GEISHA, A LIFE No woman in the three-hundred-year history of the karyukai has ever come forward in public to tell her story. We have been constrained by unwritten rules not to do so, by the robes of tradition and by the sanctity of our exclusive calling...But I feel it is time to speak out. Celebrated ... more »

In this touching and delightful memoir, Norman Podhoretz charts the ups and downs of his lifelong love affair with his native land, and warns that to turn against America, from the Right no less than from the Left, is to fall into the rankest ingratitude. Warm in feeling and brilliantly perceptive, My ... more »

In this true memoir, Steve Fiffer describes how a minor wrestling accident in his high school gym class changed his life forever. He became totally incapacitated and his life revolved only around the wheelchair, hospital and prayers of his loving family. However, Steve never gave up hope and finally ... more »

Never die easy. Why run out of bounds and die easy? Make that linebacker pay. It carries into all facets of your life. It's okay to lose, to die, but don't die without trying, without giving it your best. His legacy is towering. Walter Payton--the man they called Sweetness, for the way he ran--remains ... more »

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 »

Voici nos destinées et voici notre chef. Cette vie, soudain rompue dans sa course rapide et dont la plénitude incomparable semble vouloir restreindre la brièveté tragique, ce n'est point seulement la biographie d'un jeune homme qui chercha ses modèles parmi les héros et les saints, c'est l'histoire exemplaire ... more »

Israel's newest prime minister as of February 6, 2001, Ariel Sharon is a dynamic and controversial leader. A hero in Israel's wars, perhaps the most daring and successful commander in Israel's extraordinary military history, Sharon has always been a warrior, whether the enemies were hostile Arab nations ... more »

Reeling from a terrifying assault that has left him physically injured and psychologically shattered, nineteen-year-old Brad Land must also contend with unsympathetic local police, parents who can barely discuss the incident (as they call it), a brother riddled with guilt but unable to slow down enough ... more »

A fascinating collection of essays from twenty-seven of the world's most interesting scientists about the moments and events in their childhoods that set them on the paths that would define their lives. What makes a child decide to become a scientist? oFor Robert Sapolsky--Stanford professor of biology ... 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 »

"We're born in blood. Our family histories are contained in it, our bodies nourished by it daily. Five quarts run through each of us, along some sixty thousand miles of arteries, veins, and capillaries." -from Five Quarts In the national bestseller Sleep Demons, Bill Hayes took us on a trailblazing ... more »