A portrait of the man who might someday become the first American pope chronicles his life — from his humble beginnings in Maplewood, Missouri, to his rise to the most powerful Roman Catholic leader in the United States, one who doesn't shy away from picking a political battle.
More than a conventional biography, Grant Wacker's interpretive study deepens our understanding of why Billy Graham has mattered so much to so many, and how his uncanny ability to appropriate trends in the wider culture allowed him to transform his born-again theology into a moral vocabulary capturing the aspirations and fears of average Americans.
The host of Bravo's Watch What Happens Live and executive producer of The Real Housewives franchise, chronicles a year of his whirlwind life in his own cheeky, candid and irreverent words.
Published to coincide with the release of Angelina Jolie's film adaptation of Unbroken, a personal account by the World War II survivor describes his postwar adventures and the wisdom he has gleaned from his remarkable experiences.
The author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight traces her post-divorce confrontation of an upbringing in Africa that was overshadowed by the Rhodesian wars, her complicated parents and her courtship with her ex-husband.
The woman who, despite losing both of her legs to bacterial meningitis at the age of 19, went on to win the Bronze Medal for snowboarding in the Paralympic Games and to compete in Dancing With the Stars shares her amazing life story.
After she left the Iron Curtain and her mother for a new life in America, Elena Gorokhova, had to adjust to the life of an immigrant, making mistakes and adapting to her new surroundings. By the author of A Mountain of Crumbs.
The award-winning author of The Interpreter traces her experiences as an English teacher to the sons of North Korea's elite during the last six months of Kim Jong Il's reign, an effort complicated by oppressive regime enforcers, propaganda and evangelical missionaries.