Hard Driving is the dramatic story of one man’s doggeddetermination to live the life he loved, and to compete, despitedaunting obstacles, at the highest level of his sport.Wendell Scottfigured he was signing up for trouble when he became nascar’sversion of Jackie Robinson in the segregated 1950s. Some speedwaysrefused to let him race. “Go home, nigger,” spectators yelled. Andafter a bigoted promoter refused to pay him, Scott appealeddirectly to the sport’s founder, nascar czar Bill France Sr.Francemade a promise Scott would never forget – that nascar would nevertreat him with prejudice.For the next two decades, Scott chased adream whose fulfillment depended on France backing up that promise.Persevering through crashes, health problems, and money troubles,Scott remained convinced he had the talent to become one ofnascar’s best. Hard Driving documents a previously untold chapterin the history of integration, politics, and sports in America. Itreveals how France, founder of the multibillion-

Robert Hughes, who has stunned us with comprehensive works onsubjects as sweeping and complex as the history of Australia (TheFatal Shore), the modern art movement (The Shock of the New), thenature of American art (American Visions), and the nature ofAmerica itself as seen through its art (The Culture of Complaint),now turns his renowned critical eye to one of art history’s mostcompelling, enigmatic, and important figures, Francisco José deGoya y Lucientes. With characteristic critical fervor and sure-eyedinsight, Hughes brings us the story of an artist whose life andwork bridged the transition from the eighteenth-century reign ofthe old masters to the early days of the nineteenth-centurymoderns. With his salient passion for the artist and theart, Hughes brings Goya vividly to life through dazzling analysisof a vast breadth of his work. Building upon the historicalevidence that exists, Hughes tracks Goya’s development, as man andartist, without missing a beat, from the early works commissionedby the

Musician, composer, producer, arranger, and pioneering entrepreneur Quincy Jones has lived large and worked for five decades alongside the superstars of music and entertainment -- including Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey, Ray Charles, Will Smith, and dozens of others. Q is his glittering and moving life story, told with the style, passion, and no-holds-barred honesty that are his trademarks. Quincy Jones grew up poor on the mean streets of Chicago’s South Side, brushing against the law and feeling the pain of his mother’s descent into madness. But when his father moved the family west to Seattle, he took up the trumpet and was literally saved by music. A prodigy, he played backup for Billie Holiday and toured the world with the Lionel Hampton Band before leaving his teens. Soon, though, he found his true calling, inaugurating a career whose highlights have included arranging albums for Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, and Count Basie; comp

Near the beginning of The Autobiography of an Execution, DavidDow lays his cards on the table. "People think that because I amagainst the death penalty and don't think people should beexecuted, that I forgive those people for what they did. Well, itisn't my place to forgive people, and if it were, I probablywouldn't. I'm a judgmental and not very forgiving guy. Just ask mywife." It this spellbinding true crime narrative, Dow takes us insideof prisons, inside the complicated minds of judges, insideexecution-administration chambers, into the lives of death rowinmates (some shown to be innocent, others not) and even into hisown home--where the toll of working on these gnarled and difficultcases is perhaps inevitably paid. He sheds insight onto unexpectedphenomena-- how even religious lawyer and justices can evince deeprooted support for putting criminals to death-- and makes palpablethe suspense that clings to every word and action when human liveshang in the balance.

The adventure begins when Meg’s mother, Addie, vacationing inFlorida, takes a spill. At the hospital, Addie bolts upright on hergurney and yells “I demand an autopsy!” before passing outcold. “One minute, she is unconscious, the next, she’s nuts,” observesMeg Federico in this hilarious and poignant memoir of taking careof eighty-year-old Addie and her relatively new (and equally old)husband, Walter, in their not-so-golden years. Addie’s accident is a portent of things to come over the next twoyears as Meg oversees her mother’s home care in the DepartureLounge, the nickname Meg gives Addie and Walter’s house in suburbanNew Jersey. It is a place of odd behaviors and clashing caregivers,where chaos and confusion reign supreme. Meg had expected that Addie and Walter would settle into aRockwellian dotage of docile dependency. Instead the pair regressinto terrible teens. Meg watches from the sidelines in disbelief asher mother and stepfather, forbidden by doctors to drink, conspireto order cas

There has never been a golfer to rival Arnold Palmer. To thelegions of golf fans around the world, Palmer is a charismatichero, the winner of sixty-one tournaments on the PGA Tour and stillgoing strong on the Senior PGA Tour. But behind the legend, thereis the private Palmer--a man of wit, compassion, loyalty, and truegrit in the face of personal adversity. Writing with the humor and candor that are as much his trademarkas his unique golf swing, Palmer narrates the deeply moving storyof his life both on and off the links. He recounts the lovingrelationship he shared with his father, "Deacon" Palmer, the coursesuperintendent and head professional at the Latrobe Country Clubwhere young Arnie developed his game, his friendships and rivalrieswith golf greats, his enduringly happy marriage with Winnie, hislegendary charges to triumph and titanic disasters, and his valiantbattle against cancer and remarkable recovery. Arnold Palmer has lived one of the great sporting lives of thetwentieth century

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Discover Jane Fonda, in her own words and now experience the story of her life in the HBO documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts.

Masters of Doom is the amazing true story ofthe Lennon and McCartney of video games: John Carmack and JohnRomero. Together, they ruled big business. They transformed popularculture. And they provoked a national controversy. More thananything, they lived a unique and rollicking American Dream,escaping the broken homes of their youth to produce the mostnotoriously successful game franchises in history— Doom and Quake — until the games they made tore them apart. This is astory of friendship and betrayal, commerce and artistry—a powerfuland compassionate account of what it's like to be young, driven,and wildly creative.

A fascinating history--. Literate andauthoritative--.Marvelously exciting. --The New York Times BookReview Jonathan Weiner, winner of the Pulitzer Prizefor The Beak of the Finch, brings his brilliant reporting skills tothe story of Seymour Benzer, the Brooklyn-born maverick scientistwhose study of genetics and experiments with fruit fly genes hashelped revolutionize or knowledge of the connections between DNAand behavior both animal and human. How much of our fate is decided before we areborn? Which of our characteristics is inscribed in our DNA? Weinerbrings us into Benzer's Fly Rooms at the California Institute ofTechnology, where Benzer, and his asssociates are in the process offinding answers, often astonishing ones, to these questions. Partbiography, part thrilling scientific detective story, Time, Love,Memory forcefully demonstrates how Benzer's studies are changingour world view--and even our lives.

Adored by many, loathed by some, General George S. Patton,Jr., was one of the most brilliant military strategists in history.War As I Knew It is the personal and candid account of hiscelebrated, relentless crusade across western Europe during WorldWar II. First published in 1947, this absorbing narrative draws onPatton's vivid memories of battle and his detailed diaries, fromthe moment the Third Army exploded onto the Brittany Peninsula tothe final Allied casualty report. The result is not only agrueling, human account of daily combat and heroic feats -including a riveting look at the Battle of the Bulge - but avaluable chronicle of the strategies and fiery personality of alegendary warrior. Patton's letters from earlier military campaignsin North Africa and Sicily, complemented by a powerfulretrospective of his guiding philosophies, further reveal a man ofuncompromising will and uncommon character, which made "Georgie" ahousehold name in mid-century America. With a new introduction.

波姬·小丝（Brooke Christa Shields）， 美国 著名 女演员 和 模特 ，1965年生于 纽约 城，拥有 意大利 、 法国 、 爱尔兰 和 英国 的贵族血统，其祖母是意大利公主Donna Marina Torlonia。小丝出生11个月就为香皂拍过广告，14岁就成为Vogue杂志封面年轻的时装模特；更是用家喻户晓的广告成就了Calvin Klein品牌牛仔装。13岁就在1978年的影片《漂亮宝贝》(Pretty Baby)中扮演一个童妓；1980年的《青春珊瑚岛/蓝色泻湖》(Blue Lagoon)中，出演因海上事故流落荒岛逐渐长大成为少年的两个孩子中的女孩，青春靓丽脱俗的形象让年仅15岁的波姬·小丝红极一时。

In The Winning Horseplayer, Andrew Beyer builds on the strategyof speed handicapping that he detailed brilliantly in PickingWinners by introducing the concept of trip handicapping. Through anunbeatable combination of case studies and lively anecdotes, Beyershows the smart bettor how to combine past performance data with anunderstanding of trips, track bias, and pace. This advanced guideto handicapping, which includes a new preface by the author, offersa generous dose of the wit and wisdom that have made Beyer a legendin the sport.