Biographies & Autobiographies books

The Day Nepal Died: The Conspiracy That Killed a King and a Countryby Kashif Razi On June 1, 2001, the world's...  Read More >>

The first full-scale biography of the physician and man of science Thomas Garnett (1766-1802)  Read More >>

Ninon de Lenclos, a famous seventeenth-century libertine, was considered a philosopher by her contemporaries. However,...  Read More >>

In late May 1886, Tony Visinet departed for a month-long trip to the United States. He discovered a country in the...  Read More >>

Description In these stories, memory and history intertwine with love, resilience, and the quiet struggle for survival....  Read More >>

This is the true story of a four-year-old girl with a life-threatening illness, the desperate fight of her doctors...  Read More >>

The 2024 PEN/Ralph Manheim Award for Translation winner, Suzanne Jill Levine's witty and incisive memoir of her...  Read More >>

作者徐方还是一个小女孩时，与顾准在河南干校结下忘年交，她的记录为读者提供了观察、认识顾准的独一无二的视角，让我们看到顾准作为一个人的困境和作为一个独立思想者的的精神力量。 如著名学者丁东所说，""半个世纪以来，评说顾准的文字，不绝如缕。有专著，有论文，有散文随笔，有纪录片等影视作品。但大部作品是通过阅读二手资料生发而成。真正出自与顾准有交往者之手，能够提供独家细节的作品，却是有限的。其中与顾准有深交者，则更属珍稀。""......  Read More >>

This book is chock-full of intriguing stories from a bygone era – from the time radium needles, used to treat cancers,...  Read More >>

A crime That shocked the nation. a pursuit That redefined Justice. A heinous crime. A criminal beyond reach....  Read More >>

What if transgender people aren't a threat to faith-but the prophets we've been waiting for? Read this book if you...  Read More >>

Arnold Mindell began to develop Process Oriented Psychology in the late 1970s and 80s in Switzerland, and this paradigm...  Read More >>

Fans of Oliver Sacks and Gabor Maté will be intrigued by this journey into the human brain, full of fascinating...  Read More >>

For readers touched by Paul Kalanithi’s When Breath Becomes Air and anyone with a life-threatening illness seeking...  Read More >>

""A debut contemporary memoir about a young woman struggling to und erstand her identity as the daughter of a Jewish...  Read More >>

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Observer (London), Granata, and TLS, and a finalist for a World...  Read More >>

At 18, Tony Fowle enlisted; 12 years later he was a decorated officer with a Military Cross. From desert battles...  Read More >>

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Mary Niquanicappo of Whapmagoostui. In Northern East Cree,...  Read More >>

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Angela Etapp of Waskaganish. In Northern East Cree, French,...  Read More >>

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The story of Mary Niquanicappo of Whapmagoostui. In Ojibwe and English....  Read More >>

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Angela Etapp of Waskaganish. In Ojibwe and English.  Read More >>

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Maggie Happyjack and Simon Etapp of Waswanipi. In Ojibwe and...  Read More >>

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Kimberly Coon of Mistissini. In Ojibwe and English.  Read More >>

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Raquel Emmeline Welsch of Wemindji. In Ojibwe and English....  Read More >>

From The Sweet Bloods of Eeyou Istchee, The Story of Raquel Emmeline Welsch of Wemindji. In Northern East Cree,...  Read More >>