Henri TroyatLeo Tolstoy embodies the most extraordinary contradictions. He was a wealthy aristocrat who preached the virtues of poverty and the peasant life, a misogynist who wrote Anna Karenina, and...

Bill Strickland Lance Armstrong is a worldwide icon, indisputably one of the greatest cyclists who has ever lived. After battling cancer and becoming an inspiration to millions, Armstrong won the...

David McCullough The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the...

Laura Hillenbrand Unbroken: An Olympian's Journey from Airman to Castaway to Captive The #1 New York Times bestseller, which is also a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie, has...

Seth CasteelSee man's best friends as you've never seen them before!The doggy paddle may seem simple, but this picture book collection of more than forty photographs reveals what goes on...

Flora Fraser "There are two types of British queens," says Columbia University historian David Cannadine."Those who hold the position strictly as wife of the king, and those (few) who have...

Marc AbrahamWhen his father sat him down and told him to 'make something' of himself, young vet Marc Abraham decided to do it the hard way - by setting up...

AN Wilson Both the longest reigning British monarch and female sovereign in history, Queen Victoria was a figure of profound paradox who has mystified historians for over a century. Now...

James King This biography explores the relationship between the life and work of Virginia Woolf. The material of her life - her mother's premature death, the sexual abuse by her...

Anne EdwardsHere is an extraordinary complex woman brought vividly to life in this first complete biography. Given total access to Miss Leigh’s personal letters, and working with the cooperation of...

Steve Stone with Barry RoznerA friend of the legendary sportscaster for more than 20 years, Stone regales readers with hundreds of stories about the baseball icon. Hardcover, 256 pages Published...

Patrick MarnhamThe authorized, and astonishing, biography of Mary Wesley.Descended from the Duke of Wellington, Mary Wesley grew up a rebel, believing that she was her mother’s least favourite child. Like...