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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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Author:Douglas, KirkSummary:Kirk Douglas is a born storyteller, and in this engrossing memoir he shares delightful tales, favorite jokes, and hard-won insights as he looks back on his storied life and explores the mixed blessings of growing older.
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Author:Sedaris, DavidSummary:From the unique perspective of David Sedaris comes a new book of essays taking his readers on a bizarre and stimulating world tour. Whether railing against the habits of litterers in the English countryside or marveling over a...
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Author:Kravitz, LennySummary:"I see my story as a suite of songs that have a magical connection. I never understood that connection until I sat down to write. It was then that the magic started to flow." Let Love Rule is a work of deep reflection. Lenny...
- Author:Fuller, AlexandraSummary:
Standing in the wreckage of her marriage, in her adopted country America, Alexandra Fuller revisits the continent she loves and finds in her father's harsh, simple and uncompromising ways the key to her salvation.
- Author:Kindred, DaveSummary:
Jared Kindred left his home and family at eighteen, choosing to wander America on freight trains and live on the street. Addicted to alcohol most of his short life, he never found a way to survive. Through this ordeal, Dave Kindred...
- Author:Lewis, MattSummary:
"A sinister version of The Perfect Storm ... Thrilling." -Sunday Times (UK). For readers of The Perfect Storm, Between a Rock and a Hard Place, and Into the Wild There's nothing that armchair adventure lovers relish more than a gripping...
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Author:Scovell, NellSummary:Nell Scovell blows the doors off the male-dominated writers' room and offers a scathingly funny account of Hollywood's sexual politics.
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Author:Endo, HomareSummary:150,000 innocents died in Changchun at the end of WW2 when Mao's Revolutionary Army laid siege. Japanese girl Homare Endo, then age 7, was traumatized but survived to devote her life to telling the world of the atrocity China now...
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Author:Garcia, Amanda YatesSummary:Traditionally, Wiccans are initiated through a ceremony with a High Priestess. But even though Amanda Yates Garcia's mother, a practicing witch herself, initiated her into the earth-centered practice of witchcraft when she was...
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Author:Jolly, B. DenhamSummary:A remarkable memoir about achieving prosperity in the face of relentless prejudice In the Black traces B. Denham Jolly's personal and professional struggle for a place in a country where Black Canadians have faced systematic...
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Author:Goldsmith, JackSummary:As a young man, Jack Goldsmith revered his stepfather, longtime Jimmy Hoffa associate Chuckie O’Brien. But as he grew older and pursued a career in law and government, he came to doubt and distance himself from the man long suspected by...
- Author:Sicherman, ClaireSummary:
Imprint is a profound and courageous exploration of trauma, family, and the importance of breaking silence and telling stories. This book is a fresh and startling combination of history and personal revelation.
When her son...
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Author:Ikpi, BasseySummary:A Publishers Weekly Spring Preview Selection. A deeply personal collection of essays exploring Nigerian-American author Bassey Ikpi's experiences navigating Bipolar II and anxiety throughout the course of her life. Bassey Ikpi was born...
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Author:Kamp, David, Short, MartinSummary:Martin Short reflects on his diverse collection of experiences, both hilarious and heartbreaking. He takes us through his career, from his early years with Second City Toronto and Saturday Night Live to his movie, stage, and television...
- Author:Buttigieg, ChastenSummary:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg about growing up gay in his small Midwestern town, his relationship with...
- Author:Moorer, AllisonSummary:
When Grammy-nominated musician Allison Moorer's son, John Henry, developed nonverbal autism, she was devastated. Allison shares their story.
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Author:Robertson, CourtneySummary:Courtney Robertson joined season sixteen of The Bachelor looking for love. A working model and newly single, Courtney fit the casting call: She was young, beautiful, and a natural in front of the cameras. As the season unfolded and...
- Author:Attenberg, JamiSummary:
Modern fiction author Jami Attenberg reveals the defining moments that pushed her to create a life, and voice, she could claim for herself.
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Author:Mulgrew, KateSummary:In this profoundly honest and examined memoir about returning to Iowa to care for her ailing parents, the star of Orange Is the New Black and bestselling author of Born with Teeth takes us on an unexpected journey of loss, betrayal, and...
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