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Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account of her extraordinary journey. She writes with candor, humor and passion about her upbringing in suburban, middle-class America in the 1950s and ... More

Gottlieb's lovingly written, emotionally gripping book of letters to his grandson offers unique--and universal--insights into what it means to be human.When his grandson was born, Daniel Gottlieb began to write a series of heartfelt letters that he hoped Sam would read later in life. He planned to c... More

In the tradition of "Reading Lolita in Tehran," Rodriguez tells the story of the beauty school she founds in the middle of the Afghan city of Kabul, and lifts the veil of secrecy about the vibrant women who were her students there.Soon after the fall of the Taliban, in 2001, Deborah Rodriguez went t... More

In a riveting page-turner, NBA referee Delaney reveals the clandestine life he led before becoming one of professional basketballs most respected referees. 16-page b&w photo insert.Featured on NPR and CNN In a riveting page-turner, NBA referee Bob Delaney reveals the clandestine life he led before b... More

Hekja's ma was white with terror. She screamed out, "Run!" That was the last thing she ever said, One of the men, with a chin like a cod fish, plunged his sword into her heart...When Viking raiders descend on Hekja's Village and kill her family and friends, she is taken as a slave, But Hekja is dete... More

The Mafia Encyclopedia, third edition offers an unflinching survey of the mob`s most influential personalities; their power struggles, crimes and rackets; and their unique culture and jaragon. Completely updated to cover the five main Mafia families, the history of the Mafia, current cases, internat... More

This is the worst storm in history seen from the wheelhouse of a doomed fishing trawler; a mesmerisingly vivid account of a natural hell from a perspective that offers no escape. The 'perfect storm' is a once-in-a-hundred-years combination: a high pressure system from the Great Lakes, running into s... More

Marlene Dietrich once said, "I am not a myth." But by referencing the term, Dietrich only reinforces the fact more emphatically. For, using almost any common dictionary definition of that word, Dietrich is a myth. Her image was fashioned by director Josef von Sternberg in films like The Blue Angel, ... More

The true story of one woman's struggle to keep her child and win freedom for them both. 'You are here for the rest of your life. Do you understand? You are not leaving Iran. You are here until you die.' Betty Mahmoody and her husband, Dr Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody ('Moody'), came to Iran from the US... More

Souad was a 17-year-old girl living in a small village in Jordan when she hadthe misfortune of falling in love - an emotion that would lead to an unspeakableact of violence and a lifetime of exile from her homeland. With a childhoodmarked by hard labor and physical abuse at the hands of her father, ... More

A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure – a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s Condemned for a murder he had not committed, Henri Charrière (nicknamed Papillon) was sent to the penal colony of French Guiana. Forty-two days after his arrival he made his first break, travelling a thousan... More

As a fitting epilogue to a life intimately linked to Washington, D.C., Pulitzer Prize winner Katharine Graham, the woman who transformed "The "Washington Post into a paper of record, left behind this lovingly collected anthology of writings about the city she knew and loved, a moving tribute to the ... More

A highly original and captivating memoir which has captured the hearts of readers everywhere. New Book... More

A woman's journey from her father's harem through the Islamic Revolution. Sattareh Farman Farmaian, the daughter of a once-powerful and wealthy Iranian prince, was raised and educated in the 1920s and 1930s in a Persian harem compound, along with numerous mothers and more than 30 brothers and sister... More