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When The Bachelor franchise announced Matt James as the first Black lead, it was celebrated as long-overdue progress on the primetime show.

Ashley Haseotes shares her story of hitting rock bottom and finally coming to grips with the reality of her trauma.

In this biography, Wayne Hoffman meticulously researches the century-old murder of his great-grandmother, while facing another tragedy much closer to home: his mother's decline from Alzheimer's.

David Sipress, a dreamer and obsessive drawer living with his Upper West Side family in the age of JFK and Sputnik, goes hazy when it comes to the ceaselessly imparted lessons-on-life from his meti

Georgia O'Keeffe, renowned for her fierce independence and unique artistic vision, had a personal mystique as intriguing and enduring as her bold, brilliant canvasses.

Alexander Domokos wrote this memoir of his years during and after World War II with two purposes in mind: to allow his daughter a glimpse into his past and to enlighten others about the tragic effe

In 1913, a young, unschooled Indian clerk wrote a letter to G. H. Hardy, begging the preeminent mathematician's opinion on several ideas he had about numbers.

This biography, based on hundreds of documents and firsthand interviews, captures the complete arc of Bobby Fischer's remarkable life, from his meteoric rise and dominant prime to his descent

The Grant Study of Adult Development charted the physical and emotional health of over two hundred men, starting with their undergraduate days in 1938.

Discover how animals influenced twenty of the world's most beloved authors, from Charles Dickens to J. K. Rowling.

Newbery Medalist Paul Fleischman reflects on his childhood with his award-winning father, Sid Fleischman, and details his own path to becoming a writer in this book that is part memoir, part travel

Sure, almost all kids know Benjamin Franklin as one of America's Founding Fathers, a man with a hand in both the Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.

In this memoir, Lilly Dancyger explores her own anger, grief, and artistic inheritance as she sets out to illuminate the darkness her father hid from her, as well as her own.

In this revealing tell-all, Charles Band details the dizzying heights and catastrophic depths of his four decades in showbiz.

When New York Knicks basketball star Chris Fagan was diagnosed with ALS, his daughter Kate decided to leave her high-profile job at ESPN to be closer to him and take part in his care.