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After waking from a coma, Beverly Thornton's once sweet disposition had been replaced by mood swings and fits of rage, a constant source of frustration for her family. Then one day, a surprise discovery finally helped the Thornton family come to grips with Bev's mysterious condition.

James Donovan was a larger-than-life figure who led a fascinatingly varied career, primarily as a negotiator on behalf of prisoners. In 1957 he became involved with defending the captured Russian spy Rudolf Abel, and then rapidly became embroiled in the international political melee to secure the release of the captured American pilot Francis Gary Powers.

Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been held at Guantánamo, Cuba, though he has never been charged with a crime. Begun three years into his captivity, Slahi's diary serves as a record of a miscarriage of justice, a deeply personal memoir, and a document of vast historical importance.

Mick Fleetwood sheds new light on well-known points in his history, including many incredible moments of recording and touring with Fleetwood Mac, as well as personal insights from a man who has been a major player in blues and rock 'n' roll since his teens.

In his bestselling memoir Tweak, Nic Sheff took readers on an emotionally gripping roller-coaster ride through his days as a crystal meth and heroin addict. Now in this powerful follow-up about his continued efforts to stay clean, Nic writes candidly about eye-opening stays at rehab centers, devastating relapses, and hard-won realizations about what it means to be a young person living with addiction.

Human rights activist Lisa Shannon weaves together the stories of one family's tragic encounters with Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army in the Congo with tales from the family's rich and vibrant history. These lively stories transport Shannon from the chaos of the violence around her and bring to life a peaceful, vibrant Congo not soon forgotten.

Each the subject of innumerable biographies, Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee have never before been paired as they are here. William C. Davis explores their personalities, their character, and their ethical, moral, political, and military worlds and finds surprising similarities.

In 2006, Howard G. Buffett set out to help the most vulnerable people on Earth--nearly a billion individuals who lack basic food security. He gave himself a deadline: forty years to put more than $3 billion to work on this challenge. This is the story of his journey.

They were the original power couple--outlandishly rich, impossibly attractive, and endlessly fascinating. Now, in this rare behind-the-scenes portrait of the Kenne­dys in their final year together, Christopher Andersen shows us a side of JFK and Jackie we've never seen before.

In a devastated Europe at the end of World War II, the improbable relationship between fallen tyrant Hermann Göring and rising US Army physician Douglas Kelley becomes a hazardous quest into the nature of evil.