This is an intimate biography of an artist who became a legend after his death, but who in his private life stands revealed as a troubled man who was, in many ways, his own victim. Joan Murray's new biography is part detective work...
Biographies and autobiographies
- Author:Murray, JoanSummary:
- Author:Prince, Liz.Summary:
Growing up, Liz Prince wasn't a girly girl, dressing in pink tutus or playing Pretty Pretty Princess like the other girls in her neighborhood. But she wasn't exactly one of the guys either, as she quickly learned when her...
- Author:Coyote, IvanSummary:
Ivan Coyote is a celebrated storyteller and the author of ten previous books, including Gender Failure (with Rae Spoon) and One in Every Crowd, a collection for LGBT youth. Tomboy Survival Guide is a funny and moving memoir told in...
- Author:Margoshes, DaveSummary:
During the 17 years he was premier of Saskatchewan, Tommy Douglas changed the face of his province. He then served for 10 years as first leader of the federal New Democratic Party. Today he is recognized as the "father of medicare...
- Author:McBride, SarahSummary:
Before she became the first transgender person to speak at a national political convention in 2016 at the age of twenty-six, Sarah McBride struggled with the decision to come out—not just to her family but to the students of American...
- Author:Gildiner, CatherineSummary:
Heartbreaking and wicked: a memoir of stunning beauty and remarkable grace. Improbable friendships and brushes with death. A schoolgirl affecting the course of aboriginal politics. Elvis and cocktails and Catholicism and the secrets...
- Author:Gildiner, CatherineSummary:
Heartbreaking and wicked: a memoir of stunning beauty and remarkable grace. Improbable friendships and brushes with death. A schoolgirl affecting the course of aboriginal politics. Elvis and cocktails and Catholicism and the secrets...
- Author:Wolff, MichaelSummary:
This program includes an introduction read by the author. If you can judge an audiobook by its enemies, Too Famous could be an instant classic. Bestselling author of Fire and Fury and chronicler of the Trump White House Michael Wolff...
- Author:Trump, Mary L.Summary:
In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald's only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order...
- Author:Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk, Ho, VanSummary:
After the Vietnam War, a young girl is left behind in the care of her grandmother when the rest of her family flees the new communist regime by boat. Once settled in North America, her parents will send for her; but in the meantime, Van...
- Author:Pedersen, DanSummary:
The founder of the US Navy Fighter Weapons School, "Topgun," shares the untold inside story of how he and eight other pilots revolutionized aerial combat and created a center for excellence and leadership, in a book timed to coincide...
- Author:Harold, HughinaSummary:
Hughina Harold paints a powerful picture of a world that no longer exists in this compelling account of her experiences as a young teacher and nurse on the remote Broughton Archipelago on British Columbia’s coast in the 1930s. Fresh...
- Author:Weihenmayer, ErikSummary:
Erik Weihenmayer was born with retinoscheses, a degenerative eye disorder that would leave him blind by the age of thirteen. In this inspiring memoir, Weihenmayer speaks of the role his family played in his battle to break through the...
- Author:Simon, CarlySummary:
A chance encounter at a summer party on Martha's Vineyard blossomed into an improbable but enduring friendship. Carly Simon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis made an unlikely pair-Carly, a free and artistic spirit still reeling from...
- Author:Nygren, BruceSummary:
Many issues can strain a marriage relationship, but none is as challenging as a life-threatening illness. Every year, almost two hundred thousand women are diagnosed with breast cancer. When Racinda Nygren joined the ranks of these...
- Author:Simpson, JoeSummary:
The author relates his nearly fatal adventures mountaineering in the Andes, adventures that included a fall into a crevice, broken limbs, and return to safety.
- Author:Patrick CôtéSummary:
Un homme ordinaire doué d'une détermination extraordinaire! Loin de se contenter uniquement de raconter ses exploits personnels et professionnels, l'auteur nous fait des suggestions concrètes qu'il accompagne de ses...
- Author:Laurin, RoxaneSummary:
Roxane Laurin a grandi à Québec puis à Montréal. Elle vit maintenant à Mont-Saint-Hilaire au Canada, quand ce n’est pas en Floride aux États-Unis. Photographe, par la suite comédienne et mannequin, femme d’affaires depuis de nombreuses...
- Author:Hunt, RobertSummary:
Townies is the sequel to Robert Hunt’s memoir Corner Boys and takes us back to the mean streets – and schools – of St. John’s in the 1950s and 1960s. This is a coming-of-age story about the friendships between young...
- Author:Monticone, UgoSummary:
Un tracé de voyage réussi empruntera mille détours, suggérés par le hasard et les rencontres. Pour transformer une mésaventure rocambolesque en expérience transformatrice, il suffit bien souvent d'être à l'écoute, disponible....
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