Frances Mayes The author who unforgettably captured the experience of starting a new life in Tuscany returns to immerse herself - and her readers - in the sights, aromas and...

Michael S Tobin Non Fiction Book Award Winner: SilverTwo soulmates embark on an around-the-world journey, leaving the security of their well-ordered lives in search of larger truths.Forty-seven years ago, Michael...

Tom O'Brien Best-selling author Tim O’Brien shares wisdom from a life in letters, lessons learned in wartime, and the challenges, humor, and rewards of raising two sons.  “We are all...

Cheryl Strayed At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years...

Lian Dolan, Liz Dolan, Julie Dolan, Monica Dolan, Sheila Dolan The Satellite Sisters are the fastest rising stars on public radio - five real sisters who grew up in a...

Simon Donovan At 9.30pm on 2nd October 2008, BBC2 will air the first in an 8-part adaptation of Beautiful People. Produced by Jon Plowman, the man behind The Office and...

John Simpson There are only a handful of places left on this earth where you can't buy a McDonald's hamburger or stay in a Holiday Inn - and John Simpson...

Rachel Naomi Remen, MD The founder of Commonweal discusses the problem of isolation and disconnection in American society and sets forth her vision of how life should be lived, drawing...

Author: John Muir In the late 1800s, John Muir made several trips to the pristine, relatively unexplored territory of Alaska, irresistibly drawn to its awe-inspiring glaciers and its wild menagerie...

Author: Fern Schumer Chapman A moving memoir of the motherdaughter relationship follows Edithwho as a girl was sent by her GermanJewish parents to live with relatives in Chicagoas she returns...

Author: Brent Runyun I don’t want to get out of bed.I’m so stupid.I did so many things wrong.I don’t know what to do.I’m going to be in so much trouble.What...

Author: John Lanshester In this acclaimed memoir from the award-winning author of Fragrant Harbour and Capital , John Lanchester pieces together his family's past and uncovers their extraordinary secrets -...