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A Voyage Long and Strange A Voyage Long and Strange
Tony Horwitz

On a chance visit to Plymouth Rock, Tony Horwitz makes an unsettling discovery. A history buff since early childhood, expensively educated at university—a history major, no less!—he’s reached middle...more

Grace (Eventually) Grace (Eventually)
Anne Lamott

The sharp, funny, and heartfelt follow-up to her bestselling Plan B, Anne Lamott's newest collection is a personal exploration of the faith and grace all around us.

In GRACE (EVENTUALLY):...more

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Biography & Autobiography
Tearing Down the Wall of Sound Tearing Down the Wall of Sound
Mick Brown

Phil Spector, born in the Bronx in 1940, grew up an outsider despised by his peers. Yet after his family moved to California, he learned everything he could about music, formed a band, and had a...more

Audition Audition
Barbara Walters

Young people starting out in television sometimes say to me: "I want to be you." My stock reply is always: "Then you have to take the whole package."

And now, at last, the most important woman in...more

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Business
The 250 Job Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked… The 250 Job Interview Questions You'll Most Likely Be Asked…
Peter Veruki

Why do you want this job? Why should I hire you? Why do you want to leave your current job? Do you have convincing answers ready for these important questions? Landing a good job is a competitive...more
All the Money in the World All the Money in the World
Peter W. Bernstein

Published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Forbes 400, ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, the work of a team of prominent editors and business writers, goes behind the celebrated list...more

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Current Events
The Nine The Nine
Jeffrey Toobin

Bestselling author Jeffrey Toobin takes you into the chambers of the most important—and secret—legal body in our country, the Supreme Court, and reveals the complex dynamic among the nine people who...more

The Age of Turbulence The Age of Turbulence
Alan Greenspan

In the immediate aftermath of September 11, 2001, in his fourteenth year as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, Alan Greenspan took part in a very quiet collective effort to ensure that America...more

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Health & Fitness
Preparing For Childbirth Preparing For Childbirth
Martin Rossman

Research studies show that women who prepare themselves mentally for childbirth experience shorter labors, less discomfort, and fewer complications. On Preparing for Childbirth, Dr. Martin Rossman--a...more
In Defense of Food In Defense of Food
Michael Pollan

"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." These simple words go to the heart of Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, the well-considered answers he provides to the questions posed in the bestselling...more

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History
The Dark Side The Dark Side
Jane Mayer

"We're going to have to work on the dark side." --Vice President Cheney

In the days immediately following September 11th, the most powerful people in the country were panic-stricken. The radical...more

Revenge of the Whale Revenge of the Whale
Nathaniel Philbrick

Nathaniel Philbrick recreates the amazing events of the ill-fated Essex through the sailors' own first-hand accounts, photos, maps, and artwork and tells the tale of one of the great true-life...more

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Travel
The Geography of Bliss The Geography of Bliss
Eric Weiner

Part foreign affairs discourse, part humor, and part twisted self-help guide, The Geography of Bliss takes the listener from America to Iceland to India in search of happiness, or, in the crabby...more

Black Wave Black Wave
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...more

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