What does it mean to be lonely? How do we live if we're not intimately involved? Olivia Laing explores these questions by traveling deep into the work and lives of some of the century's most original artists.

Abandoned by their father and living in poverty with their heartless stepmother in Louisiana, two sisters from the Philippines, twelve-year-old Sol and six-year-old Ming, learn the true meaning of family.

The inner game of tennis is a revolutionary program for overcoming the self-doubt, nervousness, and lapses of concentration that can keep a player from winning. This classic bestseller can change the way the game of tennis is played....

In this uplifting memoir in the vein of The Last Lecture and Man's Search for Meaning, a Holocaust survivor pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing his wisdom, and living his best possible life. Born in...

Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on your capacity for happiness. Drawing from their own stories, as well as from others, the authors illustrate what grief is and how it is possible to recover and regain...

In this deeply moving and myth-shattering work, Ann Fessler brings out into the open for the first time the astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for adoption due to enormous family and...

Friends at Brown University, Marina, Danielle, and Julius are still looking to make their marks as they approach their 30s. Marina lives with her celebrated parents on the Upper West Side while trying to complete her book. TV producer...

The Effect of Children on Parents thoughtfully explores the interactions by which parents and children change, develop, and sometimes affect each other negatively. Everyone knows that parents influence their children, but few...