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Doctors said he’d never walk again. A freestyle motocross accident left Kevin wheelchair-bound. His injury was almost identical to his father Gerry’s, ...

From One Of Our Most Astute Observers Of Human Nature, A Far-reaching Exploration Of Japanese History And Culture And A Moving Meditation On Impermanence, M...

When civil war broke out in his home country in 2011, Hassan Al Kontar was a young Syrian living and working in the UAE. After a series of setbacks, he was ...

In Exile: Rupture, Reunion, and My Grandmother's Secret LifeCategories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

growing Pains Tells The Story Of Writer And Painter Emily Carr's Life, From A Proper Canadian Girlhood, Through Her Artist's Training In San Francisco And...

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a brutally honest, surprisingly poignan...

Journalist Walls Grew Up With Parents Whose Ideals And Stubborn Nonconformity Were Their Curse And Their Salvation. Rex And Rose Mary And Their Four Childre...

Product Description The #1 New York Times BestsellerSo, I've written a book.Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable ...

In this courageous memoir, Elissa Wall, the star witness against polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs, tells her inspirational story of how she emerged from...

Gandhi ; Foreword By M.g. Vassanji. Translated From The Original In Gujarati [satyanii Prayogo Athavâ Iitmakathâ] By Mahadev Desai In 1940--t.p. Verso. In...

Rigoberta nació en San Miguel Uspantán, El Quiché, Guatemala. Aprendió castellano cuando tenía veinte años sin libros, maestros ni escuela. Lo aprendi...

In 1964, social worker Bridget Moran attracted widespread attention and the wrath of the BC government with her open letter to Premier W.A.C. Bennett, charg...

“ZAMI is a fast-moving chronicle. From the author’s vivid childhood memories in Harlem to her coming of age in the late 1950s, the nature of Audre Lorde...

Winner • National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) Winner • Edgar Award (Critical/Biographical) Winner • Bram Stoker Award (Nonfiction) A New Yo...

An Explosive Book That Exposes The Abuses Of Institutionalization. How Many Brothers And Sisters Do You Have? It Was One Of The First Questions Kids Asked E...

We All Know Of Women Whose Accomplishments Have Been Ignored, Miscredited, Or Devalued. Women Are Too Often Shut Out Of Important Conversations, Relegated T...

For The First Time, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson Opens Up About His Amazing Comeback--from Tragic Personal Loss To Thriving Businessman And Cable's Highest-paid E...

Clutching her pink trunk filled with the relics of a lost childhood, twelve-year-old Jenny steps off a bus in Reno and into the wide-open future. Separated...

Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was ...

Roots of Style is a rare look into the mind, life, and journey of one of our generation’s most coveted fashion designers, Isabel Toledo. From the nostalg...

Whether It Was Helping Michael Jordan And The Chicago Bulls Win Three Consecutive Nba Titles In The 1990s, Or Showing Up To A Book Signing In A Dress And Fu...

"I'm scared and scarred but I’ve survived" Tom Wilson was raised in the rough-and-tumble world of Hamilton—Steeltown— in the company of World War II ...

Vince Carter didn't waste any time leaving his mark on the NBA landscape. Shocking veteran opponents with his dazzling combination of speed and power, Car...

Over 100 Combat Missions, 24 Years As A Green Beret--full Battle Rattle Tells The Legend Of A Soldier Who Served America In Every War Since Vietnam. Master ...

The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Edd...

The improbable story of Luis Tiant--a living link to the earliest days of Fidel Castro's regime, a Boston Red Sox legend, and the most qualified 20th Centur...

greeks Arrived In America With The Expectation That Freedom Would Permit Their Families To Thrive And Be Successful. With Hard Work, Belief In The Orthodox ...

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives. ...

For Twenty-five Years, Debby Irving Sensed Inexplicable Racial Tensions In Her Personal And Professional Relationships. As A Colleague And Neighbor, She Wor...

The Author Describes Life Growing Up Different In An Odd Family, His Unusual Talents, His Struggle To Live A Normal Life, His Diagnosis At The Age Of Forty ...

Across The Globe, Women Are Embracing The Entrepreneurial Spirit And Starting Creative Businesses. In The Company Of Women Profiles Over 100 Of These Influe...

Within these visionary pages, meditation and dharma teacher Spring Washam meets the spirit of one of America's greatest ancestors, Harriet Tubman. The Spiri...

Meet Denver, a man raised under plantation-style slavery in Louisiana in the 1960s; a man who escaped, hopping a train to wander, homeless, for eighteen y...

From Tunde Oyeneyin, the massively popular Peloton instructor, fitness star, and founder of SPEAK, comes an empowering, inspiring book that shows how she tr...

Is There A Song That Changed Your Life? Npr's Music Authority Bob Boilen Posed That Question To Some Of Today's Best-loved Musical Legends And Rising Stars....

Hillary Rodham Clinton And Her Daughter, Chelsea, Share The Stories Of The Gutsy Women Who Have Inspired Them -- Women With The Courage To Stand Up To The S...

New York Times bestseller. They all thought he was gone. But he was alive and trapped inside his own body for ten years. In January 1988 Martin Pistorius, ...

An exceptional father-son story about the reality that tests us, the myths that sustain us, and the love that saves us. Paul Coates was an enigmatic god t...

In the tradition of The Glass Castle, two sisters confront schizophrenia in this poignant literary memoir about family and mental illness. Through stunning ...

INSTANT BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE HILARY WESTON WRITERS’ TRUST PRIZE FOR NONFICTION\From a leading scholar on the politics of race comes a work of family...

Hillary Rodham Clinton Reveals What She Was Thinking And Feeling During One Of The Most Controversial And Unpredictable Presidential Elections In History. F...

Katherine And Jay Wolf Were A Young Couple Living The Dream In Southern California, But All Was Nearly Lost When Katherine Suffered A Shocking Near-fatal Br...

The life stories appearing in this volume come from communities where storytelling provides a customary framework for discussing the past. Angela Sidney, Ki...

In The 1950s, Anne Innis Dagg Was A Young Zoologist With A Lifelong Love Of Giraffe And A Dream To Study Them In Africa. Based On Extensive Journals And Let...

Product Description New York Times bestseller An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him be...

The Christing Of The World -- Mystical Body -- Rules For Everyday -- Work Should Be An Act Of Creative Love -- Life In Which One's Own Life Will Grow And Fl...

Jael Ealey Richardson Writes About Her Father, Chuck Ealey, A Canadian Football League Star. Jael Ealey Richardson. Includes Bibliographical References. Iss...

From One Of Canada's Most Decorated Olympians Comes A Life-affirming Story Of One Woman's Struggle With Depression. In A World Where Winning Meant Everythin...