Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
by Michael J. Fox

The popular film and television actor evaluates the personal philosophy that has enabled his positive outlook in spite of his battle with degenerative Parkinson's disease, in an uplifting account that considers how he has become a happier and more satisfied person by recognizing the gifts of everyday life. Read More... | Request a copy »

City of Light
by Lauren Belfer

The year is 1901. Buffalo, New York, is poised for glory. With its booming industry and newly electrified streets, Buffalo is a model for the century just beginning. Louisa Barrett has made this dazzling city her home. Headmistress of Buffalo's most prestigious school, Louisa is at ease in a world of men, protected by the titans of her city. Read More... | Request a copy »

From Every End of This Earth: 13 Families and the New Lives They Made in America
by Steven V. Roberts

Roberts follows the stories of thirteen families in this poignant, eye-opening look at immigration in America today. Read More... | Request a copy »

Other People's Dirt: A Housecleaner's Curious Adventures
by Louise Rafkin

In this fresh, funny, strikingly original memoir, Rafkin talks about her invisible status as a domestic worker in a world of secret lives, closet alcoholics and binge eaters, unlikely spiritualists, and revealing celebrities.
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Wishful Drinking
by Carrie Fisher

An uproariously sober look at Fisher's Hollywood hangover reveals what it was "really" like to grow up as a celebrity daughter, come of age on the set of "Star Wars," and become a cultural icon at the age of 19--with no holds barred.
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Huge
by James W. Fuerst

Life hasn't been easy for Eugene "Huge" Smalls. Sure, his IQ is off the charts, but that doesn't help much when you're growing up in the 1980s in a dreary New Jersey town where your bad reputation precedes you, the public school system's written you off as a lost cause, and even your own family seems out to get you. Read More... | Request a copy »

Mazel Tov: Celebrities' Bar and Bat Mitzvah Memories
by Jill Rappaport

In Mazel Tov, celebrity journalist Jill Rappaport and photographer Linda Solomon offer an intimate glimpse of the bar or bat mitzvahs of some of the most talented people in entertainment, politics and business. Read More... | Request a copy »

Sworn to Silence
by Linda Castillo

Kate Burkholder, who grew up in the Amish community before leaving for the outside world, has recently been appointed Chief of Police in her former hometown. What she returns to find is a world where good and evil collide. Read More...| Request a copy »