Biography & autobiography

My Paper Chase: True Stories of Vanished Times

by Harold Evans

In My Paper Chase, Harold Evans recounts the wild and wonderful tale of newspapering life. His story stretches from the 1930s to his service in WWII, through towns big and off the map. He discusses his passion...

Ann Landers in Her Own Words: Personal Letters to Her Daughter

by Margo Howard

America's most beloved columnist shares 40 years of advice through letters to her only child, published here for the first time. In this witty, wise, and intensely personal collection of letters to her daughter...

The F Word: How to Survive Your Family

by Louis Anderson & Carl Kurlander

Take it from a man whose family background includes brawls, visits from "aliens," star-billing on FBI wanted posters, and, oh yes, an altercation with the Swedish Mafia -- families can be brutal! But because...

Luck of O'Reilly: A Biography of Tony O'Reilly

by Ivan Fallon

Filled with star-studded names from business, politics, and show business - including Nelson Mandela, Paul Newman, Robert Megabee, Paul Jeating, Margaret Thatcher and George Bush - The Luck Of O'Reilly is an...

A Red State of Mind: How a Catfish Queen Reject Became a Liberty Belle

by Nancy French

A columnist for the "Philadelphia Daily News," Nancy French blends her hilarious fish-out-of-water tale with humorous observations about the South's obsession with everything from church attendance to the blue-state...

Dorothy Parker's Elbow: Tattoos on Writers, Writers on Tattoos

by Kim Addonizio & Cheryl Dumesnil

Previously considered the domain of bikers and a rite of passage in the services, tattoos have crawled from society's fringes and onto the ankles of starlets and the biceps of bankers. In this volume, stories...

The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin, and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles

by Martin Gayford

This chronicle of the two months in 1888 when Paul Gauguin shared a house in France with Vincent Van Gogh describes not only how these two hallowed artists painted and exchanged ideas, but also the texture of...

Cecil Rhodes

by John Flint

A biography of the businessman and politician, Cecil Rhodes.

Instant Replay: The Green Bay Diary of Jerry Kramer

by Jerry Kramer

In 1967, when Jerry Kramer was a thirty-one-year-old Green Bay Packers offensive lineman, in his tenth year with the team, he decided to keep a diary of the season. “Perhaps, by setting down my daily thoughts...

Cristina!: My Life as a Blonde

by Cristina Saralegui

Does every second wife look like Julia Roberts? Lu Klein certainly doesn't, and her life is anything but glamorous. When she married a man with children, Lu had no idea that she was also marrying his shrewish...

The Road to Success Is Paved with Failure: How Hundreds of Famous People Triumphed Over Inauspicious Beginnings, Crushing Rejection, Humiliating Defea

by Joey Green

This is a fun-filled, fact-filled, star-studded celebration of failure as a necessary stepping stone on the road to success. It recounts stories of the rich and famous who met with adversity, bad luck and misfortune...

The Film Club: A Memoir

by David Gilmour

"I loved David Gilmour's sleek, potent little memoir, The Film Club. It's so, so wise in the ways of fathers and sons, of movies and movie-goers, of love and loss."

--- Richard Russo, Pulitzer Prize winning...

Leap Days: Chronicles of a Midlife Move

by Katherine Lanpher, John H. Watson III & Gerard Van der Leun

Katherine Lanpher, whose essays have appeared in the New York Times and More magazine, officially moved to Manhattan on a leap day, transferring from a rooted life in the Midwest to a new job, a new city, and...

Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles

by Kathleen Turner

From her film debut as the sultry schemer in Body Heat to her award-winning role as Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, actress Kathleen Turner's unique blend of beauty, intelligence, and raw sexuality...

On the Run: A Mafia Childhood

by Sean Flynn, Gregg Hill & Gina Hill

Written by the son and daughter of Henry Hill, the real-life focus of "Wiseguy" and "Goodfellas, On the Run" is a harrowing account of a childhood spent coping with an out-of-control father while dodging frightening...

Sharon Osbourne Extreme: My Autobiography

by Sharon Osbourne

As the daughter of notorious rock manager Don Arden, Sharon Osbournes childhood was an unruly mix of glamour and violence. In her late 20s, Sharon finally made the painful decision to break with her family....

The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.

by Clayborne Carson

First-person account of the extraordinary life of America's greatest civil rights leader. It begins with his boyhood as the son of a preacher, his education as a minister, his ascendancy as a leader of civil...

Companions in Courage: Triumphant Tales of Heroic Athletes

by Pat LaFontaine, Ernie Valutis & Chas Griffin

Pat LaFontaine shares the personal details of his own struggle with depression & physical rehabilitation, as well as those other amazing athletes who were challenged by adversity & won. These are stories that...

Wake-Up Call: The Political Education of a 9/11 Widow

by Kristen Breitweiser

Kristen Breitweiser was a happy young mother and housewife leading a privileged life. Then, on the morning of September 11th, 2001, the phone rang. It was her husband, Ron, calling from his office in the second...

Gaining: The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders

by Aimee Liu

Aimee Liu, who wrote Solitaire, the first-ever memoir of anorexia, in 1979, returns to the subject nearly three decades later and shares her story and those of the many women in her age group of life beyond...