From critically acclaimed world historian, Antony Beevor, this is the first major account in more than twenty years to cover the whole invasion from June 6, 1944, right up to the liberation of Paris on August 25. It is the first book to describe not only the experiences of the American, British, Canadian, and German soldiers, but also the terrible suffering of the French caught up in the fighting.

Laura Bush recounts her life from Midland, Texas, to becoming a teacher, a librarian, a mother and First Lady of the United States.

A memoir by the bodybuilder, actor, and former governor of California traces his journey to the United States and rise from Mr. Universe champion to millionaire businessman, and discusses his political achievements and the choices he regrets.

"The University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the nine boys, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what beating the odds really meant. They defeated elite rivals from California and eastern schools to earn the right to compete against the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic Games in Berlin....

Few of us are completely immune to the suggestion of the uncanny and the fear of the dark. Taking us through hauntings that have obsessed the world, Roger Clarke unfolds a story of class conflict, charlatans, and true believers. Written as grippingly as the best ghost fiction, it is a chronicle of the most haunted places of the last five hundred years -- and of our longing to believe.