All Entries in the "Biographies & Memoirs" Category
Condi: The Condoleeza Rice Story
By Antonia Felix Condi: The Condoleeza Rice Story : I had the satisfaction the other day of having finished a book. Yes, you would think that those of us who write for a living would be great readers. Some of us are, some of us aren’t. I probably am fairly well read overall, but that covers magazines, newspapers, articles, and the like for the most part…especially if they can be found online! My wife picked up a book for me this past Christmas and she hit it right on the mark — Condi: The Condoleeza Rice Story. Written by Antonia […]
I’m Not The BOSS, I Just Work Here
By Howard Jonas I’m Not The BOSS, I Just Work Here : Howard Jonas, founder and chairman of IDT Corp., was 14 years old when he started selling hot dogs on a street corner in the Bronx. Today, he runs a multibillion dollar telecommunications company that is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. What is the secret of his success? The answer, he says, is in his religious commitment and the title of his most recent book, “I’m Not the Boss, I Just Work Here.” Jonas recalls that as a little boy his father told him how the biblical […]
Still Life With Chickens
Still Life With Chickens: Starting Over In A House By The Sea By Catherine Goldhammer In a town where everyone knows everything, the author of this lovely, unconventional memoir came to live in a place no one knows exists. In “Still Life with Chickens” , Catherine Goldhammer wakes at midlife to find herself newly separated and several tax brackets poorer, forced by circumstances to move from the affluent New England suburb of her daughter’s childhood into a new, more rustic life by the sea. Against all logic, partly to please her daughter and partly for reasons not clear to her […]
