New York Times bestseller from a member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100. An unforgettable memoir of redemption and second chances amidst America's mass incarceration epidemic.
Shaka Senghor was raised in a middle class neighborhood on...
Biographies and autobiographies
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Author:Senghor, ShakaSummary: - Author:Wideman, John EdgarSummary:
An award-winning writer traces the life of the father of iconic Civil Rights martyr Emmett Till-a man who was executed by the Army ten years before Emmett's murder. An evocative and personal exploration of individual and collective...
- Author:McFarlane, JudySummary:
When Judy McFarlane is asked if she will help Grace, a woman with Down syndrome who dreams of becoming a famous writer, she realizes she holds deep, unacknowledged fears that Grace will be a dull-eyed young woman who can't read, let...
- Author:Thompson, David, Moreau, William E.Summary:
David Thompson's Travels is one of the finest early expressions of the Canadian experience. The work is not only the account of a remarkable life in the fur trade but an extended meditation on the land and Native peoples of western...
- Author:Fang, FangSummary:
On January 25, 2020, after the central government imposed a lockdown in Wuhan, acclaimed Chinese writer Fang Fang began publishing an online diary. In the days and weeks that followed, Fang Fang's nightly postings gave voice to the...
- Author:Boisson, PierreSummary:
Au début du mois d'avril 2011, un homme de 50 ans disparaissait sans laisser de traces, avant qu'on ne retrouve les corps de sa femme, de leurs quatre enfants et de leurs deux chiens enterrés sous la terrasse de leur maison...
- Author:Point Bolton, Rena, Daly, RichardSummary:
Xwelíqwiya is the life story of Rena Point Bolton, a Stó:lō matriarch, artist, and craftswoman. Proceeding by way of conversational vignettes, the beginning chapters recount Point Bolton's early years on the banks of the Fraser River...
- Author:Tendō, ShōkoSummary:
Born to a wealthy and powerful yakuza boss, Shoko Tendo lived the early years of her life in luxury. However, when she was six, everything changed: her father was jailed, and the family fell into debt. Bullied by her classmates because...
- Author:Smith, PattiSummary:
From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids and M Train, a profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year. Following a run of New Year's...
- Author:Wong, AliceSummary:
This groundbreaking memoir offers a glimpse into an activist's journey to finding and cultivating community and the continued fight for disability justice, from the founder and director of the Disability Visibility Project In Chinese...
- Author:Rhimes, ShondaSummary:
The mega-talented creator of Grey's Anatomy and Scandal and executive producer of How to Get Away With Murder chronicles how saying YES for one year changed her life?and how it can change yours, too. With three hit shows on...
- Author:Rogen, SethSummary:
A collection of funny personal essays from one of the writers of Superbad and Pineapple Express and one of the producers of The Disaster Artist, Neighbors, and The Boys. (All of these words have been added to help this book show up in...
- Author:Hern, FrancesSummary:
During the second half of the 19th century, thousands of Chinese men arrived on the west coast of North America, seeking to escape poverty and make their fortunes in the goldfields or working on the railroads. Among them was 36-year-old...
- Author:Carrère, EmmanuelSummary:
This is the story of a book about yoga and depression. Meditation and terrorism. The yearning for unity and bipolar disorder. Things that don't seem to go together, and yet: they do go together. With great accuracy, Thibault de...
- Author:Nickerson, JaniceSummary:
Not only professional soldiers but also citizens serving as militiamen participated in the War of 1812. The militia’s contribution to the War of 1812 is not well understood. Even now, 200 years later, we don’t know how many Upper...
- Author:Love, LauraSummary:
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Laura Love is known for her "folk-funk" style of music. In this, her writing debut, she focuses her talents on a poignant memoir of growing up in an extremely dysfunctional family in racially troubled...
- Author:Cutler, SamSummary:
Sam Cutler was tour manager for the Rolling Stones at some of their major gigs in the late sixties, including the infamous concert at Altamont where a man was murdered by a Hells Angel in front of the stage while the Stones played on....
- Author:Penn, Kal.Summary:
The star of the Harold and Kumar franchise, House, and Designated Survivor recounts why he rejected the advice of his aunties and guidance counselors and, instead of becoming a doctor or "something practical," embarked on a...
- Author:Smith, MaggieSummary:
Instant New York Times bestseller. NPR Best Book of the Year. Time Best Book of the Year. Oprah Daily Best Memoir of the Year. "A bittersweet study in both grief and joy." - Time. "A sparklingly beautiful memoir-in-...
- Author:Vatnsdal, CaelumSummary:
"You Don't Know Me, But You Love Me is a biography of beloved American movie actor Dick Miller. Miller's fantastically storied life, the legendary people with whom he has worked and played, the times in which he's...
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