No one is better poised to write the biography of JamesHerriot than the son who worked alongside him in the Yorkshireveterinary practice when Herriot became an internationallybestselling author. Now, in this warm and poignant biography, JimWight ventures beyond his father's life as a veterinarian to revealthe man behind the stories--the private individual who refused toallow fame and wealth to interfere with his practice or his family.With access to all of his father's papers, correspondence,manu*s, and photographs--and intimate recollections of thefarmers, locals, and friends who populate the James Herriotbooks--only Jim Wight could write this definitive biography of theman who was not only his father but his best friend.

Saucerful of Secrets is the first in-depth biography of thisvery private group. At the heart of the saga is Syd Barrett, thegroup's brilliant founder, whose public decline into shatteredincoherence--attributable in part to his marathon use of LSD--isone of the tragedies of rock history. The making of Dark Side ofthe Moon and Floyd's other great albums is recounted in detail, asare the mounting of "The Wall"? ? and the creation of the flyingpigs, crashing? ? planes, "Mr. Screen" and the other elements oftheir spectacular stage shows. The book also explores the manybattles between bass player/song writer Roger Waters and the restof the group, leading up to Water's acrimonious departure for asolo? ? career in 1984 and his unsuccessful attempt to disolve thegroup he had left behind. Saucerful of Secrets is an electrifying account of thisground-breaking, mind-bending group, covering every period of theircareer from? ? earliest days to latest recordings. It is full of? ?revealing information that will

The adventure begins when Meg’s mother, Addie, vacationing inFlorida, takes a spill. At the hospital, Addie bolts upright on hergurney and yells “I demand an autopsy!” before passing outcold. “One minute, she is unconscious, the next, she’s nuts,” observesMeg Federico in this hilarious and poignant memoir of taking careof eighty-year-old Addie and her relatively new (and equally old)husband, Walter, in their not-so-golden years. Addie’s accident is a portent of things to come over the next twoyears as Meg oversees her mother’s home care in the DepartureLounge, the nickname Meg gives Addie and Walter’s house in suburbanNew Jersey. It is a place of odd behaviors and clashing caregivers,where chaos and confusion reign supreme. Meg had expected that Addie and Walter would settle into aRockwellian dotage of docile dependency. Instead the pair regressinto terrible teens. Meg watches from the sidelines in disbelief asher mother and stepfather, forbidden by doctors to drink, conspireto order cas

Acclaimed British historian Anthony Everitt delivers a compelling account of the former orphan who became Roman emperor in A.D. 117 after the death of his guardian Trajan. Hadrian strengthened Rome by ending territorial expansion and fortifying existing borders. And - except for the uprising he triggered in Judea - his strength-based diplomacy brought peace to the realm after a century of warfare.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THE BEST SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR "October 1964 should be a hit with old-time baseball fans, who'llrelish the opportunity to relive that year's to-die-for WorldSeries, when the dynastic but aging New York Yankees squared offagainst the upstart St. Louis Cardinals. It should be a hit withyounger students of the game, who'll eat up the vivid portrayals oflegends like Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris of the Yankees and BobGibson and Lou Brock of the Cardinals. Most of all, however, DavidHalberstam's new book should be a hit with anyone interested inunderstanding the important interplay between sports andsociety." --The Boston Globe "Compelling...1964 is a chronicle of the end of a great dynastyand of a game, like the country, on the cusp of enormouschange." --Newsweek "Halberstam's latest gives us the feeling of actually beingthere--in another time, in the locker rooms and in the minds ofbaseball legends. His time and effort researching the boo

"Authorized, intimate, and definitive, Ben Hogan: A Life isthe long-awaited biography of one of golf's greatest, mostenigmatic legends, narrated with the unique eloquence that has madeauthor James Dodson a critically acclaimed national bestseller. "One man is often credited with shaping the landscape of moderngolf. Ben Hogan was a short, trim, impeccably dressed Texan whosefierce work ethic, legendary steel nerves, and astonishing triumphover personal disaster earned him not only an army of adoring fans,but one of the finest careers in the history of the sport. Hogancaptured a record-tying four U.S. Opens, won five of six majortournaments in a single season, and inspired future generations ofprofessional golfers from Palmer to Norman to Woods. Yet for allhis brilliance, Ben Hogan was an enigma. He was an American herowhose personal life, inner motivation, and famed "secret" were thesource of great public mystery. As Hogan grew into a giant on thepro tour, the combination of his cool outward demeanor an

THIS TIME TOGETHER is 100 percent Carol Burnett – funny,irreverent, and irresistible. Carol Burnett is one of the most beloved and revered actresses andperformers in America. The Carol Burnett Show was seen eachweek by millions of adoring fans and won twenty-five Emmys in itsremarkable eleven-year run. Now, in This Time Together ,Carol really lets her hair down and tells one funny or touching ormemorable story after another – reading it feels like sitting downwith an old friend who has wonderful tales to tell. In engaging anecdotes, Carol discusses her remarkable friendshipswith stars such at Jimmy Stewart, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, andJulie Andrews; the background behind famous scenes, like the momentshe swept down the stairs in her curtain-rod dress in the legendary“Went With the Wind” skit; and things that would happen only toCarol – the prank with Julie Andrews that went wrong in front ofthe First Lady; the famous Tarzan Yell that saved her during amugging; and the time she faked a woode

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Discover Jane Fonda, in her own words and now experience the story of her life in the HBO documentary Jane Fonda in Five Acts.

An astonishing and at times outright comic memoir that marksthe brilliant debut of a writer raised in a creative, bohemianhousehold characterized by extreme privilege tinged withneglect. Born into one of the most celebrated Anglo-Irish families, theGuinnesses, Ivana Lowell tells a stunning story of coming to termswith her blue-blood heritage and her own childhood traumas. It isalso the story of her intense relationship with her formidablyintelligent and complicated mother, the writer Caroline Blackwood.A keen observer with an incisive eye, a wicked sense of humor, andno self-pity, Lowell sets a wide range of scenes with a trulyunexpected, almost madcap cast of characters, introducing us tosuch eccentric figures as her maternal grandmother, Maureen, theMarchioness of Dufferin and Ava. She takes us from themarchioness’s annual ball for her idol and old friend, the QueenMother, to Maureen’s stately Irish home, Clandeboye (where themarchioness hopes to die), to summers in Dufferin’s villa inSar