Lisa Dickey has helped write and/or edit nine published nonfiction books. Click on any cover image for reviews.
A behind-the-scenes look at a Hollywood life and a remarkable love, this memoir is both entertainment and inspiration. Patrick and Lisa’s marriage is a journey of two lives intertwined and lived as one–throughout their years in Hollywood and at home on their working ranch outside Los Angeles, and culminating in the hope and wisdom they’ve imparted to all who know them.
- New York Times Best Seller list, October 2009
- UK Best Seller list, October 2009
- “Heartwarming and brave.” - The Daily Mail
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While the United States has turned a blind eye, Iran has emerged as a nation capable of altering America’s destiny. Baer’s on-the-ground sleuthing and interviews with key Middle East players paint a picture of the centuries-old Shia nation that is starkly the opposite of the one normally drawn.
- New York Times Extended Best Seller list, October 2008
- “An important text studded with keen insights into a nation about which America remains dangerously misinformed.” - Kirkus Reviews
In the exuberant, down-to-earth voice that is her trademark, Hearst Magazines president Cathie Black explains how she achieved the “360o life” — a blend of professional accomplishment and personal contentment — and how any woman can seize opportunity in the workplace.
- New York Times Best Seller list, November 2007. NYT Paperback Best Seller list, October 2008.
- “Black’s insights… are hard-won, and her wisdom, set down here, has the potential to enrich careers and lives.” — USA Today
Texas legend and former LBJ protégé Ben Barnes offers an inside look at the extraordinary years when Texas Democrats dominated American politics.
- New York Times Extended Best Seller list, May 2006.
- “A fascinating window into a bygone Democratic era” — Dallas Morning News
An insightful, fast-paced account of the biggest debacle in corporate history: the AOL-Time Warner merger and its flameout.
- “Entertaining and sharply written” — Variety
- “[Readers] will be entertained by Swisher’s barbed wit and carried along by her expertly constructed narrative” — Forbes.com
Breaking her silence on Whitewater and giving a moving portrait of what happens to women in American prisons, McDougal’s book is a must-read for Americans of all political stripes.
- New York Times Best Seller list, February 2003.
- “A page-turner of a memoir” — Biography magazine
Wireless Nation is two fascinating stories in one: It’s the sensational account of the entrepreneurs and corporate barons who built America’s wireless industry, and an insider’s perspective on the greatest government boondoggle of our time.
- Booklist Top Ten Business Book of 2001.
- “Reads like a Gold Rush novel…[Murray is] an astute analyst and canny observer, as well as a gifted prose stylist” — Miami Herald
One of the most successful venture capitalists of the late-90s Internet boom offers an insider’s guide to venture capital: who’s got it, how to get it, and what to do with it.
- “The apparent ease with which she conveys her minimalist vignettes belies Quindlen’s considerable literary talent” — Publishers Weekly
- “Quindlen is an unusual breed of VC. She’s a real player, and she can write” — Fast Company
A lively, comprehensive account of the ascendant America Online, rich with anecdotes and insight. AOL.COM was the first book to examine the company that brought the Internet to the masses.
- “A fascinating and instructive story… well researched and comprehensive” — New York Times
- “The best tech-scene book of the year” — Chicago Tribune