Biographies & Memoirs

Heavenly Intrigue is the fascinating, true account of the seventeenth-century collaboration between Johannes Kepler and Tycho Brahe that revolutionized our ...

Amagisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy, Ramachandra Guha's ...

Looking at the views and experiences of three generations of indigenous Australians, this autobiography unearths political and societal issues contained wit...

In 1959, A Popular Schoolboy, Just 14 Years Old, Was Convicted And Sentenced To Hang For The Rape And Murder Of His 12-year-old Classmate. That Summer, Cana...

"It's mind-blowing to me how utterly far gone Steve-O was, and how he looks back on it in this book with such intelligence, humor, and searing honesty. Wha...

Jesus revealed himself to a young, brash, Pakistani Muslim. But he didn’t just reveal himself; he turned Naeem Fazal’s world upside down. Moving from ...

Genocide Confounds Scholars, Practitioners, And Laypersons Alike. Despite The Carnage Of The Twentieth Century, Our Understanding Of Genocide Remains Partia...

Originally Published In 2016 In The United Kingdom By Simon & Schuster Uk--title Page Verso.Categories: Medical BooksHistory

It Was A Time, Much Like Today, When Americans Feared For The Future Of Their Democracy And Women Stood Up For Equal Treatment. At The Crossroads Of The Wat...

Alan and Denise Jackson's life seemed like a fairy tale: high school sweethearts marry young and leave small-town Georgia to pursue big dreams in Music Cit...

Biography of legendary singer-songwriter Warren Zevon, spanning his nomadic youth and early recording career to his substance abuse, final album, and posth...

This extraordinary investigation of the death of the author's grandson yields a powerful memoir of addiction, grief, and the stories we choose to tell our ...

*with A Foreword By John Grisham* By The Founder Of The First Organization In The United States Committed To Freeing The Wrongly Imprisoned, A Riveting Stor...

Product Description “Feminism, history, literature, politics—this tale has all of that, and a heroine worthy of her own turn in the spotlight.” â...

A profile of American artist Edward Hopper is based on diaries by his wife Jo, revealing Hopper's dour and repressed personality, the sources of his creatio...

A Collection Of The Author's Nonfiction Pieces Addresses Such Topics As His Fascination With The Wizard Of Oz, The 2000 Presidential Election, The Muslim Fa...

A unique individual with a fascinating life story, Ivar Giaever is a scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Experimental Physics in 1973. In his own words, Gi...

1930s Shanghai Could Give Chicago A Run For Its Money. In The Years Before The Japanese Invaded, The City Was A Haven For Outlaws From All Over The World: A...

Nicholson Baker, who “writes like no one else in America” (Newsweek), here assembles his best short pieces from the last fifteen years. The Way the Wo...

The Marvelously Compelling Biography Of Robert Ripley, The Enigmatic Cartoonist Turned Globetrotting Millionaire Who Won International Fame By Celebrating T...

Sunrise On The Pier -- Morning Coffee -- Pumpkin Season -- Shaping Heartsongs -- Awakening After A Close Call -- Wishes -- Mosaic Of Gifts -- Embracing Each...

Welcome To New Auburn, Wisconsin (population: 485). Michael Perry Loves This Place. He Grew Up Here, And Now -- After A Decade Away -- He Has Returned. Unab...

Conversations with Gwendolyn Brooks features sparkling interviews with one of America's most valued poets. Throughout this book, which spans three decades,...

In The End Of The End Of The Earth, Which Gathers Essays And Speeches Written Mostly In The Past Five Years, Jonathan Franzen Returns With Renewed Vigor To ...

A Humorous And Revealing Account From Inside The Ultimate Boys' Club As One Female Cook Transforms The Frat Food Experience And Serves Up Generous Helpings ...

Matt Logelin writes a courageous and searingly honest memoir about the first year of his life following the birth of his daughter and the death of his wife...

As Chairman Of The Federal Reserve (1979-1987), Paul Volcker Slayed The Inflation Dragon That Was Consuming The American Economy And Restored The World's Fa...

With the 2006 publication of The God Delusion, the name Richard Dawkins became a byword for ruthless skepticism and "brilliant, impassioned, articulate, im...

Liz Scheier's darkly funny and touching memoir--with shades of Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle and Mira Bartók's The Memory Palace--of growing up in '...

In Ginger Zee's Follow-up To The Bestselling Natural Disaster, The Abc Chief Meteorologist Takes Readers On A Much Deeper Journey Of Self Discovery. When Gi...

Wall Street Legend Alfred Lee Loomis, Who Once Owned Hilton Head Island, Was Devoted To His Hobby Of Science Experiments In His Mansion. During World War Ii...

jeannette Walls Grew Up With Parents Whose Ideals And Stubborn Nonconformity Were Both Their Curse And Their Salvation. Rex And Rose Mary Walls Had Four C...

As Soon As Adam Kay Set Foot On A Hospital Ward For The First Time, He Realised There's Quite A Lot They Don't Teach You At Medical School ... His Diaries F...

In this audio version of the top-selling To Own aDragon, author Donald Miller shares the poignant and meaningfullessons he learned growing up without a dad...

style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Princess Diana. Few names conjure so many images—of life and vitality, of royalty and traged...

Who Is Vladimir Putin? In Mr. Putin, Russia Experts Fiona Hill And Clifford Gaddy Argue That Russia's President, Vladimir Putin, Is In Fact A Man Of Many An...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A New York Times Editor's Choice From journalist and New York Times bestselling author Charles Blow comes a powerful man...

The Classic That Changed Our Perception of the Afterlife In 1975, Dannion Brinkley was struck and killed by lightning. When he awoke twenty-eight minutes ...

Create The Life You Want John Gray, The Author Of The Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus Relationship Classic, Now Presents A Brilliantly Innovative Pr...

The Unlikely Story Of Dr. Bennet Omalu, The Pathologist Who Made One Of The Most Significant Medical Discoveries Of The Twenty-first Century, A Discovery Th...

Hillary Rodham Clinton is known to hundreds of millions of people around the world. Yet few beyond her close friends and family have ever heard her account...

Product Description THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Funny, tender, and so good.” —Mindy Kaling, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Why Not Me?...

“An irresistible biography of the accomplished, controversial actress whose roles on screen and off helped define a generation. Whether you love Jane Fon...

In the ten years since Rachel Simon first invited the world to board the bus with her and her sister, Cool Beth, readers across the globe have been moved b...

Winner of a Firebird Book Award for memoir, 2021A B.R.A.G.Medallion Honoree"Tea, Scones, and Malaria is a fantastic read that explains much about the traged...

London. 20 cm. XII, 446 p. : ill., ports. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Originally published: London: HarperCollins...

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