics
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Superman: The Unauthorized Biography (Paperback)

By Glen Weldon
$19.95
ISBN: 9781681629209
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Published: Wiley - April 1st, 2013

HIGHS IN THE LOW FIFTIES by Marion Winik

Submitted by arosen on Wed, 2013-07-03 11:31
June 29, 2013
 

Marion Winik read from her book, Highs in the Low Fifties, at Politics & Prose on Saturday, June 29, 2013.

Winik, NPR commentator, essayist, and poet, may often feel her life is a mess, but her “Baltimore Fishbowl Bohemian Rhapsody” column was named a “Best of Baltimore” by Baltimore magazine. Her new collection of humorous essays is full of the wit, wisdom, and despair she’s been party to as a once-widowed, once-divorced single mother who still dates.

Biography & Memoir
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Highs in the Low Fifties: How I Stumbled Through the Joys of Single Living (Hardcover)

By Marion Winik
$21.95
ISBN: 9780762787135
Availability: Special Order—Subject to Availability
Published: Skirt! - June 18th, 2013

ALL THE GREAT PRIZES by John Taliaferro

Submitted by arosen on Mon, 2013-07-01 16:44
June 28, 2013
 

John Taliaferro spoke about his book, All the Great Prizes, at Politics & Prose on Friday, June 28, 2013.

The range of John Hay’s remarkable life considered by Taliaferro’s biography covers the statesman’s tenure as Lincoln’s private secretary to his years as Secretary of State under presidents McKinley and Theodore Roosevelt. Hay (1838-1905) also knew Gilded Age figures such as Mark Twain and Horace Greeley, and in his personal life he vied with Henry Adams for the romantic attentions of one Madame X, a Washington society hostess.

American History
Biography & Memoir
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All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, from Lincoln to Roosevelt (Paperback)

By John Taliaferro
$22.00
ISBN: 9781416597346
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Published: Simon & Schuster - May 27th, 2014

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