This book is an inspiring, hilarious memoir of a calamitous illness and the rocky road to recuperation—as only the author of Catch-22 and the friend who helped him back to health could tell it.

Miraculously, he recovered. When he passed away in 1999 from natural causes, he left behind a body of work that continues to sell hundreds of thousands of copies a year. Just One Catch is the first biography of Yossarian's creator.

... in author's possession . Lane , Joseph . " To the Honorable Secretary of War , or the Commissioner of Indian Affairs , " to Tolmie , May 17 , 1849 , William P. Bryant to Territorial Governor Joseph Lane . Oregon City , October 10 , 1849 ...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle • Newsweek/The Daily Beast • The Seattle Times • The Economist • Kansas City Star • BookPage On February 14, 1989, Valentine’s Day, Salman Rushdie was telephoned ...

... Joseph Pulitzer Papers, Manuscripts Division, Library of Congress. JPKp Joseph P. Kennedy Papers, John F. Kennedy ... in author's possession. Oh-SS PAHdiary Oral History Project, Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, San ...

DON’T MISS BRIDGE OF CLAY, MARKUS ZUSAK’S FIRST NOVEL SINCE THE BOOK THIEF AND AN UNFORGETTABLE AND SWEEPING FAMILY SAGA.

This is a thoroughly readable and delightful biography of a multi-faceted author, artist and debater who loved the friendship of children, idolized his wife and enjoyed great friendships with the likes of Hillaire Belloc, Bernard Shaw and H ...

Yossarian Slept Here is Erica Heller’s wickedly funny but also poignant and incisive memoir about growing up in a family—her iconic father; her wry, beautiful mother, Shirley; her younger brother, Ted; her relentlessly inventive ...

The story of a notorious New York eccentric and the journalist who chronicled his life: “A little masterpiece of observation and storytelling” (Ian McEwan).

In this authoritative, insightful book, we see Joseph Conrad as a man who consistently reinvented himself.