Biographies & Memoirs

On The Eve Of Canada's Sesquicentennial Celebrations Comes A Richly Rewarding New Book From Acclaimed Historian Charlotte Gray About What It Means To Be Can...

A century after Albert Einstein began postulating his "Big Idea" about time, space, and gravity, a new biography examines the scientist whose public idoliz...

The best of a generation of Brazilians universally acknowledged as the most astounding group ever to play the game, Pelé is a true legend in the world of s...

Every girl deserves a little bit of luxe in her life and top beauty and fashion vlogger Fleur de Force - Sunday Times bestselling author of The Glam Guide ...

From veteran wine writer and James Beard Award winner Alice Feiring, an insightful and entertaining memoir of wine, love, heartbreak, and the never-ending p...

Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30...

Review\A man I like to call my father - football royalty―Ian Wright\Without David Dein there wouldn't have been a Premier League―Greg Dyke\Mr Dein will ...

"At the heart of the story is Vince McMahon, the mercurial owner of the World Wrestling Federation. The authors trace his beginnings as the forgotten son of...

*canada Reads 2019 Longlist *national Bestseller *new York Times Bestseller *finalist For The 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize For Nonfiction *finali...

Fields never got around to writing his autobiography, but at his death in 1946, he left behind a vast assortment of notes, outlines, scrapbooks, letters, sc...

A most welcome addition to Beethoven literature . . . combines a musician's perception of the music and an informed musicologist's command of recent Beeth...

WITH A NEW EPILOGUE BY THE AUTHORWorld-class free climber Steph Davis delivers a “thrilling and infectiously interesting” (San Francisco Book Review) m...

The Incredible Story Of U.s. Senator And Iraq War Veteran Tammy Duckworth. In Every Day Is A Gift, Tammy Duckworth Takes Readers Through The Amazing--and Am...

The Inspiring Story Of Two Pioneering Suffragette Doctors Who Ran The Only Military Hospital Staffed Entirely By Women During World War I -- And Who Transfo...

"More imaginatively than any other Stevens biographer, Fawn Brodie has speculated upon the emotional springs of the man's behavior. More resourcefully than...

The Autobiography Of A Young Black Man Raised In Harlem. A Realistic Description Of Life In The Ghetto. Claude Brown ; With A New Introduction By Nathan Mcc...

The number one-bestelling blockbuster about the life and career of Canada's most controversial and popular military leaders Finalist for the CBA Libris Awa...

celia Was An Ordinary Slave—until She Struck Back At Her Abusive Master And Became The Defendant In A Landmark Trial That Threatened To Undermine The Very...

a dark portrait of forthcoming social trends describes a world without individuals, independence, or values, and is complemented by an extensive introductio...

The authoritative biography of Prince Harry by noted royal family biographer Penny Junor, author of Prince William: The Man Who Will Be King and The Firm: ...

The inside look at one of the most captivating and consequential figures in our culture--with never-before-heard interviews. Kobe Bryant's death in Januar...

The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller The Global Icon, Award-winning Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actress, Mother, Daughter, Sister, Storyteller, And Ar...

A no-holds-barred, intimate memoir by the bad boy of tennis describes his rise to success in the world of professional tennis, his controversial on-court be...

INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER​ Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into his life and career, from...

Rob Mitchell is one of the last “lifers” raised in an American orphanage. Left by a dysfunctional family in an Illinois children's home, he grew up with...

From the author of Hostage to Fortune; The Letters of Joseph P. Kennedy ("Superb" —Michael Beschloss; "Remarkable" —Arthur Schlesinger), the galvanizin...

American children are facing a crisis unlike any in human history: their very extinction. Every day, thousands of American kids are being robbed of their yo...

Twelve-year-old Owen Turney died on October 24th, 2010, of unknown causes. No Ordinary Boy is Jennifer Johannesen's extraordinary story of her profoundly di...

Pelé ; With Orlando Duarte And Alec Bellos ; Translated From The Portuguese By Daniel Hahn. Includes Index. Translated From The Portuguese.Categories: Biog...

A poignant and funny exploration of authenticity in work and life by a woman doctor. In 2017, Dr. Suzanne Koven published an essay describing the challeng...

The son of a celebrated Hollywood director emerges from his father's shadow to claim his own place as a visionary force in American culture. George Stevens,...

One Of The World's Greatest Playwrights, Tennessee Williams Was The Author Of Over Thirty Full-length Plays Including The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named...

Medical technology meets rural values of simplicity, home health remedies, and unwavering faith in divine providence when a country-boy-turned-country-docto...

Joan Crawford: The Essential Biography Explores The Life And Career Of One Of Hollywood's Great Dames. She Was A Leading Film Personality For More Than Fift...

A Memoir From The Daughter Of George Carlin A Hero To Many, But A Father To One --bill MaherCategories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

About the Author\Hugo Vickers is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster, and an acknowledged expert on the British Royal Family. He has written biographies of t...

The Younger Brother Of The Music Icon Describes Their Difficult Childhoods And Complicated Family Dynamic While Recounting Jimi's Early Experimentations Wit...

The Second Volume In The Life Of Literary Giant Saul Bellow, Vividly Capturing A Personal Life That Was Always Tumultuous And Career That Never Ceased Being...

From Peter Mansbridge, the beloved former anchor of CBC's The National, and Mark Bulgutch, former CBC producer, comes a collection of first-person stories a...

A Raucous And Vividly Dishy Memoir By The Only Woman Writer On The Masthead Of Rolling Stone Magazine In The Early Seventies. In 1971, Robin Green Had An In...

Biography Of Kathryn Kuhlman's Life Highlighting Major Events And What She Learned From Them, With Appendix Of Her Teachings --provided By Publisher. A Mira...

"I have a burning desire to tell people who are hurting that there is a way out of their pain. There is hope for their lives." Stormie Omartian tells her c...

Jarret Keene. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [137]) And Discography (p. 129-136).Categories: Arts & Photography Music Musical GenresRock

Even in Chicago, a city steeped in mob history and legend, the Family Secrets case was a true spectacle when it made it to court in 2007. A top mob boss, a...

Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect, being forced into an unwanted marriage at the age...

Andrews McMeel Publishing: Anne Geddes' A Labor of Love: Anne Geddes A Biography reveals the events, emotions, and images that have shaped Anne's life. Her ...

The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beas...

#1 New York Times bestselling, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast's new graphic narrative, exploring the surreal nighttime world inside her min...