Don't Leave Me This Way: Or When I Get Back on My Feet You'll Be SorryJulia Fox Garrison★★★★★4.5(436)“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 PoliticsDan Savage★★★★★4.5(433)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★★★★★4.5(429)“Luminous. . . . Like Herodotus, Ryszard Kapuscinski was a reporter, a historian, an adventurer and, truly, an...
Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of NeroJames Romm★★★★★4.5(429)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 MaxwellBasil Mahon★★★★★4.5(425)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 ItWilliam C. Dear★★★★★4.5(420)“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 GameDan Barry★★★★★4.5(419)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 FriendshipCharles Casillo★★★★★4.5(417)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 DivisionJimmy F. Blackmon★★★★★4.5(416)“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 FortuneConor O'Clery★★★★★4.5(415)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 OutJason Rezaian★★★★★4.5(404)“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 LiveDanielle Dreilinger★★★★★4.5(399)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 UnderworldJohn Bester★★★★★4.5(388)Vivid and accurate." — Los Angeles Times "A wonderful storyteller with a variety of unusual experiences." —...
Searching for Schindler: A memoirThomas Keneally★★★★★4.5(379)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 AirlineBetty Riegel★★★★★4.5(376)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 NationBrenda Wineapple★★★★★4.5(376)Review “The relevance of this riveting and absorbing book is clear enough . . . literary and incisive . . . vivid and...
Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic Depressive IllnessPatty Duke★★★★★4.5(375)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 HomeGary W. Moore★★★★★4.5(368)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 VietnamRichard F. Hogue★★★★★4.5(360)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 CooksKathleen Flinn★★★★★4.5(355)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 ZappaPauline Butcher★★★★★4.5(334)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 AutobiographyWilliam Shatner★★★★★4.5(330)From Publishers Weekly Working with various collaborators, Shatner has previously written science fiction (the TekWar...
Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected LifeQueen Noor of Jordan★★★★★4.5(329)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 IIWilhelm Johnen★★★★★4.5(319)Johnen enlisted in Luftwaffe in 1939 and in 1941 he joined the German night fighter force (Nachtjagd) and participated...