New Biography & Memoir Books
J. D. Salinger: A Life
One of the most popular and mysterious figures in American literary history, J. D. Salinger eluded fans and journalists for most of his life. Now comes a new…Click to compare book prices
Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President
This unique intellectual portrait explores the role of ideas in Lincoln's life. Guelzo presents Lincoln as a serious thinker deeply involved in the problems of…Click to compare book prices
A Race Too Far
In 1968, the Sunday Times organised the Golden Globe race - an incredible test of endurance never before attempted - a round the world yacht race that must be…Click to compare book prices
How to Amputate a Leg and Other Ways to Stay Out of Trouble: True Tales from War Zones and Other Disaster Areas
Tall tales, all true, about guns, bombs, car chases, spiders, exotic locales, men in uniform, and dancing girls - with deadpan delivery and a social conscience. "I…Click to compare book prices
Helmut Schmidt im Gespräch mit Theo Sommer. Erfahrungen. Einsichten. Aussichten
Theo Sommer, enger Vertrauter und langjähriger Weggefährte Helmut Schmidts bei der Zeit, spricht mit dem Altbundeskanzler über seine Jahre als Staatsmann und…Click to compare book prices
An Improvised Life: A Memoir
In this insightful memoir, Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin reflects back on finding his place as an actor and what theater - specifically the improvisational sort -…Click to compare book prices
The Writing Life
With color, irony, and sensitivity, Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard illuminates the dedication, absurdity, and daring that is the writer's life. As it probes and…Click to compare book prices
Empire State of Mind: How Jay-Z Went from Street Corner to Corner Office
"I'm not a businessman. I'm a business, man." Jay-Z Some people think Jay-Z is just another rapper. Others see him as just another celebrity/mega-star. The reality…Click to compare book prices
On Edgar Allan Poe
Listen to acclaimed speaker and writer Earl Nightingale as he insightfully analyzes the life-long trials and triumphs of famed author and poet Edgar Alan Poe in this…Click to compare book prices
Lew Wallace: Boy Writer
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Lew Wallace gained world-wide fame as the author of the best-selling novel, Ben Hur. But did you know that as a boy, he played hooky from school? Governor, foreign…
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Blood, Bones & Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef
"I wanted the lettuce and eggs at room temperature... the butter-and-sugar sandwiches we ate after school for snack... the marrow bones my mother made us eat as kids…Click to compare book prices
Bicycle Diaries
Since the early 1980s David Byrne has used a bicycle as his primary form of transportation, both at home in New York City and while on tour throughout the world.…Click to compare book prices
The Making of a Royal Romance: William, Kate, and Harry - A Look Behind the Palace Walls
William and Harry was an overnight sensation when it was published a week before Prince William and Kate Middleton's engagement announcement in November 2010. Now the…Click to compare book prices
Galileo
The founder of modern science and the embodiment of the conflict between science and faith, Galileo remains the most fascinating figure of his age. In this biography,…Click to compare book prices
Big in China
The inspiring story of a man, a family, a band, a foreign country, and a new beginning. When Alan Paul's wife was offered the job as the Wall Street Journal's China…Click to compare book prices
My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store
This sweet and funny tale of a preppy editor buying a Brooklyn deli with his Korean in-laws is about family, culture clash, and the quest for authentic experiences.…Click to compare book prices
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe
The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of the city of Kabul. After receiving a teaching degree during the civil war - a…Click to compare book prices
Thin Ice: Coming of Age in Canada
In this subversively funny memoir, the acclaimed New Yorker humorist and Canadian expat Bruce McCall tells what it was like to grow up in Simcoe, Toronto, and…Click to compare book prices
The Ridgerunner: Elusive Loner of the Wilderness
During the early 1940's in Idaho's expansive Selway-Bitterroot wilderness, a few items disappeared from a tent camp, then from a lookout tower, and a ranger station.…Click to compare book prices
The Source of All Things: A Memoir
Tracy Ross never knew her biological father, who died after a brain aneurysm when she was still an infant. So when her mother married Donnie, a gregarious man with an…Click to compare book prices
Lieber Daniel. Briefe an meinen Sohn
Nach vielen intensiven Reisen wird Sergio Bambaren Vater. Die erste Zeit mit seinem Sohn Daniel erlebt er wie ein Wunder. Und auch als Sergio und seine Frau sich…Click to compare book prices
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India
A highly original, stirring book on Mahatma Gandhi that deepens our sense of his achievements and disappointments - his success in seizing India's imagination and…Click to compare book prices
The 90-Day Geisha
Millionaires, surgeons, serial killers, CEOs: I light their cigarettes, mix their drinks. We engage in conversation. I am the facilitator of good times. I am a…Click to compare book prices
Jeannie Out of the Bottle
A magical, heartwarming memoir from one of Hollywood's most beloved icons Over the past four decades, the landmark NBC hit television series I Dream of Jeannie has…Click to compare book prices
Quantum Man: Richard Feynman's Life in Science
A gripping new scientific biography of the revered Nobel Prize - winning physicist (and curious character) Richard Feynman. Perhaps the greatest physicist of the…Click to compare book prices
Life, on the Line: A Chef's Story of Chasing Greatness, Facing Death, and Redefining the Way We Eat
In 2007, chef Grant Achatz seemingly had it made. He had been named one of the best new chefs in America by Food & Wine in 2002, received the James Beard…Click to compare book prices
Moonwalking with Einstein
Foer's unlikely journey from chronically forgetful science journalist to U.S. Memory Champion frames a revelatory exploration of the vast, hidden impact of memory on…Click to compare book prices
The New Cool: A Visionary Teacher, His FIRST Robotics Team, and the Ultimate Battle of Smarts
That Monday afternoon, in high-school gyms across America, kids were battling for the only glory American culture seems to want to dispense to the young these days:…Click to compare book prices
Against All Odds: A Life of Beating the Odds
Scott Brown's greatest win did not occur when he came from behind to capture the U.S. Senate seat held by Ted Kennedy. It began when he survived a savage beating at…Click to compare book prices
Townie: A Memoir
Andre Dubus III, author of the National Book Award - nominated House of Sand and Fog and The Garden of Last Days, reflects on his violent past and a lifestyle…Click to compare book prices
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