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Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Biography - Finalist for the 2023 National Book Critics Circle Award - Named one of the ten best books of 2023 by The Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, and Time - A New York Times bestseller and notable book of 2023 - One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2023 - One of The New Yorker's essential reads of 2023 - A Christian Science Monitor best book of the year - One of Air Mail's twelve best books of 2023 - A Washington Post and national indie bestseller - One of Publishers Weekly's best nonfiction books of 2023 - One of Smithsonia

Winner of the National Book Award — It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti Smith would evolve as a poet and performer, and Robert Mapplethorpe would direct his highly provocative style toward photography. Bound in innocence and enthusiasm, they traversed the city from Coney Island to Forty-Second Street, and eventually to the celebrated round table of Max's Kansas City, where the Andy Warhol contingent held court.

National Bestseller • In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die. "It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." — Entertainment Weekly • McCandless had given

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart. Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end until at twelve he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb.

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller -- A Best Book of the Year: The New Yorker -- The Guardian -- The Sunday Times -- The Daily Mail -- Good Morning America -- She Reads -- Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly intimate and emotionally charged memoir that is "equal parts adversity and resilience, told with candor" (USA Today). For decades, Demi Moore has been synonymous with celebrity. From iconic film roles to high-profile relationships, Moore has never been far from the spotlight—or the headlines.

In this New York Times bestseller, comedy legend Carol Burnett tells the hilarious behind-the-scenes story of her iconic weekly variety series, The Carol Burnett Show. In In Such Good Company, Carol Burnett pulls back the curtain on the twenty-five-time Emmy Award–winning show that made television history, and she reminisces about the outrageously funny and tender moments that made working on the series as much fun as watching it.

In this haunting memoir, an American icon tells her story of a challenging childhood, the craft that helped her find her voice, and a powerful legacy that shaped her journey as a daughter and a mother. One of the most celebrated and beloved actors of our time, Sally Field has an infectious charm that has captivated the nation for more than five decades. From the dazzling complexity of Sybil, to the Academy Award-winning performances in Norma Rae and Lincoln, Field has stunned audiences time and time again with her artistic range and emotional acuity.

New York Times Bestseller. "...I love him, and I respect him, and I need him. We all do." — from the foreword by Jamie Lee Curtis.

#1 New York Times bestseller — #1 international bestseller — More than 2 million copies sold! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCurdy was six years old when she had her first acting audition. Her mother's dream was for her only daughter to become a star, and Jennette would do anything to make her mother happy.

#1 New York Times Bestseller — A Best Book of the Year: Washington Post – Maureen Corrigan, NPR – Paste – Seattle Times – Entertainment Weekly – Esquire – Slate – Buzzfeed – Jezebel – Philadelphia Inquirer – Publishers Weekly – Kirkus Reviews – Library Journal – Bustle – Mother Jones – Real Simple – Crime Reads – Book Riot – Bookish – Amazon – Barnes and Noble – Hudson Booksellers – New York Public Library – Chicago Public Library — Winner of the Goodreads Choice Awards for Nonfiction – SCIBA Book Award Winner – Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence.