Biographies & Memoirs

In 1941, Mary Matsuda Gruenewald was a teenage girl who, like other Americans, reacted with horror to the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Yet soon she and her fa...

Christened Reginald Dwight, He Was A Shy Boy With Buddy Holly Glasses Who Grew Up In The London Suburb Of Pinner And Dreamed Of Becoming A Pop Star. By The ...

The Surprising And Compelling Story Of Two Rival Geniuses In An All-out Race To Decode One Of The World’s Most Famous Documents—the Rosetta Stone—and ...

The enigmatic star of the hugely popular Drew Carey Show divulges the secrets of his rise to stardom and his life as a standup comedian in the audiobook ve...

Alan Greenspan conveys the education of a lifetime. The New York Times - Michael Kinsley Not only can Greenspan discourse lucidly on economic matters, but...

How does a kid raised by atheists end up in a convent?In her forties, Celia McBride abandoned her worldly life to follow a “sense of call” and explore t...

Peter Hathaway Capstick died in 1996. At the time of his death, the world-renowned adventure writer was putting the finishing touches on this, a stirring a...

Each fisherman steps onto the docks, sees Peter Gordon's boat the MV Kalua, glances at the other members of the charter and feels a rush of anticipation. T...

The Epic Saga Of An Earthling, Born And Educated On Mars, Who Arrives On Our Planet With Superhuman Powers And A Total Ignorance Of The Mores Of Man. His Ma...

One of Time Magazine’s Sixteen Best True Crime Books of All Time A crusading Mexican-American journalist searches for justice and hope in an increasingly...

On June 15, 1999, Mrs. Rosa Parks was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor--a tribute to the power of one solitary woman to influence the soul of a nat...

How Four Men--michael Milken, Ivan Boesky, Martin Siegel, Dennis Levine--nearly Destroyed Wall Street ... How They Made Billions And How They Got Caught. Ca...

Theo Fleury With Kirstie Mclellan Day. Includes Index.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

When Amber Portwood Debuted On Mtv’s Hit Reality Series 16 & Pregnant, No One Could Have Predicted That The Teenager From Anderson, Indiana With The D...

A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams--a unique gift for the travelers and sailors in your life...

The Comedian Best Known For His Comedy Central Very Special Christmas Special Shares The Story Of His Career From His Efforts To Revitalize The Art Of Ventr...

In The Comedians, comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff brings to life a century of American comedy with real-life characters, forgotten stars, mainstream heroes...

Michael Wolff, Author Of The Bombshell Bestseller Fire And Fury, Once Again Takes Us Inside The Trump Presidency To Reveal A White House Under Siege. With F...

Love him or hate him, Trump's influence is undeniable. A man of great media savvy, entrepreneurial spirit, and political clout, Trump's career has been plag...

Marge Piercy, a writer who is highly praised as both a poet and a novelist, turns her gaze inward as she shares her thoughts on life and explores her deve...

As Linda Brent, The Book's Heroine And Narrator, Harriet Jacobs Recounts The History Of Her Family And Recalls The Degradation Of Slavery, Especially The Se...

"A fascinating account of inner and outer exploration and discovery in one of the last remote regions of the world - sharp-eyed, insightful, candid, and we...

Teresa Giudice, Star Of The Real Housewives Of New Jersey, Has Seen It All, But Nothing--not Even Real Housewives Scandals--could Compare To The Media Fires...

The Legacy Of The Frontier -- The Slavery Of John Jewitt -- The Adventures Of Wilfred Grenfell -- The Saga Of Sam Steele -- The Martyrdom Of Isaac Jogues --...

Steve Martin.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

This richly illustrated book overs the career of a pop music legend, form the child star whose infectious lead vocals catapulted the Jackson 5 into the spo...

When Oklahoma City's Alfred P. Murrah Federal building was bombed, Lana Padilla reacted with the same shock and horror most Americans experienced. When she...

As Saint Thérèse lay dying in the Carmel of Lisieux, she overheard a conversation that amused her. Outside her window, two nuns were discussing what they ...

Being 80 And In The Early Stages Of Parkinson's Disease, Joe Takes His Daughter Alison Along As His Reluctant Assistant On Genealogical Research Trip To Ire...

why Is The World In So Much Turmoil Today? What Is Going To Happen In The Near Future? Are We Living In The Time Of The Apocalypse? What Is Heaven Saying ...

The Spiritual Doctrine of St. Catherine of Genoa is one of the most unusual Catholic books ever written. The subject of this book explains what the spirit ...

Kati Marton.Categories: Biographies & MemoirsMemoirs

The true story behind the events that inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave. A "unique and bracing" (Booklist) first-person account by the sole ...

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....

The dramatic story of one man’s recovery offers new hope to those suffering from concussions and other brain traumasIn 1999, Clark Elliott suffered a conc...

“An unqualified hit” (Library Journal) that offers behind-the-scenes close-ups of hundreds of celebrated artists— from the founder and host of Inside the ...

While working as a lobbyist for environmental conservation on Capitol Hill, Chris Palmer quickly discovered that Congressional hearings were bland events, ...

Hidden Evidence takes you to the scenes of 40 infamous crimes and into the heart of the forensic investigations. These are the true crime shockers that ha...

The classic two-volume study of Trudeau and his impact upon Canadian society and politics Volume 1: The Magnificent Obsession Winner of the Governor Gener...

There is simply no athlete quite like Tiger Woods. His domination of golf is unparalleled. His achievements at the beginning of his career are extraordinar...

in This Candid And Gripping Account, President George W. Bush Describes The Critical Decisions That Shaped His Presidency And Personal Life. george W. Bus...

Jann Arden is funny. And sincere. She has legions of devoted fans. And a radio show. She is a darling of the music scene - always candid, always unplugged. ...

Now available for the first time in years, My Turn at Bat is Ted Williams' own story of his spectacular life and baseball career. An acclaimed best-seller...

How the brutalities of working life are transformed into exhaustion, shame, and self-doubt: a writer's account of her experience working in an Amazon fulfi...

Can we ever really know what we’re eating? Is it possible to walk away from today’s industrial, processed-food pipeline? Bestselling author Barbara King...

Among the headhunting Sawi of Irian Jaya, treachery was an ideal that generations of their people had perfected. The heroes of Sawi legend weren't those who...

Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) Was, With Calder, Noguchi And David Smith, One Of The Great American Sculptors Of The 20th Century. She Created Extraordinary Wo...

Studio 54 was the icon of excess—a place where Andy, Mick, Bianca, and Elton lounged in the VIP section while patrons did drugs in the fabled unisex bath...