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.