Audition: A Memoir
Barbara Walters
The legendary television journalist examines her own life and the many individuals she has known and interviewed.

The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
Steve Coll
The history of the family that within two generations emerged from a poor desert canyon to being oil rich millionaires.

Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World
Samantha Power
Mello, the United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, was killed in a terrorist attack on UN headquarters in Iraq in 2003.

Freedom’s Prophet: Bishop Richard Allen, the AME Church, and the Black Founding Fathers
Richard S. Newman
Securing his freedom during the American Revolution, Bishop Allen was a tireless minister, abolitionist and reformer and a very influential figure of the nineteenth century.

The Good Fight: Hard Lessons from Searchlight to Washington
Harry Reid
The Senate majority leader recounts the story of his life from very humble beginnings.

Hats & Eyeglasses: A Family Love Affair with Gambling
Martha Frankel
The author grew up in a warm, loving family of die-hard gamblers, where just about everything was a situation for a bet.

Home: A Memoir of My Early Years
Julie Andrews
The story of the famous actress/singer during her childhood in war-torn Britain and to her new stardom in America.

Hope’s Boy
Andrew Bridge
At the age of seven, the author was taken from his mother and spent the next decade in foster care. Having graduated from Harvard Law School, he is now an advocate for children’s rights.

I’m Looking Through You: Growing Up Haunted: A Memoir
Jennifer Finney Boylan
The author, an English professor, grew up in a haunted house in Pennsylvania as a boy who longed to become a girl.

The Last Lecture
Randy Pausch
The professor of CMU who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer gave a “last lecture” that was a summation of all that he had come to believe.

The Legend of Colton H. Bryant
Alexandra Fuller
The short and tragic life of a Wyoming cowboy who goes to work on an oil rig.

Life Beyond Measure: Letters to My Great-Granddaughter
Sidney Poitier
The famous actor and author reflects on his amazing life and offers inspirational advice and personal stories.

A Life with Karol: My Forty-Year Friendship with the Man Who Became Pope
Stanislaw Dziwisz
A close-up glimpse into the beloved Pope’s life and the critical events of his papacy.

Madness: A Bipolar Life
Marya Hornbacher
At the age of 24, the author was diagnosed with Type I rapid-cycle bipolar, the most severe form of bipolar disorder.

Magnifico: The Brilliant Life and Violent Times of Lorenzo de’Medici
Miles J. Unger
The uncrowned ruler of Florence during its golden age was a pivotal figure of the Renaissance.

The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom
Simon Winchester
An eccentric Englishman who explored the scientific advances of the Chinese people, is depicted by the author of The Professor and the Madman.

The Man Who Made Lists: Love, Death, Madness, and the creation of Roget's Thesaurus
Joshua Kendall
At the young age of eight, Roget began his quest to put everything in its rightful place, one word at a time.

Marie-Thérèse, Child of Terror: The Fate of Marie Antoinette’s Daughter
Susan Nagel
The remarkable story of the royal child who was imprisoned and orphaned during the French Revolution.

Maya Angelou: A Glorious Celebration
Marcia Ann Gillespie, Rosa Johnson Butler and Richard A. Long
The life story of Dr. Angelou is featured along with numerous photographs and letters from her years as an activist, writer, performer, and teacher.

Never Give In: Battling Cancer in the Senate
Arlen Specter
The senator from Pennsylvania tells the story of his work in the senate and as a cancer survivor.

The Place to Be: Washington, CBS, and the Glory Days of Television News
Roger Mudd
A chronicle of the consuming passion for news during this reporter’s career.

The Prince of Frogtown
Rick Bragg
The author of All Over but the Shoutin’ and Ava’s Man continues with a tale about fathers and sons.

Shakespeare’s Wife
Germaine Greer
The author resets the story of Shakespeare’s marriage in its social context and disputes the negative impression that many authors have assumed about the wife of the Bard.

sTori telling
Tori Spelling
The life of the actress, and daughter of producer Aaron Spelling, who was known for her role in “Hollywood 90210.”

The Sum of Our Days
Isabel Allende
The famous Chilean writer, relates the story of her life after the death of her daughter and shares her thoughts on love, marriage, motherhood, spirituality and memory.

Swallow the Ocean
Laura M. Flynn
The author and her two sisters experienced life with a difficult mother who was suffering from schizophrenia.

A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father
Augusten Burroughs
The author of Running with Scissors returns with a heartbreaking look at life with his father.

Woman of the House: The Rise of Nancy Pelosi
Vincent Bzdek
A look at the life and career of the country’s most powerful woman.

New Biography

Beyond the White House: Waging Peace, Fighting Disease, Building Hope
Jimmy Carter

The former president reviews his accomplishments during his post-presidential years.

Blue Skies, No Fences: A Memoir of Childhood and Family
Lynne Cheney

The author recounts her childhood in the small town of Caspar, Wyoming.

Breaking Back: How I Lost Everything and Won Back My Life
James Blake

The well-known tennis star recounts a tumultuous year in his life and the perseverance that helped him through it.

The Case of Abraham Lincoln: A Story of Adultery, Murder, and the Making of a Great President
Julie M. Fenster

The story of Lincoln’s rise to the head of the new Republican Party in Illinois, against the backdrop of one of his most important legal cases.

Cheney: The Untold Story of America’s Most Powerful and Controversial Vice President
Stephen F. Hayes

A view of the life of the enigmatic and influential vice president.

Clapton: The Autobiography
Eric Clapton

The personal and professional journey of the noted rock star.

Come Be My Light
Mother Teresa

A collection of writings that reveal the inner spiritual life of an important religious figure.

The Confidante: Condoleezza Rice and the Creation of the Bush Legacy
Glenn Kessler

A portrait of the Secretary of State and her important role in United States foreign relations.

Crisis, Pursued by Disaster, Followed Closely by Catastrophe: A Memoir of Life on the Run
Mike O’Connor

The author didn’t discover the mystery behind his family’s bizarre life until he became an investigative reporter.

Don’t Bet Against Me: Beating the Odds Against Breast Cancer and in Life
Deanna Favre

The wife of the Packer’s quarterback examines her life as a breast cancer survivor and activist.

Elizabeth & Leicester
Sarah Gristwood

What was the truth about the relationship between Elizabeth I and the Earl of Leicester, Robert Dudley?

First Class Citizenship: The Civil Rights Letters of Jackie Robinson
Michael G. Long, ed.

His letters show Robinson as a fearless advocate for racial justice at the highest levels of American politics.

How Starbucks Saved My Life: A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everyone Else
Michael Gates Gill

After losing almost everything, a former ad agency executive learns about life as a barista.

Journals: 1952-2000
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Observations on a half-century of public life from a noted historian.


The Last Mazurka: A Family’s Tale of War, Passion, and Loss
Andrew Tarnowski

The lost world of pre-war Poland is mirrored in this tale of a once powerful family.

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger’s
John Elder Robison

Being told, at the age of 40, that he had Asperger’s Syndrome transformed the way the author saw himself—and the world.

Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu
Laurence Bergreen

Marco Polo’s odyssey--along the Silk Road and through all the adentures of his life--is chronicled in illuminating detail.

Mosaic: Pieces of My Life So Far
Amy Grant

Reminiscences and inspiration from a popular gospel and country singer.

My Grandfather’s Son: A Memoir
Clarence Thomas

The Supreme Court justice relates the journey of his life, from rural Georgia to Washington, D.C.

One Drop: My Father’s Hidden Life—A Story of Race and Family Secrets
Bliss Broyard

Shortly before his death, literary critic Anatole Broyard revealed to his grown children that he was black and that his parents had resorted to “passing” in order to get work.

Out of the Frying Pan: A Chef’s Memoir of Hot Kitchens, Single Motherhood, and the Family Meal
Gillian Clark

A memoir of a chef’s rise from beginner to a top chef, replete with recipes.


The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House
Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy

No one has ever been in a position to see the presidents, and the presidency, so intimately, over so many years as the well known evangelist.

Sage-ing While Age-ing
Shirley MacLaine

The noted actress reviews her life and sees the powerful force of synchronicity at work around her.

Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography
David Michaelis

The first biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts.

A Skating Life
Dorothy Hamill

The Olympic gold medal winner reviews her life on and of the ice.

Song Without Words: The Photographs & Diaries of Countess Sophia Tolstoy
Leah Bendavid-Val

A collection of photographs and diary entries from a remarkable woman and the wife of Leo Tolstoy.

Touch and Go: A Memoir
Studs Terkel

At the age of 95, the writer who has written about so many other people, reviews the highlights of his own life.

Wonderful Tonight: George Harrison, Eric Clapton, and Me
Pattie Boyd

The rock and roll muse to two exceptionally famous rock stars tells her side of the story.