Biographies & Memoirs

From the acclaimed creator, producer and star of HBO's Girls comes a hilarious, wise (and extremely frank) series of dispatches from the frontlines of that...

In Winter Solstice Rosamunde Pilcher brings her readers into the lives of five very different people....Elfrida Phipps, once of London's stage, moved to th...

WITH SIMPLE SHIFTS OF PERCEPTION, EACH OF US CAN FIND THE SACRED IN EVERY DAY. Like the vibrant yet simple quilts that led her to live within the Amish com...

In this new biography, based on a reexamination of Thoreau's manuscripts and on retracing of his trips, Robert Richardson offers a view of Thoreau's life a...

This Is An Edited Collection That Tackles A Range Of Issues That Affect Autistic Women, Including Chapters On Growing Up, Identity, Diversity, Parenting, In...

Named one of the best books of 2017 by Time, People, Amazon.com, The Guardian, Paste Magazine, & Vogue Tina Brown kept delicious daily diaries througho...

Bill Clegg had a thriving business as a literary agent, a supportive partner, trusting colleagues, and loving friends when he walked away from his world and...

Now In Paperback, The #1 New York Times Bestselling Chronicle Of The Rise And Fall Of A Legendary American Dynasty, From Cnn Anchor And Journalist Anderson ...

Slapped with a libel suit after an appearance on a talk show, Malachy McCourt crows, "If they could only see me now in the slums of Limerick, a big shot, su...

In 2001, Dr. Wayne Dyer wrote a book called 10 Secrets for Success and Inner Peace, based on the most important principles he wanted his children to live by...

About the Author\Harold R. Johnson (1954–2022) was the author of six works of fiction and six works of nonfiction, including Firewater: How Alcohol is Kil...

In this story of perseverance in the face of adversity, Regina Calcaterra recounts her childhood in foster care and on the streets—and how she and her sa...

Chicken-Fried Women: Friendship, Kinship, and the Women Who Made Us This WayCategories: Parenting & RelationshipsHumor

New York Times Bestseller - Named One of the Best Books of the Year by The Wall Street Journal, NPR, Audible and AmazonIn the spirit of Steve Jobs and Mone...

The Friendly Dickens Helps You Turn The Pages Of A Masterpiece Like David Copperfield Or An Obscure Novel Like Nicholas Nickleby As Eagerly As You Switch Ch...

who Exactly is Bill Clinton, And Why Was He, Of All The Brilliant And Ambitious Men In His Generation, The First In His Class To Reach The White House? Dr...

A Biography Of The Former First Lady Describing Her Life And Achievements. By C. David Heymann. A Lyle Stuart Book. Includes Bibliographical References.Cate...

The Boozy Biography of the Four Greatest Actors to Ever Walk—Or Stagger—Into a Pub. Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O’Toole, and Oliver Reed: On sc...

"[Julian Barnes] reinvents the wheel; I'm always fascinated to see what shape it's going to be next."—Jay McInerney With the same brilliant style and idio...

Film and television director Barry Sonnenfeld's outrageous and hilarious memoir traces his idiosyncratic upbringing in New York City, his breaking into fil...

Archbishop Desmond Tutu Has Witnessed Some Of The World's Darkest Moments, For Decades Fighting The Racist Government Policy Of Apartheid And Since Then Bei...

How Does One Live? How Does One Do The Good Or Honorable Thing, While Flourishing And Feeling Happy? This Question Obsessed Renaissance Writers, None More T...

Richard Rodriguez.Categories: Politics & Social SciencesSocial Sciences

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s final book offers an intimate look at her extraordinary life and details her lifelong pursuit for gender equality and a “more perf...

Diary entries describe the experiences of Libby Beaman, who spent a year, 1879-1880, in Alaska's Pribilof Islands with her husbandCategories: Biographies &a...

The irreverent diaries of the author's celebrated years as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair also serves as a vibrant portrait of the 1980s in New York and Hol...

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...

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for FreedomCategories: Religion & Spirituality Other Religions, Practices & Sacred TextsCults

In 1997 Ted Nolan won the Jack Adams Award for best coach in the NHL. But he wouldn’t work in pro hockey again for almost a decade. What happened?\Growing...

Better Eyesight Without Glasses is not only the definitive source for the classic Bates Method, it is in itself a remarkable phenomenon. Dr. William H. Bat...

The Gruffest Man In Hockey Opens Up About The Challenges, The Feuds, And The Tragedies He's Fought Through. Brian Burke Is One Of The Biggest Hockey Persona...

Jung Chang, Jon Halliday. Originally Published In Great Britain By Jonathan Cape, London--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [739]-790) And...

Here is a lovingly assembled, essential A-Z companion to Dorothy Dunnett’s brilliant Lymond Chronicles and the first five novels in the House of Niccolò s...

The Many Lives of James Lovelock: Science, Secrets, Spycraft and Gaia TheoryCategories: Science & MathHistory & Philosophy

With Anne Lamott's trademark wisdom, humor and honesty, Plan B is a spiritual antidote to anxiety and despair in our increasingly fraught times. This New ...

When Steve Harvey Was Thirty-something, He Was Living In His Car. It Was A Sacrifice He Was Willing To Make To Give It His Best Shot At Becoming A Comedian....

An unforgettable true story, The Midwife is the basis for the hit PBS drama Call the MidwifeAt the age of twenty-two, Jennifer Worth leaves her comfortable...

responsibility. Courage. Compassion. Honesty. Friendship. Persistence. Faith. Everyone Recognizes These Traits As Essentials Of Good Character. In Order Fo...

Anthony Trollope was a giant of Victorian letters whose works are still read avidly today. Now, in what is surely the definitive biography, the world's lead...

Four Mothers: An Intimate Journey Through the First Year of Parenthood in Four CountriesCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government...

The Facts is the unconventional autobiography of a writer who has reshaped our idea of fiction—a work of compelling candor and inventiveness, instructive...

Preeminent Shakespeare Scholar James Shapiro Shows How The Tumultuous Events In England In 1606 Affected Shakespeare And Shaped The Three Great Tragedies He...

To escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts would ride the metro to the Smithsonian National Zoo. There...

In Acquired Tastes, Peter Mayle, the erudite sojourner and New York Times bestselling author of A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence, sets off once mor...

Provides an intimate look at the life and work of Ralph Waldo Emerson, reevaluating his personal relationships with women, philosophers, reformers, and corr...

Pt. I. Emergence -- Pt. Ii. Triumph -- Pt. Iii. Exile -- Pt. Iv. Tragedy. Maggie Siggins. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Biograph...

Thirty-one Essays On Sime Of The Most Influential Artists Of Our Time And Two Saints Of All Time-- Lucia Joyce, Writer's Block, Italo Svevo, Stefan Zweig, S...

As Bob and Mildred Lee, they amazed audiences with their death-defying motorcycle act. In reality they were Bob and Mildred Restall, parents of three, who ...