Biography & Memoir Books
'Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death': The Founding Fathers Series
The Founding Fathers Series sheds new light on the revolutionary leaders who planned, fought for, and created the United States of America. This series is about the…Click to compare book prices
'Tis
Rating: 1484 customer reviews
The same vulnerable but invincible spirit that captured our hearts in the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir Angela's Ashes comes of age in 'Tis. Listen as Frank tells in…
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1001 Nights in Iraq
Rating: 10 customer reviews
Shant Kendarian's visit to Baghdad in 1980 at age 17 was supposed to be short, just long enough to make peace with his estranged father before returning home to the…
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127 Hours: Between a Rock and a Hard Place (Movie Tie- In)
Aron Ralston, an experienced 27-year-old outdoorsman, was on a days solitary hike through a remote and narrow Utah canyon when he dislodged an 800-pound boulder that…Click to compare book prices
1864: Lincoln At the Gates of History
Rating: 35 customer reviews
At the beginning of 1864, the Civil War was far from won; terrible and bloody Union setbacks and casualties lay ahead. Abraham Lincoln was facing a re-election battle…
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21: Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions
Rating: 523 customer reviews
In the midst of the Go-Go '90s, the culture of greed infused the MIT campus. A small blackjack club sprang up, dedicated to counting cards and beating the house at…
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32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny
Rating: 165 customer reviews
Phillip Done fixes staplers that won't staple, zippers that won't zip, and pokes pins in the caps of glue bottles that will not pour. He has sung "Happy Birthday" 657…
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50 Years of Silence
Jan Ruff-O'Herne's powerful memoir of her time as a Japanese "comfort woman" during World War II and her journey to recovery and forgiveness. Jan has been recognised…Click to compare book prices
6000 Postcards
Chris McManus uncovers the secrets of a collection of 6000 dusty old postcards that turned up in a forgotten cupboard in the Psychology Department of University…Click to compare book prices
703: How I Lost More Than a Quarter Ton and Gained a Life
Rating: 20 customer reviews
Nancy Makin weighed an astounding 703 pounds in May 2000. She was 45 years old and had diabetes and heart disease. Thanks in equal parts to shame and logistics, she'd…
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A Beautiful Mind
John Forbes Nash, Jr., a prodigy and legend by the age of 30, dazzled the mathematical world by solving a series of deep problems deemed "impossible" by other…Click to compare book prices
A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
Rating: 316 customer reviews
"How could you, a mathematician, believe that extraterrestrials were sending you messages?" the visitor from Harvard asked the West Virginian with the movie-star…
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A Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity: A Memoir
Rating: 683 customer reviews
One day in 1957, in the third-grade classroom of St. Brigid's parochial school, an exasperated Sister Mary Lurana bent over a restless young William O'Reilly and…
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A Box of Darkness: The Story of a Marriage
Upton and Sally Brady were a rare breed: cultivated and elegant, they lived a life of literary glamour and high expectations. Sally a debutante, Upton a classics…Click to compare book prices
A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse
Rating: 148 customer reviews
The Pelzer family's secret life of fear and abuse was first revealed in Dave Pelzer's inspiring New York Times best seller, A Child Called "It", followed by The Lost…
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A Brother's Journey: Surviving a Childhood of Abuse
Rating: The Pelzer family's secret life of fear and abuse was first revealed in Dave Pelzer's inspiring New York Times best seller, A Child Called "It", followed by The Lost…
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A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs, and Dangerous Days at Sea
Rating: 54 customer reviews
"I share the country's admiration for the bravery of Captain Phillips and his selfless concern for his crew. His courage is a model for all Americans." President…
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A Child Called 'It': One Child's Courage to Survive
Rating: 4199 customer reviews
Dave Pelzer's astonishing, disturbing account of his early years describes one of the most severe child-abuse cases in California history. This book spent over 175…
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A Christmas Miracle
Rating: 4 customer reviews
A Christmas Miracle is a fascinating story of a person who goes through terrible pain and struggle. Author Norma Garza lost her first born and only son in an accident…
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A Collection of Letters
Rating: 11 customer reviews
Helen Johns reads some fascinating early writings by Jane Austen from the fictionalised A Collection of Letters. A prolific letter writer herself, in this collection…
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A Confession
At this time I began to write, from vanity, greed, and pride. In my writings I did exactly as in life. In order to possess the glory and the wealth for whose sake I…Click to compare book prices
A Day for Soup and Other Morsels: Stories of History, Heritage, Hope, and Home
Here are three celebrations of family across the generations, from Emmy Award-winner, columnist, and NPR commentator Janus Adams. Based on an article first published…Click to compare book prices
A Day No Pigs Would Die
Rating: 369 customer reviews
Robert Newton Peck's most touching and famous book is a story so filled with light that once you hear it, you'll never forget it. It is the true story of a young boy…
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A Different Drummer: My Thirty Years With Ronald Reagan
Rating: 56 customer reviews
A warm, personal portrait of Ronald Reagan, A Different Drummer brims with recollections from a relationship that has spanned three decades. A former aide and…
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A Different Life: Growing Up Learning Disabled and Other Adventures
Rating: 54 customer reviews
Born with a hole in his heart that required invasive surgery when he was only three months old, Quinn Bradlee suffered from a battery of illnesses - seizures,…
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A Fart in a Colander
Roy Hudd has been a star of stage, screen and radio since the 1950's, when he began his career as a redcoat at Butlins. Born in Croydon and raised by his much loved…Click to compare book prices
A Feast of Words: The Triumph of Edith Wharton
The mystery of how a wealthy New York socialite became a major American novelist is brilliantly explored in this fascinating critical biography, widely considered to…Click to compare book prices
A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup
Rating: 21 customer reviews
Today, Lipton means tea. However, in his time, Sir Thomas Lipton was known for much more. Raised in desperate poverty, he became rich beyond his wildest dreams. he…
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A G-Man's Life: The FBI, Being Deep Throat, and the Struggle for Honor In Washington
Rating: 43 customer reviews
Mark Felt's role in history was secured when he decided to share his views on the Watergate break-in with a young reporter on the Washington Post named Bob Woodward.…
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A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana
Rating: 225 customer reviews
When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy little hamlet of 300 people. Nicknamed "Zippy" for the way she would bolt around the house, this…
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