The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough | 
The Professor and the Madman
by Simon Winchester | 
Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers | 
There Are No Children Here
by Alex Kotlowitz | 
The Life of Elizabeth I
by Alison Weir | 
Working
by Studs Terkel | 
Walt Disney
by B. G. Thomas | 
Empire of the Summer Moon
by S. C. Gwynne | 
The Woman Who Smashed Codes
by Jason Fagone | 
Andy and Don
by Daniel de Vise | 
The Meaning of Everything
by Simon Winchester | 
You Can't Win
by Jack Black | 
The Last Stand
by Nathaniel Philbrick | 
Nine Lives
by Dan Baum | 
Twelve Mighty Orphans
by Jim Dent | 
Spy: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America
by David Wise | 
Louise Brooks
by Barry Paris | 
Cesare Borgia
by Sarah Bradford | 
Mayada, Daughter of Iraq
by Jean Sasson | 
A Man and His Ship
by Steven Ujifusa |
The author traces the eight years between the presidencies of her husband and son, discussing her charity work, relationships with her children and grandchildren, and her family's reactions to September 11 and its aftermath.