Es war kurz vor Weihnachten, als Andrea Sixt glaubte, am Anfang eines Alptraums zu stehen. Diagnose Brustkrebs. Ihr Partner konnte damit nicht umgehen, die Beziehung zerbrach. Mit eindrucksvoller Offenheit beschreibt die Autorin die verschiedenen Stufen ihres Lebens nach der Brustamputation: Ihre grenzenlose ... more »

In an irresistible tale of a life lived fully, if not always wisely, Liam Clancy, of the legendary Irish group the Clancy Brothers, describes his eventful journey from a small town in Ireland in the 1930s into the heart of the New York music scene in the 1950s and '60s. Following in the grand tradition ... more »

At once formidable and gracious, Chuck Zito comes honestly by his reputation as one of the toughest, most uncompromising men ever to sit astride a Harley-Davidson. Street Justice is filled with tales both hilarious and chilling, violent and poignant: stories about growing up on the streets of Brooklyn ... more »

33,000 pages 44 million words 10 billion years of history 1 obsessed man Part memoir and part education (or lack thereof), The Know-It-All chronicles NPR contributor A.J. Jacobs's hilarious, enlightening, and seemingly impossible quest to read the Encyclopaedia Britannica from A to Z. To fill the ever ... more »

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Every sixth human being in the world today is an Indian, and every sixth Indian is an untouchable. For thousands of years the untouchables, or Dalits, the people at the bottom of the Hindu caste system, have been treated as subhuman. Their story has rarely been told. This remarkable book achieves something ... more »

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What happens if, after being given up for adoption in childhood, you reestablish contact with your biological family -- only to discover that your newfound brother is a killer? Anne Bird , the sister of Scott Peterson, knows firsthand. Soon after her birth in 1965, Anne was given up for adoption by her ... more »

Why would a talented young girl go through the looking glass and step into a netherworld where up is down and food is greed, where death is honor and flesh is weak? Why enter into a love affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Marya Hornbacher sustains both anorexia and bulimia through five lengthy ... more »

A single parent, Martha Tod Dudman wants the perfect life for her children. But when Augusta turns fifteen, she is drawn into a whirling vortex of troubled adolescence, hurting herself and her mother, who would do anything to save her. This daring book will be admired for its lyricism, applauded for ... more »

I was late to school, and that's all I could think about. I started across the field. And then suddenly a fire flashed in my face and the earth seemed to move beneath my feet. I remember a shower of soil and then nothing. I woke up on the ground, surrounded by a crowd, men and boys...no women. They were ... more »

In Bringing Elizabeth Home, Ed and Lois share the pain of every parent's worst fear: What would I do if my child was taken from me? They also share a story of great hope, strong faith, and trust in God. The Smart family had always been devoted to their Mormon faith, but through their terribly painful ... more »