Prince Charles is the oldest heir to the British throne in more than three hundred years. This biography -- the product of four years of research and hundreds of interviews with palace officials, former girlfriends, spiritual gurus, and more -- is filled with fresh insights into Charles's life, in and out of the public eye. It begins with his lonely childhood, in which he struggled to live up to his father's expectations and sought companionship from...

"From age five, Sufiya Abdur-Rahman, the daughter of two Black Power-era converts to Islam, feels drawn to the faith even as her father, a devoted Muslim, introduces her to and, at the same time, distances her from it. He and her mother abandoned their Harlem mosque before she was born and divorced when she was twelve. Forced apart from her father--her portal into Islam--she yearns to reconnect with the religion and, through it, him. In Heir to the...

The Armageddon genie--nuclear terrorism--is out of the bottle, freed by bin-Laden's heedless avengers and "a pissant dictator with Ray-Bans and a fondness for movies, " as America's president describes North Korea's ruler a few hours before announcing a decision that will mark him forever as either a hero or a mass murderer. In a twenty-first century Pearl Harbor, nuclear terrorism takes its first city--Las Vegas--and stalks Baltimore. The terrorists...

Terence Smith's memoir recounts his extraordinary journalistic career with The New York Times, CBS News and PBS, covering everything from the inner workings of the White House to fours wars and stories drawn from the daily lives of people in 44 countries. He also provides a first-hand account of the evolution of journalism from print to digital.

In hopes of creating a comprehensive volume, she is collecting memories, oral histories, old maps, land titles, newspaper clippings, and photographs from current and former residents of the Broadneck Peninsula.

Hollywood-handsome Daniel B. Brewster had it all: inherited wealth, stellar education, combat Marine, prestigious horse farm, gorgeous and talented wife, and two young sons -- even a seat in the United States Senate. He was called "the Golden Boy of Maryland Politics." In 1964, as a stand-in for Lyndon Johnson in Maryland's Democratic Presidential Primary, Brewster defeated the segregationist George C. Wallace, a victory that was credited with clearing...

Will Larkin teaches algebra and has been married 2.92 years (he never rounds off). He has no children, two friends and one dog. His life is perfectly routine until he loses his wife, job, dog, boat and even his freedom all in one spectacularly hard year. He also didn't plan on falling in love with vet tech named Parker Cool. Float Plan is a contemporary novel featuring a chainsaw attack on a gazebo, a basset hound named Dean and a life-saving mozzarella...

Part memoir and part guide for starting your own book club, ""Men Don't Read: The Unlikely Story of the Guys Book Club"" tells the compelling tale of one library book group. It is an examination of why we read, the importance of talking about what we read, and the future of reading in our society, particularly for men and boys.

"The concept of parole may seem naïve today but was widely used during our previous wars with England and Mexico. The names of officers and enlisted men captured on the battlefield, along with their rank and unit, were recorded and each signed an oath not to take up arms against their captors until properly exchanged. Then they simply went home and waited for a notice from their government to return to active duty ... It soon became evident to the...

"Things that are no longer useful, wanted or liked are kept because we might need them someday. This protects us from the uncertainties of the future or, if it is too painful to let go of our object memories, stuck in the past. One way to make peace with your stuff is to live with the things that you love now, that fit you now, that align with your lifestyle now because now is where life happens. If you want to change your relationship with stuff,...