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Counting the Days is the story of six prisoners of war imprisoned by both sides during the conflict the Japanese called the "Pacific War." As in all wars, the prisoners were civilians as

Beyond black and white, native and alien, lies a vast and fertile field of human experience.

In an intensely revealing memoir written for his Canadian daughter, a man breaks a lifetime of silence about the traumas of his childhood in war-torn Vietnam and his years as a refugee in revolutio

In this national bestseller, a work of vigorous reporting, deep compassion, and unerring integrity, award-winning journalist and documentarian John Chipman investigates the lives left ruined in the

Behind every golf hole lies an influence on every golfer’s game that few golfers ever contemplate: the course architect.

The classic, scandalous, and bestselling tell-all-and-then-some from Andy Warhol-now a Netflix series produced by Ryan Murphy.

A quick-relief guide for calming anger in the moment—just when you need it most. Do you struggle with problem anger? If so, you are far from alone. Sometimes anger can be a helpful emotion.

Anxiety. It's out there and it's messing things up for us all. But for some of us, it's really messing things up.

"A pleasingly written lay person's primer to disease epidemiology, as well as a gentle introduction to the social and cultural history of medicine." —The Biologist.

The world remembers Edison, Ford, and the Wright Brothers. But what about Philo T.

Kiss My Math meets A Tour of the Calculus. Jennifer Ouellette never took math in college, mostly because she—like most people—assumed that she wouldn’t need it in real life.

This autobiographical account of survival as a "wetback" or "mojado" gives the reader a fascinating glimpse into the life of the undocumented worker.

This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria.

In the spring of 1820, on the Aegean island of Melos, an unsuspecting farmer was digging for marble building blocks when he unearthed the statue that would come to be known as the Venus de Milo.

"A skilled blend of insight...and emotion" (Publishers Weekly), this memoir resonates with anyone who has ever tried to lose weight.