Biographies & Memoirs

The stirring true story of a girl who survived the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia retraces her steps from the forced "evacuation" of Phnom Penh in...

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The actor shares his memories of childhood and career, from his difficulties as son of the world-renowned Shakespearean actor to his devotion to the practic...

A daring adventure of SAS man, Nigel Ely's journey into war with the United States Marine Corps and his subsequent arrest by British police in 2012. He is t...

'Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes.'-New York Times Book ReviewErik Larson has been widely acclaimed as ...

Taking its place next to Breakfast at Tiffany's and In Cold Blood on the Modern Library bookshelf is this new and original edition of Capote's most famous...

The Former Deputy Director Of The Fbi Recounts His Career; Discusses How Law Enforcement Battles Terror Threats, Russian Crime, And Attacks By The White Hou...

What is it like to be old? Diana Athill made her reputation as a writer with the candour of her memoirs - her commitment, in her words, 'to understand, to b...

An Entirely Original And Empowering Memoir Meets Self-help Guide From The Bestselling Author, Rapper, Artist, And Chef Action Bronson From The New York Time...

Ever wonder how to retrieve a sunken golf cart from a snake-infested lake? Or which club in your bag is best suited for combat against a horde of rats? If...

In this unforgettable chronicle of perhaps the most famous moment in American military history, James Bradley has captured the glory, the triumph, the hear...

It was a headline story in the New York Times and USA Today. It was covered by Court TV and profiled on the Ricki Lake Show. Now, here is the intimate memoi...

Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize “The future is in our hands as never before, and this book explains the stakes like no other.” — Georg...

Breaking night: (Urban slang) staying up through the night, until the sun rises Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who at age fifteen w...

A remarkable history with elements of both In the President’s Secret Service and The Butler, The Residence offers an intimate account of the service staf...

Winner of the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for Biography An extraordinarily frank, honest, and generous book by one of America's most famous and admired women, Per...

Priscilla Warner has had a great life: a supportive husband, a flourishing marriage, two loving sons, and a bestselling book, The Faith Club. Despite all he...

One of the most extraordinary survival stories ever told -- Aron Ralston's searing account of his six days trapped in one of the most remote spots in Ameri...

A Gripping, Inspiring, And Eye-opening Memoir Of Fortitude And Survival--of A Twelve-year-old Boy's Traumatic Flight From Afghanistan To The West--that Puts...

Since The Karate Kid first crane-kicked its way into the pop culture stratosphere in June 1984, there hasn't been a week Ralph Macchio hasn't heard friendly...

At 18, Carolyn Jessop Was Coerced Into An Arranged Marriage With A Total Stranger, 32 Years Her Senior, Who Already Had Three Wives. Arranged Plural Marriag...

A trenchant memoir of a troubled American childhood from the child's point of view describes growing up in an East Texas refinery town, life in the midst of...

From One Of The World's Leading Authorities On Global Security, Future Crimes Takes Readers Deep Into The Digital Underground To Illuminate The Alarming Way...

As Bringing Down the House did for card counters and Positively Fifth Street did for poker players, Dueling with Kings does for Daily Fantasy Sports fans in...

In Strength in What Remains, Tracy Kidder gives us the story of one man’s inspiring American journey and of the ordinary people who helped him, providing ...

Angelina Fast-Vlaar recounts the true story of a camping trip taken through the Australian outback with her husband Peter, that produces an untimely encount...

The sensational bestselling autobiography from the guy who defined the game There will never be another player like Mr. Hockey. Certainly no one has ev...

A Moving Account Of Resilience, Hope, Fear And Mortality, And How These Things Resonate In Our Lives, By Actor And Advocate Michael J. Fox. The Entire World...

It's time to put yourself first. Your life depends on it. You do not need to be diagnosed with cancer, like Heather Chauvin did, to realize motherhood doe...

Traces The Author's Journey Of Self-discovery After The Dissolution Of Her Marriage, Revealing How She Found Healing By Rejecting Gender Standards And Refus...

With This Second Memoir, Home Work: A Memoir Of My Hollywood Years, Andrews Picks Up The Story With Her Arrival In Hollywood And Her Phenomenal Rise To Fame...

Now the FX limited series Fosse/Verdon starring Sam Rockwell and Michelle Williams with Lin-Manuel Miranda executive producing. “Wasson is a smart and s...

He was the only soldier the Canadians executed in the whole of the Second World War. His own countrymen carried out the orders, forbidden to go home before ...

With The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad has given readers a first-hand look at Afghani life as few outsiders have seen it. In...

"An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." --Kirkus Reviews When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke up in Kyiv on...

A New York Times Bestseller An Unlikely Political Star Tells The Inspiring Story Of The Two-decade Journey That Taught Her How Washington Really Works—and...

As a priest and a physician, Richard Frechette has known the body, heart, and soul of people in the most anguishing of circumstances. He has carried out hi...

Here, For The First Time In Print, Is The History Of The Beatles--by The Beatles. The Extraordinary Project Has Been Made Possible Because Paul Mccartney, G...

Tracing The Genesis Of A Masterpiece, A Fitzgerald Scholar Follows The Novelist As He Begins Work On The Great Gatsby. The Autumn Of 1922 Found F. Scott Fit...

"I'd come from a long ways off and had started a long ways down. But now destiny was about to manifest itself. I felt like it was looking right at me and n...

Janis Ian was catapulted into the spotlight in 1966 at the age of fifteen, when her soul-wrenching song "Society's Child" became a hit. An intimate portra...

#1 New York Times Bestseller * The Compelling, Inspiring, And Comically Sublime Story Of One Man's Coming-of-age, Set During The Twilight Of Apartheid And T...

Blood and Fire is a brilliant biography of two great social and religious figures whose inheritance lives on to this day. William Booth (1829-1912) was one...

Bill Lee With Richard Lally. Originally Published In Slightly Different Form In The United States By Penguin Books, New York, In 1985.--t.p. Verso.Categorie...

Best of the Best. In this follow-up to her bestselling account of her love affair with Tuscany, Mayes carries forward the concerns and people of Under the ...

The Inspiring True Story Of Farmer Angus Buchan Shows How Faith Can Carry You Through The Darkest Times In Your Life. Angus' Life Changed Completely When He...

Seeds Of Shame ...learning to ride above a legacy of HateCategories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

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