Biographies & Memoirs

From the author of Conclave and All the Pope’s Men comes the story of Pope John Paul II’s last days, the behind-the-scenes dynamics within the College o...

The first book for writers that explores the emotional side of writing—dealing with everything from envy to guilt to the dreaded writer's block.Categories...

One of the unsung pioneers of American graphic design, Cipe Pineles was art director of Glamour, Seventeen, Charm, and Mademoiselle magazines between 1930 a...

The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. Now with photos and new...

From The Social cohost Cynthia Loyst, a deeply personal lifestyle book about how to take the guilt out of pleasure and get to the heart of what you need an...

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The illustrated account of the Group of Seven leader. Lawren Harris was born into the enviable position of having the means to fully devote his life to ...

Drawing on private conversations with the princess herself, as well as confidences with countless associates of Diana's, the author brings readers the most ...

We Operated Perfectly Legally. We Considered Ourselves Philanthropists! We Supplied Good Liquor To Poor Thirsty Americans ... And Brought Prosperity Back To...

Most people only know her as Justin Bieber's mom, but Pattie Mallette has had an incredible journey of her own. Many people have heard of her son's rags to ...

This book is by a psychiatrist not afraid to reveal himself, to question the shibboleths of his profession while remaining a respected member within it. In ...

Explore the wilderness alongside the people who, whether boatside or camped under the stars, call it home. Categories: HistoryWorld

By the time Lucien Carr stabbed David Kammerer to death on the banks of the Hudson River in August 1944, it was clear that the hard-partying teenage compan...

The incredible true story of a place where animals heal and children learn to hope‘When I started The Gentle Barn, some viewed it as a hobby or an obsess...

"Put aside the fact that it ended my playing career, punched holes in my memory and put life as I knew it on indefinite hold, it wasn't that tough a hit." ...

Ting-xing Ye. First Published In 1997.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Community & CultureWomen Asian & Asian American Memoirs HistoricalAsi...

A James Herriot for the 21st century recounts his adventures as a newcomer to Newfoundland. When Andrew Peacock made the move from Ontario to Newfoundla...

THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"This is your happy hour with Amy Schumer... It's Bossypants meets Trainwreck meets your long weekend." —TheSkimm...

Recounts The Story Of Canada's Largest Manhunt When Hundreds Of Men Spent 7 Weeks Tracking Albert Johnson Across The Frozen North. By Hélèna Katz. History...

NATIONAL BEST SELLERA stunning, personal memoir from the astronaut and modern-day hero who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Stat...

"A young Black writer documents the systemic racism in her high school diary and calls for justice and change. The prevalence of anti-Black racism and its m...

Lincoln Riley:Quarterback Whisperer,Back-to-back Big 12 champion,Head coach of the OU Sooners Legendary University of Oklahoma head coach Bob Stoops shook...

The distinguished psychiatrist offers a penetrating psychoanalytic interpretation of the New England poet's life, based on an intensive study of her worksCa...

This collection contains the five stories that reference one of H. P. Lovecraft's greatest creations - Cthulhu. They include; 'Dragon', 'The Call of Cthulhu...

General Francisco Franco came to prominence during the days of David Lloyd George and Woodrow Wilson and was able to cling to absolute political power unti...

If You Read Just One Sports Book This Year, This Is The One' Express On Sundaylance Armstrong Was One Of The Most Precocious Talents The World Of Cycling Ha...

Portrays Nixon as a complex, multicharacter man with grandiose fantasies who used lies and denials to gain approval and to catapult himself to power, only t...

The Story Of The Author's Grandmother, Brought From China As A Young Concubine, And Of The Man's Wife And The Children Who Were Left Behind. Denise Chong. O...

Anthony Trollope was a giant of Victorian letters whose works are still read avidly today. Now, in what is surely the definitive biography, the world's lead...

The life story of internationally acclaimed singer-songwriter Rita MacNeil is a heartwarming account of hard times and remarkable achievements that will app...

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Wild As A March Hare -- The Model Plan For Legal Marijuana -- A True Pioneer In The Kentucky Spirit -- Spectacular Bid -- The War On Drugs, The Militia, And...

Whistleblowers Pay With Their Lives To Save Ours. When Insiders Like Former Nsa Analyst Edward Snowden Or Ex-fbi Agent Coleen Rowley Or Big Tobacco Truth-te...

Bestselling authors of Life Is Short (No Pun Intended) and stars of TLC’s The Little Couple return with an inspirational book that encourages us to reach ...

Introduction -- Area 1 Killarney To Strawberry Island -- Area 2 Manitoulin Island's North Shore -- Area 3 Bay Of Islands To Blind River -- Area 4 Western No...

"A heavyweight amoung motivational writers."—Charles Paul conn, author of An Uncommon Freedom.Categories: Biographies & Memoirs Regional U.S.South ...

Millionaire Within pulls back the curtain, giving you a front-row view of online entrepreneur E. Brian Rose's journey to becoming a self-made millionaire. R...

Back in 1922 George Raymond, Sr. bought the machine shop in a country town where his son would grow up, and built the little establishment into a factory th...

A Remarkable Adventure, A Heart-rending Love Story And A Gripping Race Are All Front And Centre In This Account Of How One Woman's Devotion To Her Late Husb...

In his 2 terms as prime minister, from 1963–1968, Lester B. Pearson oversaw the revamping of Canada through the introduction of Medicare, the Canada Pensi...

A story never before told and a memoir to help change our understanding of the world around us, 13-year-old Naoki Higashida's astonishing, empathetic book t...

When the future began...The men had it. Yeager. Conrad. Grissom. Glenn. Heroes ... the first Americans in space ... battling the Russians for control of the...

An abused child, yet confident of her destiny to reign, a woman in a man's world, passionately sexual -- though, as she maintained, a virgin -- Elizabeth ...

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...

This "stunningly beautiful memoir" (San Francisco Chronicle) is now a major motion picture starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dano. Nick Flynn met his father...

Michael Schumacher: the greatest of all time. A champion with a reputation founded on records, the man who has brought most glory to Ferrari in the modern e...

In October 2004 Amnesty International Released A Report Titled Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response To The Discrimination And Violence Against Indigenous...

The stirring true story of a girl who survived the brutality of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia retraces her steps from the forced "evacuation" of Phnom Penh in...