John Simpson For over thirty years, John Simpson has travelled the world to report on the most significant events of our time. From being punched in the stomach by Harold...

Jean HarrisIn her stunning New York Times bestseller, Jean Harris details her journey from headmistress to prison inmate. On March l0, l980, her life changed dramatically when the bullets intended...

Jenny Diski Using two cross-country trips on Amtrak as her narrative vehicles, British writer Jenny Diski connects the humming rails, taking her into the heart of America with the track-like...

Patricia Volk Patricia Volk’s delicious memoir lets us into her big, crazy, loving, cheerful, infuriating and wonderful family, where you’re never just hungry–your starving to death, and you’re never just...

Chesley B "Sully" Sullengerger III Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt....

Leanne Shapton Swimming Studies is a collection of autobiographical sketches that explore the worlds of competitive and recreational swimming. From her training for the Olympic trials as a teenager, to meditative...

Rita Golden Gelman“I move throughout the world without a plan, guided by instinct, connecting through trust, and constantly watching for serendipitous opportunities.” —From the PrefaceTales of a Female Nomad is...

Maria AndersonAfter fainting whilst attending her first three births, Maria went from nervous trainee to assured midwife and in her brilliant memoir she recounts the highs and lows of life...

Lauren GrahamIn Talking as Fast as I Can, Lauren Graham hits pause for a moment and looks back on her life, sharing laugh-out-loud stories about growing up, starting out as...

Frank McCourt McCourt's long-awaited book about how his thirty-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer.Nearly a decade ago Frank McCourt became an unlikely star when, at the...

Ruth Reichl At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that "food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they...

Anonymous The remarkable memoir of an Iraqi woman who escaped from captivity in Baghdad and became America's leading undercover counter-terrorist expert. Here is the story of an anonymous counter-terrorism expert,...