Who is Bill Clinton? A man whose presidency was disgraced by impeachment -- yet who remains one of the most popular presidents of our time. A man whose autobiography, My Life , was panned by critics as a self-indulgent daily diary -- but rode the bestseller lists for months. A man whose policies changed ... more »

The first book to chronicle the life and ideas of "the serious baseball fan's high priest" ( New York Times ), the impact of his brilliant and entertaining writings, and how someone who never pitched a ball, held a bat, or managed a team fundamentally changed the way baseball is interpreted ... more »

Ronnie and Nancy: he was born amid modest circumstances in rural Illinois; she grew up in a tony enclave of Chicago in an atmosphere of privilege and high expectations. He would learn early on the value of befriending the monied and powerfulÖshe would become her ex-actress mother's pet project, thrust ... more »

"I Have a Dream," Dr. King intoned. In English class, we were just starting to learn about similes and metaphors and figures of speech. Those concepts weren't immediately clear to me as Dr. King talked about "symbolic shadow," but ...I understood the power of symbolic language. Over ... more »

In January 2003, Nick Sparks and his brother Micah set off on a three-week trip around the world. A remarkable adventure by any measure, this trip was especially meaningful as it marked another milestone in the life journey of two brothers who, at ages 35 and 36, respectively, remained the only surviving ... more »

In his eighteen years in Paris, Chopin was at the center of a group of artists defining the nineteenth century -- Hugo, Balzac, Stendhal, Delacroix, Liszt, Berlioz and, of course, George Sand, a rebel feminist and Chopin's lover and protector. Here is the tragic story of the great composer, set in one ... more »

In the 1950s, financier Thomas Mellon Evans used debt, cash, and the tax code to obtain eventual control of more than eighty companies. He pursued wealth and power ruthlessly, barging in where few would follow. But follow they did, ultimately. And their journey changed the face of American business, ... more »

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Celebrities from the arts and the media, sports figures, and national leaders reflect on their experiences at Notre Dame and reveal the university's crucial place in their lives and careers. Regis Philbin, Nicholas Sparks, Joe Montana, and Phil Donahue all attended Notre Dame. And like generations of ... more »

When Madeleine was sworn in as secretary of state in January 1997, she made headlines around the world. She was the first woman to rise to the top tier of American government and had a reputation for defining foreign policy in blunt one-liners that voters could understand. This book reveals her life ... more »

Fragile Innocence is the story of a child devastated by pure chance. This moving narrative of a father's journey to understand and accept the profound changes in his daughter's life is at once memoir, biography, mystery, and drama, all centered around one remarkable young woman who cannot talk or read ... more »

When Laura Bush moved into the White House on January 20, 2001, everyone wanted to know what kind of first lady she would be. Would she be like Mamie Eisenhower? Would she follow in Barbara Bush's footsteps? Would she be another Hillary Clinton? "I think I'll just be Laura Bush," she would ... more »