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A detailed account of one of the strangest and most shocking episodes in American history.

Despite our enduring quest for knowledge, we have yet to discover if life exists anywhere else in the universe.

Martin Short reflects on his diverse collection of experiences, both hilarious and heartbreaking.

Three years after giving up drinking, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagne at a party celebrating the birth of her first child.

Modern life is in need of some modern relationship advice.

The real-life Alex Vause from the show Orange Is the New Black tells her story for the first time in this memoir about crime and punishment, friendship and marriage, and a life caught in the ruinou

When Jennifer Teege, a German-Nigerian woman, discovers to her horror that her grandfather was Amon Goeth, the vicious Nazi commandant depicted by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List, she sets out on

Aija Mayrock shares the different approaches and strategies that helped her survive her own experience with bullying.

Instead of turning away from the animal cruelty witnessed on a dairy farm, Sonia Faruqi made a commitment to change our current system of food production.

Teachers and coaches have long been aware of the detrimental effects overprotective parents have on children, but lately there has been a whole new level of overprotectiveness.

A team of climbers and filmmakers set out to make photographic history and come face-to-face with disaster.

What is autism: a lifelong disability or a naturally occurring form of cognitive difference akin to certain forms of genius?

Richard Roberts draws on insights from psychology and cognitive science to show that adults can master a foreign language just as easily as children can if they bring to bear the skills and knowled

Abbey Curran was born with cerebral palsy, but she resolved to never let it limit her. And after realizing her own dreams, she began helping other disabled girls do the same.

Buster, an English springer spaniel who has served his comrades and his country with unstinting devotion, has saved thousands of lives.