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Becoming Richard Pryor

Scott Saul

An Amazon Best Book of the Month, December 2014: In Becoming Richard Pryor , author Scott Saul quotes Pryor as saying,...

The Boys of My Youth

Jo Ann Beard

Smart, funny, and moving...A gifted and gutsy writer...This is what a first collection of stories should be."―...

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography

Jack Hurst

About the Author Jack Hurst is a historian and former journalist who has written for newspapers including the Chicago...

Boom!: Talking About the Sixties: What Happened, How It Shaped Today, Lessons for Tomorrow

Tom Brokaw

About the Author Tom Brokaw is the author of seven bestsellers: The Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation...

Joe DiMaggio : The Hero's Life

Richard Ben Cramer

Larry King USA Today An extraordinary biography...This work will go down as one of the most definitive stories of a...

A Nightmare's Prayer: A Marine Harrier Pilot's War in Afghanistan

Michael Franzak

From Booklist The author's experience as a Harrier pilot began with the marines' effort to outdo the air force in close...

The Whisper on the Night Wind: The True History of a Wilderness Legend

Adam Shoalts

PRAISE FOR THE WHISPER ON THE NIGHT WIND: “A fantastic, fun, and chilling tale.” — Canadian Geographic...

Son of a Midnight Land: A Memoir in Stories

Atz Kilcher

As a son I cried tears of forgiveness, as a father, tears of regret and pain. And as a warrior of everyday life I cried...

Son of a Midnight Land

Atz Kilcher

Anyone familiar with the folksy troubadour of TV fame is in for a big surprise. Atz Kilcher spills out the dark...

The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family That Shaped Britain

Allan Massie

“Not just for history lovers but anyone hooked on Showtime's The Tudors or, currently, The Borgias... An enjoyable,...

The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought

(Journalist) David Adam

“Adam is a companionable Virgil, guiding the reader through the hellish circles of the disorder, explaining...

Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight

Karl Rove

From the Artist Karl Rove

Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and Death

Richard Holloway

Review This powerful volume abounds with thoughtful guidance for soothing the dying, comforting the grieving, and...

Choices: You Make 'em You Own 'em: The Jerry Tillinghast Story

Joe Broadmeadow

The worst mob books are byxa0ex-mobsters, trying to justify their existence as rats. In 'Choices,' retired New England...

Inconceivable, 20th Anniversary Edition: A Woman's Triumph over Despair and Statistics

Julia Indichova

A memoir of hope for the thousands of women struggling with infertility, from one who beat the odds by simply tuning in...

Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West

Wallace Stegner

This book goes far beyond biography, into the nature and soul of the American West. It is Stegner at his best, assaying...

Acedia & me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life

Kathleen Norris

About the Author Kathleen Norris is the award-winning, bestselling author of Amazing Grace: A Vocabulary of Faith; The...

Dissecting Death: Secrets of a Medical Examiner

Frederick T. Zugibe

“Compelling reading for fans of insider accounts of forensics.” — Publishers Weekly “This is the sort of book...

Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. Long

Richard D. White

From Publishers Weekly The inspiration for Robert Penn Warren's demagogue in All the King's Men , Huey Long was...

The Sixth Family: The Collapse of the New York Mafia and the Rise of Vito Rizzuto

Lee Lamothe

From the Inside Flap In a mansion in an exclusive area of Montreal, Canada, lives a clan named Rizzuto. When the...

Tough Choices: A Memoir

Carly Fiorina

?Fiorina wrote the book herself, without a ghostwriter, and it's well-written.? ?"Forbes" ?A very engaging...

Kitty Cornered: How Frannie and Five Other Incorrigible Cats Seized Control of Our House and Made It Their Home

Bob Tarte

A delightful analysis of each cat . . . Cat lovers will readily relate to Tarte's insistence that cats are as...

The Legend of Colton H. Bryant

Alexandra Fuller

From Publishers Weekly Fuller, author of the bestselling Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, narrates the tragically...

The Nixon Defense: What He Knew and When He Knew It

John W. Dean

“Mr. Dean’s book will remind people of why Nixon deserves so unflattering a historical reputation . . . It should...