Biographies & Memoirs

The definitive account of the modern art made in St Ives between the 1930s and the 1960s, telling the story of this extraordinary artistic community and its...

In her most personal and inspiring book yet, New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Somers shows readers how to shape a healthy, lasting relationship thr...

Following his explosive New York Times bestseller Red Notice, Bill Browder returns with another gripping thriller chronicling how he became Vladimir Putin's...

Ten years after the tragic events of September 11, 2001, the family members of one hundred of the individuals lost on that terrible day look back-and forwa...

In this enormously engaging, vibrant, and richly researched biography of Albert Camus, the French writer and journalist Olivier Todd has drawn on personal c...

This is a story, a story of living with a gentle giant, a wonderful husband, father, and grandfather. He was kind, generous, and very slow to anger. This is...

Provides A Critique Of The Liberal Life And The Contradictions Between Public Stances And Real-life Behavior Among Prominent Liberals, Including Ralph Nader...

After Film Critic Gene Siskel Asked Her, What Do You Know For Sure? Oprah Winfrey Began Writing The What I Know For Sure Column In O, The Oprah Magazine. Sa...

In this remarkable legal page-turner, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Barry Siegel recounts the dramatic, decades-long saga of Bill Macumber, impris...

a Much-loved Character Of U.s. And Canadian Rope Operas Is Revealed In This Tale Of The True-life Events That Led To The Birth, Life, And Downfall Of The Mi...

Joyce Lee Malcolm. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: History MilitaryUnited States

On The Night Of September 6, 2011, Terror Called At The Amish Home Of The Millers. Answering A Late-night Knock From What Appeared To Be An Amish Neighbor, ...

The First Vice Lord is the story of the life and death of Big Jim Colosimo and Chicago's infamous segregated red-light district-the Levee. For the first ti...

The Author Offers A Memoir Of His Two Decades In The Field Studying Kenyan Baboons As He Describes The Members Of The Baboon Troop And Their Behavior And Hi...

It was one of the biggest scandals in New York University history. Professor John Buettner-Janusch, chair of the Anthropology Department, was convicted of m...

Rube Foster. -oscar Charleston. -judy Johnson. -martin Dihigo. -ray Dandridge. -statistical Appendix. John B. Holway. Bibliography: P. 387.Categories: Sport...

In eight poetically charged vignettes, Geoff Dyer skillfully evokes the music and the men who shaped modern jazz. Drawing on photos, anecdotes, and, most im...

In 1979 Sister Theresa Kane, then-president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, was invited to offer a greeting to Pope John Paul II during his...

Since her first appearance on screen in Mary Poppins, Julie Andrews has played a series of memorable roles that have endeared her to generations. But she ha...

"Why me?" I said aloud. There was no answer, so I carried on. "Why not pick on a nun, or someone really spiritual?" The answer, when it came, was dry. "Your...

Imagine a pied piper singing in falsetto, wearing sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to a liberation where nothing...

The true story of the one of the most thrilling figures of the Wild West.Every army needs its scouts. A good scout knows the enemy and the enemy’s terrai...

In A Life Filled With Meaning And Accomplishment, Michelle Obama Has Emerged As One Of The Most Iconic And Compelling Women Of Our Era. As First Lady Of The...

Anthony Lt Menginie And Kerrie Droban.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs True CrimeOrganized Crime

Hillary Clinton's Candid Reflections About The Key Moments During Her Time As Secretary Of State, As Well As Her Thoughts About How To Navigate The Challeng...

it S Been Ten Years Since Mitch Albom First Shared The Wisdom Of Morrie Schwartz With The World. Now Twelve Million Copies Later In A New Foreword, Mitch ...

Volume 2 of 2-volume set. This stimulating narrative traces Bach's life; discusses contemporary artistic and philosophical movements; assesses the work of h...

Offers Snapshots Of The Anchorman's Life And Career Through Excerpts From Interviews Conducted By Oral Historian Don Carleton. From St. Joe To Austin -- The...

In America Today, Upwards Of Forty Thousand People Are Dead And Unaccounted For. These Murder, Suicide, And Accident Victims, Separated From Their Names, Ar...

Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in gover...

Creator of the modern female private eye story, Marcia Muller has been writing novels and short stories about Sharon McCone since 1977. In the process McCo...

A Narrative Of [rock Guitarist And Actor Brownstein's] Escape From A Turbulent Family Life Into A World Where Music Was The Means Toward Self-invention, Com...

"Do you remember the time Lorna tried to make ground beef with her car?"For almost forty years, Lorna Stuber's high school classmates have teased her mercil...

An updated and expanded edition of this perennial favorite, tracing the line of composers from Monteverdi to the tonalists of the 1990s. In this new editio...

Features portraits of female ranchers and cowgirls who live in the American West, and anecdotes about their daily lives and thoughts about the disappearance...

Caracalla' Has One Of The Worst Reputations Of Any Roman Emperor. Many Ancient Historians Were Very Hostile And Edward Gibbon Later Dubbed Him The Common En...

Named one of the year's best books by the Globe and Mail, Maclean's, and Elm Street magazine'A letter,' wrote Emily Dickinson, 'always seemed to me like im...

A Classical Work Of Musical Biography Which Provides Factual Accuracy, Informatiove Histories Of The Men And Women Of Music And Critical Insights Into Their...

The acclaimed biographer of Robert Falcon Scott masterfully chronicles the life of one of the last great Edwardian heroes, Ernest Shackleton, from his Anglo...

I was never a great amorist,' wrote H. G. Wells in his Experiment in Autobiography in 1934, 'though I have loved several people very deeply.' H. G. Wells co...

Will & Kate: A Royal Family is one of an exciting series of lush books celebrating some of the most popular and influential figures of the day – who ...

A no-holds-barred memoir from the primary architect of hip hop and one of the culture's most revered music iconsboth the tale of his life and legacy and a t...

The Venona Secrets presents one of the last great, untold stories of World War II and the Cold War. In 1995 the Venona documents secret Soviet cable traffi...

Art Mitchell was born in Toronto on July 2, 1942. He has lived more ‘lives’ in his 70 plus years than most have in twice the time. God called him to min...

A wondrous story of adventure and friendship featuring a group of women who ride Icelandic horses."Blame it or praise it, there is no denying the wild hors...

You thought you'd read them all, did you? Well, you haven't.Simultaneously loved and loathed, Don Cherry is one of the most talkative and talked-about perso...

Este libro tiene el encanto de un jardín de rosas. Teje las memorias de una familia limeña cuyos orígenes se remontan a la figura de un inmigrante Italia...

Welcome to Martha's Place . . . Martha Hawkins was the tenth of twelve children born in Montgomery, Alabama. There was no money, but her childhood was ful...