Biographies/Autobiographies
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Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging
$28.95 Add to cartA warm and poignant narrative about finding one’s self amidst the grind of restaurant life, the cross-generational immigrant experience, and a daughter’s attempts to connect with parents who have alwa… [more below]
- Author: Phan, Rachel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1639368515
- Language: English
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The Trading Game: A Confession
$17.00 Add to cart#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER – “The Best Wall Street Book of 2024”–Bloomberg
A “vivid” (Financial Times) rags-to-riches memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading- Author: Stevenson, Gary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0593727231
- Language: English
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My Next Breath: A Memoir
$29.99 Add to cartThe gripping and inspiring story of acclaimed actor Jeremy Renner’s near-fatal accident, and what he learned about inner strength, endurance and hope as he overcame insurmountable odds to recover, one
- Author: Renner, Jeremy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 29 2025
- ISBN10: 1250383536
- Language: English
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Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise
$19.00 Add to cartAuthor of Save Me the Plums Ruth Reichl’s iconic, bestselling memoir of her time as an undercover restaurant critic for The New York Times
“Expansive and funny.” —Entertainment Weekly Ruth Reichl, wo- Author: Reichl, Ruth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 28 2006
- ISBN10: 0143036610
- Language: English
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Young Elizabeth: Elizabeth I and Her Perilous Path to the Crown
$35.00 Add to cartThe first definitive biography of the young Elizabeth I in over twenty years–drawing on a rich variety of primary sources–tracing her tumultuous path to the crown.
Queen Elizabeth I is renowned for- Author: Tallis, Nicola
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: February 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1639365842
- Language: English
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Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967
$20.00 Add to cartIndisputably a literary milestone, the public revelation of the private and most intimate letters of Hunter S. Thompson lays bare–better than even the most in-depth biography could ever do–the devel… [more below]
- Series: Fear and Loathing Letters #01
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 722
- Publish Date: April 07 1998
- ISBN10: 345377966
- Language: English
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Just Beyond the Light: Making Peace with the Wars Inside Our Head
$31.00 Add to cart“Unnervingly raw and honest, this book is timeless wisdom that was earned the hard way.”–Mark Manson, author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
From the author of Dark Days and lead singer of lo- Author: Blythe, D. Randall
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 306828189
- Language: English
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I’ll Have What She’s Having
$32.00 Add to cartIn 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, Ch- Author: Handler, Chelsea
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 593596579
- Language: English
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Congo Diary: Episodes of the Revolutionary War in the Congo
$18.95 Add to cartErnesto Che Guevara’s diary of his revolutionary struggle in Congo alongside Cuban guerrillas.
In April 1965, Che Guevara set out clandestinely from Havana to Congo to head a force of some 200 veteran- Series: The Che Guevara Library
- Author: Guevara, Ernesto Che
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 02 2021
- ISBN10: 164421072X
- Language: English
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Imminent: Inside the Pentagon’s Hunt for UFOs
$29.99 Add to cartThe former head of the Pentagon program responsible for the investigation of UFOs—now known as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP)—reveals long-hidden truths with profound implications for not on
- Author: Elizondo, Luis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 20 2024
- ISBN10: 0063235560
- Language: English
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Mohandas K. Gandhi, Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth
$19.94 Add to cart“My purpose,” Mahatma Gandhi writes of this book, “is to describe experiments in the science of Satyagraha, not to say how good I am.” Satyagraha, Gandhi’s nonviolent protest movement (satya = true,
- Author: Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 16 2019
- ISBN10: 1684117232
- Language: English
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The Man I Was Destined to Be
$13.99 Add to cartMichael’s lengthy battle with drug addiction resulted in a seven-year prison sentence. After three years and the death of his father, he realized that his choices prevented him from becoming the man h
- Author: Tandoi, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: July 06 2021
- ISBN10: 1490802169
- Language: English
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Gladys Aylward: A Life for China
$17.99 Add to cartWounded by a Japanese bullet as she led nearly a hundred refugee children to safety over the mountains of China, Gladys Aylward’s story has been immortalised through the film ‘The Inn of the Sixth Hap… [more below]
- Author: Purves, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: July 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1909281492
- Language: English
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My Life with the Spirits: The Adventures of a Modern Magician
$19.95 Add to cartA rare glimpse into the fascinating, sometimes terrifying, sometimes hilarious world of a modern ceremonial magician. Hailed by critics as the most entertaining author and one of the most widely respe… [more below]
- Author: DuQuette, Lon Milo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 1999
- ISBN10: 1578631203
- Language: English
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Black and White: The Way I See It
$17.00 Add to cartThe fascinating, “upfront and unapologetic” (Kirkus Reviews) memoir of Richard Williams, a businessman, tennis coach, subject of the major motion picture King Richard, and father to two of the greates… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 147670421X
- Language: English
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The Autobiography and Other Writings
$5.95 Add to cartA comprehensive and insightful compilation of Benjamin Franklin’s The Autobiography and other essays which offers an in-depth look into the life of America’s most fascinating Founding Father.
Benjamin- Series: Signet Classics
- Author: Franklin, Benjamin
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 05 2014
- ISBN10: 0451469887
- Language: English
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Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived
$18.99 Add to cartSome people are born to lead and destined to teach by the example of living life to the fullest, and facing death with uncommon honesty and courage. Peter Barton was that kind of person.
Driven by the
- Author: Shames, Laurence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 14 2004
- ISBN10: 006073731X
- Language: English
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In Pursuit of Love: One Woman’s Journey from Trafficked to Triumphant
$19.99 Add to cartThrough her own gripping story of escape from human trafficking, Rebecca Bender reveals the inner workings of the underground world of modern-day slavery and helps us learn how we can be a catalyst fo
- Author: Bender, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 28 2020
- ISBN10: 0310356857
- Language: English
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Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion
$28.99 Add to cartThe first-hand account of the author’s six years as a professional soldier and member of the French Foreign Legion’s elite Group Commando Parachutistes.
In Appel, Joel Struthers recounts the dangers an
- Author: Struthers, Joel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: March 15 2019
- ISBN10: 177112105X
- Language: English
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Defying Hitler: A Memoir
$20.00 Add to cartWritten in 1939 and unpublished until 2000, Sebastian Haffner’s memoir of the rise of Nazism in Germany offers a unique portrait of the lives of ordinary German citizens between the wars. Covering 190
- Author: Haffner, Sebastian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 309
- Publish Date: August 01 2003
- ISBN10: 0312421133
- Language: English
