Women in History

Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER\From the #1 bestselling author of 'Indian' in the Cabinet, a groundbreaking and accessible roadmap to advancing true reconciliation acro...

The “captivating” (The New York Times), definitive biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, detailing the extraordinary rise and political brillian...

The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously con...

“A thorough and sophisticated effort to answer an interesting question: How did an indifferently raised, self-flagellating kid from a just-making-ends-me...

Ruth Kassinger was at an emotional crossroads. Confronted with the death of a beloved sister, her children’s departure for college, and her own recent...

turning Away From The Privileged World Of The "eminent Victorians," Gertrude Bell (1868—1926) Explored, Mapped, And Excavated The World Of The Arabs. Recrui...

Focuses On The Rich Social And Cultural History Of Christianity Through The Ages, From Its Roots In Palestine To Its Development As A Global Movement. Chris...

Sleek. Chic. Notoriously guarded. Welcome to the secret world of Gabrielle Chanel. The story of Chanel begins with an abandoned child, as lost as a girl i...

The Frontman Of The Classic Rock Band Aerosmith Tells His Story, Including His Rise To Rock Stardom In The 1970s, The Band's Drop In Popularity, And Their C...

Henrietta Leyser considers the problems and attitudes fundamental to every woman of the time: medieval views on sex, marriage and motherhood; the world of w...

A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us.Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father be...

How a few women fought to board planes, then fly them, and finally to break through earth’s atmosphere into space. The story of how women in Canada, from...

An engaging illustrated history of feminism from antiquity through third-wave feminism, featuring Sappho, Mary Magdalene, Mary Wollstonecraft, Sojourner Tru...

From the bestselling author of How the Irish Saved Civilization and The Gifts of the Jews, his most compelling historical narrative yet.How did an obscure...

A 12-week New York Times Bestseller Helen Rappaport Paints A Compelling Portrait Of The Doomed Grand Duchesses. —people Magazine The Public Spoke Of The S...

Following Atticus is the remarkable true story of a man and a dog embarking on the challenge of a lifetime. This is author Tom Ryan’s inspiring tale of ho...

The project that captured a nation's imagination. The instructions were simple, but the results were extraordinary. "You are invited to anonymously con...

In this poignant collection of oral histories, four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words. Growing up and liv...

He played in casinos around the world with a plan to make himself richer than anyone could possibly imagine -- but it would nearly cost him his life. Semyo...

A Portrait Of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis; Her Mother, Janet Lee Auchincloss; And Her Sister, Princess Lee Radziwill, Discusses Their Ambitions, Stat...

Sun Tzu's classic treatise The Art of War has influenced countless generations—of men—when they find themselves on battlefields, in the office and in e...

“Heroic and inspiring.”―The New York Times Grace Humiston was a lawyer, a detective, and the first female U.S. District Attorney. She was also a soci...

This 35th anniversary edition of a best-selling book recounts Corrie tenBoom's horrific experiences in Hitler's concentration camps, explains how she surv...

Witness the life of a powerful Egyptian ruler. Vivid storytelling brings the past to life. Exciting eyewitness accounts make you feel like part of the actio...

A Simon & Schuster book. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

We need reminders of God's power now more than ever. We often think about prayer as a wish list, with God as Santa Claus. The reality is that the power of...

Culinary Historian Michael W. Twitty Brings A Fresh Perspective To Our Most Divisive Cultural Issue, Race, In This Illuminating Memoir Of Southern Cuisine A...

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...

Jack Holland. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [287]-289) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Women's StudiesFeminist Theory

Susan Orlean Reopens The Unsolved Mystery Of The Most Catastrophic Library Fire In American History, And Delivers A Dazzling Love Letter To A Beloved Instit...

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...

Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account...

#1 New York Times Bestseller Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. ...

The #1 New York Times bestseller The phenomenal true story of the black female mathematicians at NASA whose calculations helped fuel some of America’s gr...

Drawing on the timeless wisdom of the torah.Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis reminds us of the principlesnecessary for living a better and more committed life.Insp...

The Widow Of American Sniper Chris Kyle Shares Their Private Story: An Unforgettable Testament To The Power Of Love And Faith In The Face Of War And Unimagi...

A bold and important history of lesbian-feminism on the Florida coast.In 1977, two lesbian couples living in St. Augustine, Florida, found a row of small be...

This critically acclaimed memoir, now in paperback, tells the story of the woman who piloted The Washington Post through the stormy times related to the Pe...

French Kids Eat Everything is a wonderfully wry account of how Karen Le Billon was able to alter her children’s deep-rooted, decidedly unhealthy North Am...

Jan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry-eyed Maoist in 1972 at the height of the Cultural Revolution. A true believer—and one o...

Provides Portraits And Cameos Of Over Sixty Women Who Were Influential In The Civil Rights Movement, And Argues That The Political Activity Of Women Has Bee...

When News Of The Budding Romance Between A Beloved English Prince And An American Actress Broke, It Captured The World's Attention And Sparked An Internatio...

In This Classic About Economics, Freedom, And The Relationship Between The Two, Milton And Rose Friedman Explain How Our Freedom Has Been Eroded And Our Pro...

They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened. Here is ...

The Inspiring Story Of Two Pioneering Suffragette Doctors Who Ran The Only Military Hospital Staffed Entirely By Women During World War I -- And Who Transfo...

celia Was An Ordinary Slave—until She Struck Back At Her Abusive Master And Became The Defendant In A Landmark Trial That Threatened To Undermine The Very...

"This is the book I have been waiting for."--Rachel Maddow INSTANTNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER | The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on de...