Rudolph W Giuliani The minutes and hours following 11th September terror attacks on the World Trade Center posed the greatest challenge to governance in New York City's history. Mayor Rudoph...

Queen NoorThe dramatic and inspiring story of one woman's incredible journey into the heart of a man and his nation.

Maxim D Shrayer A memoir of coming of age and struggling to leave the USSR. Shrayer chronicles the triumphs and humiliations of a Soviet childhood and expresses the dreams and...

Kooshyar Karimi Born in a slum, Kooshyar Karimi transformed himself into an award-winning writer as well as a successful doctor, whose conscience won't let him turn away the unmarried women...

Harry FreedmanHarry Freedman uncovers the spiritual traditions that lie behind Leonard Cohen's profound and unmistakable lyricsThe singer and poet Leonard Cohen was deeply learned in Judaism and Christianity, the spiritual...

Krystal Kolnik Q. What does a dope addict, an abusive fisherman, a man still in love with his gay ex-wife, the eternal bachelor, he-who-made-me-the-centre-of-his-universe and a sexy Chilean all have...

Sharon Boorstin Every woman has poignant food The first time she helped her mother bake a cake, or helped her grandmother make blintzes, tortillas, or Southern fried chicken. And how...

David Sedaris A guy walks into a bar...From here the story could take many turns. A guy walks into a bar and meets the love of his life. A guy...

Gail Caldwell “It’s an old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too.”So begins this gorgeous memoir by...

Author: Christopher Reid Selected and Edited by Christopher Reid At the outset of his career Ted Hughes described letter-writing as 'excellent training for conversation with the world', and he was...

Michael Lewis   The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker.Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of...

Nien Cheng In August 1966, a group of Red Guards ransacked Nien Cheng’s home. Her background made her an obvious target. Educated at the London School of Economics, the widow...