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Sherry has struggled all her life to understand who she is, where she comes from, and, most importantly, why her mother slapped her cheek one summer afternoon.

Back to Basics Management explains the difference between business administration and business management, how this distinction has been obscured, and the need to revive the craft of leadership in

Moral problems are unique to humans, and moral awareness is a fundamental aspect of the human experience.

Hugo's last novel about 1793, the year of the guillotine in France, captures the moment that shaped the destiny not only of France but of all European monarchy.

Drug addict Nic Sheff always believed he could quit whenever he needed to, until a violent relapse one summer convinced him otherwise.

Ashley Rhodes-Courter spent nine years of her life in fourteen different foster homes.

Kirk Douglas is a born storyteller, and in this engrossing memoir he shares delightful tales, favorite jokes, and hard-won insights as he looks back on his storied life and explores the mixed bless

Why has media punditry overtaken actual news? Manjoo explains how myths pushed by both partisans and marketers attract wide support, portraying that what is true matters less than true enough.

Patrick Henry Hughes was born blind and physically disabled. But he was also blessed with exceptional musical talent.

Bestselling author Dr.

Drawing from interviews conducted before Marvin Gaye's death, friend and music writer David Ritz has created a full-scale portrait of the brilliant but tormented artist who embodied the very e

Pocahontas was the special favorite of her father, the great chief Pawhatan.

This biography takes us through the richly varied private life of icon Julia Child, from her exuberant youth through her years in the service of the OSS elite corps during World War II and her disc

In November 1979, the American embassy in Tehran was invaded by a group of radical students who took 54 workers hostage. However, six diplomats secretly escaped.

Winner of the first Newbery Medal, this book revolutionized methods of telling history by recounting history as living news, relating everything in the past to the present, writing informally, and