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A rare, vividly personal account of what it feels like to suffer from clinical depression, written from a woman's perspective and informed by an acute understanding of the implications of this disease over a lifetime.

Native American Black Elk is known to millions from the book Black Elk Speaks. Yet the man himself faded from view, even though he witnessed momentous events in the American West. Now Joe Jackson has crafted an American epic, restoring to Black Elk the richness of his life and times.

December, 1941: Manila is invaded, and Pappy Gunn is ordered to fly key military command out of the country, leaving his family at home. By the end of the war, Pappy's ingenuity and flair for innovation helped revolutionize the art of air warfare and helped transform MacArthur's air force.

Thomas De Quincey--opium eater, celebrity journalist, and professional doppelgänger--is embedded in our culture. In this biography, Frances Wilson tells the riches-to-rags story of a figure of dazzling complexity and originality.

In the most personal book of his career, Jonathan Kozol tells the story of his father's life and work as a noted specialist in brain disorders and his ability to narrate his descent into Alzheimer's disease--and how it brought a deeper connection between father and son.

Ruth Graham is the third child of Billy and Ruth Bell Graham. In this book, Ruth provides a rare look at the twentieth century's most influential evangelist. She offers her insight on several different subjects, including her father's love, humility, grace, and loyalty.

In 2002 David MacLean woke up in India with no memory. Taken to a mental hospital, he began to hallucinate--a result of his malarial medication. Upon his return to the States, he struggled to piece together the fragments of his former life in a harrowing, absurd, and unforgettable journey.

She created the soundtrack of our lives. Now, at last, she tells the stories behind the music. Here is the long-awaited memoir from one of the world's most acclaimed musical talents--Carole King.

Growing up in Queens in the 1960s, Alyse Myers watched her mother settle for a joyless existence. Alyse rejects everything about her mother's life--until she inherits an item that reveals a poignant and deeply moving truth. 

An invisible wall ran down the center of the street, dividing the Jewish families from the Christians. This is the enchanting true story of a forbidden love affair that would break down those social walls.