McCourt describes his miserable childhood in the slums of Limerick, Ireland.

Tells the true story of the famous racehorse Seabiscuit who won many races during the 1930s. Includes a readers guide.

Diki Tsering recounts her own amazing story from her early life with her extended family and siblings to the customs and rituals of old Tibet and her arranged marriage at age sixteen. She vividly recalls the births of her children and their Buddhist upbr

Celebrating her fortieth birthday, Laura Fraser confronts the trajectory of her life. Divorced and childless in her thirties, she found solace in the wanderlust that had always directed her heart, but now she wonders if her passion for travel (and for short-lived romantic rendezvous) has deprived her of what she secretly wants most: a husband, a family, a home. How to reconcile what seem to be two opposite desires: for adventure, great food, and new...

Profiles twelve women from various walks of life who made significant contributions to the history of Vermont, including African-American poet and pioneer Lucy Terry Prince, celebrated writer Shirley Jackson, historian Abby Maria Hemenway, and education activist Emma Willard.

Chronicles the life of the twentieth-century American author, Flannery O'Connor, and describes her childhood in Georgia, education, influential personal relationships, accomplishments and setbacks, and other related topics.

The life story of John Adams, the second president of the United States.

The Nine follows the true story of the author's great aunt Hâeláene Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris. The nine women were all under thirty when they joined the resistance. They smuggled arms through Europe, harbored parachuting agents, coordinated communications between regional sectors, trekked...