May 12, 2013
New Arrivals · Biography
These titles were recently added to the collection of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
My life
May 7, 2013
Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927.
xxvii, 322 pages ; 21 cm
Originally published: 1927.
Gerald R. Ford : an honorable life
May 6, 2013
Cannon, James M., 1918-2011.
482 pages, [16] pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Includes index.
A crisis of the regime -- Resolve -- Transformation -- Challenges -- Advancing -- Advancing -- Passage -- Revelations -- Confirmations -- Conflicted -- Proposition -- Taking charge -- Reaction -- The pardon -- Testifying -- Managing -- Progress -- Challenges -- Ford's way -- Initiatives -- Vietnam -- The campaign begins -- Nomination -- Election -- Epilogue.
Takedown : inside the hunt for Al Qaeda
May 1, 2013
Mudd, Philip.
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2013.
xvi, 200 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes index.
The 9/11 aftermath -- A return to Langley -- The spreading threat: moving beyond the core of the Al Qaeda -- The Second War: the intelligence problem of Iraq -- A new view at CIA: Deputy Director of the counterterrorist center -- The years of threat -- Watching threats at home: the FBI calls -- One more transfer: intelligence at the Department of Homeland Security.
Dinner with the Smileys : one military family, one year of heroes, and lessons for a lifetime
May 1, 2013
Smiley, Sarah.
viii, 359 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
An old farm table -- The goodbye -- The holidays -- January -- February -- March -- April -- May -- June -- July -- August -- September -- October -- November -- December.
The short, strange life of Herschel Grynszpan : a boy avenger, a Nazi diplomat, and a murder in Paris
May 1, 2013
Kirsch, Jonathan, 1949-
New York : Liveright Pub., c2013.
xv, 336 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
The boy avenger -- pt. 1. From Hanover to Paris. The day Hitler dined alone -- The prodigal son -- Tout va bien -- Special handling -- pt. 2. Incident on the Rue de Lille. "So that the world would not ignore it" -- The blood flag -- Higher powers -- Phony war -- pt. 3. Paris to Berlin. In the belly of the beast -- Paragraph one hundred seventy-five -- Grynszpan's ghost -- The exterminating angel -- Chronology.
The Turk who loved apples : and other tales of losing my way around the world
May 1, 2013
Gross, Matt.
viii, 280 pages ; 21 cm.
Includes index.
The three count : my life in stripes as a WWE referee
May 1, 2013
Korderas, Jimmy.
Toronto : ECW Press, c2013.
xiv, 232 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 23 cm.
"The Three Count highlights the triumphs and tragedies Jimmy Korderas experienced over his storied career as a WWE referee -- from humble beginnings with Jack Tunney in Toronto to being a part of the main event with Edge and the Undertaker at WrestleMania. For the first time, Korderas talks about the harrowing experience of being in the ring during Owen Hart's accident and about the horrific effects of the Chris Benoit tragedy -- the most difficult moments of his life in wrestling"--P. [4] of cover.
Son of a gambling man : my journey from a casino family to the governor's mansion
May 1, 2013
Miller, Bob, 1945-
xiv, 251 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes index.
Chief of the Pilgrims, or, The life and time of William Brewster, ruling elder of the Pilgrim company that founded New Plymouth, the parent colony of New England, in 1620.
April 30, 2013
Steele, Ashbel, 1796-
Freeport, N.Y., Books for Libraries Press 1970.
416 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Reprint of the 1857 ed.
DiMaggios : three brothers, their passion for baseball, their pursuit of the American dream
April 29, 2013
Clavin, Thomas.
xi, 320 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations : 24 cm
Includes index.
Farther and Wilder : the lost weekends and literary dreams of Charles Jackson
April 29, 2013
Bailey, Blake, 1963-
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
x, 494 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
A portrait of the author of the acclaimed "The Lost Weekend" traces the experiences that inspired his famed autobiographical novel, his relationship with his gay brother, his celebrity friendships, and his lifelong struggle with addiction.
You were never in Chicago
April 29, 2013
Steinberg, Neil.
247 pages ; 24 cm.
Manus manum lavat -- "God, I am in Chicago" -- "A tolerance for rubes" -- "Give her my regards" -- "Your show of shows" -- "I'll get you a judge" -- In the sleeping room -- "How long is it supposed to last?" -- Annals of the paper tube trade -- "A byutafl day in the palka" -- "You gave the money away?" -- A visit from the angel nacht -- "A lot of broken hearts" -- Driving with Ed McElroy -- "Gee, ya think?" -- The city in fog.
Steinberg takes readers through Chicago's vanishing industrial past and explores the city from the quaint skybridge between the towers of the Wrigley Building, to the depths of the vast Deep Tunnel system below the streets. He deftly explains the city's complex web of political favoritism and carefully profiles the characters he meets along the way. Steinberg never loses the curiosity and close observation of an outsider, while thoughtfully considering how this perspective has shaped the city, and what it really means to belong.
Boy 30529 : a memoir
April 26, 2013
Weinberg, Felix Jiri, author.
xix, 168 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Mickey and Willie : Mantle and Mays, the parallel lives of baseball's golden age
April 25, 2013
Barra, Allen.
New York : Crown Archetype, 2013.
xiii, 479 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
"Culturally, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were light years apart. Yet they were nearly the same age, almost the same size, and came to New York at the same time. They possessed virtually the same talents, and played the same position. They were both products of generations of baseball-playing families, for whom the game was the only escape from a lifetime of brutal manual labor. Both were nearly crushed by the weight of the outsized expectations placed on them, first by their families and later by America. Both lived secret lives far different from those their fans knew. What their fans also didn't know was that the two men shared a close personal friendship--and that each was the only man who could truly understand the other's experience"-- Provided by publisher.
Sybil
April 24, 2013
Schreiber, Flora Rheta.
New York : Grand Central, 2009, c1973.
xx, 492 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 19 cm.
Includes index.
Part I: Being. The incomprehensible clock ; Wartime within ; The couch and the serpent ; The other girl ; Peggy Lou Baldwin ; Victoria Antoinette Scharleau ; Why -- Part II: Becoming. Willow corners ; Yesterday was never ; Theives of time ; The search for the center ; Silent witnesses ; The terror of laughter ; Hattie ; Battered child ; Hattie's fury has a beginning ; Willard -- Part III: Unbecoming. Confrontation and verification ; The boys ; The voice of orthodoxy ; The wine of wrath ; The clock comprehensible ; The retreating white coat ; Suicide -- Part IV: Reentry. Beginning to remember ; Independent futures ; Prisoners in their body ; Journey to one ; They are me, too ; Hate heals ; Ramon ; One -- Epilogue: the new Sybil's new time.
This is the amazing story of a woman who lived with 16 different personalities. Here is the unbelievable yet true story of Sybil Dorsett, a survivor of terrible childhood abuse, victim of sudden and mysterious blackouts. What happened during those blackouts has made Sybil's experience one of the most famous psychological cases in the world.
Happy, happy, happy : my life and legacy as the Duck Commander
April 24, 2013
Robertson, Phil, 1946-
viii, 230 pages, 8 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
"This no-holds-barred autobiography chronicles the remarkable life of Phil Robertson, the original Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty star, from early childhood through the founding of a family business.Life was always getting in the way of Phil Robertson's passion for duck hunting. An NFL-bound quarterback, Phil made his mark on Louisiana Tech University in the 1960s by playing football and completing his college career with a master's degree in English. But Phil's eyes were not always on the books or the ball; they were usually looking to the sky. Phil grew up with the dream of living the simple life off the land like his forebears, but he soon found himself on a path to self-destruction--leasing a bar, drinking too much, fighting, and wasting his talents. He almost lost it all until he gave his life to God. And then everything changed. Phil's incredible story tells how he followed a calling from God and soon after invented a duck call that would begin an incredible journey to the life he had always dreamed of for himself and his family. With great love for his country, his family, and his maker, Phil has finally found the ingredients to the "good life" he always wanted"-- Provided by publisher.
Attempting normal
April 24, 2013
Maron, Marc.
xx, 210 pages ; 22 cm
The stand up comedian and outrageously popular podcaster tells his story of the winding, potholed road from madness and obsession and failure to something like normal ... who's trying really hard to do better without making a bigger mess.
Defiant brides : the untold story of two revolutionary-era women and the radical men they married
April 24, 2013
Rubin Stuart, Nancy, 1944-
Boston, Mass. : Beacon Press, c2013.
xvi, 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Unflinching courage : pioneering women who shaped Texas
April 24, 2013
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 1943-
New York : Harper, c2013.
xxiii, 358 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
My life : and, My life in the nineties
April 23, 2013
Hejinian, Lyn.
Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2013.
141 p. ; 21 cm.
My life -- My life in the nineties.
My life across the table : stories from a psychic's life
April 23, 2013
Page, Karen, 1952-
Woodbury, Minn. : Llewellyn Publications, c2013.
205 p. ; 21 cm.
My life -- Absolute destiny -- Meeting Peter Hurkos -- The socialite -- The librarian -- The fireman's wife -- The bookie -- Blood on the wall -- A Texas story -- Unwelcome home -- The chase.
Life in a marital institution : twenty years of monogamy in one terrifying memoir
April 23, 2013
Braly, James, 1961-
viii, 278 pages ; 22 cm.
"The marriage memoir--from Elizabeth Gilbert's Committed to Isabel Gillies's It Happens Every Day--has been a balm to beleaguered wives everywhere. But who speaks for the husbands? In this sharp, funny, poignant glimpse into a very unusual marriage, sensitive, decent, shell-shocked James Braly earns the job. His marriage to a woman he finds truly bewitching...is by turns fascinating and casually shocking."--Dust jacket.
Learning to listen : a life caring for children
April 23, 2013
Brazelton, T. Berry, 1918-
ix, 224 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes index.
"A Merloyd Lawrence Book."
Waco to Princeton : "Berry's so good with babies" -- Galveston to Boston : pediatrics and psychiatry -- Discovering the power of newborns -- Listening to other cultures -- Bucking the system -- Touchpoints -- Advocating for children -- Advocating for children around the world.
Polka King : the life and times of polka music's living legend
April 23, 2013
Sturr, Jimmy.
xvi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Seven men : and the secret of their greatness
April 23, 2013
Metaxas, Eric.
Nashville, TN : Thomas Nelson, c2013.
xxvi, 211 p. ; 24 cm.
George Washington -- William Wilberforce -- Eric Liddell -- Dietrich Bonhoeffer -- Jackie Robinson -- Pope John Paul II -- Charles W. Colson.
"What makes a great man great? 'Seven Men' offers answers in the captivating stories of some of the greatest men who have ever lived. In this gallery of greatness, seven historical figures come to life as real people who experienced struggles and challenges that probably would have destroyed the resolve of most other men. What was their secret?..."--Dust jacket flap.
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