The author describes her realization that she was done with dieting, and her subsequent journey to find a better path to both physical and mental health.
Collects four essays written during the final months of that author's life, exploring his feelings about coming to terms with his own death and the life he lived.
A profile of the niece of Henry VIII reveals her lesser-known contributions to period politics, covering her two affairs, arrangement of her son's marriage to Mary Queen of Scots and role in securing the throne for James VI.
An intimate portrait of a truly remarkable performer—known most recently for her star turn in Downton Abbey—whose stage and screen career spans 60 years is written with her blessing and drawn from her personal archives as well as interviews with immediate family and close friends.
The former secretary of defense and author of the best-selling Duty explores why bureaucratic institutions are failing and how they can be transformed through effective leadership, citing the examples of large-scale change in the CIA, Texas A&M University and the Department of Defense.
The celebrated gossip columnist, Howard Stern regular and co-host of High Stakes Poker recounts the 1974 summer when his gay cousin and his hyper-masculine father taught him lessons about overcoming prejudice and being true to oneself.
An account of the author's coming-of-age in a polygamist Mormon Doomsday cult describes her childhood on a Mexico hills farm as one of her father's more than 40 welfare-dependent children, the extreme religious beliefs that haunted her daily life and her escape in the aftermath of a devastating tragedy.
A full-scale portrait of the marriage between the first president of the United States and his wife shares insight into their unlikely bond, their early years at Mount Vernon, the impact of the American Revolution on their relationship and their experiences as a reluctant First Family.
A Ivy League-trained, award-winning young neurosurgeon describes his how after receiving a terminal diagnosis with lung cancer he explored the dynamics of his roles as a patient and care provider, the philosophical conundrums about a meaningful life and how he wanted to spend his final days.
The creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal details the one-year experiment with saying "yes" that transformed her life, revealing how accepting unexpected invitations she would have otherwise declined enabled powerful benefits.