We are on our way to Le Havre. The train is going so fast that the landscape is all but a blur. From time to time, I can see a farm in the mist surrounded by a sea of green fields. I am excited but also scared. It is 1955, and we are on our way to New York. So begins the marvelous journey of Colette ... more »

Here is the historian's art practiced at its highest level. The sweeping narrative illuminates the great figures of the Army of Northern Virginia -- Jackson, Longstreet, Ewell, and others -- who fought in the Civil War under Robert E. Lee. This abridgement of the original 3-volume set is by the noted ... more »

In the critically acclaimed Five Men Who Broke My Hear t, Manhattan journalist Susan Shapiro revisited five self-destructive romances. In her hilarious, illuminating new memoir, Lighting Up, she rejects five self-destructive substances. This difficult quest for clean living starts with Shapiro's shocking ... more »

Published on the 35th anniversary of Jimi Hendrix's tragic death in 1970, ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS is the definitive biography of rock n' roll's greatest guitarist. Meticulously researched and based on more than 200 interviews with those who knew Hendrix best--this landmark book paints the entire arc of ... more »

Würde man den Verlauf der ersten vier Jahre Gerhard Schröders im Amt des Kanzlers der Bundesrepublik Deutschland als Kurve zeichnen, sie würde erhebliche Ausschläge zeigen - nach oben wie nach unten. Dem glanzvollen Einzug ins Bonner Kanzleramt folgte ein negatives erstes Regierungsjahr. »Wir haben damals ... more »

The two-year-old toddler Elijah Paradiz was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, a form of autism characterized by social awkwardness, a fixation with particular subjects, and literal-mindedness. Elijah's Cup, written by Elijah's mother, gives a groundbreaking insider's view of the beauty of minds hidden ... more »

Hester Thrale & Samuel Johnson. Yoko Ono & John Lennon. Alice Liddell & Lewis Carroll.... In a brilliant, wry, and provocative new book, Francine Prose (Blue Angel) explores the complex relationship between the artist and his muse. E-book is not illustrated. In a brilliant, wry, and provocative ... more »

"What I wanted after college was a job and my own apartment, but what I needed was a good comeuppance, and that's what I got." When Dave Itzkoff graduated from Princeton in 1998-the first member of his family to earn a college degree-he expected to be rewarded with a career, and a life, that ... more »

E-Book Extra: Parcells in a Nutshell Bill Parcells was living in self-imposed exile from the National Football League sidelines. The Tuna had earned living-legend status after coaching the Giants, Patriots, and Jets from the skid-row district of the NFL and transforming those teams into champions. The ... more »

Voletta Wallace, the mother of Christopher, aka Notorious B.I.G., became a matriarch of hip-hop on March 9, 1997, the night her legendary son was murdered. An intensely private and religious person, she was thrust into the spotlight of the media and charged with managing the legacy of a hip-hop generation ... more »

Bernard Cooper's new memoir is searing, soulful, and filled with uncommon psychological nuance and laugh-out-loud humor. Like Tobias Wolff's This Boy's Life, Cooper's account of growing up and coming to terms with a bewildering father is a triumph of contemporary autobiography. Edward Cooper is a hard ... more »

E-book exclusive: The Story Behind the Story by Evan I. Schwartz. Lone inventor Philo T. Farnsworth is the true genius behind the invention of TV. RCA's David Sarnoff was determined to control television the way his company had monopolized radio -- by clearing the field of anyone who got in his way. ... more »