Books published by Hachette Books

The no-holds-barred group autobiography of the critically-acclaimed feminist punk-rock group, The Lunachicks

A world-renowned researcher and physician offers the first book to identify the entire spectrum of food-related health conditions, from allergy to sensitivity, and what we can do about it.

A guide for women to rise to their fullest potential and lift other women along with them, and a call to action to accelerate the movement to global gender equality, from a business leader and CEO

Drawing on the latest research and discussions with prominent psychologists, Peters explains our deep-seated resistance to mothering (and fathering) in new ways. With portraits of a dozen real families,corporate and blue collar, religious and secular, step- and single parents, urban and suburban,Peters illustrates the strategies that make this new family life succeed.

A riveting Vietnam War story--and one of the most dramatic in aviation history--told by a New York Times bestselling author and a prominent aviation historian

Sequel to Grammy-nominated bestseller Under the Big Black Sun, continuing the up-close and personal account of the L.A. punk scene, with 50 rare photos

From the author of Midnight in the Pacific, a stirring narrative of World War II's final major battle-the Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign - the last of its kind.

A former Louisiana pastor's courageous memoir chronicling his conversion to atheism.

In the tradition of Predictably Irrational and Stumbling on Happiness, a psychologist explores the science of habit-forming: how the automatic brain runs our lives, why seemingly simple habits can be surprisingly difficult to implement, and how you can finally change yours for the better.

From the author of High Heat, a compelling look at the 1968 baseball season- "The Year of the Pitcher"- when the game was played to perfection against the backdrop of one of the most divisive and turbulent years in American history.

The definitive, long-awaited biography of John Kennedy Toole, author of A Confederacy of Dunces, whose fascinating and tragic life and death have remained shrouded in mystery despite a legacy established around one of the most amazing publishing stories of American literature.

The never-before-told story of the American pilots-idealists, adventurers, romantics-who joined the RAF before America entered the war and helped save Britain in its darkest hour

An in-depth look at the creation of one of Bob Dylan's most celebrated albums, Blood on the Tracks.

The definitive biography of legendary punk band the Clash, and the first to draw on original interviews with the band

The only biography of the colorful and legendary songwriter of such enduring hits as "Lonely Avenue," "Save the Last Dance for Me," and "Viva Las Vegas"

Take "a lively, voyeuristic glimpse into the ancient world" of the gladiator (Publishers Weekly)

A "superb" (Wall Street Journal biography by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author on the "most illustrious American of his age"-the painter-turned-inventor Samuel F.B. Morse

In the spirit of Zen Path Through Depression and Spiritual Divorce, divorce Gabriel Cohen uses transformative Buddhist insights as a way through the attachment and suffering, anger and recrimination inherent in divorce

An essential guide for managing all aspects of a child's autism in the crucial stage after diagnosis, from the founder of the national nonprofit organization First Signs

A dual biography and a fresh approach to the always compelling subject of these two iconic leaders-how they fashioned a distinctly American war, and a lasting peace, that fundamentally changed our nation

From the author of the classic The Tao of Inner Peace (more than 150,000 copies sold) and leading Renaissance expert, an original program to discover your talents, find your purpose, and chart a new, happier direction in life by following the lost wisdom of the Renaissance.

From the author of A Goose in Toulouse, the lush and personal tale of a journey along the Seine, guiding the reader through history and the heart of France

In this never-before- published memoir of Hollywood, Ed Wood, Jr., reveals the down and dirty about the cutthroat world of movie-making.