 | After 60 years as a journalist covering major events in America's history, Walter Cronkite reflects on his incredible life and career. Cronkite's belief in quality television serves as a refreshing contrast to the declining value of the medium in the... |
 | In this memoir, the author tells of his life-threatening bout with cancer in 1996, his victory in the Tour de France bicycle race in 1999--and the things that matter to him most. |
 | Based on unique access to both family and friends, as well as official sources, this biography reexamines Robert Kennedy's character, his unique dedication to family, and his service to his nation. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000. |
 | In a memoir that by law was submitted to the CIA for review--and that shows the results of that vetting by way of heavy black lines in the text indicating redacted material--Valerie Plame Wilson tells the story of her secret life as a CIA operative,... |
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 | Augusten Burroughs, the writer who memorialized his traumatic childhood in RUNNING WITH SCISSORS, returns to do the same with his alcoholism, which he tries to deal with by checking himself into a gay rehab clinic in Minnesota. Burroughs's memoir is... |
 | Traveling through caves, shrines, and war zones, Bruce Feiler, the author of WALKING THE BIBLE, sets out in search of one of history's defining religious figures, the man who encompasses three of the world's major religions--Christianity, Judaism,... |
 | Amy Tan leaves the realm of fiction in this collection of essays about her own life--and, specifically, about the part fate has played in it. In the process, she covers her Chinese-American childhood, her writing, and her travels with the all-writer... |
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