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  • Treasured Island

    The Story of St. Barth . . . and Its Barbarians, Billionaires, and Beauties

    by Michael Gross ...
    "A smart page turner that reminds us paradise isn’t always what it appears to be." ⎯ Town & CountryA hugely entertaining social history of the elite and exclusive Caribbean island of St. Barthélemy from the New York Times bestselling author of Model and 740 Park.St. Barthelemy is revered for its luxury, its stunning beaches and its VIP fans. Those who’ve either been there or hope to go, k... ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • House of Outrageous Fortune

    Fifteen Central Park West, the World's Most Powerful Address

    by Michael Gross ...
    “Michael Gross’s new book…packs [in] almost as many stories as there are apartments in the building. The Jackie Collins of real estate likes to map expressions of power, money, and ego… Even more crammed with billionaires and their exploits than 740 Park” (Penelope Green, The New York Times).A New York Times bestseller that unveils Fifteen Central Park West, the legendary Manhattan luxury ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • A School of Their Own

    A tenacious lawyer and his Navajo clients’ fight for Indian self-determination, from remote New Mexico to the Supreme Court

    As an Ivy League student in the 1960s, Michael Gross's optimistic perception of America was shattered. When appalling social inequality became immediate for him – first in the Deep South and later in the Navajo Nation – it struck a nerve. In his first case as a cub lawyer at a War-on-Poverty legal services office in Window Rock, Arizona, Gross was assigned to file a lawsuit to reopen a high school ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moses: The Man Who Argued with God

    Moses is often treated as a marble statue: heroic, remote, inevitable. This book restores his pulse. With literary clarity and Protestant theological rigor, D. Michael Gross follows Moses from the cry in the river to the silence of Midian, from the fire that doesn't burn out to the exhausting mercy of leading people who would rather go back to Egypt.Gross's thesis is simple and bracing: God forges ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rogues' Gallery

    The Secret Story of the Lust, Lies, Greed, and Betrayals That Made the Metropolitan Museum of Art

    by Michael Gross ...
    “Behind almost every painting is a fortune and behind that a sin or a crime.”With these words as a starting point, Michael Gross, leading chronicler of the American rich, begins the first independent, unauthorized look at the saga of the nation’s greatest museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In this endlessly entertaining follow-up to his bestselling social history 740 Park, Gross pulls back ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Flight of the WASP

    The Rise, Fall, and Future of America’s Original Ruling Class

    by Michael Gross ...
    Fifteen families. Four hundred years. The complex saga of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite in America’s history.For decades, writers from Cleveland Amory to Joseph Alsop to the editors of Politico have proclaimed the diminishment of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestants, who for generations were the dominant socio-cultural-political force in America. While the WASP elite has, in the last half ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Model

    The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women

    by Michael Gross ...
    A "page-turning exposé" of the modeling industry recounting stories from the top models and revealing the ugly convergence of sex, wealth, drugs, obsession, and death behind the glamour ( Vogue )."Rewarding . . . highly enjoyable, perhaps unprecedented. The definitive work of the Barbizon school." — New York Times Book ReviewThe definitive story of the international modeli... ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Genuine Authentic

    The Real Life of Ralph Lauren

    by Michael Gross ...
    A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, now with an afterword.“Deep-dish...sharp-clawed...honestly admiring.”—New York TimesThere are at least two Ralph Laurens.To the public he's a gentle, modest, yet secure and purposeful man. Inside the walls of Polo Ralph Lauren, though, he was long seen by some as a narcissist, an insecure ditherer, and, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Unreal Estate

    Money, Ambition, and the Lust For Land in Los Angeles

    by Michael Gross ...
    Michael Gross is America’s best-known writer on the wealthy. Following his books 740 Park and Rogues’ Gallery, he went west to the richest and most entertaining neighborhoods in Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, and Holmby Hills, Beverly Park, to look at crazy cast of characters who brought them into being and occupy their most over-the-top homes.Beginning with the founding of this fabled ... Read more

    $13.73 CAD

  • My Generation

    Fifty Years of Sex, Drugs, Rock, Revolution, Glamour, Greed, Valor, Faith, and Silicon Chips

    by Michael Gross ...
    The Baby Boom generation is not what you think. It's Donald Trump as well as druggies, Born-again Christians as well rock'n'rollers, right-wingers and nerds as well as hippies and freaks. This “thought-provoking” (Kirkus), “mesmerizing” (Tama Janowitz), “wide-ranging” (Red Herring), “unsettling” (Denver Post) collective biography redefines Baby Boom generation — and takes a fresh and refreshing ... Read more

    $6.86 CAD

  • Stronger

    The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives

    A groundbreaking, richly informative exploration of the central role of muscle in human life and health, Stronger sounds an urgent call for each of us to recognize muscle as “the vital, inextricable and effective partner of the soul.”“Even if you’ve never picked up a weight—Stronger is for you.” —Arnold SchwarzeneggerStronger tells a story of breathtaking scope, from the battlefields of the Trojan ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

  • Focus

    The Secret, Sexy, Sometimes Sordid World of Fashion Photographers

    by Michael Gross ...
    “This thoroughly absorbing narrative dazzles with the most profound investigation and research. Focus is an enthralling and riveting read.” —Tim Gunn“Smart, well-researched…engaging…canny” (New York Times Book Review), Focus is a “fast-paced—and clearly insider—look at the rarefied, sexy world of fashion photography” (Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada). New York Times bestselling ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD