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Michael Gates Gill, HOW TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE (Gotham Books)

In HOW TO SAVE YOUR OWN LIFE:  15 Lessons on Finding Hope in Unexpected Places, Michael Gates Gill shares his experiences with weathering downturns by distilling his experiences into fifteen meaningful lessons.

Billie Jean King, PRESSURE IS A PRIVILEGE (Lifetime Media, Inc.)

Tennis champion Billie Jean King uses her 1973 Battle of the Sexes match against Bobby Riggs as a to illuminate 13 life lessons in this self-help quasi-memoir Pressure is a Privilege: Lessons I've Learned from Life and the Battle of the Sexes. Lifetime Media, Inc.

Tom Leopold, MILT & MARTY (St. Martin's Press)

The story of Milt & Marty: The Longest Lasting and Least Successful Comedy Writing Duo in Showbiz History. St. Martin's Press.

Billy Collins, BALLISTICS (Random House)

Former U.S. laureate Collins shows the deft, often self-mocking touch that has made him one of America's best-selling poets with this collection of poetry.

Evan Handler, IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY (Penguin Group)

In It's Only Temporary: The Good News and the Bad News of Being Alive, Evan Handler struggles to grow up with this collection of autobiographical essays.

Evan Handler, TIME ON FIRE (Henry Holt & Company, Inc)

Handler has expands his off-Broadway play about surviving leukemia into a captivating memoir with Time on Fire: My Comedy of Terrors.

Esther Sternberg, M.D., HEALING SPACES (Harvard University Press)

NIH researcher Sternberg chronicles research on the neural pathways that connect our sensory perception of our environment with our ability to heal in Healing Spaces: The Science of Place and Well-Being.

Vivian Stringer, STANDING TALL (Crown Publishing)

In Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph, basket-ball coach Vivian Stringer shares her remarkable life story, inspiring us to find this fortitude within ourselves.  From Crown Publishing.

Michael Eric Dyson, APRIL 4, 1968 (Basic Civitas Books)

Acclaimed public intellectual and best-selling author Michael Eric Dyson examines how Martin Luther King Jr. fought, and faced, his own death, and how America can draw on his legacy today. April 4, 1968: Martin Luther King, Jr.'S Death and How It Changed America celebrates the leadership of Dr. King, and challenges America to renew its commitment to his vision.

Julia Reed, THE HOUSE ON FIRST STREET (Ecco)

In The House on First Street: My New Orleans Story, Julia Reed recounts her story of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, capturing the magical allure of the city, its food and its people. From Ecco.

Darryl Pinckney, OUT THERE (Basic Civitas Books)

Out There: Mavericks of Black Literature by Darryl Pinckney offers an engaging study of three black writers of varied backgrounds but with a common fixation that reveals their alienated consciousness: J. A. Rogers, Vincent O. Carter and Caryl Phillips. From Basic Civitas Books.

Darryl Pinckney, HIGH COTTON (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

This autobiographical first novel by Darryl Pinckney delights as the unhip narrator embraces art not ideology, loneliness not a lifestyle. His voice in High Cotton speaks to, not for, "the black experience'' among those who value character over color.

Melvin Delgado, Ph.D., LATINO ELDERS AND THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (Routledge)

In Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice, the major theme woven throughout the book is the need to become culturally sensitive to the service issues of Latino elders.

Dr. Marianne Legato, WHY MEN DIE FIRST (Palgrave Macmillan)

Dr. Marianne Legato, author of Why Men Never Remember and Why Women Never Forget (Rodale Books), and Why Men Die First (Palgrave Macmillan), which examines the differences between men and women.

Alexis Kates Shulman, MEMOIRS OF AN EX-PROM QUEEN (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen appeared 35 years ago and sold more than a million copies in just a few years. The narrator, Sasha Davis, an Ohio girl, high school prom queen, now divorced and in a second marriage is still searching for herself.

Faye Wattleton, LIFE ON THE LINE (One World/Ballantine)

Faye Wattleton's memoir of being the daughter of a fundamentalist Church of God preacher and growing up to be the president of national Planned Parenthood. Published by One World/Ballantine.

Nelson DeMille, THE GOLD COAST (Grand Central Publishing)

Nelson DeMille, best-selling author, offers several fiction books, including By the Rivers of Babylon; Word of Honor; The Charm School; Plum Island; The Lion’s Game; Night Fall; and Wild Fire. All from Grand Central Publishing.

Edward Mendelson, THE THINGS THAT MATTER (Anchor)

An illuminating exploration of how seven of the greatest English novels of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries—Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch, Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and Between the Acts—portray the essential experiences of life. From Random House Inc.

Governor Mike Huckabee, QUIT DIGGING YOUR GRAVE WITH A KNIFE AND FORK (Center Street)

He discusses in his 2005 book his physical transformation in 2003 when at 48 years old he lost over 110 pounds in a matter of months. Published by Center Street.

Dr. Marianne Legato, WHY MEN NEVER REMEMBER AND WOMEN NEVER FORGET (Rodale Books)

Dr. Marianne Legato, author of Why Men Never Remember and Why Women Never Forget (Rodale Books), and Why Men Die First (Palgrave Macmillan), which examines the differences between men and women.

Simon Doonan, BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (Collins)

Simon Doonan's memoir on growing up in a working class area of Reading, eventually finding a way out, escaping to London.

Linda Fairstein, LETHAL LEGACY (Doubleday)

Linda Fairstein is the author of an internationally best-selling series of crime novels including Final Jeopardy; Likely to Die; Cold Hit; The Deadhouse; The Bone Vault; and The Kills. All published by Pocket.

Nelson DeMille, THE GATEHOUSE (Grand Central Publishing)

Nelson DeMille, best-selling author, offers several fiction books, including By the Rivers of Babylon; Word of Honor; The Charm School; Plum Island; The Lion’s Game; Night Fall; and Wild Fire. All from Grand Central Publishing.

Joy Behar, WHEN YOU NEED A LIFT (Crown)

In When You Need a Lift, comedienne Joy Behar and a host of her friends share the simple, silly, profound, and personal things they turn to for comfort when life gets hard. Published by Crown.

Guest Billy Collins’ poem, Forgetfulness
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

The nation’s largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by serious mental illnesses.

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Transforming the understanding and treatment of mental illnesses through basic and clinical research, paving the way for prevention, recovery and cure.

PBS Documentary, DEPRESSION: Out of the Shadows

Through the voices and stories of people living with depression, the film provides a portrait of the disease.

Sir Harold Evans, They Made America

Evans reveals the surprising truths behind many of the creations that made our modern world, as well as the lessons we can learn by studying the great entrepreneurs and innovators of the past two centuries. From Little, Brown & Company. Also a PBS 4-part series.

Dr. Janet Taylor, ASK DR. JANET (Family Circle Magazine)

Dr. Janet Taylor is on the front line battling the emotional and economic impact of mental illness. See helpful articles including, Importance of Family Counseling and Managing Caregiver Burnout. Her column appears in Family Circle Magazine.