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Simon Fitzmaurice, filmmaker, husband, and father of five, draws us into his inner world as he recounts his diagnosis with ALS and the decision to undergo a risky medical procedure to save his life.

After the devastating loss of her father, falconer Helen Macdonald resolved to purchase and raise one of the most vicious predators--the goshawk, whose fierce anger mirrored her own--to help cope with her loss. And so she adopted Mabel and began an extraordinary journey.

This is the story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the age of flight: Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle. These tales of their heart-stopping adventures take us from the feats of World War I through the heroism of World War II and beyond.

Tells the story of hip-hop's three most dynamic stars and their rise to fame: Diddy, Dr. Dre, and Jay-Z and examines the entrepreneurial genius of the first musician tycoons that largely helped to create a global multibillion-dollar industry.

For the September 2016 issue of GQ, Michael Chabon wrote a piece about accompanying his son Abraham, then thirteen, to Paris Men's Fashion Week. Despite his own indifference, what gradually emerged as Chabon ferried his son to and from fashion shows was a deep respect for his son's passion. With the GQ story as its centerpiece and featuring six additional essays plus an introduction, this book illuminates the meaning, magic, and mysteries of fatherhood.

Jewel's story is complicated by family and financial woes and by the extraordinary circumstances in which she become a world-famous singer and songwriter. Here she reflects on how she survived and how writing songs, poetry, and prose has saved her life many times over.

Danielle Steel has one passion that her fans might not know about: her love for dogs. Over the years she has raised several beloved dogs. Here is a memoir of the most beloved Steel family pets, filled with stories both funny and sad.

Taken from his Czechoslovakian home and transported to the Auschwitz concentration camp, Martin Greenfield was divided forever from his family. Here he remembers that horrific time-and how an impulsive decision to steal an SS soldier's shirt altered the course of his life.

This book presents an account of the sisters who represented style and class above all else, Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill, drawing on new information and extensive interviews to explore the lives of these extraordinary women.

The memoir of a remarkable teenage girl who risked her life for the right to go to school. Written for her peers with critically acclaimed author Patricia McCormick, this important book is about the value of speaking out against intolerance and hate.