Becoming Richard PryorScott Saul★★★★★4.4(353)An Amazon Best Book of the Month, December 2014: In Becoming Richard Pryor , author Scott Saul quotes Pryor as saying,...
The Boys of My YouthJo Ann Beard★★★★★4.4(351)Smart, funny, and moving...A gifted and gutsy writer...This is what a first collection of stories should be."―...
Nathan Bedford Forrest: A BiographyJack Hurst★★★★★4.4(346)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 TomorrowTom Brokaw★★★★★4.4(341)About the Author Tom Brokaw is the author of seven bestsellers: The Greatest Generation, The Greatest Generation...
Joe DiMaggio : The Hero's LifeRichard Ben Cramer★★★★★4.4(340)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 AfghanistanMichael Franzak★★★★★4.4(338)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 LegendAdam Shoalts★★★★★4.4(329)PRAISE FOR THE WHISPER ON THE NIGHT WIND: “A fantastic, fun, and chilling tale.” — Canadian Geographic...
Son of a Midnight Land: A Memoir in StoriesAtz Kilcher★★★★★4.4(328)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 LandAtz Kilcher★★★★★4.4(328)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 BritainAllan Massie★★★★★4.4(318)“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★★★★★4.4(315)“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 FightKarl Rove★★★★★4.4(314)From the Artist Karl Rove
Waiting for the Last Bus: Reflections on Life and DeathRichard Holloway★★★★★4.4(314)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 StoryJoe Broadmeadow★★★★★4.4(307)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 StatisticsJulia Indichova★★★★★4.4(305)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 WestWallace Stegner★★★★★4.4(301)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 LifeKathleen Norris★★★★★4.4(297)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 ExaminerFrederick T. Zugibe★★★★★4.4(291)“Compelling reading for fans of insider accounts of forensics.” — Publishers Weekly “This is the sort of book...
Kingfish: The Reign of Huey P. LongRichard D. White★★★★★4.4(291)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 RizzutoLee Lamothe★★★★★4.4(291)From the Inside Flap In a mansion in an exclusive area of Montreal, Canada, lives a clan named Rizzuto. When the...
Tough Choices: A MemoirCarly Fiorina★★★★★4.4(288)?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 HomeBob Tarte★★★★★4.4(287)A delightful analysis of each cat . . . Cat lovers will readily relate to Tarte's insistence that cats are as...
The Legend of Colton H. BryantAlexandra Fuller★★★★★4.4(285)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 ItJohn W. Dean★★★★★4.4(275)“Mr. Dean’s book will remind people of why Nixon deserves so unflattering a historical reputation . . . It should...