Every schoolchild knows of Harriet Tubman's heroic escape and resistance to slavery.  But few readers are aware that Tubman went on to be a scout, a spy, and a nurse for the Union Army, because there has never before been a serious biography for an adult audience of this important woman.  This ... more »

Susan Loomis arrived in Paris twenty years ago with little more than a student loan and the contents of a suitcase to sustain her. But what began then as an apprenticeship at La Varenne École de Cuisine evolved into a lifelong immersion in French cuisine and culture, culminating in permanent residency ... more »

The very night that Sanford Sandy Weill, the chairman and chief executive officer of Citigroup, was being feted on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as CEO of the Year, the television screens above the floor were flashing danger: A congressional panel was tearing into Jack Grubman, the $20-million ... more »

Madam C. J. Walker was orphaned at seven, married at fourteen and widowed at twenty. With the discovery of a revolutionary hair care formula for black women, everything changed. Walker built a beauty product empire, amassing wealth unprecedented among black women. Here is a comprehensive biography of ... more »

As the mayor of New York City, Rudolph Giuliani was as controversial as he was determined to revitalize the greatest city in the world. In the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Giuliani spoke with such strength and compassion that he was propelled out of the ... more »

Just who was the man whose name has become synonymous with the classic rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul scam in which money from new investors is used to reward earlier ones? In December 1919, he was an unknown thirty-eight-year-old, self-educated Italian immigrantwith a borrowed two-hundred dollars in his pocket ... more »

In Ruth Reichl's latest book -- one that will delight her fans and convert those as yet uninitiated to her charming tales -- the author brings to life her adventures in pursuit of good meals and good company. Picking up where Tender at the Bone leaves off, Comfort Me with Apples recounts Reichl's transformation ... more »

Sports journalist Allen Barra tackles the greatest sports questions of the century. Using stats and methods he developed during his ongoing tenure at the Wall Street Journal , Barra will entertain and enlighten sports fans everywhere. Includes bits on Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Roger Clemens, Robert ... more »

Mary Gordon, bestselling author of Spending and The Shadow Man, investigates the role that place plays in the formation of identity -- the connections between how we experience place and how we become ourselves. From her grandmother's house, which stood at the center of her childhood life, to a rented ... more »

In the most candid look at Wall Street since Liar's Poker, James J. Cramer, cofounder of TheStreet.com, radio and television commentator, and for years one of Wall Street's premier money managers, takes readers on a no-holds-barred tour of life on Wall Streetrevealing how the game is played, who breaks ... more »

Wearing thick glasses, speaking in her thick Icelandic accent, and, well, seeming a touch thick, Bjork stormed the public consciousness in 2000 as an unlikely heroine in the experimental musical film Dancer In the Dark . Army of She is an in-depth look at the woman who first took the public stage twenty ... more »

Here is the remarkable story of U.S. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton -- impassioned civil rights activist, hard-driving legislator, and one of the most powerful women in American history. They call her the Warrior on the Hill, acknowledging the battles she's waged as a political pioneer across more ... more »