Biographies & Memoirs

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE • From America’s “forgotten war” in Korea comes an unforgettable tale of courage by the aut...

The star of the Emmy Award-winning TV shows, Cheers and Frasier recounts his life and career in a funny but moving autobiography, covering his tragic family...

An inspirational memoir from New York Times bestselling author Sarah Ferguson, The Duchess of York, who, after hitting rock bottom, gathered the strength t...

The story of a microbiologist’s remarkable career, from identifying the Ebola virus to pioneering AIDS research and policy. When Peter Piot was in medica...

Every experience God gives us . . . is the perfect preparation for the future only He can see.--Corrie ten Boom Corrie ten Boom was a Dutch watchmaker who ...

I like to collect knives, says Angelina Jolie, but I also collect first edition books. At first glance, she might seem to be someone without any secrets, ...

AS SEEN ON 48 HOURS — AN EXPLOSIVE ACCOUNT OF LETHAL GREED AND TWISTED DESIRE, FROM THE FILES OF AMERICA'S #1 TRUE CRIME WRITER, ANN RULE They were best...

An incredible true coming-of-age story In 1938, eighteen-year-old Phyllis Ellsworth packs her bags, says goodbye to her anxious parents and sets off from h...

David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's exuberant exploration of rap music and culture. Living together in Cambridge in 1989, David Foster Wallace and lo...

25 Nurses, Both In Prose And Verse, Tells Why They Chose Nursing As A Career. Pt. 1. The Calling -- Pt. 2. The Reckoning -- Pt. 3. Reincarnation. Paula Serg...

The Author Of The Gnostic Gospels Draws On Personal Experiences And The Perspectives Of Neurologists, Anthropologists, And Historians To Illuminate The Endu...

Alexander Pantsov And Steven Levine's New Biography Of Deng Xiaoping Does What No Other Biography Has Done: Based On Newly Discovered Documents, It Covers H...

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 ...

I'm a firefighter, God, so I know I've been in some tough places before. But this . . . this not knowing the people I love . . . this is the hardest thing ...

It's snowing in Bali. Among Bali's drug dealers it's the code for a huge cocaine shipment having just landed. For the men who run the country's drug empires...

One Of Nine Children Born Into A Penniless North Dublin Family, Nuala O'faolain Was Saved From A Harrowing Childhood By Her Love Of Books And Reading. Thoug...

... A Stunning Biography Of Bruce Springsteen Describing His Life And Work In Vivid Intimate Detail--Categories: Arts & Photography Music Musical Genres...

Product Description From Chloé Cooper Jones—Pulitzer Prize finalist, philosophy professor, Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant recipient—a groundbre...

Courageous, insightful and candid thoughts on malady and mortality from one of our most celebrated writers. On June 8, 2010, while on a book tour for h...

They had defeated the French and now the English possessed the vast North American Empire. Soldiers, traders, settlers—all began the trek across the wilder...

Nature Noir is the intensely original story—part Edward Abbey, part James Ellroy—of Jordan Fisher Smith's fourteen years as a park ranger on forty-eight...

Book Club Edition of the popular book.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable PeopleReligious

In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world’s most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation of basic...

the Blue Sweater Is The Inspiring Story Of A Woman Who Left A Career In International Banking To Spend Her Life On A Quest To Understand Global Poverty An...

A chapter book edition of Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai's bestselling story of courageously standing up for girls' education. Malala's memoir o...

As a teenager and young man, Justin Lee felt deeply torn. Nicknamed "God Boy" by his peers, he knew that he was called to a life in the evangelical Christi...

An epic adventure that began with one simple question: Why does my foot hurt? Isolated by Mexico's deadly Copper Canyons, the blissful Tarahumara Indians ...

in This Landmark Work Of History, The National Book Award—winning Author Of american Sphinx explores How A Group Of Greatly Gifted But Deeply Flawed Indivi...

An ancient secret brotherhood. A devastating new weapon of destruction. An unthinkable target. San Francisco Chronicle A breathless, real-time adventure.....

Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (1743–1810), Russian princess, playwright, author, President of the Academy of Sciences, and founder and Director of the Russ...

The harrowing true tale of escaped Soviet prisoners¿ desperate march out of Siberia, through China, the Gobi Desert, Tibet, and over the Himalayas to Briti...

A life lived unapologetically unbothered. Perform a flawless Level 10 gymnastics routine? Easy. Jump fourteen feet in the air using a spindly fiberglass pol...

A Children's Book Author Relates How A Workshop For A Group Of Third Graders Grew Into A Three-year Relationship With The Class Of Mostly New Americans As H...

Padre Pio died on September 23, 1968, his funeral attended by over 100,000 people. During the fifty-eight years he was a priest, his monastery at San Giovan...

Pt. I. The Basics Of Collaborative Dialogue. 1. Secrets To Talking. 2. Secrets To Listening. 3. Secrets To Dialogue -- Pt. Ii. Dealing With Differences. 4. ...

the Extraordinary True Story Of A Family, A Brutal Shooting, And The Year That Would Change Their Lives Forever. when Cylin Busby Was Nine Years Old, She...

At The Age Of Nineteen, Lara Prior-palmer Discovered A Website Devoted To The World's Longest, Toughest Horse Race--an Annual Competition Of Endurance And S...

The retired hockey star and his wife tell the story of their years in the spotlight, his career, their marriage, and business partnershipsCategories: Sports...

In this poignant collection of oral histories, four Indian elders recount their life stories in their own quiet but uncompromising words. Growing up and liv...

Is it possible for humans to discover the key to happiness through a bigger-than-life, bad-boy dog? Just ask the Grogans. John and Jenny were just beginni...

A third volume of memoirs from the national treasure and Number 1 Bestseller David Jason, following on from the success of his previous much-loved books My ...

The Uk's Number One Tv Psychic Derek Acorah Tells Of His Experiences With The Spirit World, From His One-to-one Readings And Consultations To International ...

When China's Communist Party detained Ji-li's father, the 12-year-old was faced with the most difficult choice of her life. She could denounce her father a...

As She Recovers From A Breakup With A Lover Who Had Meant Everything To Her, Trisha Low Grapples With The Meaning Of Everything, In Memoir Rich With Theory ...

After her husband died of cancer, 57-year-old Rosie set off to run around the world, raising money in memory of the man she loved. Followed by wolves, knoc...

Recounts The Life Of The Seventeen-year Old Cancer Patient Who, After Being Told He Had One Year To Live, Wrote The Song Clouds That Climbed The Music Chart...

discovered In The Attic In Which She Spent The Last Years Of Her Life, Anne Frank's Remarkable Diary Has Since Become A World Classic—a Powerful Reminder...

A rock and roll drummer abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this...