Biographies and Memoirs
In hilarious and tender essays, #1 New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Handler shares her unforgettable story of becoming the woman she always wanted to be. There’s a woman I want to become, Chelsea Handler thought as a child. She’ll…
Biographies and Memoirs
'My life has been written about over and over again, and that's mostly okay with me. Other people can talk about my life. Sometimes they'll get it right and sometimes they'll get it wrong. For me, when I think back…
Biographies and Memoirs
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional book to appear only after his death, but the needs of our times and the 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope have moved him to make this precious legacy available…
Biographies and Memoirs
Hiding in Plain Sight: Eluding the Nazis in Occupied France is an unusual memoir about the childhood and young adulthood of Sarah Lew Miller, a young Jewish girl living in Paris at the time of the Nazi occupation.
Biographies and Memoirs
A fast-paced, tender-hearted rock 'n' roll memoir for the ages, Mike Campbell's Heartbreaker is part rags-to-riches story and part raucous, seat-of-the-pants adventure, recounting Campbell's life and times as lead guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Mike Campbell was the…
Biographies and Memoirs
The Pulitzer Prize–winning historian's "lively and absorbing" biography of Ulysses S. Grant and his leadership during the Civil War ( The New York Times Book Review). This conclusion to Bruce Catton's acclaimed history of General Grant begins in the summer…
Biographies and Memoirs
"We were as brothers," Sherman said, describing his relationship to Grant, a friendship forged on the battlefield. They were prewar failures--Grant, forced to resign from the Army because of his drinking, and Sherman, who held four different jobs during the…
Biographies and Memoirs
The nightmares began for William Manchester 23 years after WW II. In his dreams he lived with the recurring image of a battle-weary youth (himself), "angrily demanding to know what had happened to the three decades since he had laid…
Biographies and Memoirs
The definitive biography of the influential abolitionist, ardent social reformer and conservationist, and the visionary designer of Central Park. Frederick Law Olmsted is arguably the most important historical figure that the average American knows the least about. Best remembered for…
Biographies and Memoirs
"A full-scale biography of this great soldier-statesman that is both comprehensively researched and highly readable" ( Publishers Weekly). Here is the first biography to offer a complete picture of the life of George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the…
Biographies and Memoirs
"What was the world like millions of years ago? Did early humans walk on all fours? Did giant sloths lie in trees? Did dinosaurs have feathers? Even as a young girl, Mary Leakey was fascinated by questions like these! In…
Biographies and Memoirs
The former Olympic runner and high-end escort reveals her battle with mental illness, and how mania affected her professional and personal lives. A New York Times Bestseller During the 1990s, three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton was an American track and…
