The teenage son of an Appalachian single mother who dies when he is eleven uses his good looks, wit, and instincts to survive foster care, child labor, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with a family saga centered on a salvage diver who is haunted by loss and afraid of the watery deep.
"In April 1944, Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to break out of Auschwitz--one of only four who ever did. He did it to reveal the truth of the death camp to the world--and to warn the last Jews of Europe what fate awaited them at the end of the railway line.
A biography of the spectacular rise and fall of Eddie Antar, better known as "Crazy Eddie," whose home electronics empire changed the world even as it turned out to be one of the biggest business scams of all time
One of his brothers was president, another wanted to be. The deaths of John and Robert Kennedy bestowed a mantle upon their youngest brother that was often too heavy to bear.
Physician Gabor Maté dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. So what is really "normal" when it comes to health?
