First introduced in Freakonomics, here is the full story of Sudhir Venkatesh, the sociology grad student who infiltrated one of Chicago's most notorious gangs The story of the young sociologist who studied a Chicago crack-dealing gang from the inside captured the world's attention when it was first described ... more »

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and ... more »

One woman's inspiring journey though tragedy and sorrow and the faith that made her entire life a miracle.When she was just a child, Heather's life was altered by an accident that completely destroyed many of her internal organs. The doctors gave her no chance of survival but with God's grace, she proved ... more »

Ronald Reagan was one of the most powerful and popular American presidents. The key to understanding his political success and the remarkable likability and effortless charisma that made it possible is hidden in his early years as a Hollywood movie star. Other biographers and Reagan in his two memoirs ... more »

A revealing memoir from Tom PerkinsâEUR"renowned venture capitalist, Silicon Valley and biotechnology pioneer, and one of AmericaâEUR™s most successful businessmen Known for his idiosyncratic ideas and golden touch, Tom Perkins has always been one of the business worldâEUR™s most intriguing figures ... more »

First song, dress on...It sounds like an obvious statement when I say that girls don't grow up wanting to be strippers, but you'd be surprised. Most people civilians that is seem to think that even in the cradle we were wrapping ourselves around a greasy pole and grinding our hips to Britney Spears. ... more »

Excerpt from the PrologueBack in the sixties, when I was appearing daily on NBC's Today show, I was living on Seventh Avenue and Fifty-seventh Street. My apartment was across from Carnegie Hall and on the corner of a very busy street. It was also near several large hotels that catered to businessmen ... more »

Colton H. Bryant was one of Wyoming's native sons and grown by that high, dry place, he never once wanted to leave it. Wyoming loves me, he said, and it was true. Wyoming roughneck, wild, open, and searingly beautiful loved him, and Colton loved it back. As a child in school, Colton never could force ... more »

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In this moving memoir, Robert J. Wagner opens his heart to share the romances, the drama, and the humor of an incredible lifeHe grew up in Bel Air next door to a golf course that changed his life. As a young boy, he saw a foursome playing one morning featuring none other than Fred Astaire, Clark Gable ... more »

Olympic Gold Medalist Picabo Street is once again on the rise, ready to face the 2002 Olympics and tell her extraordinary storyPicabo Street...is the kind of athlete for which the Olympics were invented.­­USA TodayStreet...has been performing at Porsche speed...dominating women's downhill... [a] comeback ... more »