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After two decades spent living in England, popular humorist Bill Bryson returned to the United States, his English wife and four children in tow. Much has ...

James W. Fraser. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [334]-338) And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Historical United StatesGeneral

In Out Of Captivity, Gonsalves, Stansell, And Howes Recount For The First Time Their Amazing Tale Of Survival, Friendship, And, Ultimately, Rescue, Tracing ...

“[A] vivid and lively account of those hectic and historic three days….The best fly-on-the-wall account, tantamount to having had a backstage pass to a...

A shocking true story of contemporary slavery: a young girl, snatched from her tribal village in Africa, survives enslavement in Sudan and London before ma...

An enthralling and comprehensive look into the contemporary state of one of the wealthiest—and most misunderstood—family dynasties in the world, perfect...

Exiles In Indian Country Weaves Together The Biographies Of Three Men Who Cast Their Fortunes With The Western Fur Trade In The First Quarter Of The Ninetee...

A Biography Of The Legendary Frontiersman, Soldier, And Martyr Examines His Life--from Hunting Bears In The Unspoiled Countryside To Helping Defend The Alam...

From an award-winning journalist, a real Field of Dreams story about a legendary coach and the professional-caliber baseball program he built in America's ...

From One Of The World’s Most Renowned Cave Divers, A Firsthand Account Of Exploring The Earth’s Final Frontier: The Hidden Depths Of Our Oceans And The ...

1973 Should Have Been Kissinger's Year Of Triumph--a Time To Bask In His Hard-won Achievements And Build On His Successes. Kissinger's Strategy Of Opening T...

The incredible true story of Ana Montes, the most damaging female spy in US history, drawing upon never-before-seen material and to be published upon her re...

The first volume of memoirs by Margaret Thatcher frankly recalls the former British prime minister's dealings with U.S. presidents, the Falkland War, and he...

To what extent was Rosario “Russell” Bufalino involved in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa in 1975? In the CIA’s recruitment of gangsters to assassin...

Just Two Months Into His Presidency, Ronald Reagan Lay Near Death After A Gunman's Bullet Came Within Inches Of His Heart. His Recovery Was Nothing Short Of...

Tomas O'Crohan was born on the Great Blasket Island in 1865 and died there in 1937, a great master of his native Irish. He shared to the full the perilous...

Retraces The Journey Of Seabiscuit, A Horse With Crooked Legs And A Pathetic Tail That Made Racing History In 1938, Thanks To The Efforts Of A Trainer, Owne...

The stirring true story of a girl who survived the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia retraces her steps from the forced "evacuation" of Phnom Penh in...

The Former Deputy Director Of The Fbi Recounts His Career; Discusses How Law Enforcement Battles Terror Threats, Russian Crime, And Attacks By The White Hou...

A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staf...

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Biography An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women, Per...

A Gripping, Inspiring, And Eye-opening Memoir Of Fortitude And Survival--of A Twelve-year-old Boy's Traumatic Flight From Afghanistan To The West--that Puts...

In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him, providing ...

With The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad has given readers a first-hand look at Afghani life as few outsiders have seen it. In...

"An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." --Kirkus Reviews When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke up in Kyiv on...

Simon Winchester. Maps On End Pages. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 251-253) And Index.Categories: ReferenceLanguage Study & Reference

David Mendell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [388]-406).Categories: Comics & Graphic Novels Graphic NovelsBiographies & History

An oral history of the "New York Intellectuals"--political essayist Irving Kristol, critic Irving Howe, and sociologists Daniel Bell and Nathan Glazer--capt...

WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE "A compelling and important history that this nation desperately needs to hear." -Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestse...

"What can you do? You can do a lot. You can support justice for all by speaking out loudly to your family, friends, community, politicians and religious le...

Major General Julian Thompson first wrote No Picnic when the momentous events of April – June 1982 were fresh in his mind. As Commander of 3 Commando Brig...

The sensational biography of Princess Diana, written with her cooperation and now featuring exclusive new material to commemorate the 20th anniversary of he...

From the New York Times bestselling author of Jackie, Ethel, Joan - Women of Camelot, comes an engrossing and revealing portrait of the next generation of ...

Egypt's Queen-or, as she would prefer to be remembered, King-Hatchepsut ruled over an age of peace, prosperity, and remarkable architectural achievement (c....

In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the tragedy of the Watts family, whose seemingly perfect lives played out on soc...

Thisfirst serious volume focusing exclusively on Joseph Patrick Kennedy —Ronald Kessler recreates the life and times of this ambitious, powerful, masterf...

Whether chugging up the Congo on a paddle-wheel steamboat, rubbing elbows with pygmy chiefs (or wealthy colonial neighbors), being pursued through the dark...

Hilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America's favorite comedians as he turns 65, and a look back at a remarkable career in this New Y...

A James Beard Award-winning writer captures life under the Red socialist banner in this wildly inventive, tragicomic memoir of feasts, famines, and three ge...

Recounts the life and accomplishments of Pat Tillman, who left professional football to join the Army in response to the September 11, 2001, attacks and was...

The Host Of Msnbc's Morning Joe Reveals How President Harry Truman Defended Democracy Against The Soviet Threat At The Dawn Of The Cold War. Harry Truman Ha...

Acc Player Of The Year And Star Pittsburgh Steelers Running Back James Conner Recounts His Devastating Struggle With Cancer, Revealing The Lessons He Drew F...

Celebrated historian David Nasaw brings to life the story of Joseph Patrick Kennedy, in this, the first and only biography based on unrestricted and exclus...

Evocative, funny and full of life, this is a beautifully observed childhood memoir of growing up in colonial Hong Kong in the 1950s.As an inquisitive seven-...

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political power by any means necessary, by a hug...

From The Author Of The Bestselling The Professor And The Madman Comes The Fascinating Story Of William Smith, The Orphaned Son Of An English Country Blacksm...

when It Was Published In 1995, Mary Karr's the Liars' Club Took The World By Storm And Raised The Art Of The Memoir To An Entirely New Level, As Well As B...

"In Off to the Side, Jim Harrison writes about his upbringing in Michigan, the austerities of life amid the Depression and the Second World War, and the see...