The voyeur's motel

On January 7, 1980, in the run-up to the publication of his landmark bestseller Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Gay Talese received...

Tunesmith inside the art of songwriting

Webb brings his insider's knowledge, experience, and star power to the ultimate guide for aspiring songwriters. With a combination of...

Outside the box the life and legacy of writer mona gould

Years later, Maria took on the daunting task of sorting through Mona's mountain of papers to create an archive for...

In the dream house a memoir

A revolutionary memoir about domestic abuse by the award-winning author of Her Body and Other Parties. In the Dream House...

Legacy how french canadians shaped north america

A ground-breaking work of nation building, this unique biographical book by many of English and French Canada's best-known writers and...

Here be dragons telling tales of people

Now aged 75, Peter C. Newman at last tells the story of his stranger-than-fiction life. Try to keep up as...

Hitch

#1 New York Times bestselling author and finalist for the National Book Award — one of the most admired and...

The journal of h�l�ne berr berr, helene and bellos, david

Not since The Diary of Anne Frank has there been such a book as this: The joyful but ultimately heartbreaking...

First to leave the party my life with ordinary people... who happen to be famous

INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER A marvelous and compulsively readable collection of stories from the life of Salah Bachir — philanthropist, art...

Stuck in the middle with you a memoir of parenting in three genders

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Finney Boylan returns with a remarkable memoir about gender and parenting that discusses how...

My own blood a memoir

Mothering under normal circumstances takes all you have to give. But what happens when your child is disabled, and sacrificing...

Know my name a memoir

Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography, and an instant New York Times...

Sir francis bacon a biography

The reconstruction presidents

During and after the Civil War, four presidents faced the challenge of reuniting the nation and of providing justice for...

American sphinx the character of thomas jefferson

For a man who insisted that life on the public stage was not what he had in mind, Thomas Jefferson...

Palimpsest/ a memoir

This explosively entertaining memoir abounds in gossip, satire, historical apercus, and trenchant observations. Vidal's compelling narrative weaves back and forth...

Buffett/ the making of an american capitalist

In the annals of investing, Warren Buffett stands alone. Starting from scratch, simply by picking stocks and companies for investment,...

Alone against the north an expedition into the unknown

The age of exploration is not over. When Adam Shoalts ventured into the largest unexplored wilderness on the planet, he...

Let me tell you what i mean

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR • NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From one of our...

Before the knife memories of an african childhood

In this unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Carolyn Slaughter recalls her childhood in Africa and how the land itself released her...

The escape artists a band of daredevil pilots and the greatest prison break of the great war

“Bascomb has unearthed a remarkable piece of hidden history, and told it perfectly. The story brims with adventure, suspense, daring,...

The donnellys must die

From the annals of Canadian true crime, the story of The Black Donnellys massacre Ancient feuds, bloody conspiracy, gruesome murder,...

Burning the days recollection

In this brilliant book of recollection, one of America's finest writers re-creates people, places, and events spanning some fifty years,...

Are you lonesome tonight?

Presents an account of the author's turbulent twenty-four-year affair with Elvis Presley and reveals their secret relationship