Biographies & Memoirs

WITH AN IRREPRESSIBLE TASTE for adventure, candor, and a vivid sense of place, award-winning travel writer and actor Andrew McCarthy takes us on a deeply p...

The tempestuous, bloody, and splendid reign of Henry VIII of England (1509-1547) is one of the most fascinating in all history, not least for his marriage t...

In this brilliant, hilarious memoir, Robyn Scott recounts the years living in Botswana while her dad works as a flying doctor. At first she thinks her paren...

This is the riveting true story of a young schoolteacher and her courageous quest to know God's will for her life. In Lydia Prince's search for God and her...

Megan Fox showcases her wicked humor throughout a heartbreaking and dark collection of poetry. Over the course of more than seventy poems Fox chronicles all...

By showing how Jesus' teachings relate to our inner depths, this book guides us toward a more conscious and creative life. The Kingdom Within explores the ...

America's top psychic medium reflects on his life of speaking to Spirit and the lessons he's learned along the way--from both the living and the dead. Matt ...

The Former Lead Guitarist For The Alternative Metal Band Korn Recounts How He Overcame His Drug Addiction Through His Christian Faith, Explaining His Decisi...

"Intensely well researched and an un-put-down-able read, Tina Brown's extraordinary book parts the brocaded velvet and allows us an unprecedented look at th...

John Dominic Crossan, widely regarded as the leading authority on the words and life of Jesus, cuts through the minutiae and arcane research of much biblica...

A special 20th anniversary edition of the beloved international bestseller that changed millions of livesMaybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a col...

"Carefully balancing cool observation and compassion, Chong writes extraordinary history and gives voice to the Chinese immigrant experience."—ALA Booklis...

"Anyone who has had their life completely gutted and rewired will adore this family story. Bradbury's dark humour and gloriously upbeat voice makes it the p...

This Inspiring, Honest, Uproarious Collection Of Essays Traces Sebastian Maniscalco’s Career From Playing Boxing Rings And Bowling Alleys To Reaching The ...

From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the spectacular scandal that ...

Chronicles the life of the man whose accomplishments included his appointment as one of the three Supreme Allied Commanders of World War II, terms as last V...

At the age of 87, Mike Wallace is a legendary figure in broadcast journalism. Now, after 60 years of reporting on important events around the world, he shar...

Using New Technology, Recently Discovered Documents And Sophisticated Investigative Techniques, An International Team--led By An Obsessed Retired Fbi Agent-...

A Book About The Remarkable Life Of Elsie Macgill Who Achieved Many Firsts In Science And Engineering At A Time When Women Were Considered To Be Inferior In...

A Bustle Most Anticipated Debut of the Year"Freshly fascinating. [Lawton] is a particularly astute observer of the psychological dislocation caused by growi...

An Unabridged Edition Of Anne Frank's Diary Provides Insight Into Anne's Relationship With Her MotherCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics &am...

In An American Story Of Enduring Importance, Jimmy Carter Re-creates His Depression-era Boyhood On A Georgia Farm, Before The Civil Rights Movement That Ch...

A raw, beautiful memoir of a girl born missing an ear, a medical system insistent on saving her from herself, and our culture’s desire to “fix” bodie...

This new Readers Circle edition includes a reading group guide and a conversation between Firoozeh Dumas and Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner.” I...

A Biography Of Long-serving National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman, Discussing The Changes That The Nhl Has Undergone Under His Watch. Jonathon Ga...

A Gallery Book. Gallery Books has a great book for every reader.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

Examines The History Of Behavioral Economics, Discussing The Theory Of Israeli Psychologists Who Wrote The Original Studies Undoing Assumptions About The De...

When John Elder Robison Published Look Me In The Eye, His Darkly Funny Bestselling Memoir About Growing Up With Asperger's Syndrome, He Was Launched Into In...

Best known for his academy award-winning role as Dith Pran in The Killing Fields, for Haing Ngor his greatest performance was not in Hollywood but in war-to...

The National Book Award-winning Author Of Stamped From The Beginning Offers A Bracingly Original Approach To Understanding And Uprooting Racism And Inequali...

From one of the architects of the new science of simplicity and complexity comes an explanation of the connections between nature at its most basic level a...

A juicy and freewheeling biography of legendary golf champion Phil Mickelson--who has had a big, controversial life--as reported by longtime Sports Illustra...

Imagine a young boy who has never had a loving home. His only possesions are the old, torn clothes he carries in a paper bag. The only world he knows is on...

The early Roman virgin-martyr whose bones were discovered in 1802. She immediately began answering prayers, with so many favors and miracles being granted t...

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About the Author\Emily Ratajkowski is a model, actress, activist, entrepreneur, and writer. She has starred in David Fincher’s Gone Girl, among other film...

Every Path To Adulthood Is Strewn With Missteps, Epiphanies, And Hard-earned Lessons. Only Reggie Love's, However, Went Through The White House By Way Of Du...

Hitler's Vienna Explores The Critical Years That The Young Adolf Hitler Spent In Vienna, The City That In So Many Ways Furnished The Future Dictator's Educa...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life ...

The Greatest Canadian -- Practical Christian, 1904-24 -- Boy Preacher, 1924-31 -- Reluctant Candidate, 1931-35 -- Member Of Parliament, 1935-45 -- A New Pre...

George Takei shares the dramatic and turbulent events of his career, from his childhood and life in a Japanese internment camp during World War II, to his y...

Joe Ehrmann, a former NFL football star and volunteer coach for the Gilman high school football team, teaches his players the keys to successful defense: p...

Jenna Jameson With Neil Strauss.Categories: Medical Books PsychologySexuality

winner Of The 2011 Pulitzer Prize For General Nonfictionthe Emperor Of All Maladies Is A Magnificent, Profoundly Humane “biography” Of Cancer—from It...

From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950sBi...

The acclaimed, bestselling rock-and-roll biographer delivers the first complete, unexpurgated history of the world’s greatest band.The saga of the Rolling...

James Bamford, the bestselling author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, unveils a hidden cabal of foreign powers that have spied against America to ...

Wisdom And Inspiration For Women Approaching Major Life-change Milestones, Helping Them To Pursue What Really Matters In Life.Categories: Biographies & ...