Biographies

Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Natasha Trethewey
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Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy Larry Tye

DEMAGOGUE is a masterful portrait of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who led the Red Scare to uproot a...

Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir Stevie Van Zandt
UNREQUITED INFATUATIONS: A MEMOIR is loaded with sex, drugs, and Rock & Roll, as well as the delicious humor the world has grown to love and expect from Stevie Van Zandt.
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Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart Carol Wall

MISTER OWITA'S GUIDE TO GARDENING: HOW I LEARNED THE UNEXPECTED JOY OF A GREEN THUMB AND AN OPEN HEART is the story of friendship and flowers; wisdom and grace; loss and inspiration. 

 

THIS COPY (shown below) was hand signed on the title page by Carol Wall at her home. It is a new...

This Isn't Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew Daniel Wallace

THIS ISN'T GOING TO END WELL is the unique memoir of a successful author writing about his literary hero and mentor whose secrets eventually created a path to destruction. This Didn't End Well ended too soon. The revelatory and reflective reading experience is a rare gem that should be revisited regularly....

Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder John Waters

MR. KNOW-IT-ALL is the fantastic and fascinating memoir from the long-reigning king of transgressive...

All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience Jay Wellons

ALL THAT MOVES US is one of Jake's all-time favorites - if you want to be inspired, shed a bunch of happy tears (and a few sad ones). Be sure to read the prologue to get in the mood for the powerful stories that follow. Ann Patchett said it best, "All That Moves Us tells the story of lives that have been...

The Doctor Is in: Dr. Ruth on Love, Life, and Joie de Vivre Dr. Ruth Westheimer

THE DOCTOR IS IN: DR. RUTH ON LOVE, LIFE, AND JOIE DE VIVRE is truly an amazing story of a Holocaust survivor, an army sniper during Israel's War of Independence, and America's best-loved therapist. The book will help shed light on dealing with tragedy and loss, and living life to its fullest.

 

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The Catalogue of Shipwrecked Books: Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World's Greatest Library Edward Wilson-Lee

THE CATALOGUE OF SHIPWRECKED BOOKS is the fascinating history of Christopher Columbus’s illegitimate son, guardian of his father’s flame, courtier, and bibliophile, whose travels took him to the heart of 16th-century Europe. This is the scarcely believable and wholly true story of the bastard son Hernando...

Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey Ziauddin Yousafzai

LET HER FLY: A FATHER'S JOURNEY tells the story of Ziauddin Yousafzai, father of youngest-ever Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, from his childhood growing up poverty-stricken in rural Pakistan to his own activism for feminism and right to education for all. He shares what he and his wife taught their daughter growing up, as well...