Karen Southwick s unauthorized account provides the full story of Larry Ellison s brilliant, controversial career. Ellison s drive and fierce ambition created Oracle out of the dust and built it into one of America s great technology companies, but his unpredictable management style keeps it constantly ... more »

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Twelve-year-old Jenny stepped off a bus in Reno straight into the wide-open future, following only her own heart. Her brother Bryan had chosen a tragic destiny, and Jenny began unraveling her anger and pain. Jennifer finds miracles. A hardened heart learns to love. Life, once merely a matter of survival ... more »

'I cannot remember when I was not fascinated by Henry Adams,' said Gore Vidal. 'He was remarkably prescient about the coming horrors.' His political ideals shaped by two presidential ancestors--great-grandfather John Adams and grandfather John Quincy Adams--Henry Adams was one of the most powerful and ... more »

John Irving's memoir begins with his account of the distinguished career and medical writings of the novelist's grandfather Dr. Frederick C. Irving, a renowned obstetrician and gynecologist, and includes Mr. Irving's incisive history of abortion politics in the United States. But My Movie Business focuses ... more »

Far removed from the light of the sun, in basement offices sixty feet below ground at the National Academy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Quantico, Virginia, a small elite group confronts one of our deepest and most primal fears: the fear of evil lurking among us. They are known as the Investigative ... more »

This new, in-depth life of Eisenhower offers fresh perspectives, not only on World War II and the Korean War but also on the Cold War, the civil rights movement, McCarthyism, the U-2 crisis and Vietnam.          Geoffrey Perret's Eisenhower gives us, for the first ... more »

Joan of Arc, also called the Maid of Orleans, a patron saint of France and a national heroine, led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. Joan of Arc was born in France near the border of Burgundy in January 1412. She began to hear voices telling her that she was called ... more »

David Lindsay, researching old records to learn details of the life of his ancestor, Richard More, soon found himself in the position of the Sorcerer's Apprentice -- wherever he looked for one item, ten more appeared. What he was finding not only illuminated More's own life but painted a clear and satisfying ... more »

"People always say I'm going to look back on these days and laugh -- why put it off?" When Angela Nissel found herself struggling financially while in college, instead of sulking, she decided to entertain herself by creating an online journal that chronicled her day-to-day trials and tribulations ... more »

Emily Dickinson, probably the most loved and certainly the greatest of American poets, continues to be seen as the most elusive. One reason she has become a timeless icon of mystery for many readers is that her developmental phases have not been clarified. In this exhaustively researched biography, Alfred ... more »

"Truth arrives in microscopic increments, and when enough has accumulated-in a moment of recognition, you just know. You know because the truth fits. I was the only member of my family to lack the gene for numbers, but I do need things to add up. Approaching midlife, I became aware of a darkening ... more »