The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

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

The life story of the Olympic athlete, All-American football player and Major League Baseball player Jim Thorpe.

The Washington Post columnist describes Republican actions between the signing of the Contract With America and the Jan. 6 insurrection.

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

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success.

How an architect and a serial killer were linked by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893.

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

The author of “The Oregon Trail” recounts his adventures on a wooden flatboat and challenges the myths of American expansion.

The physicist and creator of the YouTube series “Science Without the Gobbledygook" takes on some of the biggest questions in life and physics.

A look at arbitrary beliefs surrounding opium, caffeine and mescaline, which are derived from plants.

The Republican senator from South Carolina shares stories from his life and the lives of other Americans.

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

The memoirs of the late composer, author and screenwriter, written with the chief theater critic at The New York Times.