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"A freewheeling and riveting memoir from media honcho Tom Freston that takes us behind the scenes of his global adventures--from hitchhiking around the world, to running a clothing export company out of India and Afghanistan, to cofounding MTV, to becoming CEO of MTV Networks, then CEO of Viacom, then later returning to work in Africa and Afghanistan." -- Publisher's website.

In their deeply personal memoir, Gunnar and Matthew Nelson share the untold stories of their lives growing up under the watchful eyes of their revered father, Ricky Nelson, and iconic grandparents, Ozzie and Harriet. The brothers recount the bittersweet journey through fame, marked by the tragic and untimely loss of their father, which shaped their resilience and tested their bond. ... With raw honesty, Gunnar and Matthew reflect on the ups and downs...

"In a compelling new analysis, T. Colin Campbell, coauthor of The China Study and author of the New York Times bestselling follow-up, Whole, brings to light a series of first-hand experiences that starkly demonstrate how corporate influence in academia, government and the media determines-and sometimes actively suppresses-public access to nutrition research. With an eye-opening look behind-the-scenes of nutrition policy, The Whole Truth maps out an...

James A. Autry, author of Looking Around for God, thinks that the true message of the old spiritual is not just that God has an eye on the sparrow— it’s that God is demonstrating that if these details are worth God’s attention they are certainly worth ours. It may be that we will more readily find God in the details of this world— and of our own lives— than anywhere else. Looking Around for God, Autry’s tenth book, is in many ways his...

"In August 2019, Trevor Reed, a former US Marine and Presidential Guard, was arrested in Russia on false, trumped-up charges. For three years, he was imprisoned in the infamous Russian gulag, where the inhumane treatment threatened his health so severely his parents and the U.S. government feared for his life. After losing roughly fifty pounds from his already trim body, he was released in a 2022 prisoner swap that dominated headlines. Most people...

Surviving a traumatic childhood in foster care was difficult enough for Barbara and her sister Kay, but the loss of her nine other sisters was a loss Barbara would not accept. Her quest to solve the mystery of what befell her family of origin and to locate her nine lost sisters took forty-three years. Once reunited, Barbara invested fifteen years to become the voice for all eleven abandoned and abused sisters by capturing each story. What she discovered...

Setting out in his sloop Dove to encircle the globe, a sixteen-year-old boy finds adventure and romance.

"From 1946 to 1957, Vita Sackville-West, the British poet, bestselling author of All Passion Spent and maker of Sissinghurst, wrote a weekly column in the Observer depicting her life at Sissinghurst, showing her to be one of the most visionary horticulturalists of the twentieth-century. With wonderful additions by Sarah Raven, a famous British gardener in her own right who is married to Vita's grandson Adam Nicolson, Sissinghurst draws on this extraordinary...

A revised collection with thirteen essays, including six new to this edition and seven from the original edition, by the 'star in the American literary firmament, with a voice that is courageous, honest, loving, and singularly beautiful" (NPR)... Brilliant and uncompromising, piercing and funny, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America is essential reading. This new edition of award-winning author Kiese Laymon's first work of nonfiction looks...

"When Greg Cope White's best friend tells him he is spending his summer in Marine Corps boot camp, all Greg hears is "summer' and "camp". Despite dire warnings from his friend, Greg vows to join him in recruit training. He is eighteen, underweight, he's never run a mile- and he is gay. The Pink Marine is the story- full of hilarity and heartbreak- of how a teenage boy who struggles with self-acceptance and doesn't fit the traditional definition of...