Ram Dass and Mirabai BushWe all sit on the edge of a mystery. We have only known this life, so dying scares us—and we are all dying. But what if...

Chris Ayres  Chris 'risk averse' Ayres saw journalism as his ticket to schmoozing with celebrities and penning pompous opinion pieces. Instead he landed a plane ticket to Iraq. An extraordinary...

Ariel Sharon with David ChanoffIsrael's newest prime minister as of February 6, 2001, Ariel Sharon is a dynamic and controversial leader. A hero in Israel's wars, perhaps the most daring...

Wayne Rooney Wayne Rooney, the most talked about footballer in Britain, tells his own remarkable story, from his early years with his family growing up on the streets of Croxteth,...

Graham GreeneWith superb skill and feeling, Graham greene retraces the experiences and encounters of a long and extraordinary life. His restlessness is legendary; he has travelled like an explorer seeking...

Cokie Roberts “[A] paean to feminism and the solidarity of womenkind. . . . This book is a celebration of women in their various mother, sister, civil rights advocate, consumer...

Benjamin MeeIn the tradition of "Marley & Me" comes an unforgettable memoir about the mysteries of the animal kingdom, the power of family, and the triumph of hope over tragedy...

Mel Calman What Else Do You Do? Some Sketches from a Cartoonist's Life January 1, 1986 by Methuen

Hilary Rodham Clinton “In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I’ve often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without...

Haruki Murakami   In 1982, having sold his jazz bar to devote himself to writing, Murakami began running to keep fit. A year later, he'd completed a solo course from...

Alan Sugar Alan Sugar was born in 1947 and brought up on a council estate in Clapton, in Hackney. As a kid he watched his dad struggle to support the...

Henry Kisor The author, who has been deaf since the age of three, recounts how deafness has affected his childhood, education, work as a newspaper editor, marriage, and family life...