A mesmerizing biography of the brilliant and eccentric medical innovator who revolutionized American surgery and founded the country's most famous museum of medical oddities  Imagine undergoing an operation without anesthesia, perfo...

This instant New York Times bestseller—“a jaw-dropping, fast-paced account” (New York Post) recounts SEAL Team Operator Robert O’Neill’s incredible four-hundred-mission career, including the attempts to rescue “Lone Surviv...

A rare, insider's look at the life of Donald Trump from Bill O'Reilly, the bestselling author of the Killingseries, based on exclusive interview material and deep research Readers around the world have been enthralled by journalist a...

Paul Brown is a football legend, yet few fans know the story of this very private man. This book follows Brown's life and career, from his childhood and college years through his domination as a coach on every major level — high sch...

In a work unlike anything she's written before, National Book Award winner Joyce Carol Oates unveils a poignant, intimate memoir about the unexpected death of her husband of forty-six years and its wrenching, surprising aftermath. &...

Stephen B. Oates discerns the historical truth from the mythical legend that surrounds Lincoln in this original and fascinating portrait of America's 16th president.

The football star made famous in the hit film (and book) The Blind Side reflects on how far he has come from the circumstances of his youth. Michael Oher shares his personal account of his story, in this inspirational New York Times ...

A riveting and moving memoir, written in crisp Hemingwayesque prose and set amid the wild, uninhibited surf culture of Malibu and Mexico in the late 1970s From the age of three, Norman Ollestad was thrust into the world of surfing a...

Of the 16 million Americans who served their country during World War II, fewer than 900,000 still survive. Martin Olsen is one of the survivors, and he has a story to tell. It blends the history of a generation that was born during t...

"An exemplary and eloquently written story that makes it easy for nonbelievers in intuition to believe. You must read this book." – Psychology TodayNow with a new foreword from the author, New York Times bestselling au...

"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!" Looking back and thinking about some of the hurtful and trying times of her past, Geena became more and more intrigued with this well-known saying. Although she had heard it many times when...

Randy Owen, the front man and lead vocalist for one of the biggest music groups of all time, was raised in rural Alabama, grew up working on a small sharecropper farm, and today lives on this same land that his family worked for gene...

In the tradition of The Glass Castle, this “gorgeous” (The New York Times,Editors’ Choice) and deeply felt memoir from Whiting Award winner Nadia Owusu tells the “incredible story” (Malala Yousafzai) abou...

Raised up from poverty by a determined single mother, gifted and beautiful twin sisters Christa and Cara Parravani were able to create a private haven of splendor and amusement that they shared between themselves. They earned their wa...

" A] powerful account of hearing loss and learning to communicate in a new way--through yoga, gratitude and radical honesty." --People, "The Best New Books" Centered around the touchstone stories Jen tells in ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERNAME ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYNPR • Entertainment Weekly • Kirkus Reviews • The Christian Science MonitorIn the picturesque village of Guzmán, Spain, in a cave dug into a hillside on the edge...

Now available in paperback, here is the bestselling biography of America's last guitar legend, Texas firebrand Stevie Ray Vaughan. Hailed the greatest guitarist since Hendrix, Vaughan emerged from the hotbed of Texas blues to develop ...

My March to Liberation: A Jewish Boy's Story of Partizan Warfare is the compelling saga of a young Jewish boy coming of age during World War II. Paul Strassmann was fifteen when his family's life in ...

From the outside looking in, many people think that professional racing drivers have the best jobs ever! However there is a side to racing that most do not understand - the politics! While following their passion, professional racing ...

The engaging, passionate, always-honest, and often-hilarious memoir of actor Ron Perlman—his triumphant story of perseverance and determination navigating the slippery slopes of Hollywood, with a foreword by Guillermo del ToroRon Pe...

In the spring of 1884 Ulysses S. Grant heeded the advice of Mark Twain and finally agreed to write his memoirs. Little did Grant or Twain realize that this seemingly straightforward decision would profoundly alter not only both their ...

From "the most entertaining chronicler of nice guy romance since Nick Hornby" (A.J. Jacobs), a memoir about an unexpected break-up, one self-imposed year of being single, and how a "nice guy" survived dating in the...

The prizewinning memoir of one of the world's great writers, about coming of age and finding her voice amid the hardships of Stalinist Russia  Born across the street from the Kremlin in the opulent Metropol Hotel—the setting of the...

"You don't have to be Irish to cherish this literary gift--just being human and curious and from a family will suffice." --Malachy McCourt, New York Timesbestselling author of A Monk Swimming In the tradition of Frank McCo...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA charmingly relatable and wise memoir-in-essays by acclaimed writer and bookseller Mary Laura Philpott, "the modern day reincarnation of…Nora Ephron, Erma Bombeck, Jean Kerr, and Laurie Colwin—all rolled i...

When Tom Brady entered the 2005 NFL season as lead quarterback for the New England Patriots, the defending Super Bowl champions, he was hailed as the best to ever play the position. And with good reason: he was the youngest quarterbac...

A New #1 Bestseller by SC PikeTRUE-LIFE story of notorious Mafia hitman for the Gotti & Gambino crime family in New York City in the 80's & 90's. SC Pike brings John Alite's story to life in such a way, the reader will feel as if th...

Missionary biographies often inspire enthusiasm, zeal, and urgency for missions among God's people. But how do Christians give their lives to missions if they feel called to remain in their homeland? In 1792, British pastor Andrew Ful...

Piper's brief biographies of Athanasius, Owen, and Machen tell the stories of great men who passionately defended the truth of the gospel, despite many struggles and much suffering.Athanasius, John Owen, and J. Gresham Machen stood...

Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century A.D., is a brilliant social history of the ancient world by one of the greatest biographers and moralists of all time. In what is by far his most famous and influential ...