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Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper

by Diablo Cody

Decreed by David Letterman (tongue in cheek) on CBS TV’s The Late Show to be the pick of “Dave’s Book Club 2006,” Candy Girl is the story of a young writer who dared to bare it all as a stripper. At the...


Thoughts without Cigarettes: A Memoir

by Oscar Hijuelos

A beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist turns his pen to the real people and places that have influenced his life and literature.  A comprehensive look into the mind of a writer.

Born in Manhattan’s Morningside...


Zero to Breakthrough: The 7-Step, Battle-Tested Method for Accomplishing Goals that Matter

by Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour

"Hang on and watch your life take flight with FlyGirl!"

-Marcia Wieder, CEO and Founder of Dream University

Before she was thirty years old, Vernice "FlyGirl" Armour had become a decorated naval aviator, Camp...


Bonobo Handshake: A Memoir of Love and Adventure in the Congo

by Vanessa Woods

A young woman follows her fiancé to war-torn Congo to study extremely endangered bonobo apes-who teach her a new truth about love.

In 2005 Vanessa Woods accepted a marriage proposal from a man she barely...


Jim Morrison

by Stephen Davis

"A more realistic portrait of the troubled artist... Compelling."-Tom Moon, Philadelphia Inquirer As the lead singer of the Doors, Jim Morrison's searing poetic vision and voracious appetite for sexual, spiritual,...


Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam

by Zainab Salbi & Laurie Becklund

Zainab Salbi was eleven years old when her father was chosen to be Saddam Hussein's personal pilot and her family's life was grafted onto his. Her mother, the beautiful Alia, taught her daughter the skills she...


LZ-'75: The Lost Chronicles of Led Zeppelin's 1975 American Tour

by Stephen Davis

A revealing insider's account of Led Zeppelin's 1975 North American tour from the bestselling author of Hammer of the Gods.

As a young music journalist in 1975, Stephen Davis got the opportunity of a lifetime:...


A Gift from Brittany

by Marjorie Price

The enchanting memoir of an artist?s liberating sojourn in France during the sixties?and the friendship that transformed her life

While in her late twenties, Marjorie Price leaves the comfort of her Chicago...


Me and a Guy Named Elvis: My Lifelong Friendship with Elvis Presley

by Jerry Schilling & Chuck Crisafulli

Commemorating the thirtieth anniversary of Elvis?s death, an intimate memoir of a friendship with the greatest artist in rock and roll history, taking you from late-night parties at Graceland to the bright lights...


The Reluctant Tuscan: How I Discovered My Inner Italian

by Phil Doran

After years of working on a string of sitcoms, Phil Doran found himself on the outside looking in. Just as he and his peers had replaced the older guys when he was coming up the ranks, it was now happening to...


How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else

by Michael Gates Gill

Now in paperback, the national bestselling riches-to-rags true story of an advertising executive who had it all, then lost it all—and was finally redeemed by his new job, and his twenty-eight-year-old boss,...


Almost French

by Sarah Turnbull

A delightful, fresh twist on the travel memoir, Almost French takes us on a tour that is fraught with culture clashes but rife with deadpan humor.

Sarah Turnbull's stint in Paris was only supposed to last a...


The Cracker Queen: A Memoir of a Jagged, Joyful Life

by Lauretta Hannon

A poignant memoir of life on the wrong side of the tracks-which was a SIBA bestseller in hardcover-with a colorful cast of misfits, plenty of belly laughs, and lessons for finding joy in spite of hardship ...


Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown

by Adena Halpern

The story of a young woman's life, one outfit at a time.

Tucked inside the fibers and buttons and pockets of the clothing in our closets are the stories of our lives, the lessons we've learned, the people we've...


A Game of Character: A Family Journey from Chicago's Southside to the Ivy Leagueand Beyond

by Craig Robinson

This inspirational memoir by Craig Robinson pays tribute to his parents, his coaches, and the lessons his experiences have taught him.

Foreword by Marian Robinson

When he stepped into history's spotlight...


The Girls from Ames: A Story of Women and a Forty-Year Friendship

by Jeffrey Zaslow

The instant New York Times bestseller, now in paperback: a moving tribute to female friendships, with the inspiring story of eleven girls and the ten women they became, from the coauthor of the million-copy...


American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in theNew China

by Matthew Polly

The raucously funny story of one young American?s quest to become the baddest dude on the planet (and possibly find inner peace along the way)

Growing up a ninety-eight-pound weakling tormented by bullies in...


Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles

by Geoff Emerick & Howard Massey

Geoff Emerick became an assistant engineer at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1962 at age fifteen, and was present as a new band called the Beatles recorded their first songs. He later worked with the Beatles...


The Ramen King and I: How the Inventor of Instant Noodles Fixed My Love Life

by Andy Raskin

"Mankind is Noodlekind"

For three days in January 2007,the most e-mailed article in The New York Times was "appreciations: Mr. noodle," an editorial noting the passing, at age ninety-six, of Momofuku Ando,...


The Art of Making Money: The Story of a Master Counterfeiter

by Jason Kersten

Read Jason Kersten's posts on the Penguin Blog.

The true story of a brilliant counterfeiter who "made" millions, outwitted the Secret Service, and was finally undone when he went in search of the one thing...