A Conversation with Kathy Griffin:Q: State your name and profession.KG: My name is Kathy Griffin, and I am a teller of d**k jokes. And a plumber.Q: This is your first book. Had you ever considered wri
With her fuchsia-streaked hair and indomitable spirit, 18-year-old Ashley Fiolek is already the top girl in a macho man's sport: motocross, a form of off-road motorcycle racing that is one of the most
How it FEELS to have a body that won't stop moving, to be really different from everyone else, to be made fun of every day, to be totally reckless, to never relax, to be shut out of everything, to br
The definitive story of one of the greatest dynasties in baseball history, Joe Torre's New York Yankees.?When Joe Torre took over as manager of the Yankees in 1996, they had not won a World Series tit
An exploration of the racial politics of American sports, from the Jim Crow era to the present day, witnessed through the life of legendary African-American basketball coach and NCAA title winner N
Ted Williams hit .406 for the season in 1941? a feat not matched since. In this inspirational picture book, authentic sportswriting and rich, classic illustrations bring to life the truly spectacular
From the author of the acclaimed Dinah Washington biography Queen comes this complete account of the triumphs and difficulties of the brilliant and high-tempered Nina Simone. Her distinctive voice and
"Women must try to do things as men have tried. When they fail, their failure must be but a challenge to others." -- Amelia EarhartAmelia Earhart developed a loveof flying at a very young
In 2007, during the months before Nick Flynn's daughter's birth, his growing outrage and obsession with torture, exacerbated by the Abu Ghraib photographs, led him to Istanbul to meet some of the Ira
The son of illegal Mexican immigrants, Henry Cejudo surprised the world by winning an Olympic gold medal in wrestling for the U.S.A. in Beijing. This is his inspiring storyA.Henry CejudoA's remarkabl
With his super cute smile and dreamy blue eyes Sterling Knight is nothing short of a perfect gentleman-even though he doesn't always play one. He's appeared on "Hannah Montana," "Grey's Anatomy," "The
From a doctor on the front lines of medicine, portraits of patients living and dying in the foreign country we call home For fifteen years, Dr. Danielle Ofri has cared for patients at Bellevue,
From the time he was a small boy, Wilson Bentley saw snowflakes as small miracles. And he determined that one day his camera would capture for others the wonder of the tiny crystal. Bentley's enthusia
With the release of Avatar, James Cameron cements his reputation as king of sci-fi and blockbuster filmmaking. It’s a distinction he’s long been building, through a directing career that includes such
McMurtry is that rarest of artists, a prolific and genre-transcending writer as popular with reviewers as he is with his readers. The author of more than forty books - including essay collections, me
She was big. She was black. She was so beautiful. Born into slavery, Belle had to endure the cruelty of several masters before she escaped to freedom. Andoh, was f
This book, from British interior designer Nicholas Haslam, is an account of a frenetic and full life - from the 1940s to the present - in Europe and America, in a crowd of friends and acquaintances t
