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Whatever Happened to Margo?

Margaret Durrell

From Publishers Weekly In 1947, Margo Durrell, sister to zoologist Gerald (The Ark's Anniversary) and novelist Lawrence...

One Life: My Mother's Story

Kate Grenville

Grenville inhabits characters with a rare completeness . . . She writes with a poet's sense of rhythm and imagery (...

Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America

Catherine Kerrison

“Beautifully written . . . To a nuanced study of Jefferson’s two white daughters, Martha and Maria, [Catherine...

A Twisted Faith: A Minister's Obsession and the Murder That Destroyed a Church

Victoria Schwimley

Review Best Books of the 2010, True Crime --Suspense MagazineGregg Olsen returns to true crime with BANG! In A Twisted...

The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s

Joseph Egan

This candid account of the case, drawn from materials in Astor’s estate and written with the support of her family,...

Ants Among Elephants: An Untouchable Family and the Making of Modern India

Sujatha Gidla

A New York Times Editors' Choice “Sujatha Gidla’s Ants Among Elephants , which records the life of a Dalit family...

Mary Boleyn: The Mistress of Kings

Alison Weir

A Letter from the Author: Mary Boleyn on Film Mary Boleyn has been portrayed several times on screen. In Anne of the...

Joan of Arc

Helen Castor

Helen Castor is a historian of medieval England, and a Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Her first book,...

Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

Kate Bolick

New York Times bestseller *One of Flavorwire 's 10 Books That Will Define the Conversation in 2015**One of Newsday 's...

The Search for the Green River Killer

Carlton Smith

From Publishers Weekly This reckoning of the deaths of almost 50 women in Seattle is distressing not only for the...

Selena's Secret: The Revealing Story Behind Her Tragic Death

María Celeste Arrarás

“With this book, the journalist does an impressive work of giving it context and reality with new information.” ―...

Billion Dollar Hollywood Heist: The A-List Kingpin and the Poker Ring That Brought down Tinseltown (The Front Page Detectives Series)

Dylan Howard

A tabloid prodigy." -- "Jeffrey Toobin, New York Times bestselling author, praise for Howard" "An experience that very...

ADVENTURES IN MY YOUTH: A German Soldier on the Eastern Front 1941-45

Armin Scheiderbauer

About the Author Armin Scheiderbauer was born in 1924, the son of an evangelical pastor. After attending schools in...

Breaking Point

Suzy Spencer

In a world where a mother should be her children's best protector, it is hard to conceive of someone like Andrea Yates....

The Vixen Diaries

Karrine Steffans

Karrine Steffans became a New York Times bestselling author after releasing her debut tell-all book Confessions of a...

The Doctor Is In: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre

Pierre A. Lehu

Review “An exuberant celebration of life by America’s favorite octogenarian sex guru...Her warmth, wit, and wisdom...

Nothing to be Frightened Of

Julian Barnes

NATIONAL BESTSELLER FINALIST FOR THE PEN/ACKERLEY PRIZE A Globe and Mail Best Book A New York Times Notable Book...

Slim: El mexicano más rico del mundo (Spanish Edition)

Diego Enrique Osorno

About the Author Diego Enrique Osorno nació en Monterrey, México, en 1980. En su carrera como autor ha escrito cinco...

The Triumph of William McKinley: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters

Karl Rove

Having run--and won--two presidential campaigns, Karl Rove knows elections. The Triumph of William McKinley is a deeply...

Lo es (Tis): Una memoria (A Memoir) (Spanish Edition)

Frank McCourt

From the Publisher El exito de libreria numero 1 del New York Times " 'Lo es' es despues de todo, una historia de...

How to Make a French Family: A Memoir of Love, Food, and Faux Pas

Samantha Verant

An honest, heartwarming-and at times-heartbreaking account of the struggles that occur when you dare to make your...

Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption

Christopher Kennedy Lawford

From Publishers Weekly [Signature] Reviewed by Sara Nelson Pity the poor shelver who has to decide where to put this...

Homeland: An Extraordinary Story of Hope and Survival

George Hussein Obama

About the Author George Obama lives and works in the ghetto in Nairobi, Kenya, under the auspices of the Huruma Centre...

The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin

Joe McGinniss

Review “Plunging into a subject without wearing blinders is an engaging investigative method, and McGinniss, as he...