Biographies & Memoirs

From James Beard Award-winning writer Elissa Altman comes a story that marries wit to warmth, and flavor to passion. Born and raised in New York to a food-...

Here is the autobiography of a remarkable man. Yukichi Fukuzawa's life covered the 66 years between 1835 and 1901, a period which comprised greater and mor...

On July 18, 1863, the African American soldiers of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Infantry led a courageous but ill-fated charge on Fort Wagner, a key bast...

This Text Provides A Definitive Account Of The Fighting Between The Army Of The Potomac And Robert E. Lee's Army Of Northern Virginia At Cemetery Hill And C...

This engaging book chronicles the changes in Maya Angelou's life as she enters the hub of activity that is New York. There, at the Harlem Writers Guild, sh...

Here is the riveting story of how a second-rate newspaper rose to national greatness, only to become a casualty of war-a civil war within the family that ow...

There Are Few Industrialists In History Who Could Match Elon Musk's Relentless Drive And Ingenious Vision. A Modern Alloy Of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howa...

The controversial story of Chanel, the twentieth century's foremost fashion icon. Revolutionizing women's dress, Gabrielle "Coco'' Chanel was the twentiet...

The Third Reich was the twentieth century’s most popular tyranny. After Adolf Hitler took power in 1933, most of Germany’s civil servants and profession...

One of the most popular Saints in the Church for centuries, St. Rita is known as the \\"Saint of the Impossible\\" because of her amazing answers to prayers...

if Moore's Earlier Work stupid White Men Didn't Shake Up The Bush Administration, This Latest Exposé Is Another Shout For Attention. Moore, Whose Credits I...

Pre-order Diddly Squat Today And Get Ready To Learn All About Clarkson's Biggest And Most Ridiculous Farming Struggles. Welcome To Clarkson's Farm. It's An ...

from The Impresario Of Nbc’s Hit Show the Apprenticetrump On Trump: “i Like Thinking Big. I Always Have. To Me It’s Very Simple: If You’re Going To Be Thi...

The official movie tie-in edition to Oliver Stone’s major motion picture, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Edward Snowden is one of the most extraordinary ...

This Fully Rounded Biography Of America's Sixteenth President Is The Product Of Donald's Half-century Of Study Of Lincoln And His Times. In Preparing It, Do...

"Read this man's book." --James EllroyA harrowing, edge-of-your-seat narrative of murder and secrets, revenge and heroism in the City of Angels―the real ...

In 1949, Florida's Orange Industry Was Booming With Cheap Jim Crow Labor. When A White Seventeen-year-old Groveland Girl Cried Rape, Vicious Sheriff Mccall ...

WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair wi...

Your Heart Is the Size of Your Fist draws readers into the complicated, poignant, and often-overlooked daily happenings of a busy urban medical clinic for ...

From Tom Brokaw, The Bestselling Author Of The Greatest Generation, Comes A Powerful Memoir Of A Year Of Dramatic Change--a Year Spent Battling Cancer And R...

Born In A Surreal Moscow Communal Apartment Where Eighteen Families Shared One Kitchen, The Author Grew Up Singing Odes To Lenin, Black-marketeering Juicy F...

In the tradition of Blow and Another Bullshit Night in Suck City, The Last Pirate is a vivid, haunting and often hilarious memoir recounting the life of Big...

Contains new facts concerning Nixon, Watergate, and the death of Dorothy Hunt, wife of E. Howard HuntDorothy Hunt, “An Amoral and Dangerous Woman” tell...

A Riveting, Lucid Memoir Of A Young Woman's Struggle To Regain Her Sense Of Self After Trauma, And The Efforts By A Powerful New England Boarding School To ...

A Sweeping Memoir Of American Politics And History From Chris Matthews, New York Times Bestselling Author And Former Host Of Msnbc’s Hardball With Chris M...

Into The Deep End -- Teasing The Mind Into Active Thought -- Fully Human, Fully Divine -- The Messiah Has A Cold -- Hearts On Fire. James Martin. Includes B...

In this volume along with its companion, The Library of America presents all of the most significant and best-loved works of Eudora Welty. Of her own work, ...

Privileged access to both the Queen and Prince Philip is the key to this revealing and engrossing royal biography.This is the first major biography of the ...

Examines Henry Kissinger's influence on the development of the foreign policy of the United States during the presidency of Richard NixonCategories: Politic...

This is a memoir for anyone who has ever fallen in love in Paris, or with Paris. PARIS: A LOVE STORY is for anyone who has ever had their heart broken or t...

137 pagesCategories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

1. Stepping Forward -- 2. The Men's Club -- 3. Leadership -- 4. Another Beginning -- 5. Stalemate And Stand-off -- 6. War Or Peace? -- 7. Remaking The Count...

Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano RooseveltCategories: History WorldWomen in History

At the age of eight, Karl Popper was puzzling over the idea of infinity and by fifteen was beginning to take a keen interest in his father's well-stocked ...

A Tour Of Key Historic Sites In America Where Incidents Of Political Violence Have Occurred Reveals Lesser-known Points Of Interest Pertaining To Each And S...

Called “everything a war memoir could possibly be” by The New York Times, this all-time classic of the military memoir genre now includes a new forward ...

Documents The Trial Of A Man Charged With Dozens Of Counts Of Arson In A Rural Virginia County, Sharing Insight Into His Struggles With Addiction, His Relat...

A story with a big heart about a boy, a coach, the game of baseball, and the game of life. "There are teachers with a rare ability to enter a child's mind...

The true story of four siblings who lost their parents in the devastating Sri Lankan tsunami and how they turned tragedy into inspiration On December 26, 2...

One Day My Soul Just Opened Up is a program of inspiration and motivation that will help you work through problems and improve your emotional and spiritua...

Greg Sorbara. Includes Index. Issued Also In Electronic Format.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government International & Worl...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERA hockey life like no other.A hockey book like no other.Scotty Bowman is recognized as the best coach in hockey history, and one of the ...

A Timeless Collection Of Philosophies From Renaissance Performer And The World's Most Famous Shape-shifter Rupaul, Whose Sage Outlook Has Created An Unprece...

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A collection of inspirational messages presents the author's insights into such topics as friendship, grace, spirit,...

In his seventh book in The Swans Are Not Silent series, John Piper explores the lives of Charles Spurgeon, George Müller, and Hudson Taylor. All three men...

A bold and profound meditation on trauma, legacy, oppression and racism in North America from award-winning Haudenosaunee writer Alicia Elliott.In an urgent...

The timeless, magical story of one woman's return to life and love when she thought she had lost it all. Categories: Science & Math Nature & Ecolo...

For tens of millions of Americans, Tucker Carlson was long the only voice on cable news providing a counternarrative to establishment Washington and the m...