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"An exceptionally good book . . . worthy to stand on the nature shelf of anyone interested in mountainous America." - The New York Times.

Her central themes are the classics, universities, and teaching - and much else besides.

Who qualifies as the worst of Roman emperors and why? Join L. J. Trafford for a tour of the very worst leadership in ancient Rome featuring Caligula, Commodus, and many more.

"An invaluable complement to an immortal testimony." - Kirkus Reviews. The first biography of the girl whose fate has touched the lives of millions.

One of the world's leading historians of Renaissance Italy brings to life the vibrant—and violent—society of fifteenth-century Florence.

Award-winning novelist Reynolds Price provides a vivid portrait of his life in the mid-1950s leading up to the publication of his first novel, A Long and Happy Life.

"The most complete and engrossing biography yet of this exotic Southern girl...Excellent." —Liz Smith. She was the sex symbol who dazzled all the other sex symbols.

Former NASCAR president, chairman, and CEO William Clifton France—known to most people as Bill France Jr.—is remembered and revered as the man who followed his visionary father at the helm of NASCA

When Bill Wilson, with his friend Dr. Bob Smith, founded Alcoholics Anonymous in 1935, his hope was that AA would become a safe haven for those who suffered from this disease.

Capirotada, Mexican bread pudding, is a mysterious mixture of prunes, peanuts, white bread, raisins, milk, quesadilla cheese, butter, cinnamon, and cloves, Old World sugar—"all this," wri

A “sweet, touching” memoir about animals, loss, and finding a home in the world by the author of Shizuko’s Daughter and Yarn (Kirkus Reviews).

World-renowned Egyptologist Dr. Joann Fletcher offers an unparalleled look at one of history’s most fascinating leaders—politician, mother, and goddess—the legendary Cleopatra.

Isadora Tattlin is the American wife of a European energy consultant posted to Havana in the 1990s. Wisely, the witty Mrs.

An award-winning writer delivers a major reckoning with religion, place, and sexuality in the aftermath of 9/11.

« Je n’ai jamais voulu écrire l’histoire de ma vie.