Filled with personal revelations of innocence lost to heady days in Hollywood with John Hughes and an iconic cast of characters, Andrew McCarthy shares an intimate story of an outsider caught up in a most unwitting success.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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- Auteur:Viloria, HidaSommaire:
Hida Viloria was raised as a girl but discovered early on that he/r body was different. It wasn't until s/he was twenty-six and encountered the term intersex. In this book, Hida describes her search for authentic identity and love in a...
- Auteur:Szanto, GeorgeSommaire:
A tribute to nature’s influence on the creative process, Bog Tender is a stunning memoir that explores nature and the act of writing, and where the two intersect. Accomplished fiction author George Szanto lives and writes on a bog that...
- Auteur:Robertson, David A.Sommaire:
"An instant classic that demands to be read with your heart open and with a perspective widened to allow in a whole new understanding of family, identity, and love." —Cherie Dimaline A son who grew up away from his Indigenous culture...
- Auteur:Stabile, ScottSommaire:
Insights on life's greatest challenges and how to meet them with love, from a survivor who writes with one-of-a-kind wit and wisdom.
- Auteur:Salaam, YusefSommaire:
Yusef Salaam shares his story of growing up Black in central Harlem in the 1980s--being raised by a strong, fierce mother and grandmother--his years of incarceration, his reentry, and exoneration. Yusef connects these stories to lessons...
- Auteur:Curtis, NicoleSommaire:
A New York Times and USA Today Bestseller For the first time, Nicole Curtis, the star of the megahit HGTV and DIY Network show Rehab Addict, reveals her private struggles, her personal victories, and the inspiring lessons we can all...
- Auteur:Sesay, IshaSommaire:
The first definitive account of Boko Haram's abduction of the Chibok schoolgirls, their years in captivity, and why this story still matters - by celebrated international journalist Isha Sesay. The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls by...
- Auteur:Kimball, MargaretSommaire:
In 1988, Kimball's mother attempted suicide on Mother's Day, and this became one of many things Kimball's family never speaks about. As she searches for answers nearly thirty years later, Kimball embarks on a visual...
- Auteur:Kilpatrick, Joel, Thornton, ShawnSommaire:
After waking from a coma, Beverly Thornton's once sweet disposition had been replaced by mood swings and fits of rage, a constant source of frustration for her family. Then one day, a surprise discovery finally helped the Thornton...
- Auteur:Didion, JoanSommaire:
Incisive essays on Patty Hearst and Reagan, the Central Park jogger and the Santa Ana winds, from the New York Times-bestselling author of South and West. In these eleven essays covering the national scene from Washington, DC;...
- Auteur:Flanders, CaitSommaire:
Flanders offers a trail map to letting go of stories that are no longer serving you, and creating an intentional life that emphasizes the beauty of the natural world, the importance of gaining new perspectives, the joys of real human...
- Auteur:Albatta, Madeeha Hafez, Bill, Barbara, Ageel, Ghada, Abu Sitta, SalmanSommaire:
Palestinian refugees in Gaza have lived in camps for five generations, experiencing hardship and uncertainty. In the absence of official histories, oral narratives handed down from generation to generation bear witness to life in...
- Auteur:Jost, ColinSommaire:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ; In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating. “I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick...
- Auteur:Redl, HeidiSommaire:
The devastating diagnosis of an incurable, debilitating disease does not ordinarily form the starting point of a triumphant story. This, however, is a triumphant story. Heidi Redl was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2004 and...
- Auteur:Obama, BarackSommaire:
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making—from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ; NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES...
- Auteur:Buttrose, Larry, Brierley, SarooSommaire:
At only five years old, Saroo Brierley got lost on a train in India. Eventually adopted by a couple in Australia, he always wondered about his origins. The advent of Google Earth finally gave him the opportunity to look for his former...
- Auteur:Gray, SarahSommaire:
After donating her newborn son's remains to science, Sarah Gray goes behind-the-scenes to see how Thomas' donation was used, and retells her experiences finding solace and understanding in the face of tragedy.
- Auteur:Gabbard, ChrisSommaire:
For readers of When Bad Things Happen to Good People and When Breath Becomes Air, the story of how one father's Kafka-esque foray into the bowels of American medicine forced him to reexamine his own values and the purpose of human...
- Auteur:Wade, DwyaneSommaire:
"NBA star Dwyane Wade discusses the rewarding responsibilities of being a single dad to his two sons, Zaire and Zion and highlights of his basketball career"--