Ximena Diego - Shakira: Woman Full of Grace

The Colombian-born singer Shakira's career has gone from a childhood appearing in local talent contests in her home city of Barranquilla to a jaw-dropping show at the first annual Latin Grammys in ...

Randy Pausch and Jeffrey Zaslow - The Last Lecture

A lot of professors give talks titled " The Last Lecture. " Professors are asked to consider their demise and to ruminate on what matters most to them. And while they speak, audiences can?t help but ...

Thomas J. Stanle y and William D. Danko - The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy Books

Examines the ways wealthy people earn and manage their money to remain financially secure.

Michael Patrick MacDonald - All Souls: A Family Story from Southie

The author recounts growing up in a poor Irish neighborhood, and remembers the four brothers he lost to violence.

Sean Connolly - Paul Klee

Introduces the life and work of Paul Klee, discussing his early years, life in Switzerland and Germany, and development as an artist.

Richard Hack and Robert Kaplow - The Cat Who Killed Lilian Jackson Braun Books

Ron Hall, Lynn Vincent, Denver Moore - Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

Lilian Jackson Braun - The Cat Who Sang for the Birds

Strange things are afoot in Pickax these days, despite the small town's quiet charm. An elderly woman dies in a fire, a local politician is defending himself against scandalous rumors, and then a ...

Beryl Markham - West With the Night

In this moving autobiography, Beryl Markham describes growing up in East Africa with her horse-breeder father, who taught her to care for and train the animals for racing. In her 20s, Markham ...

Allan W. Eckert - The Frontiersmen: A Narrative