Erica Jong Addressing the conflicting roles and fluctuating expectations faced by today's women baby boomers, a humorous look into the second half of life applies the author's insight to such...

Vivian Gornick Born and raised in the Bronx, the daughter of "urban peasants," Gornick grows up in a household dominated by her intelligent but uneducated mother's romantic depression over the...

Pauline W Chen A brilliant young transplant surgeon brings moral intensity and narrative drama to the most powerful and vexing questions of medicine and the human condition.When Pauline Chen began...

Rosie O'DonnellPart memoir, part mystery, a compelling tale that will break readers' hearts even as it heals them. Paperback, 224 pages Published April 1st 2003 by Grand Central Publishing (first...

Richard Branson Never lose the thrill of trying something for the first time.Fifty years ago, Sir Richard Branson started his first business. In his new autobiography, Finding My Virginity ,...

Loung UngFirst They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia RemembersFrom a childhood survivor of the Cambodian genocide under the regime of Pol Pot, this is a riveting narrative of...

William Alexander “A delightful and courageous tale and a romping good read. Voila! ” —Mark Greenside, author of I’ll Never Be French (No Matter What I Do)William Alexander is more...

Lauren Shockey From ribald kitchen humor to fiery-tempered workers to tasks ranging from the mundane (mincing cases of shallots) to the extraordinary (cooking seafood on the line), Shockey shows us...

Craig Kielburger " This is the story that launched a movement. At only 12 years old, Craig Kielburger was shocked to discover the realities of child labour faced by kids...

Alice KaplanBrilliantly uniting the personal and the critical, French Lessons is a powerful autobiographical experiment. It tells the story of an American woman escaping into the French language and of...

Polly Evans Polly Evans’s itinerary for China was travel by luxurious high-speed train and long-distance bus, glide along the Grand Canal and hike up scenic mountains. Instead, the linguistically impaired...

Ami Ayalon with Anthony David An urgent call for Israel to change direction, from an unexpected source: the highly decorated former director of the internal security service, Shin Bet.In this...