Biographies & Memoirs

First Authorized Bio Of Bill Davis, One Of Ontario's — And Canada's — Most Important Premiers Author Steve Paikin Is A Major Canadian Media Figure With ...

On 4th July, 1976, an Air France flight was hijacked, and 103 passengers, many of them Israeli citizens, were taken hostage in Entebbe, Uganda. The story of...

"The Close sisters are descended from very prominent and wealthy ancestors. When the Close sisters were very young, their parents joined a cult called the M...

'Dear Mr & Mrs Jones, I am writing to inform you of my withdrawal from the race to keep up with you . . .'Once upon a time, Brooke McAlary thought she ...

"Keiler Roberts mines the passing moments of family life to deliver an affecting and funny account of what it means to simultaneously exist as a mother, dau...

Seb Hunter wasn't just a heavy metal fan. He was a blind devotee who threw away his education and future prospects to become a rock star. In Hell Bent for ...

Recounts the shocking story of a young ten-year-old boy who was brutally beaten and then drowned in his family's backyard swimming pool by his stepmother, a...

In the hinterland behind the port of Mobile lies the vast swampy convergence of the Mobile and Tensaw Rivers, a delta rich in fish, game animals, hard and...

“i Didn’t Decide To Become Anorexic. It Snuck Up On Me Disguised As A Healthy Diet, A Professional Attitude. Being As Thin As Possible Was A Way To Make T...

In this magnificent volume, Will and Jane Curtis and Frank Lieberman have, for the first time, fully illuminated the rich and diverse artistic tradition of ...

Authorized by the Graceland(R) Archives, this remarkable illustrated biography marks the 40th anniversary of Elvis's death--and tells his story as never be...

Since the founding of the National Park Service in 1916, tens of thousands of NPS employees and volunteers have devoted themselves to preserving our public ...

"Country Girl is Edna O'Brien's exquisite account of her dashing, barrier-busting, up-and-down life."-National Public Radio When Edna O'Brien's first novel...

About the Author\CODY CAETANO is a writer of Anishinaabe and Portuguese descent and an off-reserve member of Pinaymootang First Nation. He has an MA in Crea...

The Hells Angels. The Bandidos. Asian triads. Russian mobsters and corrupt cops. Even the KKK. Just part of a day’s work for Alex Caine, an undercover age...

Long before she made her first trip to Afghanistan as an embedded reporter for The Globe and Mail, Christie Blatchford was already one of Canada’s most r...

The former coach of the Dallas Cowboys offers a personal look at his philosophy and faith, his management strategies, and his leadership standards, as well ...

If many of our organizations have become more democratic, more resilient, more adaptable, and more transparent, it is because Warren Bennis has provided m...

Igor Stravinsky's autobiography details his early life and memories, the discovery of his affinity to music, and his ascent to fame as a composer and condu...

Introduction: The Old Man -- To The New World (1784) -- Into The Country (1786) -- By Star And Compass (1790) -- With The Nor'westers (1797) -- Over The Mou...

NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik's memoir The Lost Son had only just been completed when the horror of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center tower...

The superb historian and biographer Antonia Fraser, author of Marie Antoinette, casts new light on the splendor and the scandals of the reign of Louis XIV i...

From one of the architects of the new science of simplicity and complexity comes an explanation of the connections between nature at its most basic level a...

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...

"Jacob Neusner (born 1932) is one of the most important figures in the shaping of modern American Judaism. He was pivotal in transforming the study of Judai...

National Bestseller Throughout Her Groundbreaking Career In Business And Politics, Hurricane Hazel Mccallion Saw It All. In 1978, She Defeated A Popular Inc...

As the minister of St George's Anglican Church, Baghdad, Andrew White encounters daily tragedy, yet he remains a man of profound faith. Under constant threa...

One of Canada's finest crime reporters tells the whole story of the Bernardo-Homolka case.The sensational trials of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka for abdu...

From One Of Canada's Most Decorated Olympians Comes A Life-affirming Story Of One Woman's Struggle With Depression. In A World Where Winning Meant Everythin...

Elite Sniper Jody Mitic Loved Being A Soldier. His Raw, Candid, And Engrossing Memoir Follows His Personal Journey Into The Canadian Military, Through Snipe...

A sharp and candid memoir from a star in the restaurant world, and an up-and-coming literary voice.Toronto restaurateur Jen Agg, the woman behind the popul...

A vivid, searching and intimate portrait of a life trapped by destiny. The full story of the Prince's childhood and upbringing, his adolescence and adulthoo...

Alexandra Risen's father dies just as she and her husband purchase a nondescript house set atop a natural gorge in the middle of the city. The garden is cho...

It's 1980. Ronald Reagan Has Been Elected President, John Lennon Has Been Shot, And A Little Girl In New Jersey Has Been Hauled Off To English Classes. Her ...

The summer of 1967 turned out to be one of the most exciting – and improbable – seasons in the history of baseball. Dubbed “The Impossible Dream,” t...

The Bittersweet Memoir Of A Writer Whose Child Was Born Just After Her Partner Left Her, And How She Carried On To Make Her Daughter's Life A Happy One. Cam...

The Author Uses Sketches, Vignettes, Lists, And Diaries To Describe His Life As A Single Gay Man In New York, From His Childhood To His Many Messy Relations...

The Human Tradition in Modern Japan is a collection of short biographies of ordinary Japanese men and women, most of them unknown outside their family and l...

Lewis Mackenzie. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 287-288) And Index.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Leaders & Notable People MilitaryGener...

A humane behind-the-scenes account of a week in the life of a psychiatrist at one of Canada’s leading mental health hospitals. How Can I Help? takes us to...

The concluding volume of the series of tales that made James Herriot the world's most beloved veterinarian. The sequel to All Creatures Great and Small, All...

This collection of essays details the author's mother's experiences during her 1904 trek to North Dakota, and her life as a landowner, wife, and motherCateg...

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...

A powerful true story of love, loss and a family torn apart\A vivid, heart-warming story of survivalAnnie Austin’s childhood ends at the age of twelve, wh...

Three hundred nautical miles from shore, I‘m cold and sick and afraid. I pray for reprieve. I long for solid ground. And I can‘t help but ask myself, W...

"La mort de Dave m'a radicalement changée. J'ai appris la profondeur de la tristesse et la brutalité de la perte. Mais j'ai aussi appris que, lorsque la vie...

On the fortieth anniversary of The Band’s legendary The Last Waltz concert, Robbie Robertson finally tells his own spellbinding story of the band that ch...

This emotional and honest novel recounts a young man's experiences during World War II and digs deep into what he and his fellow soldiers lived through dur...