Distinguished biographer Kenneth Lynn debunks the Chaplin myths passed on by film critics, biographers, and Chaplin himself.

Subtitled "Memoirs of a Navy Seal", Captain Robert A. Gormly tells his amazing story as the leader of the US Navy SEALs, taking us into the night...

In this illuminating biography, Ronald L. Davis focuses on John Wayne’s human side, portraying a complex personality defined by insecurity as well as courage and strength.

For all his genius, John von Neumann was not, as he is generally credited, the true father of the modern computer. That honor belongs to the two men - John Mauchly and Presper Eckert - who built...

Brian Sobel’s The Fighting Pattons is an extraordinary history of one American family’s love of war.

What if, suddenly, Jesus appeared on the streets of your city? That’s the scenario of Jesus Is Here, Charles M. Sheldon’s sequel to his classic novel In His Steps, the book that introduced the world to WWJW—“What would Jesus do?”

Pitching in a Pinch is an insider’s account blending anecdote, biography, instruction, and social history.

Although film and the movies had existed for some years prior, it was D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, released in 1915, that turned what had been a flickering novelty into...

Outlining ten fundamental “commandments” relating to business and money, Thou Shall Prosper explores the economic and philosophic vision of business that has been part of the Jewish scripture and practice for centuries.

Thoreau built his cabin near Walden Pond in 1845 on land owned by Ralph Waldo Emerson...

The original story of Dorothy's adventures in the land of Oz.

With over two decades of laugh-out-loud anecdotes and controversial opinions, Durwood makes the call on managers, relating his explosive relationships with them and the viciously hilarious barbs they trade.

The Internet creates “zero gravity,” where information, communication, and wealth flow up, down, and sideways.