Browsing: Nonfiction

A #1 New York Times bestseller! Take a peek into the hidden and fascinating daily life at the White House. With intimate stories from those who have worked in America’s most famous home, “it’s Downton Abbey for the White House staff” (The Today Show).

In this now classic work, Barbara Ehrenreich, our sharpest and most original social critic, goes “undercover” as an unskilled worker…

Originally drawn to Yaqui Indian spiritual leader don Juan Matus for his knowledge of psychotropic plants, bestselling author Carlos Castaneda…

Twin sisters — one diagnosed with schizophrenia, one a psychiatrist — share how their paths in life have diverged even as love keeps them close. A “harrowing but arresting memoir” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

“A moving personal testament to courage” (The New York Times): Gerda Weissmann Klein, a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, shares her harrowing story of surviving horrific Nazi labor camps during the Holocaust. “An unforgettable reading experience” (Library Journal).

When actress Claudia Christian flees a troubled childhood and moves to Hollywood at age 17, she steps through the looking…

Put the “fun” back in “funeral” with this uproarious book that peels back the curtain on the bereavement business. Here are true tales from a pair of undertakers who have been praised as “gaspingly, in-your-face funny” (Booklist).

This urgent polemic outlines the future of artificial intelligence — and what its ever-increasing power could mean for humanity. “If you read just one book that makes you confront scary high-tech realities that we’ll soon have no choice but to address, make it this one” (The Washington Post).

Critically acclaimed author Robert Klara leads readers through an unmatched tale of political ambition and technical skill: the Truman administration’s…

Ground-breaking research presented in the bestselling book, unChristian, reveals that 16-29 year olds perceive Christianity to be anti-homosexual, judgmental, hypocritical,…