Biographies & Memoirs

Ground-breaking biography of the creator of fiction's best loved detective Though Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is recognised the world over, for decades h...

Gandhi ; Foreword By M.g. Vassanji. Translated From The Original In Gujarati [satyanii Prayogo Athavâ Iitmakathâ] By Mahadev Desai In 1940--t.p. Verso. In...

One Of The Most Famous Science Books Of Our Time, The Phenomenal National Bestseller That Buzzes With Energy, Anecdote And Life. It Almost Makes You Want To...

This lavishly illustrated, full color gift book provides undeniable proof that Canada has some of the most spectacular golf courses in the world.This book f...

After Helen Roseveare’s twelve years of missionary work in the northeast province of what was the Belgian Congo, building up a simple medical service, c...

In 1965, Col. Thomas “Jerry” Curtis’s helicopter was shot down over North Vietnam. He was immediately captured and spent 7½ years confined in a filth...

Patrick Garland. Includes Index.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsGeneral

Winner • National Book Critics Circle Award (Biography) Winner • Edgar Award (Critical/Biographical) Winner • Bram Stoker Award (Nonfiction) A New Yo...

“Lerner will always be remembered as a Broadway light, and one of the brightest.” ―Tom Shales, The Washington Post The Street Where I Live is at once...

Holly Van Leuven. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Arts & Photography MusicRecording & Sound

For The First Time, Curtis 50 Cent Jackson Opens Up About His Amazing Comeback--from Tragic Personal Loss To Thriving Businessman And Cable's Highest-paid E...

Clutching her pink trunk filled with the relics of a lost childhood, twelve-year-old Jenny steps off a bus in Reno and into the wide-open future. Separated...

Deborah Mitford, Duchess of Devonshire, is the youngest of the famously witty brood that includes the writers Jessica and Nancy, who wrote when Deborah was ...

Whether It Was Helping Michael Jordan And The Chicago Bulls Win Three Consecutive Nba Titles In The 1990s, Or Showing Up To A Book Signing In A Dress And Fu...

Dick Van Dyke, indisputably one of the greats of the golden age of television, is admired and beloved by audiences the world over for his beaming smile, his...

An inspiring book for readers of Sheryl Sandberg and Arlene Dickinson Lisa Lisson’s life seemed perfect: she had married her high school sweetheart, appl...

The incredible story of the life and phenomenal career of one of the greatest players ever to wear a Maple Leafs uniform, told through stories and never-be...

What is it about evil that we find so compelling? From our obsession with serial killers to violence in pop culture, we seem inescapably drawn to the storie...

What horses reveal to us about ourselves as we struggle to understand their behaviour — that’s the essence of this remarkable and compassionate book by ...

Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) Lived A Richly Imaginative Life That He Expressed In His Poems. The Whole Harmonium Presents Stevens Within The Living Context O...

Twenty-five Years After Her Passing, Audrey Hepburn Remains The Most Beloved Of All Hollywood Stars, Known As Much For Her Role As Unicef Ambassador As For ...

Daniel Berrigan Is A Jesuit Priest, Poet, And Peacemaker, Whose Words And Actions Over The Past 50 Years Have Offered A Powerful Witness To The God Of Life....

Elite Sniper Jody Mitic Loved Being A Soldier. His Raw, Candid, And Engrossing Memoir Follows His Personal Journey Into The Canadian Military, Through Snipe...

This title is a collection of famous quotes and the stories behind them, spoken by history s most influential politicians, artists, philosophers, writers, a...

The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Edd...

Constructed around a series of late night conversations between Cheryl Simone and Sadhguru Vasudev around a camp fire on an island in the middle of a Weste...

Susan Juby. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsGeneral

Personally compiled and curated by Yoko Ono, Imagine John Yoko is the definitive inside story-told in revelatory detail-of the making of the legendary albu...

After A Deprived Childhood In Ireland And Marriage To An Abusive Husband The Author Establishes An Orphanage For Street Children In Vietnam. Christina Noble...

Dancing Barefoot is the full and true story of Patti Smith, widely acknowledged as one of the most significant American artists of the rock ’n’ roll er...

Please Read Notes: Brand New, International Softcover Edition, Printed in black and white pages, minor self wear on the cover or pages, Sale restriction may...

on September 4, 1995, Several Stoney Point Natives Entered Ipperwash Provincial Park, Near Sarnia, Ontario, And Began A Peaceful Protest Aimed At Reclaiming...

Recomiendo mucho este libro. Tiene una historia asombrosa de la conversión de un hombre que pasó de una vida autodestructiva de placer sensual a una v...

For Twenty-five Years, Debby Irving Sensed Inexplicable Racial Tensions In Her Personal And Professional Relationships. As A Colleague And Neighbor, She Wor...

Product Description En exclusivité, l'histoire d'Edith Blais, enlevée par Al-Qaïda au Sahel.En janvier 2019, les familles d'Edith Blais et de Luca T...

Within these visionary pages, meditation and dharma teacher Spring Washam meets the spirit of one of America's greatest ancestors, Harriet Tubman. The Spiri...

Doctor Helen Roseveare, affectionately called Mama Luka, pioneered vital medical work in the Rain forests of the Belgian Congo - now the Democratic Republi...

1. Fall From Grace -- 2. Just A Simple Civil Servant -- 3. Thank God That's Over! -- 4. The Generals: There's No Life Like It. -- 5. The Grunts -- 6. Going ...

"I don't know of any player, ever, who could strike a golf ball like Moe Norman...[He is a genius when it comes to playing the game of golf." - Lee Trevino....

The chilling tale of one of Scotland's most infamous villains, including new details and previously unpublished information He was a respected cabinet-make...

Is There A Song That Changed Your Life? Npr's Music Authority Bob Boilen Posed That Question To Some Of Today's Best-loved Musical Legends And Rising Stars....

Collection Of Diaries And Correspondence Between The Members Of The Russian Royal Family And Their Closest Friends, From The 1880s To The Time Of Their Deat...

Agnes and Margaret Smith were not your typical Victorian scholars or adventurers. Female, middle-aged, and without university degrees or formal language t...

A Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction Book of 2017 and a Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2017. Winner of the Gourmand World Cookbook Award in Culinary...

This First-person Narrative About An Archaeological Discovery Is Rewriting The Story Of Human Evolution. A Story Of Defiance And Determination By A Controve...

Signed & inscribed by Juanita to Ross as shown and Signed by The Author as shown. 5x8" 295 pages profusely & historically photo illustrated. Copyrig...

The autobiography of America's inspirational "Poet Laureate" is accompanied by photographs, letters, and selected poemsCategories: Biographies & Memoirs...

Traces The History Of The Maybelline Cosmetics Company, From Its Inception By Founder Tom Lyle Williams To Its Growth Throughout The Twentieth Century As A ...