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Biographies & Memoirs
Biographies & Memoirs
 | The only thing "gonzo gastronome" and internationally bestselling author Anthony Bourdain loves as much as cooking is traveling. Inspired by the question, "What would be the perfect meal?," Tony sets... [More information about A Cook's Tour: Global Adventures in Extreme Cuisines...] |
 | On September 3, 2008 Alaska Governor Sarah Palin gave a speech at the Republican National Convention that electrified the nation and instantly made her one of the most recognizable women in the... [More information about Going Rogue: An American Life...] |
 | Ruthie Mae Bolton was born January 6, 1961, in the Hungry Neck section of Charleston, South Carolina. At the time, her mother was thirteen; she has never known who her father was. Her mother was the... [More information about Gal: A True Life...] |
 | From Andre Agassi, one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court, a beautiful, haunting autobiography.Agassi’s incredibly rigorous... [More information about Open: An Autobiography...] |
 | Customer Review: Patrick McGilligan's thoroughly detailed biography of Robert Atlman is nothing short of one of the greatest film books of all time. McGilligan's style is exhaustive, yet easy to... [More information about Robert Altman: Jumping Off the Cliff...] |
 | RUNNING WITH SCISSORS is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusions of Anne Sexton) gave him away to be raised by her unorthodox psychiatrist who bore a striking resemblance to Santa... [More information about Running with Scissors: A Memoir...] |
 | In a memoir hailed for its searing candor and wit, Alice Sebold reveals how her life was utterly transformed when, as an eighteen-year-old college freshman, she was brutally raped and beaten in a... [More information about Lucky: A Memoir...] |
 | The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of All Over but the Shoutin’ continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother’s childhood in the Appalachian foothills during... [More information about Ava's Man...] |
 | NATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDIn this groundbreaking biography, T.J. Stiles tells the dramatic story of Cornelius “Commodore” Vanderbilt, the combative man and American... [More information about The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt...] |
 | Un conmovedor relato del desarrollo, una sincera historia de inmigrantes. Casi una mujer es el camino triunfal de Santiago hacia la edad adulta, desde los barrios de Brooklyn hacia los teatros de... [More information about Casi una mujer...] |
 | Celia was an ordinary slave--until she struck back at her abusive master and became the defendant in a landmark trial that threatened to undermine the very foundations of the South's "Peculiar... [More information about Celia, A Slave...] |
 | Edward M. Kennedy is widely regarded as one of the great Senators in the nation's history. He is also the patriarch of America's most heralded family. In this landmark autobiography, five years in... [More information about True Compass: A Memoir...] |
 | In the post-meltdown world, it is irresponsible, ineffective, and ultimately useless to have a serious economic debate without considering and challenging the role of the Federal Reserve. Most... [More information about End the Fed...] |
 | This book is Gore Vidal's visual memoir of his remarkable and famously well-lived life. In this collection of photographs, letters, manuscripts, and other selections from Vidal's vast personal... [More information about Gore Vidal: Snapshots in History's Glare...] |
 | Created with their full cooperation, The Beatles Anthology is, in effect, The Beatles' autobiography. Like their music, which has been a part of so many of our lives, this landmark release is warm,... [More information about The Beatles Anthology...] |
 | Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with meaning. Here in short spellbinding essays... [More information about Letter to My Daughter...] |
 | Pat Metheny is one of the most critically acclaimed, commercially successful, and musically significant artists of the last 50 years. He has not only revolutionized his instrument, but also changed... [More information about The Pat Metheny Interviews (Book)...] |
| After three years in retirement following his record-setting 7th Tour de France win -- which he accomplished after successfully battling the testicular cancer that almost killed him -- Lance... [More information about Comeback 2.0: Up Close and Personal...] |
 | She shared his life, his music and his love. She was his intimate companion during the time known as- THE LOST WEEKEND. May Pang was twenty-two. She was John and Yoko’s personal assistant, a... [More information about John Lennon: The Lost Weekend...] |
| A trenchant memoir of a troubled American childhood from the child's point of view describes growing up in an East Texas refinery town, life in the midst of turbulent family of drunks and liars,... [More information about The Liars' Club...] |
| FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A fascinating biography of the acclaimed musician invites young readers to follow Ray Charles from his childhood, when he became blind and learned how to read... [More information about Ray Charles (Spanish Edition)...] |
 | The companion volume to The New York Times bestseller The Omnivore's Dilemma Michael Pollan's lastbook , The Omnivore's Dilemma, launched a national conversation about the American way of eating; now... [More information about In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto...] |
 | En abril de 1992, Chris McCandless, de 24 años, se interno solo y apenas equipado por tierras de Alaska. Habia regalado todo su dineroy abandonado su coche, y soñaba con una vida en estado... [More information about Hacia Rutas Salvajes (Spanish Edition)...] |
 | Written by his wife Tracey Stewart, this is the only authorized biography of Payne Stewart. It gives the reader a detailed look into Payne's life through the eyes of the person closest to him... [More information about Payne Stewart: The Authorised Biography...] |
 | Frankie Dettori is a unique character in modern-day Britain: a millionaire champion jockey irresistible to the punters; a charismatic personality with an easy charm and immaculate dress sense that... [More information about Frankie: The Autobiography of Frankie Dettori...] |
 | A Season on the Brink chronicles the basketball season that John Feinstein spent following the Indiana Hoosiers and their fiery coach, Bob Knight. Knight granted Feinstein an unprecedented inside... [More information about A Season On The Brink...] |
 | Corrie ten Boom was a woman admired the world over for her courage, her forgiveness, and her memorable faith. In World War II, she and her family risked their lives to help Jews escape the Nazis, and... [More information about The Hiding Place...] |
| Seva consiste de tres partes: la primera es el cuento largo "Seva". La segunda es una crónica de Josean Ramos que narra la conmoción que produjo la publicación del cuento. La tercera... [More information about Seva (Coleccion Cara y Cruz) (Spanish Edition)...] |
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