Into a memoir that is gripping, funny, heartbreaking, and unforgettable, Walter Dean Myers richly weaves the details of his Harlem childhood in the 1940s and 1950s: a loving home life with his adopted...
Women Tell the Truth About Sex, Solitude, Work, Motherhood, and Marriage
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Cathi Hanauer
Despite more power and choices than ever before, women are still angry - that's not necessarily a bad thing, as anger is what continues to open the door for change. In this collection, 15 women speak...
A Family's Adventure at Sea and the Disaster That Saved Them
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John Silverwood
When Californians John Silverwood and his wife Jean decided to take their four children on a sail around the world on their fifty-five-foot catamaran, Emerald Jane, they could not foresee the range...
In his trademark "down-home," tell-it-like-it-is style, Dr. Phil McGraw presents an enlightening and entertaining lecture on how to "get real"-in relationships and in life.
The Neverending Quest for Success, Inner Peace, and a Really Clean Kitchen
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Perri Klass
Oh no, I’m turning into my mother! Every woman is familiar with the poignant, funny, baffling, or horrifying echoes that resonate at that moment when she first hears her own mother’s voice coming...
When he became a father, Michael Lewis found himself expected to feel things that he didn't feel, and to do things that he couldn't see the point of doing. At first this made him feel guilty, until he...
Whether meeting a new client or bumping into a potential mate, you only have a few seconds to make a favorable impression. Is that really possible? Author Nicholas Boothman, a lecturer and licensed...
A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds
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Jenny McCarthy
When Jenny McCarthy published her story of her successful efforts to save her son from autism, the response was tremendous, including a number-three rank on the New York Times best-seller...