Barbara Annis Men and women are supposed to be equal. They now do the same work as each other, but somehow, somewhere, communications have broken down. Women still think men...

Conrad Wennerberg An inspiring history of marathon swimming, of interest to all endurance athletes. January 1, 1999 by Breakaway Books

Christopher Vogler The Writer's Journey is a guide to the patterns of mythology that lie nestled in all narrative writing. Based upon the work of Joseph Campbell, it offers the...

John Sweeney UPDATED WITH NEW MATERIAL A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion...

Jean Sasson Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary biography Princess were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. They were every bit...

James Van Praagh James Van Praagh teaches that death is not the end, nor is it something to be feared, and that there is indeed life after death. He believes...

Heath Robinson How to Make a Garden Grow January 1, 2016 by The Bodleian Library

Narcotics Anonymous First published in August 1992, this book helps NA members focus on a new recovery principle every day. Each of the 366 daily entries opens with an NA...

Daniel Tammet   'Born On A Blue Day' is a fascinating and touching memoir from real-life Rain Man, Daniel Tammet, who has the extremely rare condition Savant Syndrome.

Hampton Sides On July 8, 1879, Captain George Washington De Long and his team of thirty-two men set sail from San Francisco on the USS Jeanette. Heading deep into uncharted...

Paul Kalanithi   At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he...

Randy Pausch   "We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."--Randy Pausch A lot of professors give talks titled "The Last Lecture." Professors are...