The Contender

  • The Contender: Richard Nixon, the Congress Years, 1946-1952
    By Irwin F. Gellman

    Receptionist Dorothy Cox, a staff member since 1946, welcomed visitors. Gemma O'Brian, Marge Ackerson, Pat Wright, and Marian Budlong also shared that office's secretarial duties, with Betty Lewis and Loie Gaunt working downstairs in ...

  • The Contender: Andrew Cuomo, a Biography
    By Michael Shnayerson

    A no-holds-barred biography of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Andrew Cuomo is the protagonist of an ongoing political saga that reads like a novel. In many ways, his rise, fall,...

  • The Contender: The Story of Marlon Brando
    By William J. Mann

    It is a dazzling biography of our nation’s greatest actor that is sure to become an instant classic. The Contender includes sixteen pages of photographs.

  • The Contender
    By Robert Lipsyte

    This acclaimed novel by celebrated sportswriter Robert Lipsyte, the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in YA fiction, is the story of a young boxer in Harlem who overcomes hardships and finds hope in the ...

  • The Contender: Richard Nixon, the Congress Years, 1946-1952
    By Irwin F. Gellman

    The first book of a projected five-volume examination of this complex man’s entire career, this work stands as the definitive political portrait of Nixon as a fast-rising young political star.

  • The Contender
    By Robert Lipsyte

    Before you can be a champion, you have to be a contender.