Biography

In this candid, colorful memoir about a nerd from the Brooklyn projects who makes it big, George illuminates how the pain of life can be turned into thoughtful books and cinema.

Gifted Hands does not just shed light on a ghetto youth with failing grades who became director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Univesity Hospital at age 33. It takes readers into the operating room to watch incredibly complex, delicate,...

This is the mass market edition of the popular book by Dr. Ben Carson whose inspiring story tells of a frustrated inner-city kid whose faith in God helped him become director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University Hospital.

Everything you love about American popular culture is Quincy Jones. As an artist and impresario Quincy Jones has been the creative catalyst for over 60 years of American cultural phenomena orchestrating the sounds of Frank Sinatra, setting the ambiance...

Since delivering his keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama has been hailed as the clear savior of not only the Democratic party, but of the integrity of American politics. Despite the fact that he burst onto the national...

The "New York Times"-bestselling author and one of the nation's finest speakers reflects on critical points in his life and times through the lens of the speeches he gave--and the leaders and preachers who inspired him. Black Americans have always relied...

Michelle Obama has played an influential role in her husband's campaign, and is certain to do the same if he is elected president. This work examines her astonishing career--covering her undergraduate years at Princeton, her studies at Harvard Law...

"The journey white Southerners travel in this riveting memoir, from virulent racism to acceptance of blacks' civil rights, is as momentous as any in American history. Zellner moved a shorter distance — son of a progressive, integrationist minister from...