NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE INDEPENDENT • From bestselling author and acclaimed historian Alison Weir comes the first biography of Margaret Douglas, the beautiful, cunning niece of...

No one is better poised to write the biography of James Herriot than the son who worked alongside him in the Yorkshire veterinary practice when Herriot became an internationally bestselling author. Now, in this warm and poignant biogr...

TV writer Hilary Winston offers up a witty collection of autobiographical tales about her misadventures in dating. Just when she feels she's getting her life together, Hilary discovers that her ex has written a novel about their rela...

Describes how a forty-year-old, gay, successful professional experienced the ups and downs of parenting firsthand when he takes in his troubled teenage niece, Tiffany, offering a witty and compassionate account of a young girl’s...

aptain Kidd has gone down in history as America's most ruthless buccaneer, fabulously rich, burying dozens of treasure chests up and down the eastern seaboard. But it turns out that most everyone, even many respected scholars, have th...

Many readers of Bill Clinton's large, one-volume autobiography MY LIFE said that their favorite sections were the early parts of the book, in which Clinton recorded his struggles as a young boy to overcome deficits that could have sto...

When Madame de Pompadour became the mistress of Louis XV, no one expected her to retain his affections for long. A member of the bourgeoisie rather than an aristocrat, she was physically too cold for the carnal Bourbon king, and had s...

From the madness of King George to the equine escapades of Catherine the Great, from the intramural squabbles of Elizabeth and Di to the staggeringly decadent exploits of Charles X: in this gossipy chronicle of regal shenanigans, Brit...

She is one of the most recognizable women of our time. America knows Jane Fonda as an actress and an activist, a feminist and a wife, a workout guru and a role model. Now, in this extraordinary memoir, Fonda reveals that she is so muc...

Blending the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, Wild Swans has become a bestselling classic in thirty languages, with more than ten million copies sold. The story of three generations in twentieth-centur...

In a moving and inspirational memoir of faith, the author of Finding Your Own North Star describes growing up within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, her decision to speak out publicly of her criticism of the church, a...

[This book] might be compared to a Rembrandt portrait, filled with somber shadows and radiant light effects, for it is the story of a dark madness illuminated by a man's genius....Nasar has delved deeply into Nash's year-by-year exper...

A publishing correspondent chronicles a year's worth of reading to explore how the world of books intermingled with her relationships, a journey during which she discovered that the books chose her as much as she chose them, came to r...

From the wickedly hilarious pen of Southern humorist Celia Rivenbark comes a collection of essays that brings to mind Dave Barry (in high heels) or Jeff Foxworthy (in a prom dress).Step into the wacky world of "womanless wedding&...

The tedious steps of the process of awakening the intelligence of a human being deprived of all the ordinary means of communication with her fellows at an age so early that practically no foundation has been laid by normal means--such...

A man whose presidency was disgraced by impeachment -- yet who remains one of the most popular presidents of our time. A man whose autobiography, My Life, was panned by critics as a self-indulgent daily diary -- but rode the bestselle...

The champion cyclist and author of IIt's Not About the Bike continues the inspirational story of his life and accomplishments in the wake of his recovery from testicular cancer and describes what fuels his pursuit of personal and prof...

William Shakespeare, the most celebrated poet in the English language, left behind nearly a million words of text, but his biography has long been a thicket of wild supposition arranged around scant facts. With a steady hand and his ...

A Florida National Guardsman who served in Iraq describes how he was called to active duty shortly after his marriage and two credits before he graduated from college, recounting his unit’s experiences during and after the fall ...

A moving, candid, and deeply personal look at the triumphs and tragedies, lovesand heartbreaks of one of Hollywood's most popular and enduring stars. Handsome, suave, and sophisticated, Robert J. Wagner has starred in more than one hu...

Adams, a correspondent for National Public Radio, took a year off to learn about the Wright Brothers, and THE FLYERS is the result of his quest. He interviewed descendants of the families who helped the brothers conduct their early fl...

Clay Aiken, the undeniably talented American Idol runner up and self-proclaimed 'nerdy, geeky, momma's boy' (and boy, does he love to talk about his momma), has written a strange hybrid of memoir, self-help and religious testimony--an...

Presents the first-person account of a seventeen-year-old Singapore girl who was taken prisoner by the Japanese and ensconced in the Changi POW camp during World War II, in a new edition that includes additional information on the fam...

     Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black.  "He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esqe sweater, gold chains and a Kangol—telling jok...

"I remember Sarah asking me, when I'd just begun therapy with her, what I looked for in a man.  After a few moments of silent, tense deliberation I had it.  'Hair,' I blurted. 'He has to have hair.'" Meredith Baxter is a ...

A magical, heartwarming memoir from one of Hollywood's most beloved icons  Over the past four decades, the landmark NBC hit television series I Dream of Jeannie has delighted generations of audiences and inspired untold numbers of te...

When Joan Kelly took a weekend job as a professional submissive in a private dungeon, it seemed she'd finally found a perfect outlet for her pent-up desires. Suddenly, Joan was being paid to do things she'd only fantasized about. Hav...

#1 NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER\r\n\r\nEveryone’s favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is just trying to find the right fit, whether it’s in the adorable blouse that looks charming on the mannequin but leaves her in a literal b...

The American statesman, philosopher, and scientist records his personal life, career, and philosophy, and offers satirical observations on American society and a witty account of his involvement in American public life. Book available...

In this memoir and polemic, Brigitte Gabriel provides a first-person account of the terrible suffering caused by terrorism. She recalls how, beginning in 11975 when she was seven, she and her family had to hide, for seven years, in an...