General William Tecumseh Sherman's march through the South left a blazing trail of smoking ruins through Georgia and earned him the dubious award of being one of the most hated generals in American history.

Sherman was not only one of the most important generals in the American Civil War, but also one of the most famous commanders in the military annals of the western world. He has become an almost mythical character in popular memory, ...

Harry Kane is a Spurs boy through and through—"one of our own," as the fans' ditty goes—and a legend in the making. After graduating through the youth ranks, Kane had his first Premier League start in 2014, leading to hi...

An extraordinary spiritual memoir about the will to survive . . . one breath at a time While traveling in Laos on a winding mountain road, the bus that award-winning journalist Alison Wright was riding in collided with a logging truck...

A special 75th anniversary edition of Richard Wright's powerful and unforgettable memoir, with a new foreword by John Edgar Wideman and an afterword by Malcolm Wright, the author's grandson.When it exploded onto the literary scene in ...

Twelve years ago, Richard Yancey answered a blind ad in the newspaper offering a salary higher than what he'd made over the three previous years combined. It turned out that the job was for the Internal Revenue Service -- the most hat...

In the 70s and 80s, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of Laos to the overcrowded refugee camps of Thailand and onward to the United States-all in search of a new place to call home. Decades later, ...

Every year, thousands of people seek asylum in the United States because they have been persecuted in other countries due to their race, religion, nationality, social group, or political opinion. In seeking refuge and protection, thes...

Amy Waters Yarsinske, a former intelligence officer and Pulitzer Prize-nominated author, breaks the incredible true story of Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher, the first American pilot shot down during the Gulf War, found alive in Ira...

The no-holds-barred, star-studded memoir of the record industry's most legendary, outrageous, outspoken--and self-destructive--executive, who presided over Columbia Records during its heyday in the 1980s. Abridged. 5 CDs.

Twenty-six and grappling with depression, Cynthia Yoder leaves her husband of two years and their life in New York City to embark on a search for meaning that will take her to a rural hill in eastern Pennsylvania and back to her Penns...

Intoxicated by the promise of a promotion, Charles Singular for once allows himself a small extravagance: he buys a bowler hat. But there's a problem: this is no ordinary hat. This one once belonged to the surrealist painter Rene Magr...

"An extraordinary story of war and a touching tale of the triumph of love."—James Bradley, author of Flags of Our FathersDevil at My Heels is the riveting, astonishing, and inspirational memoir of one of the greatest of th...

An epic tale of self-discovery by a self-confessed Rock n Roll disciple What story begins in a bedroom in suburban New Jersey in the early '60s, unfolds on some of the country's largest stages, and then ranges across the ...

The moving, untold family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact on our world. Abraham Zapruder didn't know when he ran home to grab his video camera on November 22, 1963 that ...

An intimate look into Lincoln's White House and the aftermath of his death, via the lives of his two closest aidesIn this timely look into Abraham Lincoln's White House, and the aftermath of his death, noted historian and political ad...

When Warren Zevon died in 2003, he left behind a rich catalog of dark, witty rock 'n' roll classics, including 'Lawyers, Guns and Money,' 'Excitable Boy,' and the immortal 'Werewolves of London.' He also left behind a fanatical cult ...

From the Amazon Charts bestselling author of An American Princess comes the true story of an unconventional family divided by war and prejudice during WWII.When they fell in love in 1928, Rika and Waldemar could not have been more dif...

In An Extravagant Hunger, time slows and is relished, and the turning points and casual strolls of M.F.K. Fisher's life are unwrapped and savored. From the Berengaria that washed her across the sea to France in 1929, to Le Paquis, the...

The author of On Writing Well, the bestseller that has inspired two generations of writers, journalists, and students, recalls the many colorful and instructive places where he has worked and taught.

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When World War II began, Irene Gutowna was a 17-year-old Polish nursing student. Six years later, she writes in this inspiring memoir, 'I felt a million years old.' In the intervening time she was separated from her family, raped by R...

The New York Times bestselling biography of an American comedy legendAfter three years of sobriety, Chris Farley's life was at its creative peak until a string of professional disappointments chased him back to drugs and alcohol. He f...