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Unbroken: One Woman's Journey to Rebuild a Life Shattered by Violence. A True Story of Survival and Hope

Madeleine Black

Madeline Black shared her story on The Forgiveness Project's website in 2014, and has since taken part in TV and radio...

Against Medical Advice: A True Story

James Patterson

A work of naked truth, as disturbing as it is important- Against Medical Advice turns Tourette's Syndrome inside out...

Against Medical Advice

James Patterson

A disturbing story but ultimately an inspiring one that affirms the power of families to overcome adversity."―...

Hunting Whitey: The Inside Story of the Capture & Killing of America's Most Wanted Crime Boss

Casey Sherman

Hunting Whitey is a tour de force into the life and death of one of America's most infamous gangsters and offers a...

Hoda: How I Survived War Zones, Bad Hair, Cancer, and Kathie Lee

Hoda Kotb

From Booklist To millions of loyal viewers, she’s “Hoda Woman,” Kathie Lee Gifford’s slightly more restrained...

The Stone Cold Truth (WWE)

Steve Austin

Little Lost Angel

Michael Quinlan

About the Author Michael Quinlan is the author of Little Girl Lost .

Manhunters: How We Took Down Pablo Escobar

Javier F. Peña

Riveting. A must-read for anyone interested in one of the major campaigns on the war on drugs." ― Publishers Weekly...

Scipio Africanus: Greater Than Napoleon

Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart

B. H. Liddell Hart, (1895-1970) was a British soldier, military historian, and military theorist. His books include...

The Wheel of Life: A Memoir of Living and Dying

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Richard Hoffman New Age Journal An inspiring account of exploration, conviction, and service....This book chronicles a...

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life

Ruth Franklin

With this welcome new biography Franklin makes a thoughtful and persuasive case for Jackson as a serious and...

The Bravest Man: Richard O'Kane and the Amazing Submarine Adventures of the USS Tang

William Tuohy

About the Author William Tuohy served with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific in 1945—46. He won the Pulitzer Prize in 1968...

How Not to Die: Surprising Lessons from America's Favorite Medical Examiner

Jan Garavaglia

JAN GARAVAGLIA, M.D., is the chief examiner for the District 9 Medical Examiner’s Office in Florida, presiding over...

The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s

William I. Hitchcock

Outstanding." -- Michael O'Donnell ― The Atlantic “Like the supposedly conformist and complacent 1950s, too long...

C. S. Lewis - A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant Prophet

Alister E. McGrath

This multifaceted biography and analysis of C.S. Lewis's life and works would challenge even the most dedicated...

The Basketball Diaries: The Classic About Growing Up Hip on New York's Mean Streets

Jim Carroll

“Filled with a kind of vitality. . . a remarkable account of New York City’s lower depths.” –New York Times...

Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944

John C. McManus

“A feat of prodigious scholarship and exhaustive research… The author’s brisk, engaging prose speeds the reader...

Of Beetles and Angels

Mawi Asgedom

From Publishers Weekly In 1983, at age seven, Asgedom and his family arrived in this country under the sponsorship of...

Jet Girl: My Life in War, Peace, and the Cockpit of the Navy's Most Lethal Aircraft, the F/A-18 Super Hornet

Caroline Johnson

About the Author CAROLINE JOHNSON was an F/A-18 Weapons Systems Officer (WSO) in the US Navy. During her deployment...

Ike: An American Hero

Michael Korda

Michael Korda has brought us a brilliantly vibrant and compulsively readable one-volume life of one of the giants of...

The Price of Valor: The Life of Audie Murphy, America's Most Decorated Hero of World War II (World War II Collection)

David A. Smith

Dr. David A. Smith is a senior lecturer in American history at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. He received his...

The Boys in the Cave: Deep Inside the Impossible Rescue in Thailand

Matt Gutman

From the Back Cover THE HARROWING BEHIND-THE-SCENES ACCOUNT OF THE BOYS, THE COACH, AND THE HEROES WHO SAVED THEM On...

George, Nicholas and Wilhelm: Three Royal Cousins and the Road to World War I

Miranda Carter

“History on a large canvas. . . . Carter writes incisively about the overlapping events that led to the Great War and...

Mozart

John Suchet

“An ideal introduction to understanding the famous composer. Rich with wit and warmth, this compact biography is...