Kennedy loved courage but never wanted to be alone, never to be bored. Matthews offers a new assessment of the 35th president.
Jacqueline Kennedy
Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy and Michael Beschloss
Hyperion, $60
Shortly after her husband's assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven interviews on her life with JFK. Now, 50 years after his inauguration, the material has been released on CDs with accompanying transcripts.
Jerusalem
The Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Alfred A. Knopf, $35
A rich account of how the small, remote town became the Holy City and the key to peace in the Middle East.
John Huston
Courage and Art
Jeffrey Meyers
Random House, $30
The acclaimed biographer of Ernest Hemingway and Humphrey Bogart, among many others, turns to the filmmaker best known for "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
Killing Lincoln
The Shocking Assassination That Changed America
Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
Henry Holt, $28
Jacqueline Kennedy
Historic Conversations on Life With John F. Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy and Michael Beschloss
Hyperion, $60
Shortly after her husband's assassination, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven interviews on her life with JFK. Now, 50 years after his inauguration, the material has been released on CDs with accompanying transcripts.
Jerusalem
The Biography
Simon Sebag Montefiore
Alfred A. Knopf, $35
A rich account of how the small, remote town became the Holy City and the key to peace in the Middle East.
John Huston
Courage and Art
Jeffrey Meyers
Random House, $30
The acclaimed biographer of Ernest Hemingway and Humphrey Bogart, among many others, turns to the filmmaker best known for "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."
Killing Lincoln
The Shocking Assassination That Changed America
Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard
Henry Holt, $28