Autobiography: general

How does an impoverished and illiterate Irish Catholic immigrant rise from abject poverty and discrimination in mid-19th Century America to become America's boxing champion, a millionaire gambling entrepreneur, a twice-elected member of the United States Congress, and a twice-elected member of the New York State Senate?

"e;Darkly humorous"e; is an understatement when it comes to this poignant tale of addiction, homelessness, incarceration, and eventually, redemption.

Most of us don't play to win in life-we play not to lose.

Ghosts - Henrik Ibsen - Ghosts (Danish: Gengangere) is a play by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.

Featured in Conde Nast Traveler Women Who Travel Book Club: 10 New Books We Can't Wait to Read this FallAs seen in Forbes Best New NonFictionAlthough Lisa Niver has traveled in far-off locales from Vanuatu to Nepal and received numerous accolades for both her writing and her top ranked website, what people don't realize is that this began from the wreckage of a rotten romance.

Witty, tender and daring essays from the British David Sedaris'A lovely writer: supple, stylish and almost effortlessly witty.