1931-

Ruth Kluger chronicles the experiences she had while growing up in Vienna during the Nazi occupation and explains how the time she spent in concentration camps impacted her life.

Traces the life of the Russian leader from his impoverished childhood through his political career to his role in the 1991 coup and the beginning of his presidency.

Discusses the facts and myths surrounding the case of the Boston Strangler, in which eleven women living in and around the Boston area were murdered in similarly brutal ways in 1962.

Describes the life of baseball legend Willie Mays, detailing his childhood in Alabama, early career in the Negro American League with the Birmingham Black Barons, his move to the major leagues in 1951, professional accomplishments, military career, and endeavors off the playing field.

Critical overview of the work of E. L. Doctorow, a writer whose works blur the line between fiction and history as they strive to draw attention to injustice.

Screenwriter William Goldman explains what works best on the silver screen and what does not, and provides anecdotes from the sets of famous late-twentieth-century American films.

An account of Mr. Gorbachev's role in the Soviet Union at the present time, as events unfold which portend a much freer way of life for the Russian people.

Provides an account of the last decade of the arms race between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, discussing Soviet plans for a "Star Wars" program, their biological weapons, and the doomsday machine known as Dead Hand, and examining the dangers that remained with the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the rush to secure the weapons. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Hal Needham recounts the adventures he had--and the dangers he faced along the way--as he became one of Hollywood's highest paid celebrity stuntmen.