Biography & autobiography

Mrs. Astor Regrets: The Hidden Betrayals of a Family Beyond Reproach

by Meryl Gordon

The fate of Brooke Astor, the endearing philanthropist with the storied name, has generated worldwide headlines since her grandson Philip sued his father, Anthony Marshall, in 2006, alleging mistreatment of...

Madness: A Bipolar Life

by Marya Hornbacher

An astonishing dispatch from inside the belly of bipolar disorder, reflecting major new insights

When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, she did not yet have...

I Live for This: Baseball's Last True Believer

by Bill Plaschke & Tommy Lasorda

Tommy Lasorda is baseball's true immortal and one of its larger than life figures. A former pitcher who was overshadowed by Sandy Koufax, Lasorda went on to a Hall of Fame career as a manager with one of baseball's...

The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen

by Jacques Pepin

From the moment of its publication, The Apprentice established itself as an “instant classic” (Anthony Bourdain). With sparkling wit and occasional pathos, the man whom Julia Child has called “the best...

Sharing Sadhana: Insights and Inspiration for a Personal Yoga Practice

by Victoria Bailey

Practicing a personal daily yoga practice, or sadhana, has many physical and mental health benefits, but developing that practice can be challenging and confusing at times. Here, the author offers experienced...

Undaunted: One Man's Real-Life Journey from Unspeakable Memories to Unbelievable Grace

by Josh D. McDowell & Cristobal Krusen

Undaunted-both the book and an upcoming movie-chronicles the riveting true story of a young farm boy named Josh who carried unspeakable memories of an alcoholic father and a farmhand's abuse, causing him to...

Impact Player: Leaving a Lasting Legacy on and Off the Field

by David Thomas, Bobby Richardson & Joe Girardi

Former Yankee Bobby Richardson played alongside Mickey Mantle, Roger Maris, Whitey Ford, Joe Pepitone, and Yogi Berra during one of the most prolific dynasties in baseball history, and he remains to this day...

The Education of a Coach

by David Halberstam

Pulitzer Prize-winner David Halberstam's bestseller takes you inside the football genius of Bill Belichick for an insightful profile in leadership.

Bill Belichick's thirty-one years in the NFL have been marked...

Sweetsmoke

by Gail Simmons

When Top Chef judge Gail Simmons first graduated from college, she felt hopelessly lost. All her friends were going to graduate school, business school, law school . . . but what was she going to do? Fortunately,...

Sam: The One and Only Sam Snead

by Al Barkow

Until now, few people could truly say they knew Sam Snead-his fears, his secrets, his dark side. Until today, there has never been a definitive biography of one of the greatest golfers of all time. Sam is not...

Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million

by Mark Bowden

Told in riveting, novelistic detail by the author of the best-seller Black Hawk Down, Finders Keepers is the widely acclaimed true story of an incredible week in the life of Joey Coyle, a down-and-out longshoreman...

My Philanthropy

by George Soros

George Soros created his foundation the Open Society Institute based on his commitment to democracy, justice, and human rights. It has given away more than $7 billion in over seventy countries.

The Unknown Night: The Genius and Madness of R.A. Blakelock, an American Painter

by Glyn Vincent

On February 22, 1916, Ralph Albert Blakelock's haunting landscape Brook by Moonlight was sold at auction for $20,000, a record price for a painting by a living American artist. The sale made him famous, newspapers...

Child of the Sea

by Doina Cornell

A Child of the Sea is the true story of Jimmy Cornell's daughter sailing around the world on the family's small yacht from the age of 7 to 14, based on Doina's diaries, letters and memories. From 1975 to 1981...

Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity

by Kerry Cohen

For everyone who was that girl.

For everyone who knew that girl.

For everyone who wondered who that girl was.

Kerry Cohen is eleven years old when she recognizes the power of her body in the leer of a grown man....

One Soldier's War

by Arkady Babchenko & Nick Allen

One Soldier’s War is a visceral and unflinching memoir of a young Russian soldier’s experience in the Chechen wars that brilliantly captures the fear, drudgery, chaos, and brutality of modern combat. An...

Frankie's Place: A Love Story

by Jim Sterba

In this Tracy-Hepburn romance a sophisticated New York intellectual is charmed by a down-to-earth newspaperman. Frankie's Place is the tale of a summer cottage and the story that unfolds under its roof. Jim...

The Deserter's Tale: The Story of an Ordinary Soldier Who Walked Away from the War in Iraq

by Joshua Key & Lawrence Hill

 “Destined to become part of the literature of the Iraq war . . . A substantial contribution to history.”—Los Angeles Times

Now in paperback, The Deserter’s Tale is the first memoir from a soldier who...

The Boy Who Slept Under the Stars: A Memoir in Poetry

by Roseann Lloyd

The poet's brother disappears mysteriously in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. These deeply felt poems explore loss, grief, acceptance.

Not a Happy Camper: A Memoir

by Mindy Schneider

Remember those long sultry summer days at camp, the sun setting over the lake as you sang “Kumbaya”? Well, Mindy Schneider remembers her summer at Camp Kin-A-Hurra in 1974 just a wee bit differently. Not...