Biographies & Memoirs

The Author Describes The Devastating Impact Of His Father's Alcoholism And Suicide On His Personal Life As Husband, Father, Writer, And Minister. The Dwarve...

As a young man, Randall Woodfield had it all--a star athlete, good looks, and an award-winning student. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceFor eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her a...

Drawn by some sympathetic not in one of his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. Booknews This classic of sincerity and ...

Paula Fredriksen, renowned historian and author of From Christ to Jesus, begins this inquiry into the historic Jesus with a fact that may be the only undisp...

A year and a half into our marriage, I found out my husband had been having an affair with a nineteen-year-old for six months. I filed for divorce and left...

From The Ashes Is A Remarkable Memoir About Hope And Resilience, And A Revelatory Look Into The Life Of A Métis-cree Man Who Refused To Give Up. Abandoned...

THE EAGERLY AWAITED COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MY HORIZONTAL LIFE When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her ...

When Tony Dungy Led The Indianapolis Colts To Victory In Super Bowl Xli-- The First African American Coach To Win The Big Game--millions Wondered, Amazed By...

After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam H...

The dramatic autobiography of one of China's dedicated, courageous, and intensely persecuted house church leaders. This is the gripping story of how God t...

Expanded And Updated For Graduates Just Entering The Workforce, A Latest Edition Of A Best-selling Guide To Finding And Getting The Most Out Of A First Job ...

In the midseventies, Steve Martin exploded onto the comedy scene. By 1978 he was the biggest concert draw in the history of stand-up. In 1981 he quit forev...

Want to be known as the Detroit Red Wings' second "Mr. Hockey"?Then prove yourself in the next Wings trivia challenge by blowing away the competition!The en...

A sharp and candid memoir from a star in the restaurant world, and an up-and-coming literary voice.Toronto restaurateur Jen Agg, the woman behind the popul...

Seabiscuit was an unlikely champion: a roughhewn, undersized horse with a sad little tail and knees that wouldn't straighten all the way. But, thanks to th...

Told by one of our country's greatest historians, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Truman, here is the extraordinary history of the birth of our countr...

Gathers Classic Short Stories By Such Authors As Ernest Hemingway, Edgar Allan Poe, O. Henry, Rudyard Kipling, John Steinbeck, Aldous Huxley, And Anton Chek...

Before Liz Lemon, Before Weekend Update, Before Sarah Palin, Tina Fey Was Just A Young Girl With A Dream: A Recurring Stress Dream That She Was Being Chased...

What is it like to learn that your ordinary, loving father is a serial killer?\In 2005, Kerri Rawson heard a knock on the door of her apartment. When she op...

How does a New York City publicist and party girl turn into a go to guide for the next generation? In her new book, Spirit Junkie: A Radical Road to Self-Lo...

Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin's...

Ted Conover, the intrepid author of Coyotes, about the world of illegal Mexican immigrants, spent a year as a prison guard at Sing Sing. Publishers Weekly ...

In 1971 Richard Burke, A Freshman At Georgetown University, Volunteered His Services To The Offices Of His Political Idol, Senator Edward M. Kennedy Of Mass...

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...

'I know firsthand the desperation a human soul can feel when every earthly remedy fails. I also know how powerfully God can intervene when we fall on our f...

the Life Of Harry S. Truman Is One Of The Greatest Of American Stories, Filled With Vivid Characters -- Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Be...

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In an age when the Dalai Lama's image has been used to sell computers, rock stars have used tantra to enhance their image, and for many, Nirvana calls to ...

john Grisham's First Work Of Nonfiction, An Exploration Of Small Town Justice Gone Terribly Awry, Is His Most Extraordinary Legal Thriller Yet. In The Maj...

Untangles The Narrative Threads Of Roosevelt's Final Months, Showing How He Juggled The Strategic, Political, And Personal Choices He Faced As The War, His ...

John Glenn Describes His Life, Including His Childhood, World War Ii Activities, Work As A Test Pilot And Astronaut, Career As A Senator, And Return To Spac...

I Corinthians 13:7 ends with the oft cited "love never fails." But what does it truly mean to have a love that both bears and hopes in all things, especiall...

An Unfinished Life Is The First Major, Single-volume Life Of John F. Kennedy To Be Written By A Historian In Nearly Four Decades. Robert Dallek Draws Upon P...

david Mccullough Tells The Story Of Those Who Marched With General George Washington In The Year Of The Declaration Of Independence - When The Whole Americ...

Four US Navy SEALS departed one clear night in early July, 2005 for the mountainous Afghanistan-Pakistan border for a reconnaissance mission. Their task was...

Hillary Clinton's Candid Reflections About The Key Moments During Her Time As Secretary Of State, As Well As Her Thoughts About How To Navigate The Challeng...

The former First Lady recounts the exciting and often poignant events in her life, from her secret engagement to George Bush, to the loss of her three-year-...

This is the true love story of Joni and her husband of 30 years, Ken Tada. A love story showing what it truly means for a man and a woman to live in love ....

*finalist For The National Book Award* *finalist For The Kirkus Prize* *instant New York Times Bestseller* *named A Best Book Of The Year By Npr, New York P...

The 5th And Last Volume Of Anne Morrow Lindbergh's Diaries And Letters Record The Lindbergh's Lives During The Years Of World War Ii. Continuation Of The Au...

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNew York Times bestselling author, director, actor, and YouTube superstar Shane Dawson returns with another highly ...

#1 New York Times best-seller with more than 11 million copies sold and Amazon’s #17 best-selling book of all time. Heaven Is for Real was the best-selli...

Rudolph Giuliani Demonstrates In [this Book] How The Leadership Skills He Practices Can Be Employed Successfully By Anyone Who Has To Run Anything. After Al...

Autobiography Of The Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, And Founding Member Of The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards. With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards Lived...

Seinfeld. For more than 33 million viewers, the Emmy Award-winning television show has become a Thursday night ritual. Even though the show has ended, J...

A former Augusta National caddie recounts the invaluable life lessons he learned from the late Freddie Bennett, the fabled club’s legendary caddie master...

Of The Many Recent Books On The Historical Jesus, None Has Explored What The Latest Biblical Scholarship Means For Personal Faith. Now, In Meeting Jesus Aga...