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Biographies and Memoirs

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Where Men Win Glory

By Jon Krakauer

Biographies and Memoirs

Pat Tillman was well-known to American sports fans: a chisel-jawed and talented young professional football star, he was on the brink of signing a million dollar contract when, in 2001, al-Qaeda launched terrorist attacks against his country. Driven by deeply…

What a Fool Believes

By Michael McDonald

Biographies and Memoirs

A sweeping and evocative memoir from the Rock Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award-winning, platinum selling singer-songwriter Michael McDonald, written with his friend, Emmy Award-nominated actor, comedian, and #1 New York Times bestselling author Paul Reiser.Doobie Brothers. Steely Dan. Chart…

Traces of Enayat

By Iman Mersal

Biographies and Memoirs

From one of the preeminent poets of the Arab-speaking world, a brilliant work of creative nonfiction retracing the mysterious life and erasure of Egyptian literature's tragic heroine. Cairo, 1963: four years before her lone novel is finally published, the writer…

Tom Paine

By John Keane

Biographies and Memoirs

"It is hard to imagine this magnificent biography ever being superseded . . . It is a stylish, splendidly erudite work." —Terry Eagleton, The Guardian "More than any other public figure of the eighteenth century, Tom Paine strikes our times…

To the Gorge

By Emily Halnon

Biographies and Memoirs

**A USA TODAY bestseller** A riveting narrative of love and loss, grief and joy, as one woman embarks on a quest for a record on the Pacific Crest Trail. When Emily Halnon lost her beloved mother to a rare uterine…

Timothy Keller

By Collin Hansen

Biographies and Memoirs

The untold story of the people, the books, the lectures, and ultimately the God who formed and shaped the life of the late Timothy Keller. Millions have read books and listened to sermons by Timothy Keller. But who impacted his…