|
|
|
|  | The Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell by Oren Harari
This leadership guide draws on the life and career of Colin Powell. It examines the lessons he learned in the military, along with his personal skills and character, and applies them to the business world. AUTHOR: Oren Harari
PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Trade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
|
 | I, Maya Plisetskaya by Antonina W. Bouis, Maya Plisetskaya, Tim Scholl
When her father was executed and her mother was imprisoned, the 10-year-old Plisetskaya was taken in by an aunt who was a ballerina. Soon the gifted Plisetskaya was also training, and though she achieved unparalleled success in the Bolshoi Ballet of the Soviet Union, her life was darkened by the tragedies of early loss and the daily humiliations of the Soviet regime. Her memoir offers an unabashed look at the harrowing life of an artist during the Soviet era. AUTHOR: Antonina W. Bouis, Maya Plisetskaya, Tim Scholl
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
 | The Map That Changed the World by Simon Winchester
Winchester, acclaimed for THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN, retells the story of William Smith, who in 1815--despite his lower-class status--laid the foundations for modern geology. AUTHOR: Simon Winchester
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins Publishers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
 | Hillary's Choice by Gail Sheehy
This psychological profile of Hillary Rodham Clinton sees her as always having been a high-achieving person, whether as a student, a lawyer, or as the political partner of Bill Clinton. Based on interviews with people in Arkansas and Washington, D. C., it includes many anecdotes about the person who has been called controlling and difficult. It is especially critical of her tolerance of a continually straying husband, whose infidelities wounded her heart and threatened her dignity. Gail Sheehy is the author of the popular classics PASSAGES and NEW PASSAGES. AUTHOR: Gail Sheehy
PUBLISHER: Random House Audio Publishing Group
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
 | Q by Quincy Jones
Jones, or Q, is one of the most influential men in music. In this autobiography, he tells his story--FROM growing up poor in Chicago to his success as a composer, recording artist, and producer. Jones describes all of the big (and small) names in the business that he has met along the way. AUTHOR: Quincy Jones
PUBLISHER: Doubleday Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
 | Tales My Father Never Told by Walter D. Edmonds
A collection of humorous, essay-like anecdotes about a tyrannical father and the son who rebels against him, but later tries to understand him. As he tells his often horrifying stories, Edmonds also sketches out a childhood in New York City and on an upstate farm in the early days of the 20th century. AUTHOR: Walter D. Edmonds
PUBLISHER: Syracuse University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
|
|
|
