Leaders & Notable People

In 1975, Charleston voters elected a young attorney and former state lawmaker as the city's new mayor. Joseph Patrick Riley Jr., just 32 at the time, promis...

Offers A Detailed Look At The Life And Career Of The Famous World War Ii General, And Depicts His Accomplishments And Complex Personality. Prologue: Who Was...

The Actress Best Known For Her Work On Parks And Recreation And Saturday Night Live Reveals Personal Stories And Offers Her Humorous Take On Such Topics As ...

In Her Memoir, Power Offers An Urgent Response To The Question What Can One Person Do?--and A Call For A Clearer Eye, A Kinder Heart, And A More Open And Ci...

Presents A Reconstruction Of The Eighteenth-century Empress's Life That Covers Her Efforts To Engage Russia In The Cultural Life Of Europe, Her Creation Of ...

The Revelatory, Poignantstory Of Rosemary Kennedy, The Eldest And Eventually Secreted-away Kennedy Daughter, And How Her Life Transformed Her Family, Its Wo...

The true story behind the award-winning movie of the same name, The King's Speech is written by London Sunday Times journalist Peter Conradi and Mark Logue...

A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA top journalist crosses the yellow tape to investigate a shocking high-society crime.Billionaires, philanthropists, socialites . . . vi...

Carol Burnett spent most of her childhood in a Depression-scarred Hollywood neighborhood, where she lived in a single-room apartment with her endearingly ...

As trusted pastor Dr. Charles Stanley comes to the later years of his life, he is ready to share his personal story—on a more intimate level than ever bef...

After 9/11, Alan Greenspan, Chairman Of The Federal Reserve Board, Knew, If He Needed Any Further Reinforcement, That We're Living In A New World--the World...

The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth...

As Recipient Of The Nobel Peace Prize, President Of The African National Congress, And Head Of The Anti-apartheid Movement, Nelson Mandela Has Been One Of T...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning Biographer Brings To Life The Most Intriguing Woman In The History Of The World: Cleopatra, The Last Queen Of Egypt. Though Her L...

For the first time, a minute-by-minute account of the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan On March 30, 1981, President Reagan walked out of a hotel in...

From the winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize, an extraordinary story of the meteoric rise and fall of King James I’s favorite, George Villiers, the first ...

Barry Goldwater is widely regarded as one of the most prominent and controversial politicians of our century, a man whose influence on America conservatism ...

A Memoir By A Uss Arizona Survivor Describes His Experience Of The Attacks That Left Him With Burns Over More Than Sixty-five Percent Of His Body, His Resol...

Omar Bradley: General at WarCategories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable People MilitaryWorld War II

While the fathers were off founding the country, what were the women doing? Running their husband s businesses, raising their children plus providing polit...

As a young speechwriter in the Reagan White House, Peter Robinson was responsible for the celebrated "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" speech. He was a...

Product Description NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE from director Ridley Scott, starring Lady Gaga and Adam DriverThe sensational true story of murder, madn...

The only book written by Jack Layton (1950-2011) on his political life and vision, this is the former NDP leader's passionate call to action and will inspi...

Jordan Peterson's Twelve Rules for Life meets Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's Extreme Ownership in this tough-love leadership book from a Navy SEAL and risin...

In 1889, Broken Shackles was published in Toronto under the pseudonym of Glenelg. This very unique book, containing the recollections of a resident of Owen...

the book is Winston Churchill recounting his youth in England before the turn of the 20th century.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notabl...

The ultimate front-row seat to the rise, fall, and rebirth of a band that was--for a time--the biggest in the world, Hootie & the Blowish, and Jim Sonef...

The biggest untold story of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election... Finally, the no-holds-barred, 100% true story of Barack Obama's use and sale of cocaine; ...

Throughout her ground-breaking career in business and politics, Hurricane Hazel McCallion has seen it all. In 1978, she defeated a popular incumbent to win ...

John Cleese’s huge comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp irreverent eye and the unique brand of physical comedy he perfected with ...

steve Saint, Author Of The Best Selling Autobiography end Of The Spear (which Sold Over 100,000 Copies And Was Made Into A Feature Film), Returns With A Ser...

The Author, Former Chief Of The Investigative Support Unit Of The Fbi's National Center For The Analysis Of Violent Crime, Discusses How He And His Colleagu...

THE "MUST-READ"* BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE EXTRAORDINARY DOCUMENTARY FOR PUBLIC TELEVISIONAfter the Band of Brothers went home, they never forgot the lessons ...

Winner, 2017 Commodore John Barry Book Award, Navy League of the United States * From the historian who has been acclaimed as "doing for the Navy what po...

The Murder Of Abraham Lincoln Set Off The Greatest Manhunt In American History. From April 14 To April 26, 1865, The Assassin Led Union Cavalry And Detectiv...

Catherine And Reg Hamlin Left Australia In 1959 On A Short Contract To Establish A Midwifery School In Ethiopia. Over 40 Years Later, Catherine Is Still The...

The instant New York Times and USA Today bestseller! The untold story of how one woman's life was changed forever in a matter of seconds by a horrific trau...

Winston and Clementine Churchill wrote to each other constantly throughout the fifty-seven years of their life together, from the passionate and charming ...

The New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me share the stories behind the five infamous, tragic days surrounding JFK’s assassination—al...

“When I was a boy, I cried. But now I see it well.” Steve Saint was only five years old when his father was brutally killed by Waodani warriors, men from ...

Michael Holley.Categories: History United StatesState & Local

Nemesis: Medieval England's Greatest EnemyCategories: HistoryMilitary

Clarence Smoyer Began The War As A Gentle Giant, A Factory Worker From Pennsylvania Coal Country Reluctant To Unleash The Power Of The Sherman Tank He Crewe...

The True Story Of The Assassination Of Jfk, Told By Secret Service Agents Who Were There And Who Have Lived With The Guilt And Grief From That Day. When Tim...

Former Republican Strategist Phillips Takes An Uncompromising View Of The Political Coalition, Led By Radical Religion, That Is Driving America To The Brink...

Veteran political journalist Scott Farris tells the stories of legendary presidential also-rans, from Henry Clay to Stephen Douglas, from William Jennings B...

On February 19, 2007, SSG Shilo Harris was patrolling an infamous southern Iraqi roadway when his Humvee was struck by an IED. Moments later, three members ...