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Don't Leave Me This Way: Or When I Get Back on My Feet You'll Be Sorry

Julia Fox Garrison

“Fierce optimism and even fiercer wit…(A) unique tone and utterly un-maudlin appeal.” — Elle “ Garrison can...

American Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and Politics

Dan Savage

Praise for AMERICAN SAVAGE:“America’s most in-your-face sex columnist and gay-rights activist comes out swinging in...

Travels with Herodotus (Vintage International)

Ryszard Kapuscinski

“Luminous. . . . Like Herodotus, Ryszard Kapuscinski was a reporter, a historian, an adventurer and, truly, an...

Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero

James Romm

From Booklist Was Roman philosopher Seneca the Younger an exemplar of Stoic virtue who, pulled into politics in the...

The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell

Basil Mahon

This is a wonderful, short biography that gives a vivid account of James Clerk Maxwell's life and work." ( Materials...

O.J. is Innocent and I Can Prove It

William C. Dear

“A new book has a very new twist on the O.J. Simpson and the 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her...

Bottom of the 33rd: Hope, Redemption, and Baseball's Longest Game

Dan Barry

From Publishers Weekly New York Times columnist Barry provides a charming, meditative portrait of a minor league...

Elizabeth and Monty: The Untold Story of Their Intimate Friendship

Charles Casillo

Praise for Elizabeth and Monty “Casillo weaves an engrossing story about the intertwined lives of his subjects —...

Pale Horse: Hunting Terrorists and Commanding Heroes with the 101st Airborne Division

Jimmy F. Blackmon

“A riveting account of extraordinary combat aviation operations during intense fighting in the mountains of...

The Billionaire Who Wasn't: How Chuck Feeney Secretly Made and Gave Away a Fortune

Conor O'Clery

Conor O'Clery is an award-winning journalist and author who served as foreign correspondent for the Irish Times in...

Prisoner: My 544 Days in an Iranian Prison―Solitary Confinement, a Sham Trial, High-Stakes Diplomacy, and the Extraordinary Efforts It Took to Get Me Out

Jason Rezaian

“A deeply personal account of one journalist’s determination toxa0find and report the truth, his fervent commitment...

The Secret History of Home Economics: How Trailblazing Women Harnessed the Power of Home and Changed the Way We Live

Danielle Dreilinger

A] captivating debut…Dreilinger charmed me with her account of home ec's fascinating past." ― Barbara Spindel, Wall...

Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld

John Bester

Vivid and accurate." — Los Angeles Times "A wonderful storyteller with a variety of unusual experiences." —...

Searching for Schindler: A memoir

Thomas Keneally

From Publishers Weekly Australian author Keneally was awarded the 1982 Booker Prize for his novel Schindler's List ....

Up in the Air: The Real Story of Life Aboard the World’s Most Glamorous Airline

Betty Riegel

Up in the Air charts Betty Riegel's life as a stewardess at Pan Am airlines during the golden age of air travel--the...

The Impeachers: The Trial of Andrew Johnson and the Dream of a Just Nation

Brenda Wineapple

Review “The relevance of this riveting and absorbing book is clear enough . . . literary and incisive . . . vivid and...

Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive Illness

Patty Duke

A groundbreaking guide for those who are manic depressive of who live with or love someone who is."-- Publishers Weekly...

Playing with the Enemy: A Baseball Prodigy, World War II, and the Long Journey Home

Gary W. Moore

Gary W. Moore is the author of the critically acclaimed book Playing with the Enemy:xa0A Baseball Prodigy, World War...

A Soldier's Story: Forever Changed: An Infantryman's Saga of Life and Death in Vietnam

Richard F. Hogue

Infantrymen in Vietnam represented the best of "Middle America." This true life story depicts the essence of life in...

The Kitchen Counter Cooking School: How a Few Simple Lessons Transformed Nine Culinary Novices into Fearless Home Cooks

Kathleen Flinn

This could be the most important book you'll ever read." --Morgan Spurlock, Super Size Me “…[A] terrific, inspiring...

Freak Out!: My Life With Frank Zappa

Pauline Butcher

The book describes a formative time in the life of an innovative musical artist, which Zappa most certainly was. But it...

Up Till Now: The Autobiography

William Shatner

From Publishers Weekly Working with various collaborators, Shatner has previously written science fiction (the TekWar...

Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life

Queen Noor of Jordan

From Publishers Weekly Anyone who loved The King and I will readily warm to the love story of Queen Noor and the late...

Duel Under the Stars: The Memoir of a Luftwaffe Night Pilot in World War II

Wilhelm Johnen

Johnen enlisted in Luftwaffe in 1939 and in 1941 he joined the German night fighter force (Nachtjagd) and participated...