A physician stranded at a South Pole research station describes how she discovered a lump in her breast, treated herself with a biopsy and chemotherapy, and was rescued by the Air National Guard durin
A child prodigy with a talent for languages and an insatiable thirst for knowledge, Ludo shares with his single mother, Sibylla, an obsession with Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, absorbing its lessons in Sa
After accepting a marriage proposal, a former stripper-turned-journalist decides to strip her way across the country, from Florida to Alaska, before settling down, providing an eye-opening look into t
A thought-provoking guide is filled with a wealth of information for raising well-balanced children in an age of increasing wealth, where we give too much and expect too little, by identifying the "Se
Malika Oufkir has spent virtually her whole life as a prisoner. Born in 1953, the eldest daughter of General Oufkir, the King of Morocco's closest aide, Malika was adopted by the King at the age of f
When Jo Slater, one of the grandest of New York's grande dames and great patron of the arts, befriends a young French countess, trouble begins. Ignoring warnings from friends, Jo abruptly discovers t
In a career that has spanned six decades, Dino De Laurentiis has walked the cutting edge of filmmaking. He has personified the powerful, visionary Hollywood producer for one reason: he invented the r
Devoted to his convict lover, Phillip Morris, con man Steven Russell has used his talent as an escape artist to stage a series of four ingenious jailbreaks from the Texas prison system in order to be
Offering helpful advice on how to prepare children for the possibility of such horrific events as September 11th, a child psychologist draws on psychological research and real-life case studies to exp
Invites readers to discover themselves beyond psychological false identities and roles as parents, spouses, and employees, explaining how to discontinue unhealthy behaviors and achieve personal dreams
A whimsical account of life in politics chronicles the odyssey of the eventful life and times of the in-house humor writer for the Clinton administration, offering a unique view of American politics a
Blending elements of history, pyschology, and storytelling, the author of Wrestling with Angels retells the stories of female characters from the Hebrew Bible--Leah, Rachel, Sarah, Rebeccah, Delilah,
Thirty-three-year-old Theo Padnos was approaching the end of a Ph.D. in comparative literature, but found his graduate work stifling. Out of frustration and a longing to throw himself into the hurly
Provides an eye-opening look at a series of remarkable and passionate letters that chronicle a tumultuous seventeenth-century love affair between a young Portuguese nun and a French officer, written b
A second installment in a three-part epic history of Britain chronicles the nearly two centuries of battles waged both home and abroad on grounds of political or religious conviction, between Republi
Describes how the authors transformed the comedy film about crooked theatrical producers into a hit Broadway musical, and offers an annotated libretto.
