Atria Books: 2591 books
by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2007
In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of The Caged Virgin and Nomad, Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her astonishing life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia, Saudi Arabia, and Kenya, to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, and...
Bobby and Jackie
A Love Story
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2009
From New York Times bestselling author C. David Heymann, an in-depth and controversial look at the much talked about but never fully revealed relationship between Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Robert F. Kennedy.
Few writers have immersed themselves in the world of the Kennedys as completely...
Nomad
From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2010
"This woman is a major hero of our time." —Richard Dawkins
Ayaan Hirsi Ali captured the world’s attention with Infidel, her compelling coming-of-age memoir, which spent thirty-one weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Now, in Nomad, Hirsi Ali tells of coming to America...
Deer in the Headlights
My Life in Sarah Palin's Crosshairs
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Levi Johnston—best known as Bristol Palin’s baby daddy and Sarah Palin’s favorite whipping boy—sets out to clear his name and, with any luck, end his run as Alaska’s most hated man.
Promising hockey player and Governor Sarah Palin’s almost son-in-law, Levi Johnston was eighteen...
Dearest Friend
A Life of Abigail Adams
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2002
The lively, authoritative, New York Times bestselling biography of Abigail Adams.
This is the life of Abigail Adams, wife of patriot John Adams, who became the most influential woman in Revolutionary America. Rich with excerpts from her personal letters, Dearest Friend captures the public and...
The Gatekeeper
Missy LeHand, FDR, and the Untold Story of the Partnership That Defined a Presidency
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
The “fine biography” and “compelling personal story” (The Wall Street Journal) of arguably the most influential member of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s administration, Marguerite “Missy” LeHand, FDR’s de facto chief of staff, who has been misrepresented, mischaracterized, and overlooked...
The Girl Who Escaped ISIS
This Is My Story
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2016
Named a “Best Book of the Year” by New York Post
“Farida Khalaf’s story is harrowing but crucial—especially when it comes to understanding what ISIS actually is and does.” —Glamour
“As gripping as it is appalling…a compelling testament to the suffering of ordinary people...
Guest of Honor
Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2012
In this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner becomes a lens through which to examine race, politics, and the lives and legacies of two of America’s most iconic figures.
In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to have dinner at the executive...
The Triumph & Tragedy of Lyndon Johnson
The White House Years
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
From Lyndon Johnson’s closest domestic adviser during the White House years comes a book in which “Johnson leaps out of the pages in all his raw and earthy glory” (The New York Times Book Review) that’s been called “a joy to read” (Stephen Ambrose, The Washington Post Book World).
Califano...
Eyes to the Wind
A Memoir of Love and Death, Hope and Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
In this inspirational and moving memoir—reminiscent of When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Hour—activist Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him a profound new understanding of his commitment to social justice for all.
Ady Barkan loved taking afternoon runs...
by Daniel Schorr
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2001
"In May 1999 Kevin Klose, president of National Public Radio, invited me to a meeting of the NPR board and surprised me with a bronze plaque, emblazoned 'Lifetime Achievement Award.' I responded that, ever the copy-reader, I wished to amend the wording to, 'Lifetime Achievement So Far...'"
Thus...
Peace Mom
A Mother's Journey through Heartache to Activism
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2006
"Writing this book is the second most difficult thing I have ever done, next to burying Casey."
On April 4, 2004, Cindy Sheehan learned that Casey, the eldest of her four children, had been killed in Iraq, where he was serving in the United States Army. After struggling through crippling...
The Priority List
A Teacher's Final Quest to Discover Life's Greatest Lessons
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
In this poignant and inspiring memoir, a beloved high school English teacher with terminal brain cancer undertakes a cross-country journey to reunite with his former students in order to find out if he made a difference in their lives, discovering along the way what is truly important in life.
Based...
by John Walsh
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2009
As the host of the immensely popular America's Most Wanted, John Walsh has been instrumental in the capture of nearly four hundred and fifty of this country's most dangeroues fugitives. However, few know the full story of the personal tragedy behind his public crusade: the 1981 abduction and murder...