Biographies & Memoirs

‘I don’t know how to write love letters. But I wanted to tell you that my whole being opened for you. Since I fell in love with you everything is transf...

Twenty years ago, in 1954, novelist Shelby Foote began this monumental work with these words: "It was a Monday in Washington, January 21; Jefferson Davis r...

Sookie's Boyfriend Has Been Very Distant-in Another State, Distant. Now She's Off To Mississippi To Mingle With The Underworld At Club Dead-a Little Haunt W...

For The First Time In The Ultimate Reunion, The Ladies Of The Real Housewives Dish On The Iconic Moments We’ll Never Forget And The Off-camera Drama We’...

Veteran Style Journalist Elizabeth Holmes Expands Her Popular Instagram Series, So Many Thoughts, Into A Nuanced Look At The Fashion And Branding Of The Fou...

A Concise, Brilliant, And Trenchant Examination Of Democratic Nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s Lifelong Quest For The Presidency By New Yorker Political Repo...

Authorized By Willie Mays And Written By A New York Times Bestselling Author, This Is The Definitive Biography Of One Of Baseball's Immortals. Alabama Roots...

#1 New York Times Bestseller Best Books of 2018 --The Economist A personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy s...

From #1 bestseller Michael Connelly's first career as a prizewinning crime reporter--the gripping, true stories that inspired and informed his novels. Befor...

Venice--a city of masks and riddles, where narrow streets and passageways form a giant maze that confounds the uninitiated and deepens the sense of myster...

A Brilliant Exploration Of The Natural, Medical, Psychological, And Political Facets Of Fertility. When Belle Boggs's The Art Of Waiting Was Published In Or...

Ted Conover, the intrepid author of Coyotes, about the world of illegal Mexican immigrants, spent a year as a prison guard at Sing Sing. Publishers Weekly ...

The uplifting and unforgettable true story of a US Marine, the stray dog he met on an Afghan battlefield, and how they saved each other and now travel Amer...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Mrs. Kennedy and Me reveal never-before-told stories of Secret Service Agent Clint Hi...

Henry Fonda And James Stewart Were Two Of The Biggest Stars In Hollywood For Forty Years. They Became Friends And Then Roommates As Stage Actors In New York...

The untold story of an eccentric Wall Street tycoon and the circle of scientific geniuses he assembled before World War II to develop the science for radar ...

In 1964, Kathy Mckeon Was Just Nineteen Years Old And Newly Arrived From Ireland When She Was Hired As The Personal Assistant To Former First Lady Jackie Ke...

this Unforgettable Memoir, By One Of Our Most Gifted Writers, Introduces Us To The Young Toby Wolff, By Turns Tough And Vulnerable, Crafty And Bumbling, A...

He was too tough even for the Marine CorpsChesty Puller enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1918 at the age of 20. He chased bandits in Haiti and Nicaragua, com...

It Is Rare For Someone To Emerge In America Who Can Change Our Attitudes, Our Beliefs, And Our Very Culture. It Is Even Rarer When That Someone Is A Middle-...

In the most extraordinary book Ann Rule has ever undertaken, America's master of true crime has spent more than two decades researching the story of the Gr...

“A close look at how show business power corrupts . . . The dishiest read of the year.” – Janet Maslin, “Ten Favorite Books of the Year,” New York...

Mix tapes: We all have our favorites. Stick one into a deck, press play, and you’re instantly transported to another time in your life. For Rob Sheffield,...

Autobiography Of The Guitarist, Songwriter, Singer, And Founding Member Of The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards. With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards Lived...

From The Ashes Is A Remarkable Memoir About Hope And Resilience, And A Revelatory Look Into The Life Of A Métis-cree Man Who Refused To Give Up. Abandoned...

Review\“[So Help Me Golf]features Reilly’s usual hilarious story-telling with a kinder, gentler, more grateful tone….It feels like Rick Reilly’s gre...

Across The World, Hari Found Social Scientists Who Were Uncovering Evidence That Depression And Anxiety Are Not Caused By A Chemical Imbalance In Our Brains...

In the underbelly of Las Vegas, a cesspool of warring biker gangs and seedy strip clubs, gawky, brace-faced Jenna Massoli was transformed into the bombshe...

""In Leavy's hands, the life of Mantle no longer defies logic: it seems invitable, She's hit a long home run."---Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A maste...

From The Leading Expert In The Exploding Field Of Basketball Analytics, A Stunning Infographic Decoding Of The Modern Nba: Who Shoots Where, And How-- Golds...

Nemat Tells The Heart-pounding Story Of Her Life As A Young Girl In Iran During The Early Days Of Ayatollah Khomeinis Brutal Islamic Revolution--arrested, T...

Two True-crime Thrillers As Seen On Discovery's Murder Is Forever Tv Series Murder, Interrupted (with Alex Abramovich): Rich, Cheating Financier Frank Howar...

First published in 1967, Stop-Time was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of modern American autobiography, a brilliant portrayal of one boy's passage ...

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...

Between 1594 and 1598, a preacher named François converted 72,000 Protestants to the Catholic Faith. These are his words. ONE OF the most remarkable and ...

Living with Wild Bears in Alaska"A heart-stopping eco-adventure, a testimony to both the grizzlies and their courageous protector."--People"The grizzly bear...

Brilliant, funny, charming, imperious, Diana Vreeland-the fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and editor-in-chief of Vogue-was a woman whose passion and geni...

Posing as a jewel thief Donnie Brasco, FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone worked undercover for six years to infiltrate the flamboyant and deadly community of Ma...

The Co-founder Of The Rock Band Mötley Crüe Presents A Candid Account Of His Own Descent Into The Hell Of Drug Addiction, Describing The Impact Of Heroin ...

I Have No Wish To Play The Pontificating Fool, Pretending That I've Suddenly Come Up With The Answers To All Life's Questions. Quite That Contrary, I Began ...

Former First Lady Barbara Pierce Bush was one of the country's most popular and powerful figures. Here Page tells the riveting tale of a woman who helped de...

An awe-inspiring, often hilarious, and unerringly honest story of one mother's exercise in extreme parenting, revealing the rewards-and the costs-of raisin...

One Man's Campaign To Build Schools In The Most Dangerous, Remote, And Anti-american Reaches Of Asia: In 1993 Greg Mortenson Was An American Mountain-climbi...

When Dr. Reggie Anderson Is Present At The Bedside Of A Dying Patient, Something Miraculous Happens. Sometimes As He Sits Vigil And Holds The Patient’s Ha...

Pope John Paul II: A Life in Pictures is the most extensive—and the most beautifully produced—visual diary ever compiled of Karol Józef Wojtyla, who b...

On New Year's Eve, 1972, following eighteen magnificent seasons in the major leagues, Roberto Clemente died a hero's death, killed in a plane crash as he a...

An enthralling introduction to humanity's darker side. Investigate 100 of the world's most notorious crimes and find out what truly happened. Who are the...

Michael Palin has kept a diary since newly married in the late 1960s, when he was beginning to make a name for himself as a TV scriptwriter (for The Two Ron...