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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

Half Inuit, half outsider, Edie Kiglatuk is the best guide in her corner of the Arctic.

These storytelling tools and writing techniques will help you manipulate words on paper to your greatest advantage.

Malcolm Gladwell reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of "thin-slicin

For the first time Miles Davis talks about his five-year silence, his drug problem and how he overcame it, the racism he encountered, and the women in his life.

Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss.