For the past twenty-five years, no one has been better at revealing secrets than Oprah Winfrey. On what is arguably the most influ¬ential show in television history, she has gotten her guests—often the biggest celebrities in the...

"Heart-wrenching but triumphant." --Glamour"A lyrical, haunting, and utterly gripping memoir." --Redbook"A dark, evocative memoir from a woman forced to come to terms with her husband's death and the revelat...

In 1851 Olive Oatman was a thirteen-year-old pioneer traveling west toward Zion with her Mormon family. Within a decade, she was a white Indian with a chin tattoo, caught between cultures. The Blue Tattoo tells the harrowing story of ...

From the founders of the international health-care behemoth Johnson & Johnson in the late 1800s to the contemporary Johnsons of today, such as billionaire New York Jets owner Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV, all is revealed i...

The Monopolists reveals the unknown story of how Monopoly came into existence, the reinvention of its history by Parker Brothers and multiple media outlets, the lost female originator of the game, and one man's lifelong obsession to t...

The parents of the tragically murdered JonBenTt Ramsey present their side of the traumatic tale, honestly discussing the publicity whirlwind full of persecution and slander that has surrounded them since their loss and explaining how ...

When Robin Romm's The Mother Garden was published, The New York Times Book Review called her 'a close-up magician,' saying, 'hers is the oldest kind [of magic] we know: the ordinary incantation of words and stories to help us navigate...

In this engagingly witty, wise, and heartfelt memoir, Martin Short tells the tale of how a showbiz- obsessed kid from Canada transformed himself into one of Hollywood's favorite funnymen, known to his famous peers as the "comedia...

The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of the city of Kabul. After receiving a teaching degree during the civil war—a rare achievement for any Afghan woman—Kamila was subsequently banne...

A memoir of the Gulf War by a front-line infantry Marine recounts his struggles with the conflict on the front lines, his girlfriend's infidelity, his battles with fear and suicide, his brushes with death, and his identity as a soldie...

Julia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon, whose statuesque height and warmly enthus...

'Have mercy on me, Lord, I am Cuban.' In 1962, Carlos Eire was one of 14,000 children airlifted out of Cuba -- exiled from his family, his country, and his own childhood by the revolution. The memories of Carlos's life in Havana, cut ...

In the year of her 80th birthday, Doris Day is still one of Hollywood's most beloved stars. At sixteen, she was already working as a singer, and by the 1950s, she was America's sweetheart. Nominated for an Oscar for 'Pillow Talk in 19...

Celebrities between the Sheets by Savannah Jahvall is a sexy, dangerously fun narrative of one woman's amazing sex life with the stars. Autobiographical in nature, this bedroom confidential is a shocking tell-all of the author's playf...

In this stunning personal story of growing up in Iran, Azar Nafisi shares her memories of living in thrall to a powerful and complex mother against the backdrop of a country's political revolution. A girl's pain over family secrets, a...

The best-selling author of Blessings offers an entertaining, lively tour of the English capital and its literary significance, tracking the footsteps of some of her favorite fictional characters--including those created by Conan Doyle...

Revisiting a recurring American obsession with the French city, the New Yorker writer takes a fresh look at modern Paris and what it means to Americans as he describes his own relationship with the City of Light. Reader's Guide includ...

A Time Best Book of the YearRelating the extraordinary story of a family in crisis,Hurry Down Sunshine is amemoir of exceptional power. Unsentimental, nuanced, and deeply humane, it will become essential reading in the literature of a...

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture starring Dame Judi Dench from director Stephen Frears, releasing September 22, 2017.History's most unlikely friendship—this is the astonishing story of Queen Victoria and her dearestcompanion, the y...

In this memoir, celebrated Parade magazine columnist James Brady returns, after 50 years, to the crucible of war that helped shape him. With the ’axis of evil’ speech fresh in his ears, and with the newspapers carrying sto...

From the bestselling author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight and Scribbling the Cat, the unforgettable true story of a boy who comes of age in the oil-fields and open plains of Wyoming; a heartrending story of the human spirit th...

Spend a few hours with George Hamilton?Don't Mind If I DoDon't let that tanned, handsome, charming surface fool you. Beneath the bronzed façade is a mischievous mind with a wicked wit. George Hamilton doesn't miss a thing. With a fro...

Based on the letters and diaries of six members of Queen Victoria's household, Serving Victoria offers unique insight into the queen and her court. Seen through the eyes of her servants—including the governess to the royal children,...

If Bill Bryson were to join a Winnipeg funeral home as an apprentice, and if he searched for the meaning of life and death while he was at it, you'd have Curtains— enlightening, full of life in the midst of death, and very funny.&qu...

My true wife and the best friend I ever had," wrote Ted Hughes after Assia Wevill's 1969 suicide. Long seen as the woman who lured Hughes away from Sylvia Plath, Wevill has remained a mysterious figure. Now, for the first time Ye...

An eminent scholar of Russian history here presents the most informative, balanced, and up-to-date short study of Catherine the Great and her reign. This edition includes a new preface dealing with recently discovered sources and revi...

So begins Patrick Moore's unforgettable account of life as a crystal meth addict--a 'tweaker.' Like a wild ride down Alice's rabbit hole with a guide who is darkly funny and heartbreakingly honest, Tweaked chronicles a twenty year tri...

Here is the extraordinary account of the woman whose intelligence, beauty and unflagging dedication proved the key in turning the tide of WWII.She was beautiful. She was ruthless. She had a steel trap for a mind and a will of iron. Bo...

Now available as an audio CD, in Eudora Welty's own voice, or as a book. Eudora Welty was born in 1909 in Jackson, Mississippi. In a 'continuous thread of revelation' she sketches her autobiography and tells us how her family and...

"Magnificent . . . A tour de force of literature and love."-Vogue"Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? is raucous. It hums with a dark refulgence from its first pages. . . . Singular and electric . . . [Winterson's] l...