Biographies & Memoirs

An Introduction To The Life And Thought Of Kurt Gödel, Who Transformed Our Conception Of Math Forever -- Provided By Publisher. A Platonist Among The Posit...

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...

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...

There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But listeners of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: O...

Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. With harrowing directness...

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...

The True Story Of The Assassination Of Jfk, Told By Secret Service Agents Who Were There And Who Have Lived With The Guilt And Grief From That Day. When Tim...

Every Canadian town has a hockey story, and Ron MacLean has a hockey story for every town. A new book by the co-author of the national bestseller Cornered....

"Breezy and salty." -The New York Times"Hilarious! Honest, intimate, this book tells it as it was." -Mary Wells Lawrence, author of A Big Life (In Advertis...

Druckerman Asserts That There Are Stages To Becoming A Grown-up: First, You Definitely Aren't One. Then You Pretend To Be One. Then You Are Sure That There ...

International Bestseller A heart-wrenching, yet hopeful, memoir of a young marriage that is redefined by mental illness and affirms the power of love. Mark...

Elissa Wall Details Her Life Growing Up In The Polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints Religious Sect, Being Forced Into An Unwanted Marriage At The Age...

New York Times Bestseller\Fame. Sex. Pain. Drugs. Death. Booze. Money. Addiction. Redemption. Dizzying heights. Rock-bottom depths. Desperation and elationâ...

Jordan Peterson's Twelve Rules for Life meets Jocko Willink and Leif Babin's Extreme Ownership in this tough-love leadership book from a Navy SEAL and risin...

The Author Offers A Memoir Of His Two Decades In The Field Studying Kenyan Baboons As He Describes The Members Of The Baboon Troop And Their Behavior And Hi...

From the author of the award-winning, best-selling novel Matterhorn, comes a brilliant nonfiction book about warIn 1968, at the age of twenty-three, Karl M...

When Carrie Fisher Recently Discovered The Journals She Had Kept During The Filming Of The First Star Wars Movie, She Was Astonished To See What They Had Pr...

From Tunde Oyeneyin, the massively popular Peloton instructor, fitness star, and founder of SPEAK, comes an empowering, inspiring book that shows how she tr...

Lady Almina And The Real Downton Abbey Tells The Story Behind Highclere Castle, The Real-life Inspiration And Setting For Julian Fellowes's Emmy Award-winni...

"Drag embodies the queer possibility that exists within each of us--the infinite ways in which gender, good taste, and art can be lived." -Sasha Velour Th...

Paul the Apostle is a thorough study of the background of the Apostle Paul, his ministry, and his writings. It is perfect as a textbook.Categories: Biograph...

Winner of the USA Book News National Book Award for Best Nonfiction True Crime and Best Memoir/AutobiographyBy the time he was thirteen, he already had atte...

The Founder Of Starbucks Shares His Untold Personal Story--from His Childhood In Brooklyn's Housing Projects To His Rise As A Business Icon--and Lays Out Hi...

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...

This "profound and disturbing" (New York Times Book Review) bestseller written by a Guantánamo prisoner is now a major feature film starring Tahar Rahim ...

"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...

The Former Butler And Trusted Confidant Of The Late Princess Of Wales Offers His Memories Of Her Private Life At Home In Kensington Palace And Discusses Her...

Hunting Eichmann is the first complete narrative of a relentless and harrowing international manhunt. When the Allies stormed Berlin in the last days of t...

The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of the city of Kabul. After receiving a teaching degree during the civil...

Featuring original interviews with mountain guides and climbers--including Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker--this vivid and authoritative adventure history chron...

Praise for Jesus Freak "Sara Miles is amazing, a wild, unique, funny Christian who puts her lack-of-money where her mouth is, which is in loving Jesus and...

From the renowned historian and author of The Death of Woman Wang, a vivid and gripping account of the 16th-century missionary’s remarkable sojourn to Ming...

A Revelatory Account Of The Actions Taken By The First President To Retain His Slaves In Spite Of Northern Laws. Profiles One Of The Slaves, Ona Judge, Desc...

‘Punished’ is the inspiring true story of an unusual little girl, Vanessa, whose childhood was devastated by torture and abuse at the hands of her sadistic...

Mary Jemison (1743–1833) was an American frontierswoman and an adopted Seneca. When she was in her teens, she was captured in what is now Adams County, Pe...

Cat behaviorist and star of Animal Planet's hit television show My Cat from Hell, Jackson Galaxy, a.k.a. "Cat Daddy," isn't what you might expect for a cat ...

Laird Hamilton has been hailed as the world's greatest big-wave surfer. His first book, Force of Nature, allows readers a rare glimpse inside the unique ph...

Product Description New York Times bestseller An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him be...

For Readers Of The Historical Works Of Robert K. Massie, David Mccullough, And Alison Weir Comes The First Biography On The Life Of Abigail Adams And Her Si...

In His Most Extraordinary Book, One Of The Great Clinical Writers Of The 20th Century (the New York Times) Recounts The Case Histories Of Patients Lost In T...

#1 New York Times Bestseller Now In Paperback With New Material In His Book, Former Fbi Director James Comey Shares His Never-before-told Experiences From S...

Tom Scharpling is good at being funny, which is a miracle, considering what he's survived. Like hitting a deer and narrowly escaping with his life on the ...

The sequel to Jennifer Worth's New York Times bestselling memoir and the basis for the PBS series Call the Midwife When twenty-two-year-old Jennifer Worth...

Near The End Of World War Ii, Thousands Of Allied Ex-pows Were Abandoned To Wander The War-torn Eastern Front, Modern Day Ukraine. With No Food, Shelter, Or...

Thrust into the unlikely role of professional "literary walking tour" guide, an expat writer provides the most irresistibly witty and revealing tour of Pa...

Everyone in Wall Street knows James Cramer. And Cramer knows Wall Street better than anyone. Here, the storied trader and hedge fund manager traces his ext...

Poignant and humorous insights on fully embracing our lives as we age from Susan Moon, beloved Buddhist teacher and author. Aging isn't easy. But it can sti...

Recounts The Life Of The Hall Of Fame Ballplayer Whose Career Was Cut Short By The Disease Now Commonly Called After Him, In A Portrait That Shares Details ...