Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first! Go now!These were the final shouts nine year-old Kim Phuc heard before her world dissolved into flames-before napalm bombs fell...
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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Author:Thi, Kim Phuc PhanSummary: -
Author:Teitel, Amy ShiraSummary:This is the mostly unknown tale of Jackie Cochran and Jerrie Cobb--two accomplished aviatrixes, one generation apart, who each dreamed of being the first woman in space, but along the way battled their egos, their expectations, and...
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Author:Barkan, Ady.Summary:In this inspirational and moving memoir-reminiscent of When Breath Becomes Air and The Bright Hour-activist Ady Barkan explores his life with ALS and how his diagnosis gave him a profound new understanding of his commitment to social...
- Author:Hager, Jenna BushSummary:
Jenna Bush Hager, the former first daughter and granddaughter, author, and co-anchor of the Today show, shares moving, funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on that has shaped her life.
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Author:Braden, Tom.Summary:The true story behind the classic TV show: A father's delightful account of raising eight free-spirited children in 1970s America. Tom Braden had a colorful career: He parachuted into Nazi-occupied France, directed the CIA's covert...
- Author:Chang, DavidSummary:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious —an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that...
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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...
- Author:Boxall, Joan, Corcoran, Stephen A.Summary:
How do you establish trust and meaningful connection with a sibling who suffers from schizophrenia? In an attempt to rekindle her relationship with her estranged brother Steve, Joan takes him to art the Art Studios in Vancouver, where...
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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.
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