Biographies & Memoirs

Essays Discuss Race Relations, Segregation, The Role Of The Writer In Society, And The Work Of Andre Gide, Richard Wright, And Norman Mailer.Categories: Pol...

Pigeonholed In Popular Memory As A Jazz Age Epicurean, A Playboy, And An Emblem Of The Lost Generation, F. Scott Fitzgerald Was At Heart A Moralist Struck B...

The fullest, most textural, most accurate--most human--account of Oscar Wilde's unique and dazzling life--based on extensive new research and newly discover...

Spellbinding adventure from Canada's most beloved modern-day explorer. Traverspine is not a place you will find on most maps. A century ago, it stood near t...

A Thorn in My Pocket is Eustacia Cutler’s story of raising her daughter, Temple Grandin, in the conservative “Leave-it-to-Beaver” world of the fifties...

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Lawrence Fox Was Born And Raised In Midland, Ontario And Enlisted In The Rcaf In 1952. Distinguished By His Outstanding Marksmanship From The Beginning Of H...

One wouldn't usually turn to a veteran of Guns N' Roses for advice on how to live, but Duff McKagan is not a typical rock musician. He got sober at thirty, ...

Norman Jewison Directed Some Of The Most Iconic And Beloved Films Of An Era, From In The Heat Of The Night And The Thomas Crown Affair To Jesus Christ Super...

When we seize opportunities to talk with others about Jesus, days that start out dull and tedious can quickly blossom into exciting escapades. Written for ...

When civil war came to Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in January 1991, two-thirds of the city’s population fled. Among them was eight-year-old Asad Ab...

Few people have had a better front row seat to hockey history than Kelly Hrudey, whose former teammates include Mike Bossy, Denis Potvin, Jari Kurri, Paul ...

A look at the emotional side of medicine-the shame, fear, anger, anxiety, empathy, and even love that affect patient care The quality of medical care is in...

A sensitive and penetrating reflection on coming of age in a Dutch immigrant family scarred by violence\Arthur Boers’s earliest memory was of shattered gl...

Attention Habs Fans!Think you know more about the Montreal Canadiens than everyone else? Well, now you've got a chance to prove it! Whether you're a die-har...

An incredible retrospective of Taylor Swift's record-breaking The Eras Tour!27 landmark cityscapes from the world-famous The Eras Tour tour Fun facts about ...

This Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick And New York Times Bestseller Is “a Captivating Story Of Love Lost And Found” (kirkus Reviews) Set In The Lush Sic...

"Honey, you've been very ill and they've had to amputate..." His voice cracked. I searched his face, looking for some kind of clue to tell me why I sens...

Tiffany Haddish is back with her highly anticipated new essay collection, I Curse You With Joy.It's been a minute. Readers last sat down with Tiffany in her...

They had been there often as tourists. They had cherished the dream of someday living all year under the Provencal sun. And suddenly it happened. Here is ...

The best of a generation of Brazilians universally acknowledged as the most astounding group ever to play the game, Pelé is a true legend in the world of s...

On March 5, 1973, 12-year-old Dave Pelzer was freed from the prison he had known his entire life. His clothing in tatters, his bed an old army cot, Pelzer ...

A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK AND INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Often hilarious and ultimately very touching.” —People“This book is a testament to ...

Covering everything from hate groups and extremist exploits to Black church arsons and the fall out violence from 9/11; this is an important collection th...

René Lévesque ; Translated By Philip Stratford. Translation Of: Mémoires. Includes Bibliographical References.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoir...

From veteran wine writer and James Beard Award winner Alice Feiring, an insightful and entertaining memoir of wine, love, heartbreak, and the never-ending p...

A Palestinian doctor who was born and raised in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, Izzeldin Abuelaish is an infertility specialist who lives in Gaz...

Spirited and whip-smart, these laugh-out-loud autobiographical essays are "a masterpiece" from the Emmy Award-winning actress and comedy writer known for 30...

Review\A man I like to call my father - football royalty―Ian Wright\Without David Dein there wouldn't have been a Premier League―Greg Dyke\Mr Dein will ...

"At the heart of the story is Vince McMahon, the mercurial owner of the World Wrestling Federation. The authors trace his beginnings as the forgotten son of...

*canada Reads 2019 Longlist *national Bestseller *new York Times Bestseller *finalist For The 2018 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize For Nonfiction *finali...

In Furiously Happy, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Jenny Lawson Explores Her Lifelong Battle With Mental Illness. A Hysterical, Ridiculous Book About ...

Pat Burns was one of the great NHL coaches. He worked with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils, and seemed alw...

For Alex James, music had always been a door to a more exciting life—a way to travel, meet new people, and, hopefully, pick up girls. But as bass player o...

The Kennedys endure as American icons because of the mix between power and vulnerability that so many of them embodied. Our fascination and connection to th...

Fields never got around to writing his autobiography, but at his death in 1946, he left behind a vast assortment of notes, outlines, scrapbooks, letters, sc...

When Stieg Larsson Died, The Author Of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo Had Been Working On A True Mystery That Out-twisted His Millennium Novels: The Assass...

A most welcome addition to Beethoven literature . . . combines a musician's perception of the music and an informed musicologist's command of recent Beeth...

A youthful troublemaker, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a WWII bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a fuller life than most. But on May 27, 1943, it...

From failure to fusilli, this deliciously hilarious read tells the story of Giulia Melucci's fizzled romances and the mouth-watering recipes she used to s...

Inspired by the fortunes and misfortunes of the Getty family, whose most extraordinary and troubled episode – the kidnap and ransom of grandson Paul Gett...

PAT CONROY AMERICA'S MOST BELOVED STORYTELLER -- IS BACK! I was born to be a point guard, but not a very good one. . . .There was a time in my life when I ...

A Disturbing And Entertaining Chronicle Of Reptile Smugglers, The Collectors And Zoo Keepers Who Trade With Them, And The Federal Agents Who Try To Catch Th...

The Incredible Story Of U.s. Senator And Iraq War Veteran Tammy Duckworth. In Every Day Is A Gift, Tammy Duckworth Takes Readers Through The Amazing--and Am...

The Inspiring Story Of Two Pioneering Suffragette Doctors Who Ran The Only Military Hospital Staffed Entirely By Women During World War I -- And Who Transfo...

When most women go through a mid-life crisis, they start a diet, get plastic surgery, or have an affair. My life went to the dogs…and horses…and llamasâ...

"More imaginatively than any other Stevens biographer, Fawn Brodie has speculated upon the emotional springs of the man's behavior. More resourcefully than...

In A Moving Elegy, One Of America's Most Powerful Writers Recreates His Father's Ordeal As, Suffering From A Brain Tumor, He Battles With The Ignominy And H...