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"TV newscaster Kari Wynne blamed her shattered life on one man--District Attorney Hunter McKee. Maybe he hadn't caused her husband's death, but he had smeared his reputation. Her husband had been much older than Kari, and he was her hero. McKee had branded him a thief in the media and then dared to send Kari roses of apology. Soon her anger towards McKee was affecting Kari's reporting and jeopardizing her job. Worse, the desire that exploded every...

An Emmy Award-winning writer and activist describes the harrowing years she spent in early adulthood fighting leukemia and how she learned to live again while forging connections with other survivors of profound illness and suffering. A few weeks shy of her twenty-third birthday, Jaouad received a diagnosis of leukemia, with a 35 percent chance of survival. She would spend much of the next four years in a hospital bed, fighting for her life and chronicling...

Cokie Roberts' husband Steve Roberts reflects not only on her many accomplishments, but on how she lived each day with a devotion to helping others. For Steve, Cokie's private life was as significant and inspirational as her public one. Her commitment to celebrating and supporting other women was evident in everything she did, and her generosity and passion drove her personal and professional endeavors.

"After dropping her child off at preschool, Marla Hancock, a stay-at-home mother, disappears. She had recently left her verbally abusive husband in rural Indiana and moved in with her sister, Shelly, who simply can't believe that her sister would ever willingly vanish without her children. But with limited support from the town's police department or media resources, Shelly fears that Marla's disappearance won't get the attention it deserves, or worse,...

Journalist Wynn Ascot liked small-town news reporting, but she understood the drive that took McCabe Foxe all over the world, courting danger in the search for good stories. Sidelined by a sniper's bullet, McCabe comes home, where he's too close for Wynn's comfort. McCabe is as dangerous as he is exciting for Wynn-a woman who's about to marry another man. And now she has to dig deep to find the truth...in her own heart.

"Emmy Award-winning NPR journalist Maria Hinojosa shares her personal story interwoven with American immigration policy's coming-of-age journey at a time when our country's branding went from "The Land of the Free" to "the land of invasion.""-- Provided by publisher. Hinojosa relates the history of US immigration policy that has brought us to where we are today, as she shares her experience growing up Mexican American on the south side of Chicago....

"When a box from her mother showed up on Katy Tur's doorstep, months into the pandemic and just as she learned she was pregnant with her second child, she didn't now what to expect. The box contained thousands of hours of video - the work of her pioneering helicopter journalist parents. They grew rich and famous for their aerial coverage of Madonna and Sean Penn's secret wedding, the Reginald Denny beating in the 1992 Lost Angeles riots, and O.J....

Reporter Emma Collins is given an assignment to interview the finalists in a fruitcake recipe contest and enlists the help of local pilot Oliver Hamilton; but in the weeks before Christmas, Emma finds herself falling for Oliver and meets three women who know a lot about life.

In his most intimate book yet, O'Reilly goes back in time to examine the people, places, and experiences that launched him on his journey from working-class kid to immensely influential television personality and bestselling author. Readers will learn how his traditional outlook was formed in the crucible of his family, his neighborhood, his church, and his schools, and how his views on America's proper role in the world emerged from covering four...