Jennifer Worth   Stories of people who grew up under the horrifying and dehumanizing workhouse conditions in the early 20th century, by a mid-wife who knew and worked among them.

Edmund De Waal   264 wood and ivory carvings none of them larger than a matchbox: potter Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in the...

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Richard HammondThe wry, honest and often hilarious chronicles of a very brave and clever TV presenter, Arctic explorer, and general drawer of the Short Straw. Moving quickly on from the...

Not only was Alex Singer a great human being -- and though young, he was great -- he was also a gifted writer and artist. These letters, diary entries and...

Duncan Clark In just a decade and half Jack Ma, a man who rose from humble beginnings and started his career as an English teacher, founded and built Alibaba into...

Doris Kearns Goodwin Winner of the Pulitzer for History, No Ordinary Time is a chronicle of one of the most vibrant & revolutionary periods in US history. With an extraordinary collection of...

David McCullough The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the...

Sylvia Nasar The biography of John Forbes Nash, Jr. and his fight with mental illness. Many photographs of the man throughout his life. Russell Crowe (pictured on the cover) portrayed...

Rachel Sarna Araten The account of a young Polish Jewish girl who was kidnapped in 1899 and held captive in a Catholic convent. She was baptized, married to a Catholic,...

Jay Mathews Chronicles the remarkable life and work of man who, himself and immigrant, coached and inspired underpriviledged Hispanic students thought to be "hopeless" to excel to unprecedented standards in...

Julia Monzanares and Derek Kent For the first time, a young victim from Thailand's profilif sex-tourist industry speaks out.Lon's story is a best seller in Thailand and the best selling...