Biographies and Memoirs
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD It was the summer Coltrane died, the summer of love and riots, and the summer when a chance encounter in Brooklyn led two young people on a path of art, devotion, and initiation. Patti…
Biographies and Memoirs
“A remarkable story of work, worry, art, faith, community, life, and hope. An instant classic.” — Heather Cox Richardson, author of the New York Times bestseller Democracy Awakening "A heartfelt and moving story . . . Just as important, it’s…
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Every time Bill Bryson walks out the door, memorable travel literature threatens to break out. This time in Australia. His previous excursion along the Appalachian Trail resulted in the sublime national bestseller A Walk in the Woods. In A Sunburned…
Biographies and Memoirs
A smart, funny and relatable memoir from the anticapitalist TikTok star about her journey growing up poor in Fresno, living paycheck to paycheck through multiple recessions, losing the love of her life to suicide, and finally creating a business of…
Biographies and Memoirs
"A memoir about one woman's search for her birth parents, exploring complicated relationships with family, the legacy of WWII internment on generations of Japanese Americans, and the challenges adoptees often face in learning their own histories"--
Biographies and Memoirs
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was created by the man whose life is recounted in this book. His sons still rule it nearly a century after the day in mid-January 1902, when triumphant in a bloody battle against odds, Abdul…
Biographies and Memoirs
The New York Times bestselling author of War Dogs exposes the inside story of disgraced fraudster turned undercover FBI informant Marty Blazer and the greatest scandal in the history of the NCAA. When the federal government catches hotshot financial adviser…
Biographies and Memoirs
An Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning director, writer and producer looks back at his career, with a behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood, such as Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Denzel Washington and Claire Danes.
Biographies and Memoirs
"A lively transcontinental adventure teeming with clever humor and cross-cultural insights." -- Kirkus Reviews "...[A] hilarious and heartwarming read." -- Midwest Book Review When American Claire Craig Evans married a charming British man, there was a cost for the snappy…
Biographies and Memoirs
Det er begyndelsen af 60’erne, og USA og Sovjetunionen er i gang med et intenst rumkapløb. I jagten på kompetent arbejdskraft finder NASA uanede talenter, blandt en gruppe afroamerikanske, kvindelige matematikere. Selvom de har alle odds imod sig, lykkedes det…
Biographies and Memoirs
*Winner of the American Book Award* *Winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Memoir/Biography* An Honor Book for the 2023 Stonewall Book Award—Israel Fishman Non-Fiction Book Award This witty memoir traces a touching and often hilarious spiralic path to…
Biographies and Memoirs
