Biographies & Memoirs

“Gripping...an outstanding portrait of a technocrat, at work and at home.”— The Wall Street Journal “Evocative...relentless”—The New York Times...

All Those Years You Tried Your Best To Break Me, And I'm Still Here. One Day You'll See, I'm Going To Make Something Of Myself. These Words Were Dave Pelzer...

As More And More People Are Coming To Realize, There Is Far More To Living A Truly Successful Life Than Just Earning A Bigger Salary And Capturing A Corner ...

An exciting foray into the lives of the young men - pilots, bombardiers, navigators, and gunners, chosen by the Air Force to embark on the most dangerous mi...

Franklin recalls childhood memories that are both happy and tainted. There are the warm memories of hunting and exploring with his father in the mountains a...

Jimmy Carter. Includes Index.Categories: Arts & Photography Photography & Video Nature & WildlifePlants & Animals

Sharing A Personal Perspective On The Past Three Decades Of World History, Queen Noor Talks Frankly Of The Many Challenges Of Her Life As Wife And Partner T...

Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He’s all Marine—fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife...

The Heartrending Story Of A Midcentury American Family With Twelve Children, Six Of Them Diagnosed With Schizophrenia, That Became Science's Great Hope In T...

Jane Austen ; Afterword By Claudia L. Johnson ; Artwork By Leon Steinmetz. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences So...

In the tradition of Ta-Nehisi Coates's Between the World and Me and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestion...

Michael Palin. First Published: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoir...

Simply entitled Céline, this is the long-awaited, authorized biography of Céline Dion, the rags-to-riches story of a woman who has become the leading rec...

At three, Ben still hadn't started talking. Karen Foli took her son to a speech and hearing clinic. The clinicians found Ben's speech was delayed by one to...

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Jack-the-lad, wheeler-dealer, and international playboy (just ask the manageress of El Sid's, Torremolinos, 1978), this was a man destined for greatness. On...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER\An urgent warning about the growing threat to our democracy from a twenty-year police veteran and former Trump supporter w...

We need reminders of God's power now more than ever. We often think about prayer as a wish list, with God as Santa Claus. The reality is that the power of...

Paul McGrath is Ireland’s best loved sportsman and also its least understood. An iconic football presence during a professional career stretching over 14 ...

A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, And Usa Today Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book Of 2019 * An Npr Best Book Of 2019 * One Of Time's Must-read B...

In eight Tuesdays each year, Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan convenes a small committee to set the short-term interest rate that can move through ...

Psychopaths Are Manipulative, Remorseless. They Feel No Guilt. What Would Happen If You Thought You Might Be Married To One? Jen Waite Loves Her Husband. Ma...

An Inspiring And Laugh-out-loud Guide To Building The Kind Of Confidence It Really Takes To Live The Life Of Your Dreams, From Impact Theory Cofounder And G...

A true story of love, murder, and the end of the world’s “great hush.”In Thunderstruck, Erik Larson tells the interwoven stories of two men—Hawley C...

Opening in theaters November 20, 2009, The Blind Side is a feature movie based on Michael’s Lewis’s New York Times bestseller, produced by Alcon ...

"He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood Andre Agassi h...

From Civil Rights To Ferguson, Franchise Reveals The Untold History Of How Fast Food Became One Of The Greatest Generators Of Black Wealth In America. Often...

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 murder of Abraham Lincoln set off the greatest manhunt in American history - the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth. From April 14 to April 26, 1...

The irreverent diaries of the author's celebrated years as editor-in-chief of Vanity Fair also serves as a vibrant portrait of the 1980s in New York and Hol...

The First Hispanic American On The U.s. Supreme Court Shares The Story Of Her Life Before Becoming A Judge, Describing Her Youth In A Bronx Housing Project,...

Jeannette Walls's The Glass Castle was "nothing short of spectacular" (Entertainment Weekly). Now she brings us the story of her grandmother — told in a ...

in The Go-go Nineties Jordan Belfort Proved To Wall Street That You Didn’t Need To Be On Wall Street To Make A Fortune In The Stock Market. But His Compan...

Demi Lovato wakes up each morning and affirms her commitment to herself―to her health, her happiness, her being. Those commitments are the bedrock of her...

The Author Describes The Devastating Impact Of His Father's Alcoholism And Suicide On His Personal Life As Husband, Father, Writer, And Minister. The Dwarve...

How do you stand firm in your convictions in a world that's trying to pull you down Madison Prewett helps you keep your standards high and your roots deep...

As a young man, Randall Woodfield had it all--a star athlete, good looks, and an award-winning student. Working in the swinging West Coast bar scene, he had...

A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceFor eight weeks in 1945, as Berlin fell to the Russian army, a young woman kept a daily record of life in her a...

Drawn by some sympathetic not in one of his poems, young people often wrote to Rilke with their problems and hopes. Booknews This classic of sincerity and ...

Paula Fredriksen, renowned historian and author of From Christ to Jesus, begins this inquiry into the historic Jesus with a fact that may be the only undisp...

A year and a half into our marriage, I found out my husband had been having an affair with a nineteen-year-old for six months. I filed for divorce and left...

During His Seven-month Stay In A Trappist Monastery, Henri Nouwen Had A Unique Opportunity To Explore Crucial Issues Of The Spiritual Life And Discover A Qu...

in This Master Class On The Craft Of Writing, Stephen King Reveals The Origins Of His Vocation And Shares Essential Habits And Rules That Every Writer Can ...

From The Ashes Is A Remarkable Memoir About Hope And Resilience, And A Revelatory Look Into The Life Of A Métis-cree Man Who Refused To Give Up. Abandoned...

THE EAGERLY AWAITED COLLECTION OF PERSONAL ESSAYS FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MY HORIZONTAL LIFE When Chelsea Handler needs to get a few things off her ...

When Tony Dungy Led The Indianapolis Colts To Victory In Super Bowl Xli-- The First African American Coach To Win The Big Game--millions Wondered, Amazed By...

After being dumped by his longtime girlfriend, twenty-eight-year-old Justin Halpern found himself living at home with his seventy-three-year-old dad. Sam H...

The dramatic autobiography of one of China's dedicated, courageous, and intensely persecuted house church leaders. This is the gripping story of how God t...