Biographies & Memoirs

One accident. Two victims. Three deaths. A moving account of grief and its aftermath. In the fall of 2009, Catherine Gourdier and the other members of her...

Documents the murder investigation into the death of Jenn Corbin, whose apparent suicide in December 2004 was later discovered to be a murder committed by h...

In A Landmark Book, An Extraordinary Young Woman Recounts Her Coming-of-age As A Transgender Teen--a Deeply Personal And Empowering Portrait Of Self-revelat...

My memoir is laced with nostalgia and at the same time it is my sincere intention to portray the true essence of the Guyanese culture without offence. Keep ...

Frank McCourt's glorious childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes, has been loved and celebrated by readers everywhere for its spirit, its wit and its profound hum...

Walker Brown Was Born With A Genetic Mutation So Rare That Doctors Call It An Orphan Syndrome: Perhaps 300 People Around The World Also Live With It. Walker...

Magda Szubanski's Childhood In A Suburban Migrant Family Was Haunted By The Demons Of Her Father's Life In Wartime Poland. At Nineteen, Fighting In The Wars...

National Bestseller A Charmingly Relatable And Wise Memoir-in-essays By Acclaimed Writer And Bookseller Mary Laura Philpott, “the Modern Day Reincarnation...

What happens when a coffee-drinking, cigarette-smoking, steak-eating twenty-five-year-old atheist decides it is time to get in touch with her spiritual side...

Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLachlin offers an intimate and revealing look at her life, from her childhood in the Alberta...

What happens to our loved ones when they die? Is there a heaven? Is there a true connection and communication between the living and the dead? With the s...

A Memoir Documenting Her Marriage Of More Than Forty Years To Successful Actor, Hugh Franklin. Madeleine L'engle.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Arts ...

Through the lens of her years spent as a sex worker, Charlotte Shane offers a provocative and tender reckoning of what it means to be a heterosexual woman a...

Sacred Hoops Revisited -- Foreword / Senator Bill Bradley -- Introduction -- 1. The Second Coming -- 2. A Journey Of A Thousand Miles Starts With One Breath...

For The First Time In The Ultimate Reunion, The Ladies Of The Real Housewives Dish On The Iconic Moments We’ll Never Forget And The Off-camera Drama We’...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!"Shuster crafts an intimate account of the Russian invasion, which vividly captures Zelensky’s transformation from a cle...

Acknowledgements: A Cultural Memoir And Other Essays Is A Collection Of Previously Unpublished Writing By National Post Columnist Barbara Kay. This Wide-ran...

One of today’s premier biographers has written a modern, comprehensive, indeed ultimate book on the epic life of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In this super...

Shortlisted for the National Books Critics Circle Award: "The book is a gift, as fascinating as it is important."—Robert Legvold, Foreign Affairs The de...

When Gao Wenqian first published this groundbreaking, provocative biography in Hong Kong, it was immediately banned in the People's Republic. Using classifi...

The superb historian and biographer Antonia Fraser, author of Marie Antoinette, casts new light on the splendor and the scandals of the reign of Louis XIV i...

Evaluates Theodore Roosevelt's Role In Launching Modern Conservationsim, Identifying The Contributions Of Such Influences As James Audubon And John Muir Whi...

A riveting, lively and brilliantly researched biography of Socrates by the author of the acclaimed bestseller Helen of Troy. We think the way we do because ...

When Singer, Musician, And Broadcast Journalist Malka Marom Had The Opportunity To Interview Joni Mitchell In 1973, She Was Eager To Reconnect With The Perf...

“[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal The Pulitzer Priz...

In Clouds of Glory: The Life and Legend of Robert E. Lee, Michael Korda, the New York Times bestselling biographer of Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ulysses S. Gran...

A brilliant biography that “reads like a wonderful novel but is researched like a masterwork of history” (Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs), this i...

Stockinette, ribbing, cables, even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places, times, people, conversations, all those poignant moments that we’ve t...

an Outstanding And Authoritative Biography Of One Of Britain's Greatest Masters. publishers Weekly phenomenal Drinking Habits, Chronic Sleep Deprivation, A...

Israel’s current president gives us a dramatic and revelatory biography of Israel’s first prime minister and its founding father. Shimon Peres was in...

The Popular Comedian Traces Her Youth In Atlanta's Most Troubled Neighborhood At The Height Of The Crack Epidemic, Discussing Her Experiences With Petty Cri...

Man of Valor, Man of Grace: The Life of David (the Perfect Gift for Fans of House of David. Discover More about the Real King David of the Bible)Categories:...

In This Utterly Engrossing Biography, The Author Of The Bestselling The Mailroom Goes Beyond The Myth Of Legendary Surfer Miki Dora To Reveal The Truth Behi...

Narrated by the visionary founding member, Hell's Angel provides a fascinating all-access pass to the secret world of the notorious Hell's Angels Motorcyc...

In March of 1992, the highest–ranking member of the Mafia in America ever to break his oath of silence testified against his boss, John Gotti. He is Salva...

A GRIPPING, FEARLESS EXPLORATION OF MASCULINITYThe effects of traditionally defined masculinity have become one of the most prevalent social issues of our t...

Introduction and Notes by Keith Wren. University of Kent at Canterbury The Man in the Iron Mask is the final episode in the cycle of novels featuring Dumas ...

In the spirit of Oliver Sacks Awakenings and the TV series House, Dr. Eric Manheimer's TWELVE PATIENTS is a memoir from the Medical Director of Bellevue Hos...

Outlines Five Expressions Of Love--quality Time, Words Of Affirmation, Gifts, Acts Of Service, And Physical Touch--and Explains How To Identify And Communic...

The devastating accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union, occurred on April 26, 1986. On April 29, Alexander ...

A New York Times bestselling author reveals the story of a nearly forgotten moment in American history, when mass violence was not an aberration, but a regu...

using The Latest Modern Technology Available To Forensic Science, Crime Scene Investigators Answer Questions Others Never Even Thought To Ask. Here Are Ov...

I spent my 11th wedding anniversary planning my husband's funeral. If I could just figure out how to make that rhyme, it would be the beginning of a great ...

A perfect blend of medical drama and spiritual insight, Gray Matter is a fascinating account of Dr. David Levy’s decision to begin asking his patients if ...

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...

a Riveting Memoir Of A Girl's Painful Coming-of-age In A Wealthy Chinese Family During The 1940s. a Chinese Proverb Says, Falling Leaves Return To Their Ro...

From The Book: Ò What Is A Conversion? The Question Is Like Asking, 'what Is Falling In Love?' There Is No Standard Procedure, No Fixed Time. No Damascus R...

at The Same Time That North Americans Were Focusing On The Brave Actions Of Several Christian Teens In The Columbine High School Shooting In Colorado, Canad...