Biographies & Memoirs

Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969), the founder of Aikido-whose name means abundant peace-was undoubtedly the greatest martial artist who ever lived, according to ...

The New York Times bestselling account of a gruesome, twisted crime and the salacious trial that gripped the American public On June 9, 2008, the butchered...

For Readers Of The Faith Club, Sons Of Abraham, And The Anatomy Of Peace, A Call For Mutual Understanding And Lessons For Getting There We Refuse To Be Enem...

The concluding volume of the series of tales that made James Herriot the world's most beloved veterinarian. The sequel to All Creatures Great and Small, All...

With The Same Directness That Defined His Career In Public Service, Rumsfeld's Memoir Is Filled With Previously Undisclosed Details And Insights About The B...

Recounts The 2004 Hatchet Killing Of Bob Seaman, An Auto Industry Engineer And Softball Coach, Describing The Arrest Of His Wife Of More Than Thirty Years, ...

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; how...

A New Biography Of Bunny Mellon, The Style Icon And American Aristocrat Who Designed The White House Rose Garden For Her Friend Jfk And Served As A Living W...

For Readers Of The Historical Works Of Robert K. Massie, David Mccullough, And Alison Weir Comes The First Biography On The Life Of Abigail Adams And Her Si...

this Hugely Successful Retelling Of The Fall Of Sir Thomas More Has Gained Plaudits For Its Stage, Movie, And Television Versions. Categories: Biographies...

Moviegoers know her as the housekeeper in White Christmas, the nurse in Now, Voyager, and the crotchety choir director in Sister Act. This book, filled wit...

Starr Smith ; Foreword By Walter Cronkite. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 278-283) And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & No...

Now in paperback, the complete story of the actor's career, including his secret gay life. Raymond Burr (1917-1993) was an enigma. A film noir regular know...

When President Dwight Eisenhower left Washington, D.C., at the end of his second term, he retired to a farm in historic Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that he ...

Erik Larson has been widely acclaimed as a master of narrative non-fiction, and in his new book, the bestselling author of Devil in the White City turns hi...

Looks beyond the myths surrounding Dylan to chronicle his transformation from a middle-class Jewish boy from Minnesota to a musical superstar and pop cultur...

The Inventive Peasant Arnaud du Tilh had almost persuaded the learned judges at the Parlement of Toulouse, when on a summer's day in 1560 a man swaggered i...

The monumental bestseller! Alex Haley recaptures his family's history in this drama of eighteenth-century slave Kunta Kinte and his descendants.Categories: ...

2014 Forest of Reading, White Pine Award ― Winner, NonfictionThe true story of how a young Québécois nun ended up a prisoner of war in Buchenwald and h...

Presents More Than 200 Letters Exchanged Between Julia And Avis Devoto, Her Friend And Unofficial Literary Agent. This Collection Opens The Window On Julia'...

This remarkable guide illustrates the compassion, empathy, and humanity attainable when sharing stories with another person. At the same time, it encourages...

Now in paperback, the national bestselling riches-to-rags true story of an advertising executive who had it all, then lost it all—and was finally redeemed...

Every day, 2,600 Americans die of cardiovascular disease — and despite remarkable interventional and surgical procedures, over 650,000 new heart attacks o...

The story of Ben Carson, M.D. will inspire readers as they watch an inner-city youngster rise to become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A delightful sampler plate of our national parks, written with charisma and erudition.”—Nick Offerman, author of Paddle...

Rabi R. Maharaj came from a long line of Brahmin priests and gurus and trained as a yogi. He meditated for many hours each day, but gradually disillusionme...

Boy wonders come and go, but Michael Owen has made the giant leap from sensational teenage star into one of the most consistent and respected strikers in wo...

A Thousand Shall FallCategories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable PeopleReligious

Universally known and admired as a peacemaker, Dag Hammarskjöld concealed a remarkable intense inner life which he recorded over several decades in this j...

National BestsellerFrom one of Canada's most popular and connected political journalists, an unblinkered warts-and-all look at Justin Trudeau and the Liber...

From The Tsunami In Sri Lanka To The War In Iraq To The Starvation In Niger And Ultimately To Hurricane Katrina In New Orleans And Mississippi, Cooper Gives...

Brooke Shields Never Had What Anyone Would Consider An Ordinary Life. She Was Raised By Her Newark-tough Single Mom, Teri, A Woman Who Loved The World Of Sh...

You never love a book the way you love a book when you are ten.Writing as Lemony Snicket, Daniel Handler has led several generations of young readers into t...

Near The End Of World War Ii, Thousands Of Allied Ex-pows Were Abandoned To Wander The War-torn Eastern Front, Modern Day Ukraine. With No Food, Shelter, Or...

From Nero's nagging mother (whom he found especially annoying after taking her as his lover) to Catherine's stable of studs (not of the equine variety), he...

Catch the Holy Spirit Fire! There are times when looking back helps to fuel our future. Looking back at the life of evangelist Maria Woodworth-Etter, you ...

Endgame is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady’s decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent—and confounding descent—of enigmatic genius Bobby ...

Henry Kissinger, consummate diplomat and statesman, examines the strategies of six great twentieth-century figures and brings to life a unifying theory of l...

What accounts for miraculous healings unexplainable by doctors? Is there a reality to spiritual healings?William Gladstone initially approached Dr. Zhi Gan...

A Memoir Of Drug And Alcohol Abuse And The Rehabilitation Experience Examines Addiction And Recovery Through The Eyes Of A Man Who Had Taken His Addictions ...

In his intimate and profoundly moving Jewish family history—a memoir of displacement, prejudice, hope, despair, and love—award-winning New York Times co...

By Gilbert K. Chesterton. Reprint. Originally Published: New York : Dodd, Mead & Co., 1908.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable P...

Bear Grylls has always sought the ultimate in adventure. Growing up on a remote island off of Britain's windswept coast, he was taught by his father to sai...

Jonathan Kirsch. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 399-405) And Index.Categories: Religion & Spirituality Judaism Sacred WritingsHebrew Bible

An Exquisitely Written, Comprehensive Biography Of Chester A. Arthur, Our Virtually Forgotten 21st President, Who Unexpectedly Occupied The Nation's Highest...

The astonishing true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German Seminarian drafted into Hitler's dreaded SS during World War II. Without betraying...

Fox News Books For Mothers Of Faith Who Don't Feel Virtuous Enough, People Who Feel Burdened By Their Mistakes, And Anyone Who Has Ever Failed, A Powerful, ...

The many challenges life throws at us do not shape us. How we respond to these challenges does. In "The Beautiful Disappointment" urban youth worker and aut...