Autobiographies
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Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartA memoir in bite-size chunks from the author of the viral Modern Love column “You May Want to Marry My Husband.”
” Rosenthal] shines her generous light of humanity on the seemingly humdrum moments of … [more below]- Author: Rosenthal, Amy Krouse
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: December 06 2005
- ISBN10: 1400080460
- Language: English
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Mise en Place: Memoir of a Girl Chef
$16.95 Add to cartDisadvantages be damned, I would be a chef someday, and if I had to run into the side of a house to do it, so be it.
Mise en Place is the rollicking memoir of Marisa Mangani, a talented chef who takes
- Author: Mangani, Marisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 276
- Publish Date: August 16 2022
- ISBN10: 1632995654
- Language: English
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Skinny Woman in a Straw Hat
$27.00 Add to cartWhen young Hao Tran left Vietnam in 1974 to study abroad, he had no idea it would be 20 years before he could return, or how much his native land would change in his absence. These are the stories of
- Author: Tran, Hao C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1945955422
- Language: English
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Ghosted: An American Story
$29.99 Add to cartA riveting look inside a life of poverty, success, and the inner circles of political influence–from the foothills of Appalachia all the way to the White House.
New York Times bestselling ghostwriter
- Author: French, Nancy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0310367441
- Language: English
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Some of Us Just Fall: On Nature and Not Getting Better
$28.00 Read more“In her contemplative memoir, Polly Atkin encourages everyone, especially those with chronic illnesses, to look beyond their own history and see the beauty in their world.” –The Washington Post
“Defia
- Author: Atkin, Polly
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 301
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1961884003
- Language: English
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The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom
$19.99 Read moreThis passionate autobiography–at once history lesson, prison memoir, metaphysical inquiry, love story, and cry for justice–provides insights into the Israeli occupation and the struggle of the Pales… [more below]
- Author: Srour, Nasser Abu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1635423872
- Language: English
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Marrow: Love, Loss, and What Matters Most
$19.99 Add to cartThe author of the New York Times bestseller Broken Open returns with a visceral and profound memoir of two sisters who, in the face of a bone marrow transplant–one the donor and one the recipient–be
- Author: Lesser, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 03 2017
- ISBN10: 006236765X
- Language: English
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Still Burning: Half a Century of Chicago, from the Streets to the Corridors of Power: A Memoir
$22.95 Add to cartIn this lively and insightful memoir, Jeremiah Joyce recounts a wide-ranging career that in many way tracks the history of Chicago over the last half century. During the late sixties and early seventi
- Author: Joyce, Jeremiah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 302
- Publish Date: September 01 2021
- ISBN10: 1955656061
- Language: English
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Sid Meier’s Memoir!: A Life in Computer Games
$27.95 Read moreOver his four-decade career, Sid Meier has produced some of the world’s most popular video games, including Sid Meier’s Civilization, which has sold more than 51 million units worldwide and accumulate
- Author: Meier, Sid
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1324005874
- Language: English
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The Triumph of Rosemary: A Memoir
$19.99 Add to cartBaby Rosemary – born to an Italian teen and a married black man in Detroit in 1946 – is adopted from an agency by a black couple in Saginaw, Michigan The adoptive mother’s abuse instills in the girl,
- Author: Atkins, Marylin E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 268
- Publish Date: October 30 2017
- ISBN10: 1945875178
- Language: English
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Still Sideways: Riding the Edge Again After Losing My Sight
$27.95 Add to cartBefore a surfing accident caused thirty-three-year-old Devon Raney to lose all but 15 percent of his vision, he had already lived an extraordinary life. Time and again he’d gone against the grain to m
- Author: Raney, Devon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 04 2020
- ISBN10: 1938340892
- Language: English
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Little Lady with a Big Drum
$23.95 Add to cartThis, the official autobiography of Elayne Jones, is the story of one woman’s remarkable life and career in her own words; a journey from meager beginnings as a self-described “skinny little girl from
- Author: Jones, Elayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: March 15 2019
- ISBN10: 1631320661
- Language: English
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Brother to a Dragonfly
$25.00 Add to cartIn Brother to a Dragonfly, Will D. Campbell writes about his life growing up poor in Amite County, Mississippi, during the 1930s alongside his older brother, Joe. Though they grew up in a close-knit
- Series: Banner Books
- Author: Campbell, Will D.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1496816307
- Language: English
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Left Handed, Son of Old Man Hat: A Navajo Autobiography
$26.95 Add to cartWith a simplicity as disarming as it is frank, Left Handed tells of his birth in the spring of 1868 “when the cottonwood leaves were about the size of [his] thumbnail,” of family chores such as guardi… [more below]
- Series: Bison Classic Editions
- Author: Left Handed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 354
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 1496205154
- Language: English
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Intensa Vida, La
$20.95 Read more- Author: Valdes, Zoe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 14 2023
- ISBN10: 8418709510
- Language: Spanish
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Run!: My Story of LGBTQ+ Political Power, Equality, and Acceptance in Silicon Valley
$28.99 Add to cartRun! tells the story of how LGBTQ+ people in San Jose/Silicon Valley progressed from being political outcasts to becoming a force that gained political power, equality, and acceptance.
Having lived an
- Author: Yeager, Ken
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 322
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1639889906
- Language: English
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Emergence: Labeled Autistic
$19.99 Add to cartA true story that is both uniquely moving and exceptionally inspiring, Emergence is the first-hand account of a courageous autistic woman who beat the odds and cured herself. As a child, Temple Grandi… [more below]
- Author: Grandin, Temple
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: September 01 1996
- ISBN10: 0446671827
- Language: English
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Black Market: An Insider’s Journey Into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball
$21.99 Read moreFrom a former college basketball player and Executive at Nike, a “riveting” (Sports Illustrated) insider’s account into the business of college basketball exposes the corrupt and racist systems that e… [more below]
- Author: Code, Merl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1335449450
- Language: English
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Cross Bronx: A Writing Life
$121.92 Add to cartIn his inimitable prose, master storyteller Peter Quinn chronicles his odyssey from the Irish Catholic precincts of the Bronx to the arena of big-league politics and corporate hardball.
Cross Bronx is- Author: Quinn, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1531500943
- Language: English
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The Leftovers: Baylor, Betrayal, and Beyond
$18.99 Add to cartAs a young boy, Matt Sayman dreamed of playing pro basketball. His family believed in his vision, even agreeing to move to Texas when one of Matt’s favorite coaches left Pennsylvania for the Lone Star… [more below]
- Author: Sayman, Matt
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1641238372
- Language: English
