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“Sometimes, a child is born to a parent who can’t be a parent, and, like a seedling in the shade, has to grow toward a distant sun. Ariel Leve’s spare and powerful memoir will remind us that family isn’t everything—kindness and nurturing are.”  —Gloria SteinemAriel...

From America’s top courtroom sketch artist, a penetrating, compulsively readable memoir about her dramatic four-decade career“A mesmerizing look at this rarest of professions…”–Bookpage STARRED review"Readers will be hard-pressed to put this down.”—Publishers...

“The best single volume available on the torturous life and savage reign of Adolf Hitler.” —Time A bestseller in its original German edition and subsequently translated into more than a dozen languages, Joachim Fest’s Hitler has become a classic portrait of a man, a...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZEFinalist for the Lambda Literary AwardFinalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for BiographyNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by: O Magazine, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Seattle TimesThe definitive portrait of one of the...

A revelatory account of how the loving marriage of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth saved the monarchy during World War II, and how they raised their daughter to become Queen Elizabeth II, based on exclusive access to the Royal Archives—from the bestselling author...

This in-depth biography chronicles the life, career, and enduring influence of the author of Roots and The Autobiography of Malcom X.A New York Times Sunday Book Review Editors’ ChoiceAlex Haley’s influence on American society in the second half of the twentieth...

“A world straight from the pages of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel . . . An extraordinary story about coming of age . . . and discovering who you are.” —ParadeRescued from a Dumpster on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, a discarded diary brings to life the glamorous,...

The New York Times–bestselling author’s thoughtful and provocative memoir of changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring family relationships. At age thirty-six, while serving on a jury, author Molly Wizenberg found herself drawn to a female attorney she hardly...

Burnt is a captivating and “evocative” (Erin Brockovich) memoir of trailblazing and firefighting from California’s first—and only—female chief of fire protection, a pioneering woman in a male-dominated field.  Burnt is a book about finding your calling, even if it’s...

Finding Family: My Search for Roots and the Secrets in My DNA is the highly suspenseful account of an adoptee trying to reclaim the biological family denied him by sealed birth records. This fascinating quest, including the author's landmark use of DNA testing, takes...

From actor and comedian Joel McHale comes the most important celebrity-penned book of this, or any, generation. Part shocking tell-all memoir, part aspirational how-to guide, and mostly all book, this one-of-a-kind tome is required reading for anyone who enjoys...

In the classic vein of The Diary of Anne Frank—a heart-wrenching and inspiring story of a life lived in fear and cramped quarters—Clara’s War is a true story of the Holocaust.Cara Kramer was a typical Polish-Jewish teenager from a small town at the outbreak of the...

A brilliant virtuoso of violence, Richard Marcinko rose through Navy ranks to create and command one of this country's most elite and classified counterterrorist units, SEAL TEAM SIX. Now this thirty-year veteran recounts the secret missions and Special Warfare...

~New York Times Bestseller~An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what...

“If you are at all curious about the brain or the surgeons who operate on it, Gray Matters is a must read and Dr. Theodore Schwartz is the perfect guide, a master brain surgeon and superbly talented writer. I have not read a better biography of our shared profession,...

The story of Kurt Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse-Five, an enduring masterpiece on trauma and memory   Kurt Vonnegut was twenty years old when he enlisted in the United States Army. Less than two years later, he was captured by the Germans in the single deadliest US...

New York Times Bestseller: A “fascinating portrait” of one of the men enslaved by James and Dolley Madison, and his journey toward freedom (Publishers Weekly).   Paul Jennings was born into slavery on the plantation of James and Dolley Madison in Virginia, later...

An “elegant, funny, and poignant” memoir of a journalist’s discovery of her birth mother—a daughter of Nat King Cole—and the bond that formed between them (Essence).Caroline Clarke, award-winning journalist and host of Black Enterprise Business Report, was born in an...

In the tradition of The Glass Castle, two sisters confront schizophrenia in this New York Times bestselling poignant memoir about family and mental illness. Through stunning prose and original art, The Memory Palace captures the love between mother and daughter, the...

“A close look at how show business power corrupts . . . The dishiest read of the year.” – Janet Maslin, “Ten Favorite Books of the Year,” New York Times “Here’s Johnny!” Probably everyone in America knows the phrase, whether they watched every episode of The Tonight...

A gripping look at the life of the seventeenth-century sea captain and the never-before-told story of his hunt for the ruthless pirate Robert Culliford.“A richly detailed nautical thriller . . . combines exciting escapism with thought-provoking history.” —James...

Philosophy in Greece is not dead. It is alive and well through the musings of writer and thinker, Peter Barber. Peter is the author of the bestselling “Parthenon” series and his home is mostly on a sleepy Greek island. He is proud to share his musings between drafting...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The beloved memoir of self-discovery set against the spectacular Tuscan countryside that inspired the major motion picture starring Diane Lane—now in a twentieth-anniversary edition featuring a new afterword “This beautifully written...

The first and only memoir by one of the original Navajo code talkers of WWII.His name wasn’t Chester Nez. That was the English name he was assigned in kindergarten. And in boarding school at Fort Defiance, he was punished for speaking his native language, as the...

INSIDE THE DEADLIEST JOB IN AMERICA: Meet the cell tower workers who risk their lives—and lose them at an alarmingly high rate—in the name of connectivity. Recent TV shows would have you believe that the most dangerous job in America is a crab fisherman, or maybe even...

“A masterpiece . . . poetic, moving, and very funny . . . find it on the shelf alongside other great Irish memoirs including those by Frank McCourt, Nuala O’Faolain and Edna O’Brien.” —Colum McCann As a young boy growing up in the outskirts of Dublin, Gabriel Byrne...

A powerful exploration of grief and resilience following the death of the author's son that combines memoir, reportage, and lessons in how to heal Everyone deals with grief in their own way. Helen Macdonald found solace in training a wild gos­hawk. Cheryl Strayed...

A memoir from the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. “Not only [Buck’s] most important book, but—on many counts—her best book” (Kirkus Reviews). Often regarded as one of Pearl S. Buck’s most significant works, My Several Worlds is the memoir...

From a member of the real-life family portrayed in The Durrells in Corfu, this memoir of the idyllic Greek island is “among the best books ever written” (The New York Times).   Before Lawrence Durrell became a renowned novelist, poet, and travel writer, he spent four...