Memoirs

From the author of Blue Like Jazz comes a road-trip memoir about three months spent crossing the country in a Volkswagen camping van, wondering out-loud if...

Chronicles the history of America's secret counterterrorist unit, tells how members are recruited and trained, and explains its key role in the Iran hostage...

Raised by unconventional Irish Catholics who knew "how to drink, how to dance, how to talk, and how to stir up the devil," Kate Mulgrew grew up with poetry ...

In Vivid Detail, The Thirty-year Veteran Of Stage And Screen Describes His Texas Upbringing, His Personal Struggles, His Rise To Fame With North And South, ...

Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape a...

New York Times Bestselling Author Shauna Niequist Writes About Unexpected Loss, Change, Faith, Midlife, And A Move To New York City With Her Signature Depth...

"Val embodies what it means to live the American dream." — Robin Roberts, Good Morning America Valentin Chmerkovskiy, the world championship-winning and ...

In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman—and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it...

Julie Powell thought cooking her way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking was the craziest thing she'd ever do—until she embarked on ...

The Country Music Legend Shares The Story Behind His Meteoric Rise To Fame, Including The Highs And Lows, And The Secrets Behind His Biggest Hits. Rogers De...

Unlock the Power of Authentic LoveGod designed us to thrive in relationships, so it should come as no surprise that the greatest success in life comes thr...

"You don't have to be Irish to cherish this literary gift--just being human and curious and from a family will suffice." --Malachy McCourt, New York Times b...

A teen idol of the 1950s who virtually invented the singer/songwriter/heartthrob combination that still tops pop music today, Paul Anka rocketed to fame wi...

One of the most popular television and cultural icons ever, Regis Philbin has been entertaining television audiences for more than fifty years—as a belove...

Like Native Children Forced By Law To Attend Schools Across Canada And The United States, Sellars And Other Students Of St. Joseph's Mission Were Allowed Ho...

A powerful, raw and eloquent memoir about the abuse former First Nations chief Edmund Metatawabin endured in residential school in the 1960s, the resulting...

At The Age Of Sixteen, Edith Eger, A Trained Ballet Dancer And Gymnast, Was Sent To Auschwitz. Hours After Her Parents Were Killed, The 'angel Of Death, ' N...

One accident. Two victims. Three deaths. A moving account of grief and its aftermath. In the fall of 2009, Catherine Gourdier and the other members of her...

In A Landmark Book, An Extraordinary Young Woman Recounts Her Coming-of-age As A Transgender Teen--a Deeply Personal And Empowering Portrait Of Self-revelat...

My memoir is laced with nostalgia and at the same time it is my sincere intention to portray the true essence of the Guyanese culture without offence. Keep ...

Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound hum...

Walker Brown Was Born With A Genetic Mutation So Rare That Doctors Call It An Orphan Syndrome: Perhaps 300 People Around The World Also Live With It. Walker...

Magda Szubanski's Childhood In A Suburban Migrant Family Was Haunted By The Demons Of Her Father's Life In Wartime Poland. At Nineteen, Fighting In The Wars...

National Bestseller A Charmingly Relatable And Wise Memoir-in-essays By Acclaimed Writer And Bookseller Mary Laura Philpott, “the Modern Day Reincarnation...

What happens when a coffee-drinking, cigarette-smoking, steak-eating twenty-five-year-old atheist decides it is time to get in touch with her spiritual side...

Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin offers an intimate and revealing look at her life, from her childhood in the Alberta...

What happens to our loved ones when they die? Is there a heaven? Is there a true connection and communication between the living and the dead? With the s...

Through the lens of her years spent as a sex worker, Charlotte Shane offers a provocative and tender reckoning of what it means to be a heterosexual woman a...

Sacred Hoops Revisited -- Foreword / Senator Bill Bradley -- Introduction -- 1. The Second Coming -- 2. A Journey Of A Thousand Miles Starts With One Breath...

Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's Role In Launching Modern Conservationsim, Identifying The Contributions Of Such Influences As James Audubon And John Muir Whi...

The highest-rated drama in BBC history returns to PBS Presents in March 2013 Less than a year after the first season finale, PBS’s hit series Call the ...

Stockinette, ribbing, cables, even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places, times, people, conversations, all those poignant moments that we’ve t...

Our sharpest and most original social critic goes "undercover" as an unskilled worker to reveal the dark side of American prosperity.Millions of Americans w...

Golda Meir was the first female head of state in the Western world and one of the most influential women in modern history. A blend of Emma Goldman and Ma...

The Popular Comedian Traces Her Youth In Atlanta's Most Troubled Neighborhood At The Height Of The Crack Epidemic, Discussing Her Experiences With Petty Cri...

Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcyc...

A compelling psychological detective story to discover the dark heart of one woman’s past.Life for Linda Caine should hold no fears. As a contented wife a...

In March of 1992, the highest–ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to break his oath of silence testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salva...

The Author Of The Gnostic Gospels Draws On Personal Experiences And The Perspectives Of Neurologists, Anthropologists, And Historians To Illuminate The Endu...

A GRIPPING, FEARLESS EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITYThe effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our t...

In the spirit of Oliver Sacks Awakenings and the TV series House, Dr. Eric Manheimer's TWELVE PATIENTS is a memoir from the Medical Director of Bellevue Hos...

Outlines Five Expressions Of Love--quality Time, Words Of Affirmation, Gifts, Acts Of Service, And Physical Touch--and Explains How To Identify And Communic...

That morning, a beautiful day on the tropical island of Papua New Guinea, Grace Fabian brimmed in excitement over the idea that she and her husband, Edmund,...

I spent my 11th wedding anniversary planning my husband's funeral. If I could just figure out how to make that rhyme, it would be the beginning of a great ...

Traces The Author's Journey Of Self-discovery After The Dissolution Of Her Marriage, Revealing How She Found Healing By Rejecting Gender Standards And Refus...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER By the YouTube sensation with three million followers, the inspiring account of a young woman who, in a moment of persona...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The unapologetic, laugh-your-ass-off military memoir both vets and civilians have been waiting for, from a five-tour Army Ran...

From the humble heights of a Class-A pitcher's mound to the deflating lows of sleeping on his guntoting grandmother's air mattress, veteran reliever Dirk H...