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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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Author:Chang, DavidSummary: -
Author:Bydlowska, JowitaSummary:Three years after giving up drinking, Jowita Bydlowska found herself throwing back a glass of champagne at a party celebrating the birth of her first child. This marked her immediate, full-blown return to crippling alcoholism. This book...
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Author:Hunter, MartinSummary:The final installment of the critically acclaimed memoir series Done Hunting brings Martin Hunter's memoirs to a close, sharing adventures and observations from his sixth to ninth decades. With descriptions of theatrical...
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Author:Shirtliffe, LeanneSummary:Hilarious true stories of raising twins from the author of the Ironic Mom blog: "Shirtliffe is awesome and so is this book."-Jenny Lawson When Leanne Shirtliffe and her husband, Chris, discovered she was pregnant with twins...
- Author:Light, Alan, Frampton, PeterSummary:
Peter Frampton's tells the story of his positively resilient life and career in his own words for the first time.
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Author:Wilde, CalebSummary:Wilde shares his experiences and pushes back against the death-negative ethos of our culture, opening conversation to help us see the end of life in a positive and liberating way. In the wry, compassionate, and honest voice that has...
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Author:Lee, CasparSummary:A biography from YouTube sensation Caspar Lee (and his mom).
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Author:Appleton, FrankSummary:The inspiring story behind today's craft beer revolution is the subject of this lively memoir by Frank Appleton, the English-trained brewmaster who is considered by many to be the father of Canada's craft-brewing movement....
- Author:Maguire, Peter, Gracie, RicksonSummary:
Rickson Gracie shares the full story of how his father and uncles came to develop Jiu-Jitsu, what it was like to grow up among generations of world-renowned fighters from the Gracie clan, and the principles and skills that guided him to...
- Author:McCarthy, AndrewSummary:
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.
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Author:Viloria, HidaSummary: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...
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Author:Szanto, GeorgeSummary: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...
- Author:Robertson, David A.Summary:
"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...
- Author:Stabile, ScottSummary:
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.
- Author:Salaam, YusefSummary:
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...
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Author:Curtis, NicoleSummary: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...
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Author:Sesay, IshaSummary: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...
- Author:Kimball, MargaretSummary:
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...
- Author:Kilpatrick, Joel, Thornton, ShawnSummary:
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...
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Author:Didion, JoanSummary: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;...
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