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Mom & Me & Mom
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $30.00
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter... Read more >
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou
Format: Unabridged Compact Disc
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $30.00
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter... Read more >
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large print trade paperback.
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Mom & Me & Mom
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $15.00
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter... Read more >
Written by Maya Angelou
Read by Maya Angelou
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $15.00
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter... Read more >
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Save the Humans
Written by Rob Stewart
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $19.00
Written by Rob Stewart
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $19.00
An impassioned and inspiring story from the creator of the award-winning documentary Sharkwater.
Beginning with a childhood spent catching poisonous snakes and chasing after alligators, Rob Stewart, the award-winning documentary filmmaker behind Sharkwater, charts his development into one of the world's leading environmental activists. Risking arrest and mafia reprisal in Costa...
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Shocked
My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me
Written by Patricia Volk
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $26.95
From the acclaimed author of Stuffed: an intimate, richly illustrated memoir, written with charm and panache, that juxtaposes two fascinating lives—the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author’s own mother—to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman.
Audrey Morgen Volk, an upper-middle-class New Yorker, was a great beauty... Read more >
My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me
Written by Patricia Volk
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $26.95
From the acclaimed author of Stuffed: an intimate, richly illustrated memoir, written with charm and panache, that juxtaposes two fascinating lives—the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author’s own mother—to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman.
Audrey Morgen Volk, an upper-middle-class New Yorker, was a great beauty... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Shocked
My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me
Written by Patricia Volk
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $13.99
From the acclaimed author of Stuffed: an intimate, richly illustrated memoir, written with charm and panache, that juxtaposes two fascinating lives—the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author’s own mother—to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman.
Audrey Morgen Volk, an upper-middle-class New Yorker, was a great beauty... Read more >
My Mother, Schiaparelli, and Me
Written by Patricia Volk
Format: eBook, 304 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $13.99
From the acclaimed author of Stuffed: an intimate, richly illustrated memoir, written with charm and panache, that juxtaposes two fascinating lives—the iconoclastic designer Elsa Schiaparelli and the author’s own mother—to explore how a girl fashions herself into a woman.
Audrey Morgen Volk, an upper-middle-class New Yorker, was a great beauty... Read more >
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A Spoonful of Sugar
A Nanny's Story
Written by Brenda Ashford
Read by Jean Gilpin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of Mary Poppins. For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and looked after more than one hundred children. From the pampered sons... Read more >
A Nanny's Story
Written by Brenda Ashford
Read by Jean Gilpin
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of Mary Poppins. For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and looked after more than one hundred children. From the pampered sons... Read more >
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A Spoonful of Sugar
A Nanny's Story
Written by Brenda Ashford
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.95
Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of Mary Poppins. For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and looked after more than one hundred children. From the pampered sons... Read more >
A Nanny's Story
Written by Brenda Ashford
Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.95
Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of Mary Poppins. For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and looked after more than one hundred children. From the pampered sons... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and an
eBook.
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A Spoonful of Sugar
A Nanny's Story
Written by Brenda Ashford
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.99
Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of Mary Poppins. For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and looked after more than one hundred children. From the pampered sons... Read more >
A Nanny's Story
Written by Brenda Ashford
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.99
Brenda Ashford is the quintessential British nanny. Prim and proper, gentle and kind, she seems to have stepped straight out of Mary Poppins. For more than six decades Nanny Brenda swaddled, diapered, dressed, played with, sang to, cooked for, and looked after more than one hundred children. From the pampered sons... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audiobook download and a
hardcover.
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Stations of the Heart
Parting with a Son
Written by Richard Lischer
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
Parting with a Son
Written by Richard Lischer
Format: Hardcover, 272 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $25.00
This poignant love story of a father for his son is at once funny, heartbreaking, and hopeful. In it a young man teaches his entire family “a new way to die” with wit, candor, and, always, remarkable grace. This emotionally riveting account probes the heart without sentimentality or self-pity.
As...
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Stations of the Heart
Parting with a Son
Written by Richard Lischer
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.99
Parting with a Son
Written by Richard Lischer
Format: eBook, 272 pages
On Sale: April 2, 2013
Price: $12.99
This poignant love story of a father for his son is at once funny, heartbreaking, and hopeful. In it a young man teaches his entire family “a new way to die” with wit, candor, and, always, remarkable grace. This emotionally riveting account probes the heart without sentimentality or self-pity.
As...
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hardcover.
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Another River, Another Town
A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat--1945
Written by John P. Irwin
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2013
Price: $11.99
Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimate way the struggle of innocent youth to adapt to the primitive code of “kill or be killed,” to transform from lads into combat soldiers.
... Read more >
A Teenage Tank Gunner Comes of Age in Combat--1945
Written by John P. Irwin
Format: eBook, 192 pages
On Sale: March 27, 2013
Price: $11.99
Many narrative accounts of men in combat during World War II have conveyed the horrors and emotions of warfare. However, not many reveal in such an intimate way the struggle of innocent youth to adapt to the primitive code of “kill or be killed,” to transform from lads into combat soldiers.
... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Against the Odds
The Adventures of a Man in His Sixties Competing in Six of the World's Toughest Triathlons across Six Continents
Written by John L. Pendergrass
Foreword by Brett Favre
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
Completing a triathlon at any age is a major achievement; finishing an IRONMAN® Triathlon in your sixties is nothing short of inspirational. A true account of John Pendergrass’ impossible goal of completing six IRONMAN Triathlons on six continents, all while in his sixties, Against the Odds will shatter your preconceptions of... Read more >
The Adventures of a Man in His Sixties Competing in Six of the World's Toughest Triathlons across Six Continents
Written by John L. Pendergrass
Foreword by Brett Favre
Format: Trade Paperback, 224 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
Completing a triathlon at any age is a major achievement; finishing an IRONMAN® Triathlon in your sixties is nothing short of inspirational. A true account of John Pendergrass’ impossible goal of completing six IRONMAN Triathlons on six continents, all while in his sixties, Against the Odds will shatter your preconceptions of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Against the Odds
The Adventures of a Man in His Sixties Competing in Six of the World's Toughest Triathlons across Six Continents
Written by John L. Pendergrass
Foreword by Brett Favre
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $9.99
Completing a triathlon at any age is a major achievement; finishing an IRONMAN®
Triathlon in your sixties is nothing short of inspirational. A true account of John Pendergrass’ impossible goal of completing six IRONMAN Triathlons on six continents, all while in his sixties, Against the Odds will shatter your preconceptions of what... Read more >
The Adventures of a Man in His Sixties Competing in Six of the World's Toughest Triathlons across Six Continents
Written by John L. Pendergrass
Foreword by Brett Favre
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $9.99
Completing a triathlon at any age is a major achievement; finishing an IRONMAN®
Triathlon in your sixties is nothing short of inspirational. A true account of John Pendergrass’ impossible goal of completing six IRONMAN Triathlons on six continents, all while in his sixties, Against the Odds will shatter your preconceptions of what... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Brothers Emanuel
A Memoir of an American Family
Written by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $27.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House chief of staff, and one of the... Read more >
A Memoir of an American Family
Written by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Format: Hardcover, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $27.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House chief of staff, and one of the... Read more >
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Brothers Emanuel
A Memoir of an American Family
Written by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $13.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House chief of staff, and one of the... Read more >
A Memoir of an American Family
Written by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Format: eBook, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $13.99
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House chief of staff, and one of the... Read more >
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Brothers Emanuel
A Memoir of an American Family
Written by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Read by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $20.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House chief of staff, and one of the... Read more >
A Memoir of an American Family
Written by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Read by Ezekiel J. Emanuel
Format: Unabridged Audiobook Download
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $20.00
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the cereal? Middle brother Rahm is the mayor of Chicago, erstwhile White House chief of staff, and one of the... Read more >
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David's Inferno
My Journey Through the Dark Wood of Depression
Written by David Blistein
Foreword by Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
David's Inferno combines intensely personal reminiscences of a two-year nervous breakdown with contemporary insights on how manic-depression manifests and how it is diagnosed and treated. Author David Blistein shares his experiences to shed light on the darkness of depression for fellow travelers as well as those who care about them.
Millions of... Read more >
My Journey Through the Dark Wood of Depression
Written by David Blistein
Foreword by Ken Burns
Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.95
David's Inferno combines intensely personal reminiscences of a two-year nervous breakdown with contemporary insights on how manic-depression manifests and how it is diagnosed and treated. Author David Blistein shares his experiences to shed light on the darkness of depression for fellow travelers as well as those who care about them.
Millions of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
David's Inferno
My Journey Through the Dark Wood of Depression
Written by David Blistein
Foreword by Ken Burns
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $9.99
David's Inferno combines intensely personal reminiscences of a two-year nervous breakdown with contemporary insights on how manic-depression manifests and how it is diagnosed and treated. Author David Blistein shares his experiences to shed light on the darkness of depression for fellow travelers as well as those who care about them.
Millions of... Read more >
My Journey Through the Dark Wood of Depression
Written by David Blistein
Foreword by Ken Burns
Format: eBook, 208 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $9.99
David's Inferno combines intensely personal reminiscences of a two-year nervous breakdown with contemporary insights on how manic-depression manifests and how it is diagnosed and treated. Author David Blistein shares his experiences to shed light on the darkness of depression for fellow travelers as well as those who care about them.
Millions of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage
The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
Written by Hugh Brewster
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $15.00
THE TITANIC HAS OFTEN BEEN CALLED "AN EXQUISITE MICROCOSM OF THE
Edwardian era,” but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner’s most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden... Read more >
The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World
Written by Hugh Brewster
Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $15.00
THE TITANIC HAS OFTEN BEEN CALLED "AN EXQUISITE MICROCOSM OF THE
Edwardian era,” but until now, her story has not been presented as such. In Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage, historian Hugh Brewster seamlessly interweaves personal narratives of the lost liner’s most fascinating people with a haunting account of the fateful maiden... Read more >
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The Iceman
The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
Written by Anthony Bruno
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.00
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, with Ray Liotta and Chris Evans
He was smart, merciless, and deadly. And it took someone just as tough to bring him down.
A mob contract killer known as “The Iceman” for hiding a body in an... Read more >
The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
Written by Anthony Bruno
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.00
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, with Ray Liotta and Chris Evans
He was smart, merciless, and deadly. And it took someone just as tough to bring him down.
A mob contract killer known as “The Iceman” for hiding a body in an... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
The Iceman
The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
Written by Anthony Bruno
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $11.99
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, with Ray Liotta and Chris Evans
He was smart, merciless, and deadly. And it took someone just as tough to bring him down.
A mob contract killer known as “The Iceman” for hiding a body in an... Read more >
The True Story of a Cold-Blooded Killer
Written by Anthony Bruno
Format: eBook, 256 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $11.99
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Michael Shannon, Winona Ryder, with Ray Liotta and Chris Evans
He was smart, merciless, and deadly. And it took someone just as tough to bring him down.
A mob contract killer known as “The Iceman” for hiding a body in an... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Imperfect
An Improbable Life
Written by Jim Abbott and Tim Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $14.00
“Honest, touching, and beautifully rendered . . . Far more than a book about baseball, it is a deeply felt story of triumph and failure, dreams and disappointments. Jim Abbott has hurled another gem.”—Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Man
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Born without... Read more >
An Improbable Life
Written by Jim Abbott and Tim Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $14.00
“Honest, touching, and beautifully rendered . . . Far more than a book about baseball, it is a deeply felt story of triumph and failure, dreams and disappointments. Jim Abbott has hurled another gem.”—Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Man
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Born without... Read more >
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Leading the Way
The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation
Written by Lee Edwards
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $27.50
The remarkable history of The Heritage Foundation, its influential founder, and the conservative movement in America.
Leading the Way tells the story of how Ed Feulner has transformed policymaking in Washington and has led The Heritage Foundation into becoming the most influential conservative think tank in the nation. Under Ed Feulner and for... Read more >
The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation
Written by Lee Edwards
Format: Hardcover, 464 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $27.50
The remarkable history of The Heritage Foundation, its influential founder, and the conservative movement in America.
Leading the Way tells the story of how Ed Feulner has transformed policymaking in Washington and has led The Heritage Foundation into becoming the most influential conservative think tank in the nation. Under Ed Feulner and for... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Leading the Way
The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation
Written by Lee Edwards
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $13.99
The remarkable history of The Heritage Foundation, its influential founder, and the conservative movement in America.
Leading the Way tells the story of how Ed Feulner has transformed policymaking in Washington and has led The Heritage Foundation into becoming the most influential conservative think tank in the nation. Under Ed Feulner and for... Read more >
The Story of Ed Feulner and the Heritage Foundation
Written by Lee Edwards
Format: eBook, 464 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $13.99
The remarkable history of The Heritage Foundation, its influential founder, and the conservative movement in America.
Leading the Way tells the story of how Ed Feulner has transformed policymaking in Washington and has led The Heritage Foundation into becoming the most influential conservative think tank in the nation. Under Ed Feulner and for... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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My Last Sigh
The Autobiography of Luis Bunuel
Written by Luis Bunuel
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.00
A provocative memoir from Luis Buñuel, the Academy Award winning creator of some of modern cinema's most important films, from Un Chien Andalou to The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
Luis Buñuel’s films have the power to shock, inspire, and reinvent our world. Now, in a memoir that carries all the surrealism... Read more >
The Autobiography of Luis Bunuel
Written by Luis Bunuel
Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: March 26, 2013
Price: $16.00
A provocative memoir from Luis Buñuel, the Academy Award winning creator of some of modern cinema's most important films, from Un Chien Andalou to The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.
Luis Buñuel’s films have the power to shock, inspire, and reinvent our world. Now, in a memoir that carries all the surrealism... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
