Michael Lewis   The time was the 1980s. The place was Wall Street. The game was called Liar’s Poker.Michael Lewis was fresh out of Princeton and the London School of...

Mindy Kaling Mindy Kaling has lived many lives: the obedient child of immigrant professionals, a timid chubster afraid of her own bike, a Ben Affleck–impersonating Off-Broadway performer and playwright, and,...

Jenny Lawson   #1 New York Times BestsellerIn Furiously Happy, a humor memoir tinged with just enough tragedy and pathos to make it worthwhile, Jenny Lawson examines her own experience...

Elizabeth Gilbert   At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian-born man of Australian citizenship who'd been living in...

Sam Apple   Schlepping Through the Alps: My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd   In the tradition of Confederates in the Attic comes a hilarious...

Mindy Kaling   In Why Not Me?, Kaling shares her ongoing journey to find contentment and excitement in her adult life, whether it’s falling in love at work, seeking new...

Jenny Diski Using two cross-country trips on Amtrak as her narrative vehicles, British writer Jenny Diski connects the humming rails, taking her into the heart of America with the track-like...

Sarah Silverman A real treat for any Sarah Silverman fan. Illustrated with photos. January 1, 2010 by Harper

Carrie Hope Fletcher We all know that growing up is hard to do, and sometimes the only thing that makes it better are the reassuring words of someone who has...

Miriam Cohen A Daughter of Two Mothers is the utterly captivating and remarkable story of a young girl s coming-of-age in the years prior to, and during, WWII. This true...

Joel Greenblatt Two years in MBA school won't teach you how to double the market's return. Two hours with The Little Book That Beats the Market will. In The Little...

Jean Lucey Pratt In April 1925, Jean Lucey Pratt began writing a journal. She continued to write until just a few days before her death in 1986, producing well over...