Mary Lee Settle The multi-award-winning author of The Beulah Quintet recounts her childhood in the Kahawha Valley of West Virginia in the aftermath of World War I, her experiences during...

SB Chrimes Founder of the Tudor dynasty, Henry VII was a crucial figure in English history. In this acclaimed study of the king's life and reign, the distinguished historian S....

C David Heymann A long-awaited, unauthorized biography by the author of A Woman Named Jackie draws on more than a thousand interviews to provide a candid, provocative study of Taylor's...

James King This biography explores the relationship between the life and work of Virginia Woolf. The material of her life - her mother's premature death, the sexual abuse by her...

Alexander Masters In this extraordinary book, Alexander Masters has created a moving portrait of a troubled man, an unlikely friendship, and a desperate world few ever see. A gripping who-done-it...

Author: Alan Clark INTO POLITICS begins in 1973 with Clark's selection as Tory candidate for Nancy Astor's old seat in Plymouth (rival candidates included future Conservative luminaries Michael Howard and...

Author: Maylis de Kerangal Just before dawn on a Sunday morning, three teenage boys go surfing. While driving home exhausted, the boys are involved in a fatal car accident on...

Author: Michael Lewis The book behind the Academy award-winning film starring Sandra Bullock and Tim McGraw―over one million copies sold. When we first meet him, Michael Oher is one of...

Author: Robert Coram John Boyd may be the most remarkable unsung hero in all of American military history. Some remember him as the greatest U.S. fighter pilot ever -- the...

Yair Lapid Memories After My Death is the story of Tommy Lapid, a well-loved and controversial Israeli figure who saw the development of the country from all angles over its first...

WF Deedes Lord Deedes is familiar to many as the "Bill" recipient of fictional letters from Dennis Thatcher in "Private Eye". Here, William Deedes's memoirs provide insight on matters political...

John Rockwell Traces the life and accomplishments of America's greatest popular singer, and also examines Sinatra's career as an actor January 1, 1984 by Random House/Rolling Stone