How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

Janny and Lien Brilleslijper from Amsterdam were sent by train to Auschwitz when the Jewish safehouse they created in the woods was discovered.

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of "The Daily Show."

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient's memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.

How Homo sapiens became Earth's dominant species.

A collection of the humorist's essays including "Me Talk Pretty One Day" and "A Guy Walks Into a Bar Car."

The history and people of Natchez, Miss., includes slavery and the election of a gay Black man as mayor.

The author recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one bleak place to another.

A memoir-expose of the restaurant world. Originally published in 2000.

When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions.

An oral history of the events that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, based on transcripts, declassified documents and interviews.

The MacArthur Fellow argues that passion and perseverance are more important than innate talent in creating success.

A therapist who specializes in trauma, body-centered psychotherapy and violence prevention explains racism's effect on the body.

The story of a woman whose cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951.