Biographies & Memoirs

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you...

genius Demystified, The Dummies Way! In 1905, Albert Einstein Revolutionized Modern Physics With His Theory Of Relativity. He Went On To Become A Twentiet...

D. L. Moody's reaction was quick and to the point. "No! A thousand times no! I have no intentions of standing off here in New York City and approving somet...

“I remember Sarah asking me, when I’d just begun therapy with her, what I looked for in a man. After a few moments of silent, tense deliberation I had...

Tells The Story Of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton, A Revolutionary Woman Who, Like Her New Nation, Struggled To Define Herself In The Wake Of War, Betrayal, And Tr...

The definitive portrait of an American icon chronicles the rise of Jackie from "debutante of the year" in 1947 through her subsequent high-powered marriages...

Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey tells the story behind Highclere Castle, the real-life inspiration for the hit PBS show Downton Abbey, and the life o...

The Story Of One Of The Nation's Most Notorious Wrongful Convictions, That Of Steven Avery, A Wisconsin Man Who Spent Eighteen Years In Prison For A Crime H...

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERThe BELOVED STAR OF FRIENDS takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles wi...

Born without Legs, She Inspires Others to OvercomeJen Bricker was born without legs. Shocked and uncertain they could care for her, her biological parents ...

Melissa Joan Hart explained it all-from dating to bullies-in her groundbreaking role as Clarissa Darling on Clarissa Explains It All. She cast a spell on m...

The saving message of the Gospel is the heartbeat of this preacher and evangelist. Millions around the world heard Billy Graham proclaim this unchanging tr...

Elon Musk: The Life, Lessons & Rules for Success What can't Elon Musk do? As CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, founder of The Boring Company, and cofounder of O...

One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation, and created an extraordinary political, racial, social ...

Ed And Lois Smart With Laura Morton. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 211).Categories: Religion & Spirituality Worship & DevotionFaith

Son Of The Famous Thomas Mann, Homosexual, Drug-addicted, And Forced To Flee From His Fatherland, The Gifted Writer Klaus Mann's Comparatively Short Life Wa...

Under the pen name Lewis Carroll, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson became a legend for his children's books, which broke the constraints of Victorian moralism. Thi...

Susan McNicoll digs deep in the police files to tell the dramatic tales of British Columbia's most notorious murders. In July 1924, Scottish nursemaid Janet...

#1 New York Times Bestseller Edith Hahn was an outspoken young woman in Vienna when the Gestapo forced her into a ghetto and then into a slave labor camp. ...

in This True-life Sporting Memoir Of One Of The Best Batsman In The Game Who Stunned The Cricket World When He Prematurely Ended His Own England Career, Tre...

In a natural follow-up to her national bestseller Front Row at the White House, the dean of the White House press corps presents a vivid and personal presi...

A Children's Book That Celebrates a Christian HeroTeach your kids about one of the greatest Christian leaders of these blessed United States, George Washing...

The New York Times bestseller about two guys who went out for coffee and dreamed up Seinfeld—“A wildly entertaining must-read not only for Seinfeld fans...

In The Pink Pagoda, Dr. James Garrow tells two stories: his personal involvement in helping rescue more than 36,000 Chinese baby girls from death, and the t...

George Müller persistently depended upon the Lord to provide for the needs of thousands of London orphans on a daily basis. Share his experiences in this th...

A poignant and inspiring memoir of the people and challenges that shaped the life and career of Canada's most decorated Indigenous athlete. Over the course ...

Written by one of Britain’s best known and most respected military historians, this is the essential account of the Napoleonic campaigns. Now in a new con...

An intimate account of the development of a spiritual tradition and a biography of its creators--told by one of the Diamond Approach cofounders. The Jeweled...

Ever sworn off alcohol for a month and found yourself drinking by the 7th? Think there's 'no point' in just one drink? Welcome! There are millions of us.Ca...

A revelatory, indispensable collection of poems from Jane Hirshfield that centers on beauty, time, and the full embrace of an existence that time cannot he...

The reporter who filed the last dispatch before falling with Custer at his "last stand" against the Sioux.The Honolulu bureau chief who looked up from his ...

Calling All Texas Rangers Fans! The Ultimate Texas Rangers Trivia Book Is A Staple For Anyone Who Loves Baseball, Sports Trivia, And The Lone Stars. You Wil...

This lively chronicle of the years 1847–1947—the century when the Jewish people changed how we see the world—is “[a] thrilling and tragic historyâ€...

T.e. Lawrence ; With An Introduction By Angus Calder.Categories: Politics & Social SciencesPolitics & Government

A Memoir Of Novelist Martin Amis And His Life, Son Of Novelist Kingsley Amis, Martin Explores His Relationship With His Father. Reflects On The Disappearanc...

Isaac Newton was born in a stone farmhouse in 1642, fatherless and unwanted by his mother. When he died in London in 1727 he was so renowned he was given a...

In Her Early Thirties, [the Author] Had Everything A Modern American Woman Was Supposed To Want - Husband, Country Home, Successful Career - But Instead Of ...

Hanna Massad was a poor Greek Orthodox kid born and raised amidst the injustice and violence of Palestine’s Gaza Strip. He hungered for the God he didn’...

Mike Pompeo Recounts His Political Career-- Mike Pompeo Is The Only Person Ever To Have Served As Both America's Most Senior Diplomat And The Head Of Its Pr...

This is a practical roadmap to modern day activism created by the brilliant minds behind the world's biggest campaigns including Colin Kaepernick, Emma Wats...

They say one out of every hundred people is a psychopath. You probably passed one on the street today. These are people who have no empathy, who are manipu...

Olive Oatman A pioneer girl traveling west with her Mormon family at the mid-point of the nineteenth century, Olive Oatman's life story began like many ot...

A Guide To All Kinds Of Addiction From A Star Who Has Struggled With Heroin, Alcohol, Sex, Fame, Food And Ebay, That Will Help Addicts And Their Loved Ones ...

Product Description The world’s leading expert on Osama bin Laden delivers for the first time the definitive biography of a man who set the course of...

"This is the story of an extraordinary boy with a brilliant mind, a heart of gold, and a tortured soul. It is the story of an illness, a fight to live, an...

The award-winning PostSecret project's most profound and stunning postcards to date For the past three years Frank Warren has invited people of all back...

The Former President Shares His Private Thoughts And Feelings On His Political Career, Other Leaders, And The State Of The World. Peaks And Valleys -- Wilde...

By Lenore Skomal. Map On Lining Papers. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [145]-149).Categories: History WorldWomen in History