A Stolen Life: A MemoirThe first book of its kindJaycee Dugards raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years. In the summer of 1991 I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother who loved me. I was just like you. Until the day my life was stolen. For eighteen years I was a prisoner. I was an object for someone to use and abuse. For eighteen years I was not allowed to speak my own name.

most of us have little sense of our talents and strengths

drug-addled Spud who may be spreading the most trouble

a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling

no tastes so similar

the dwelling place of innumerable wild

Fisher in journals and letters—some of which were later discovered by Luke Barr

Your business’s success depends on how you prepare for the future

at any age

the pride of her suburban New Jersey family

And with a bit of luck you can also be confident that the idiot out there isn’t you

as they feels it's for the fitness elite

locating the true power of history not in tyranny