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At the pinnacle of the Gilded Age, a boycott of Pullman sleeping cars by hundreds of thousands of railroad employees brought commerce to a standstill across much of the country.

All previous biographies of Napoleon have relied more on the memoirs of others than on his own uncensored words.

For every parent deprived of sleep by a restless infant or toddler, now there's hope.

A memoir from screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook about the making of a classic film of the American west.

With her powerful new book, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai starts with her own story of displacement to show what it means to lose your home, your community, and the only world you've ev

Journalist Doug Bock Clark tells the stunning inside story of the Lamalerans, an ancient tribe of 1,500 hunter-gatherers who live on a volcanic island so remote it is known by other Indonesians as

Nature writer Craig Childs presents a collection of forty essays, each of which focuses on a personal encounter with a particular species.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon offers a compilation of pieces about literature--age-old classics as well as his own--that presents a unique look into his literary origins and influenc

Reema Zaman tells the story of her unwavering fight to protect and free her voice from those who have sought to silence her.

Before James Oseland was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the California suburbs.

This is the story of silver's transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by President Franklin Roosevelt in the

Jon Kabat-Zinn focuses on how mindfulness transforms the world, explaining how democracy thrives in a mindful context, and why mindfulness is a vital tool for both personal and global understanding

Between 1900 and 1907, in the forested foothills of the Himalayas, a large Bengal tiger locals called the Champawat Man-Eater claimed 436 lives.

Neil deGrasse Tyson introduces young listeners to astrophysics and the principles of scientific inquiry, fostering the "cosmic perspective" that outer space inspires in all.

In an era when many women struggle with feelings of isolation and loneliness, this book calls us to embrace the delight and joy that can be found in life-giving female friendships, relationships th