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Matthew Polly dreamed of journeying to the Shaolin Temple to become the toughest fighter in the world. In college, he ventured off to pursue that childhood dream and in turn found his calling.

This Cold War narrative takes listeners from top secret Cabinet Room meetings to exclusive social clubs, and into the pages of a powerful man's intimate diary to bring new dimension to our understa

Judith Bourque reveals the true story of her love affair with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the charismatic leader of the Transcendental Meditation movement and known internationally as the Beatles'

Alexander Chee presents a manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him.

All previous biographies of Napoleon have relied more on the memoirs of others than on his own uncensored words.

A memoir from screenwriter Jeb Rosebrook about the making of a classic film of the American west.

With her powerful new book, Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai starts with her own story of displacement to show what it means to lose your home, your community, and the only world you've ev

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon offers a compilation of pieces about literature--age-old classics as well as his own--that presents a unique look into his literary origins and influenc

Reema Zaman tells the story of her unwavering fight to protect and free her voice from those who have sought to silence her.

Before James Oseland was a judge on Top Chef Masters, he was a teenage rebel growing up in the California suburbs.

If you live life without a net, what happens when you fall? Kathleen Cremonesi knew early on she wanted to be different.

More adventures from one of Canada's premier editors and storytellers. Canada is a country rich in stories, and few take as much joy as Douglas Gibson in discovering them.

A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love. Mark and Giulia's life together began as a storybook romance.

In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.

Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that routine didn't seem as funny to John Hodgman anymore.