Most Westerners working in Afghanistan spend their time tucked inside a military compound or embassy. Not Deborah Rodriguez. Now, she tells the story of the beauty school she founded in the middle of Kabul and the vibrant women who were her students.

When Rodriguez opened the Kabul Beauty...

Pat Garrett was the sheriff of Lincoln County who killed Billy the Kid. When Garrett’s book appeared, eight lurid dime novels had glorified and falsified the Kid, making him into a murderous super-outlaw. Garrett’s book tells the more genuine story of a young, reckless cowhand who became a...

That voice, those eyes, that hair, the cars, the girls—Elvis Presley revolutionized American pop culture. "His appearance on Ed Sullivan ripped the 1950s in half," writes the author. Keogh examines...

Mark Twain considered this biography his best and most important work. Twain reached his conclusion about Joan's unique place in history only after studying detailed accounts by both the French, fo...