Biography & autobiography

Uppity: My Untold Story About The Games People Play

by Bill White

There are very few major personalities in the world of sports who have so much to say about our National Pastime. And even fewer who are as well respected as Bill White.

Bill White, who's now in his mid 70s,...

The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe

by Peter Godwin

Journalist Peter Godwin has covered wars. As a soldier, he's fought them. But nothing prepared him for the surreal mix of desperation and hope he encountered when he returned to Zimbabwe, his broken homeland....

And I Shall Have Some Peace There: Trading in the Fast Lane for My Own Dirt Road

by Margaret Roach

This e-book includes 26 bonus photos from the author!

Margaret Roach worked at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia for 15 years, serving as Editorial Director for the last 6. She first made her name in gardening,...

On the Brink: Inside the Race to Stop the Collapse of the Global Financial System

by Henry M. Jr. Paulson

When Hank Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, was appointed in 2006 to become the nation's next Secretary of the Treasury, he knew that his move from Wall Street to Washington would be daunting and challenging....

Stuntman!: My Car-Crashing, Plane-Jumping, Bone-Breaking, Death-Defying Hollywood Life

by Hal Needham & Michael Emberley

Yep that's me, Hal Needham, on the cover doing a fire stunt. When you're on fire you don't dare breathe because if you do, you'll suck those flames right down your throat. I was Hollywood's highest paid stuntman...

The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother's Hidden Life

by Jasmin Darznik

We were a world of two, my mother and I, until I started turning into an American girl. That's when she began telling me about The Good Daughter. It became a taunt, a warning, an omen.

Jasmin Darznik came to...

Young Mandela: The Revolutionary Years

by David James Smith

Nelson Mandela is well-known throughout the world as a heroic leader who symbolizes freedom and moral authority. He is fixed in the public mind as the world's elder statesman--the gray-haired man with a kindly...

The Gospel Side of Elvis

by Joe Moscheo

Gospel music was a significant

part of not only who Elvis became

as a man, but as an artist as well.

As Elvis mania continues to consume

generation after generation

throughout the world, fans still

crave new insights...

The Royals

by Kitty Kelley

Biography of the British royal family; includes new chapter.

Producer: Lessons Shared from 30 Years in Television

by Wendy Walker

For the past seventeen years, Wendy Walker has been the "woman behind the man" at Larry King Live. As King's senior executive producer, she has been responsible for landing exclusive interviews with the most...

Brute: The Life of Victor Krulak, U.S. Marine

by Robert Coram

From the earliest days of his thirty-four-year military career, Victor "Brute" Krulak displayed a remarkable facility for applying creative ways of fighting to the Marine Corps. He went on daring spy missions,...

Find a Way: Three Words That Changed My Life

by Merril Hoge

When Merril talked about his dream of playing in the NFL all he heard was, that will be too hard, you can't beat those odds, it's impossible, and son don't put all your eggs in one basket! That inspired him...

Raising the Dead: A Doctor Encounters the Miraculous

by Chauncey W. Crandall

On October 20, 2006, a middle-aged auto mechanic, Jeff Markin, walked into the emergency room at the Palm Beach Gardens Hospital and collapsed from a massive heart attack. Forty minutes later he was declared...

Without a Word: How a Boy's Unspoken Love Changed Everything

by Jill Kelly

WITHOUT A WORD is a riveting memoir that blends remarkable achievement with passion, sacrifice, love, pain, and human interest. It takes the reader into the lives of a celebrity couple, Pro Football Hall of...

Katie Up and Down the Hall: The True Story of How One Dog Turned Five Neighbors into a Family

by Glenn Plaskin

A personal memoir by bestselling author and celebrity journalist Glenn Plaskin, KATIE is a moving story about a man who discovers the true meaning of family after adopting a cocker spaniel puppy. Through the...

The Body Shop: Parties, Pills, and Pumping Iron -- Or, My Life in the Age of Muscle

by Paul Solotaroff

As a scrawny college freshman in the mid-1970s, just before Arnold Schwarzenegger became a hero to boys everywhere and Pumping Iron became a cult hit, Paul Solotaroff discovered weights and steroids. In a matter...

Amazing Love Stories: Inspirational Stories

by Charles Margerison & Katharine Smith

What is it that makes one person fall in love with another? Explore this eternal question in Amazing Love Stories, which provides a unique perspective on love stories that feature amazing characters including...

Three Wishes: A True Story of Good Friends, Crushing Heartbreak, and Astonishing Luck on Our Way to Love and Motherhood

by Carey Goldberg

Carey, Beth, and Pam had succeeded at work but failed at romance, and each resolved to have a baby before time ran out. Just one problem: no men. Carey took the first bold step towards single motherhood, searching...

Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom

by Kristin van Ogtrop

Kristin van Ogtrop knows she's lucky--fulfilling career, great husband, three healthy kids, and, depending on the hamster count, an impressive roster of pets. She also knows she is tired. Always.

Using stories...

Queen Pin

by Jemeker Thompson-Hairston

Jemeker Thompson-Hairston paid a heavy price for her involvement in the drug game. Learning from her sources of a federal investigation, Jemeker went on the run. It was love for her young son that brought her...