"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 »

Selected and annotated by the author of the acclaimed Benjamin Franklin: An American Life, this collection of Franklin's writings shows why he was the bestselling author of his day and remains America's favorite Founder and wit. more »

In 2003, the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's historic ascent of Mount Everest, an event which became a defining moment in twentieth-century adventure and which delivered fame and glory to the men who took part in it. All, perhaps, except Tenzing, who, ... more »

This gripping and triumphant memoir follows a living legend of extreme mountaineering as he makes his assault on history, one 8,000-meter summit at a time. For eighteen years Ed Viesturs pursued climbing's holy grail: to stand atop the world's fourteen 8,000-meter peaks, without the aid of bottled oxygen ... more »

Arlene Blum is a legendary trailblazer by any measure. Defying the climbing establishment of the 1970s, she led the first teams of women on successful ascents of Mt. McKinley and Annapurna, and was the first American woman to attempt Mt. Everest. In her long, adventurous career, she has played a leading ... more »

The story of Bad Boy Entertainment is the story of the American Dream -- an up-close and personal account of America's biggest rap mogul and the people, the money, and the creative process that made it all come true. It is a story of friendship, greed, and betrayal in the music industry -- a story Sean ... more »

JR Moehringer grew up listening for a voice, the voice of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before JR spoke his first words. As a boy, JR would press his ear to a battered clock radio, straining to hear in that resonant voice the secrets of identity and masculinity. When the voice disappeared ... more »

Cosmopolitan: A Bartender's Life is a memoir of the bartending life structured as a day in the life at Passerby, the bar owned and run by Toby Cecchini. It is, as well, a rich study of human nature--of the sometimes annoying, sometimes outlandish behavior of the human animal under the influence of alcohol ... more »

They know where you live, where you work, how much money you make ... and that's just the beginning. Welcome to the IRS. Amid cover-ups, illicit affairs, and scheming corporate climbers, IRS revenue officer Richard Yancey pulled himself from the brink of moral, ethical and spiritual bankruptcy, and lived ... more »

Even among the great painters, poets, and revolutionaries of her era, the pioneering eighteenth-century feminist Mary Wollstonecraft lived a radical life. Her great feminist document, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, brought her instant fame -- and lasting influence. more »

Leaving the Saints is an unforgettable memoir about one woman's spiritual quest and journey toward faith. As "Mormon royalty" within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Martha Beck was raised in a home frequented by the Church's high elders--known as the apostles--and her existence ... more »

"What if you set off on a vacation trip in search of history--and your destination was the men who had been president?" Asking himself that tantalizing question, bestselling author and award-winning journalist Bob Greene embarked on a long journey across the breadth of the nation, hoping to ... more »