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Stanley opens up about his expansive career as an old-time musician. Stanley grew up in the Virginia mountains and first learned music from his banjo-playing mother.

Reverend Al Sharpton will take you behind the scenes of some unexpected places--from officiating Michael Jackson's funeral, hanging out with Jay-Z and President Barack Obama at the White House, to

The author relates his life as an African American growing up in the South during the Jim Crow years.

Since the age of 21, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock 'n' roll lives played out on the most public of stages.

"A sinister version of The Perfect Storm ... Thrilling." -Sunday Times (UK).

Delve into the stories from Amy Tan's life that inspired bestselling novels like The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan has touched millions of readers with haunting and sympathetic

Cusk, a best-selling novelist, is acclaimed for her humorous works.

En estasmemorias sobre una nina, dos culturas y la lucha por la libertad, la periodistaMirtaOjito, ganadora del Premio Pulitzer, vuelve al evento en su adolescencia que cambiO su vida para siempre:

When Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia's studios in November 1933, it marked the beginning of what is arguably the most remarkable and influential career in 'twentieth-century popular music.

An autobiography of Val James, the first American-born black hockey player to play in the National Hockey League.

When Damon Tweedy first enters the halls of Duke University Medical School on a full scholarship, he envisions a bright future where his segregated, working class background will become largely irr

The story of Foster Beck, the author's late father, whose defense of a black man accused of rape in 1930s Alabama foreshadowed the trial at the heart of To Kill a Mockingbird.

The global battle against AIDS is set against the life and death of Nkosi Johnson, a young South African boy who, despite having been born with the ailment, became a symbol of the struggle against

From earliest experimentation to habitual excess to full-blown abuse, twenty-four-year-old Koren Zailckas leads us through her experience of a terrifying trend among young girls, exploring how bing

The author recounts his more than 6,500-mile journey across America, during which he visited the sites of famous rock star deaths and experienced philosophical changes of perspective.