Elizabeth Marshall Thomas I have always wanted to enter into the consciousness of a nonhuman creature. I would like to know what the world looks like to a dog, or...

Barbara O'Hare Barbara O'Hare was admitted to Aston Hall psychiatric hospital when she was 12-years-old, where she was subjected to horrifying courses of 'treatment' from its head physician. Frequently injected...

The Islamist: Why I Joined Radical Islam in Britain, What I Saw Inside and Why I LeftEd HusainEd Husain's The Islamist is the shocking inside story of British Islamic fundamentalism,...

Stella Suberman"For a real bargain, while you're making a living, you should make also a life." --Aaron BronsonIn 1920, in small-town America, the ubiquitous dry goods store--suits and coats, shoes...

Brandon BaysThis is a book about Freedom All of us sense that deep inside lies huge potential. We long to experience it, yet something holds us back. We long to...

Edited by Russell Davies Following the publication of "The Kenneth Williams Diaries", this is a collection of his letters. Corresponding with all manner of people, including Alec Guinness, Maggie Smith,...

Kate AdieKate Adie has courageously reported from all over the world since she joined the BBC in 1969. These memoirs encompass her reporting from, inter alia, Northern Ireland, the Middle...

The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the WorldA.J. JacobsPart memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious,...

Marlena de Blasi When Marlena moves with her husband to the small town of Orvieto to renovate a dilapidated medieval palazzo, she knows that the fastest way into the hearts...

Randy Pausch   "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."--Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are...

Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled 'The Last Lecture'. Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them: What wisdom...

Zev SpektorWhen his father doesn't return home, Chaim begins a search that is joined by the enigmatic Mr. Wolfson, who helps put together a series of puzzling clues involving the...