Filled with on-the-ground insights and poignant personal anecdotes, this memoir shows us the great personal sacrifice that comes with intelligence work. This is Nada's story, but it is also an intimate chronicle of how a group of...
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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Author:Coburn, Davin, Bakos, NadaSummary: -
Author:Livingston, BeckySummary:When a brain tumour takes the life of Becky Livingston’s twenty-three-year-old daughter Rachel, her life makes an unconventional turn. Rachel, an avid traveller, had one wish: to keep exploring the world.So, for twenty-six months...
- Author:Seager, SaraSummary:
In this luminous memoir, an MIT astrophysicist must reinvent herself in the wake of tragedy and discovers the power of connection on this planet, even as she searches our galaxy for another Earth. “Sara Seager’s exploration of outer and...
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Author:Mearns, David L.Summary:David L. Mearns has discovered some of the world's most fascinating and elusive shipwrecks. This book chronicles his most intriguing finds. It describes the extraordinary techniques used, the detailed research and mid-ocean stamina...
- Author:Cowan, JustineSummary:
Justine had always been told that her mother came from royal blood. The proof could be found in her mother's elegance, and in a cryptic letter hinting at her claim to a country estate. After her mother's death, overcome with...
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Author:Hardin, Chet, Natalie, ToniSummary:Many have heard of NXIVM and its creator, Keith Raniere, the unassuming Albany man now prosecuted for ensnaring tens of thousands of people in the US, Mexico, Canada and elsewhere, to do his bidding and pay millions of dollars to...
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Author:Charleson, SusannahSummary:"Reading The Possibility Dogs is like taking an amazing literary journey with a dear friend by your side. The characters you meet will enchant you, but the storyteller will capture your heart. If you love dogs, this is a can't...
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Delve into the stories from Amy Tan's life that inspired bestselling novels like The Joy Luck Club and The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan has touched millions of readers with haunting and sympathetic novels of cultural complexity and...
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Author:Narayan, ShobaSummary:When Shoba Narayan, a writer and cookbook author who had lived for years in Manhattan, moves back to Bangalore with her family, she befriends the milk lady, from whom she buys fresh milk every day. These two women from very different...
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Author:Roberts, EbonySummary:With echoes of Just Mercy and An American Marriage, a remarkable memoir of a woman who falls in love with an incarcerated man, and the toll prison takes not only on those behind bars, but on their families and relationships. Ebony'...
- Author:Sheridan, SamSummary:
Sam Sheridan has an impressive, diverse set of skills, but when he had his son, he was beset with nightmares about being unable to protect him. Sam decided to face his fears head-on, embarking on a quest to gain as many skills as...
- Author:Svensson, PatrikSummary:
Remarkably little is known about the European eel, Anguilla anguilla. So little, in fact, that scientists and philosophers have, for centuries, been obsessed with what has become known as the "eel question": Where do eels come...
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Author:Platt, AdamSummary:A wildly hilarious and irreverent memoir of a globe-trotting life lived meal-to-meal by one of our most influential and respected food critics As the son of a diplomat growing up in places like Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan, Adam Platt...
- Author:Harper, MicheleSummary:
A New York Times Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book “Riveting, heartbreaking, sometimes difficult, always inspiring.” — The New York Times Book Review As seen/heard on Fresh Air , The Daily Show with Trevor Noah , NBC...
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Author:PrinceSummary:From Prince himself comes the brilliant coming-of-age-and-into-superstardom story of one of the greatest artists of all time-featuring never-before-seen photos, original scrapbooks and lyric sheets, and the exquisite memoir he began...
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Author:Sileika, AntanasSummary:A rollicking memoir through the shifting zeitgeist of the last five decades In The Barefoot Bingo Caller, Antanas Sileika finds what's funny and touching in the most unlikely places, from the bingo hall to the collapsing Soviet...
- Author:Danler, StephanieSummary:
From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter , a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and addiction, and of one woman's attempts to find a life beyond the limits of her past. Stray is a moving, sometimes devastating...
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Author:Swindell, Ann.Summary:What if God wants you to wait'Most of us know what it's like to wait for God to change our circumstances. But, whether we're waiting for physical healing, emotional breakthrough, or better relationships, waiting is...
- Author:Berg, ElizabethSummary:
Still Happy is Elizabeth's second collection of Facebook posts. Her first, Make Someone Happy, did indeed make many people happy, and so, due to popular demand, she has put together a second volume, which includes "The Book of Homer," a...
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Author:LaRocca, MarissaSummary:LaRocca reveals her struggle with eating disorders and her sexuality, showing how she emerged as an advocate for gay rights.
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