Biographies & Memoirs

The sharp and surprising true story of a woman who finally sets out to understand her past, and the mother she had one day hoped to forget. Full of unexpe...

The Bestselling Author Of Leonardo Da Vinci And Steve Jobs Returns With A Gripping Account Of How The Pioneering Scientist Jennifer Doudna, Along With Her C...

I Have No Wish To Play The Pontificating Fool, Pretending That I've Suddenly Come Up With The Answers To All Life's Questions. Quite That Contrary, I Began ...

The bestselling book that became the blockbuster film starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, and Diane Lane. Boston Globe Mesmerizing....Packs an emotiona...

A decorated fighter pilot and PGA professional tells the story of his life and service--to both his nation and others--in this remarkable memoir that is a...

The Only Official KhloÉ Kardashian Book Book Jacket Folds Out To A Full-size Poster! “there Is No Such Thing As Perfect. Nobody Attains Perfection. But I...

The Basis for the Movie Mean Girls PARENTS CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN GIRL WORLD Do you feel as though your adolescent daughter exists in a different world, ...

The extraordinary memoir of a mother's love, commitment and nurturing, which allowed her son, originally diagnosed with severe autism, to flourish into a u...

Sandra Perron, Canada's First Female Infantry Officer, Describes Her Experiences Serving In The Canadian Forces, Including The Harassment She Suffered Durin...

In the 50 years of her ministry, Kathryn Kuhlman may have personally witnessed to her Lord's love and power before 50,000,000 people! For many years she con...

The poignant, funny, and truly unique observations of a young writer diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome. "Please be forewarned that you are about to read ...

Welcome to the hilarious, strange, elegiac, outrageous world of David Sedaris. In Naked, Sedaris turns the mania for memoir on its ear, mining the exceedi...

Alistair Urquhart was a soldier in the Gordon Highlanders, captured by the Japanese in Singapore. Forced into manual labor as a POW, he survived 750 days i...

Wildflower Is A Portrait Of Drew's Life In Stories As She Looks Back On The Adventures, Challenges, And Incredible Experiences Of Her Earlier Years. It Incl...

Like An Urban Dian Fossey, Wednesday Martin Decodes The Primate Social Behaviors Of Upper East Side Mothers In A Memoir About Her Adventures Assimilating In...

This book continues where my first book left off-with forty photographs and stories of people experiencing homelessness. It is a part of my ongoing mission,...

An inside, in-depth look at the leadership of Justin Trudeau, by a veteran political journalist A must-read for all Canadians before the next federal elec...

For David Goggins, Childhood Was A Nightmare -- Poverty, Prejudice, And Physical Abuse Colored His Days And Haunted His Nights. But Through Self-discipline,...

A bestseller in Canada and Australia, this is the incredible story of a woman who struggled with severe learning disabilities, built herself a better brain...

James Bradley With Ron Powers. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [365]-366) And Index.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

A riveting story of dislocation, survival, and the power of stories to break or save us.Clemantine Wamariya was six years old when her mother and father be...

The Book Will Cover Caitlyn Jenner's Childhood As Bruce Jenner And Rise To Fame As A Gold-medal-winning Olympic Decathlete; Her Marriages And Her Relationsh...

Tragic, comic, and utterly honest, this extraordinary memoir is at once a great family saga and a magical self-portrait of a writer who witnessed the birth...

On August 9, 2001, 22 days after Archer—now known as Prisoner FF8282—was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from a maxim...

A Hijacked Jumbo Jet Blows Apart High Above The English Channel. Two Figures, Gibreel And Saladin, Are Washed Up On An English Beach. Soon Curious Changes O...

The gripping first-person account of one woman's survival in Joshua Tree National Park against the odds."A vibrantly physical book"—The Guardian • "Upli...

Jim Morrison, the Lizard King, was a Renaissance statue come to life with the body of an adolescent god mailed in leather. He embodied the hallucinated, und...

From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll He was born in England but reared in L.A.,...

The Legendary Guitarist Recounts The Story Of His Life And His Career, Recalling His Work With The Yardbirds, Cream, And As A Solo Artist; Years Of Drug And...

The autobiography of comedy legend John Cleese. John Cleese's huge comedic influence has stretched across generations; his sharp irreverent eye and the...

Get Out! Run! We Must Leave This Place! They Are Going To Destroy This Whole Place! Go, Children, Run First! Go Now! These Were The Final Shouts Nine Year-o...

After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From his first oyster ...

A brave, intimate, beautifully crafted memoir by a survivor of the tsunami that struck the Sri Lankan coast in 2004 and took her entire family.On December ...

“To avoid thinking I repeated the words ‘after the war.’ The words stuck in my mind like a mantra. After the war. The words blended into the clang of ...

In the tradition of Seabiscuit, the riveting tale of twoproud Scotsmen who beat all comers to become the heroesof a golden age the dawn of professional gol...

In this heartfelt memoir, master baker and star of the #1 hit TLC show, Buddy Valastro tells his inspiring story—and recounts his family’s warm memories...

The #1 New York Times BestsellerUpdated with a new introduction and featuring never-before-seen photosJessica reveals for the first time her inner monologue...

During the last five years of her life, Princess Diana had one friend and confidante who was special to her. She was not part of Diana's social circle; she ...

Ask Bobby Orr who was the best ever, and he’ll tell you it was Gordie Howe. Ask Wayne Gretzky, and he’ll say the same thing. Big, skilled, mean, and n...

Who's Who in America 2020Categories: Biographies & MemoirsGeneral

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir that inspired the film October Sky, Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir—a powerful, luminous story of comin...

as Moving As His Bestselling Works Of Fiction, Nicholas Sparks's Unique Memoir, Written With His Brother, Chronicles The Life-affirming Journey Of Two Bro...

Seize the chance to be extraordinary.Who has made the biggest difference in your life? Whose words and actions have uplifted and motivated you to excel? Ch...

One Day in 1957, in the third-grade classroom of St. Brigid's parochial school, an exasperated Sister Mary Lurana bent over a restless young William O'Reil...

On their 30th anniversary, the surviving Pythons—John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin—reminisce about their collaboration,...

As Seen On Id, These Two True-crime Thrillers Follow A Neighbors' Quarrel That Turns Violent And Cyber-bullying That Explodes In A Double Murder. Murder Thy...

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

lou Gehrig Was The Iron Horse, Baseball's Strongest And Most Determined Superstar — Struck Down In His Prime By A Disease That Now Bears His Name. But Who...