The best memoirs and biographies blend fascinating anecdotes with deeper meditations that make us reflect on our own lives.

Bennett Cerf, co-founder of Random House, published many greats of 20th-century letters. The biography “Nothing Random” looks at his life and the times that shaped him.

A new biography of Jessica Mitford portrays an upper class communist who fought for the poor - but travelled with 13 ...

What most draws me to a book is the confluence between the voice of the writer and the subject, and Carla Kaplan’s biography ...

In twentieth-century Britain, the Mitford name became entangled with the rise of European fascism. On October 6, 1936, the ...

Jessica Mitford was a muckracking journalist and memoirist, radical activist and wit. Born to an English aristocratic family, she became a Communist and eloped with Winston Churchill’s nephew to fight ...

Carla Kaplan, the cover for "Troublemaker: The Fierce, Unruly Life of Jessica Mitford," and Diane McWhorter Jessica Mitford, fifth of the six famous “Mitford Girls,” was brought up to marry well and ...

Jessica Simpson reflected on being a pop star in the early 2000s during a show in Mashantucket, Connecticut, over the weekend. Speaking to the crowd, the singer shared words of encouragement for fans ...

For one weekend only, hundreds of devoted readers gathered in Hudson, North Carolina, to celebrate Mitford, a fictional place with a real sense of community. Jan Karon, the 88-year-old author behind ...

The Mitford sisters continue to fascinate to this day. In "Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me," author and illustrator Mimi Pond has created an astonishing feat: A graphic novel biography that spans ...

Jessica Simpson is sharing what the holiday season really means to her. Indeed, the “With You” singer offered a look at her holiday prep with her and estranged husband Eric Johnson’s three kids ...