George Hodgman When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself—an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook—in a head-on collision with his aging mother, Betty, a...

Jack Welch The CEO of General Electric looks back on his distinguished career with the corporation and shares his personal philosophy of business and innovative managerial style. (Business & Finance)...

Tiffany Jenkins A few years ago, Tiffany Jenkins was detoxing behind bars at a Florida prison, incarcerated on 20 felony charges. Now, she's clean and sober, a married mother of...

Rosamund Young A touching, wise and surprising chronicle of the rich inner lives of animals, drawn from Rosamund Young’s extraordinary lifetime as an organic farmerWe talk a lot about sheep:...

Paul Auster From the bestselling novelist and author of The Invention of Solitude, a moving and highly personal meditation on the body, time, and language itself"That is where the story...

Chesley B "Sully" Sullengerger III Now a major motion picture from Clint Eastwood, starring Tom Hanks—the inspirational autobiography by one of the most captivating American heroes of our time, Capt....

Julia Child In her own words, here is the story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her "true calling." Filled...

Anne Robinson Who is Anne Robinson? She's the notorious grand inquisitor of the television sensation The Weakest Link. She's the first woman in nearly half a century to host a prime-time game...

Ellen Degeneres The personal story of Ellen DeGeneres, the star of ABC's comedy series, Ellen, offers insight into her simple observations on life, her outrageous dreams, and her strange-but-true experiences....

Charlotte Dujardin Charlotte Dujardin and her charismatic horse Valegro burst onto the international sports scene with their record–breaking performance at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The world was captivated...

Kim Sunee Already hailed as "brave, emotional, and gorgeously written" by Frances Mayes and "like a piece of dark chocolate--bittersweet, satisfying, and finished all too soon" by Laura Fraser, author...

Constance Briscoe It was Constance's mother who told her she was ugly. That was just one strand of a childhood blighted by physical and emotional abuse. But the young girl...