Gazza’s tears in the 1990 World Cup semi-final launched the boom of interest in football that continues to this day. Suddenly, Paul Gascoigne found himself the centre of attention in a way that only George Best and David Beckham have ever experienced.
So much has been written about Gazza over the …
Annie Duke: How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions at the World Series of Poker
Annie Duke, one of the world’s best poker players, won $2 million in the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and her first WSOP gold bracelet in 2004, and is a consultant …
Share the extremely bizarre life of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman through this wildly adventurous and outrageously honest autobiography. Chapman candidly recalls his days as a member of the groundbreaking Monty Python troupe, when he teamed up with John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, and Michael Palin to revolutionize British comedy. …
This definitive box set includes all the landmark speeches of the great orator and American leader Martin Luther King, Jr., from his inspirational “I Have a Dream” to his firey “Give Us the Ballot.” Comprised of recordings previously included in A Call to Conscience and A Knock at Midnight, The …
Vocally, Manhood for Amateurs is a quintessential author reading: the listener is immediately drawn into the imaginary setting of a smallish semi-circle gathered in a bookstore-cum-coffee shop, located perhaps in Portland, or Berkley, or Williamsburg. It’s a cozy performance, befitting its domestic themes and miniature childhood epics. Chabon confidently leads …
In late December 2008, New York Times best-selling author Ian Halperin told the world that Michael Jackson had only six months to live. His investigations into Jackson’s failing health made headlines around the globe. Six months later, the King of Pop was dead.
Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was …
David Niven is remembered as one of Britain’s best-loved actors. The archetypal English gentleman, he starred in over ninety films. He is equally remembered as the author of this classic autobiography. In his first volume, he remembers his childhood and school days, his time at Sandhurst and his early army …
There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But listeners of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal …
From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.
Agassi’s incredibly rigorous training begins when he is just a child. By the age of 13, he is banished to a Florida …
President Bill Clinton’s My Life is the strikingly candid portrait of a global leader who decided early in life to devote his intellectual and political gifts to serving the public.
It shows us the progress of a remarkable American, who made the unlikely journey from Hope, Arkansas, to the White House.
President …