Biography & Autobiography
Diamond Jim Brady
A spirited biography of the financier and bon vivant whose lavish lifestyle embodied the Gilded Age. One of the most colorful figures of the most glamorous era in U.S. history, James Buchanan \"Diamond Jim\" Brady was the high lord of the New York glitterati during the Gilded Age.
Amelia Earhart: The Mystery Solved
When Amelia Earhart disappeared on July 2, 1937, she was flying the longest leg of her around-the-world flight and was only days away from completing her journey. Her plane was never found, and for more than sixty years rumors have persisted about what happened to her.
Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife
She never tired of the miracle. Each time she knelt to \"catch\" another baby, beloved California midwife Peggy Vincent paid homage to the moment when pain bows to joy, one person becomes two, woman turns to goddess, and the world moves aside to make room for one more soul.
The Black Swan: Memory, Midlife, and Migration
Set against a spontaneous cross-country road trip following the migrating birds, this passionate, lyrical memoir is one woman\'s reflections on midlife, her important personal relationships, her kaleidoscopic past, and her uncertain future.
Christmas in Plains: Memories
In a beautifully rendered portrait, Jimmy Carter remembers the Christmas days of his Plains boyhood - the simplicity of family and community gift-giving, his father\'s eggnog, the children\'s house decorations, the school Nativity pageant, the fireworks, Luke\'s story of the birt
Confessions of a Street Addict
In the most candid look at Wall Street since Liar\'s Poker, James J. Cramer, cofounder of TheStreet.
Heartbeat: George Bush In His Own Words
A charming collection of excerpts from the former president\'s speeches and other writings, Heartbeat reveals the basic ideals and beliefs that have served George H. W. Bush throughout his public and private life. He speaks often of what he calls \"heartbeat.
Married to Laughter: A Love Story Featuring Anne Meara
The current generation knows him as the serenity-seeking Frank Costanza from Seinfeld. An older generation knows him as one-half of the comedy team Stiller and Meara. But, as his memoir, Married to Laughter, reveals, Jerry Stiller has had a lifelong love affair with entertainment.
Memoirs of an Unfit Mother
She\'s the notorious grand inquisitor of the television sensation The Weakest Link. She\'s the first woman in nearly half a century to host a prime-time game show. She\'s the highest-paid female journalist in British history.
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life of Vince Lombardi
More than any other sports figure, Vince Lombardi transformed football into a metaphor of the American experience.