Biographies & Autobiographies books

For better or worse, the 1980s shifted the dial on expectations about what pop and rock music should be. But the...  Read More >>

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Held Together by Prayer and Pain opens the door to the raw, unfiltered reality of single motherhood - the kind that...  Read More >>

First published in 1921, this is a classic tale, in the vein of Slocum and Dana, of sailing the 45-foot yacht Typhoon...  Read More >>

From one of the world's leading Buddhist scholars, a deeply researched and unprecedented portrait of the Buddha...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive biography of the ""Father of the Blood Bank"" and a champion of civil rights and equal health...  Read More >>

In a search to process his grief over the rape and murder of his teenage friend years ago, Jim Reese journeys into...  Read More >>

By interrogating the personal and emotional toll of being female, the essays in The Perils of Girlhood serve as...  Read More >>

Character Witness is a memoir about a son's relationship with his mother, chronicling her struggle with mental illness,...  Read More >>

The essays in Selected Misdemeanors range from short to flash to micro length, focusing on pivotal, often fleeting...  Read More >>

Even as security has grown ever stronger and the techniques to catch criminals are more advanced than ever, serial...  Read More >>

Richard Cullen's reconstruction of the life of society-debutante Margaret McLaren-Reid in the British Empire during...  Read More >>

Provides new insights into the influential, yet enigmatic intellectual Jean Baudrillard.  Read More >>

A revealing portrait of Romantic writer, composer and public figure E.T.A. Hoffmann.  Read More >>

An anguished memoir of one man's political struggle and physical resilience.  Read More >>

Vom ausgehenden 19. Jh. bis in die Mitte des 20. Jh. gab es mannigfaltige politische und gesellschaftliche Verwerfungen...  Read More >>

Fasciné par ses chansons qui ont fait danser toutes les générations et par sa réputation de bon vivant, Gabriel...  Read More >>

Intimate memoir of two siblings bound by love, and loss, who explore dying with humor, grace, and their shared humanity...  Read More >>

A trailblazing Journalist Who Took on New York's Gilded-Age Injustices Zoe Anderson Norris was a woman ahead of...  Read More >>

In this edited collection of essays, speeches and unpublished work, David Dixon and Andrew Lynch present Wootten's...  Read More >>

""[C]hronicles three seasons on the field with the Texas Express, a semiprofessional team in the Dynamic Texas Football...  Read More >>

Former deputy director of the Eisenhower Library and Museum dispels rumors, finds the truth behind the myths, and...  Read More >>

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The rediscovered 1928 memoir of Kansas pioneer, regional and national mutual insurance leader Carl F. Mingenback;...  Read More >>

Each woman's account holds up a mirror to society's discomfort with mental illness-questioning biases, unlearning...  Read More >>