Autobiographies
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The Death of Tony: On Belonging in Two Worlds
$21.95 Read moreA delightful and evocative memoir by Leacock Medal nominee Antanas Sileika.
The acclaimed novelist who wrote this book wasn’t always Antanas. Growing up in the immigrant hub of Weston, Ontario–with a
- Author: Sileika, Antanas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: March 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1738993345
- Language: English
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On Gold Hill: A Personal History of Wheat, Farming, and Family, from Punjab to California
$28.95 Read moreA young South Asian American woman’s story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming
In 2012, 25-year-old Jackie Moyer–the daughter of a forbidden marriage b- Author: Moyer, Jaclyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 26 2024
- ISBN10: 0807045306
- Language: English
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Hit So Hard: A Memoir
$37.00 Add to cartA stunningly candid portrait of the Seattle grunge scene of the ’90s and a memoir of an addict during the last great era of rock ‘n’ roll excess, by Hole drummer Patty Schemel
Patty Schemel’s story b- Author: Schemel, Patty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 31 2017
- ISBN10: 0306825074
- Language: English
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The Autistic Author and Animator: A mother’s view of a daughter’s triumph
$19.95 Add to cartJanet Walmsley’s daughter Jenny, diagnosed with autism, faced many challenges on the way to reaching her dream of becoming a professional animator and published author. This heartfelt story relays the
- Author: Walmsley, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 11 2016
- ISBN10: 0995311102
- Language: English
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The Mauritanian (Originally Published as Guantánamo Diary)
$18.99 Add to cartThis “profound and disturbing” (New York Times Book Review) bestseller written by a Guantánamo prisoner is now a major feature film starring Tahar Rahim and Jodie Foster.
When The Mauritanian was fir- Author: Slahi, Mohamedou Ould
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0316282545
- Language: English
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Don’t Forget Us Here: Lost and Found at Guantanamo
$29.00 Read more“Amazing book! And will be an eye-opener for many.” -Margaret Atwood
This moving, eye-opening memoir of an innocent man detained at Guant?amo Bay for fifteen years tells a story of humanity in the unl
- Author: Adayfi, Mansoor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0306923866
- Language: English
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Diary of a Young Naturalist
$25.00 Read moreA BuzzFeed “Best Book of June 2021”
From sixteen-year-old Dara McAnulty, a globally renowned figure in the youth climate activist movement, comes a memoir about loving the natural world and fighting to
- Author: McAnulty, Dara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1571311807
- Language: English
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Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai and Misspent Youth
$28.99 Add to cartBorn the son of Scotland’s last telescope-maker, Stuart Braithwaite was perhaps always destined for a life of psychedelic adventuring on the furthest frontiers of noise in MOGWAI, one of the best love
- Author: Braithwaite, Stuart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 147462412X
- Language: English
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Just Pursuit: A Black Prosecutor’s Fight for Fairness
$17.99 Add to cartThis instant New York Times bestseller offers “a firsthand, eye-opening story of a prosecutor that exposes the devastating criminal punishment system” (Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning auth… [more below]
- Author: Coates, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1982173777
- Language: English
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If at Birth You Don’t Succeed: My Adventures with Disaster and Destiny
$18.99 Add to cart“Hilarious and inspiring, Anner has made a life filled with fans, love, and Internet fame–reminding us that disability is no match for dreams.”–People (Book of the Week)
“Zach Anner is way more than- Author: Anner, Zach
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 1250116546
- Language: English
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Once I Was You — Adapted for Young Readers: Finding My Voice and Passing the MIC
$8.99 Read more“When Maria speaks, I’m ready to listen and learn.” –Lin-Manuel Miranda
Emmy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Maria Hinojosa has created a brand-new, unique version of her adult memoir, w- Author: Hinojosa, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1665902817
- Language: English
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Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen
$19.00 Add to cartA raw and masterful memoir about becoming a woman and going mad–and doing both at once.
When Suzanne Scanlon was a student at Barnard in the 90s, grieving the loss of her mother–feeling untethered … [more below]- Author: Scanlon, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 0593469100
- Language: English
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The Girl from Aleppo: Nujeen’s Escape from War to Freedom
$18.99 Add to cartPrize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, now tells the inspiring true story of another remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teena
- Author: Mustafa, Nujeen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0062567748
- Language: English
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The First 21: How I Became Nikki Sixx
$18.99 Read more**New York Times Bestseller**
Rock-and-roll icon and three-time bestselling author Nikki Sixx tells his origin story: how Frank Feranna became Nikki Sixx, chronicling his fascinating journey from irre- Author: Sixx, Nikki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 0306923718
- Language: English
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Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety: My Journey Through Depression, Bulimia, and Addiction
$12.99 Add to cartIn Pork Belly Tacos with a Side of Anxiety, Yvonne Castada shares vibrant stories of her childhood growing up in Miami as the daughter of humble immigrants from Mexico and Cuba . . . and how she ca
- Author: Castañeda, Yvonne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1595801081
- Language: English
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A Factotum in the Book Trade
$18.95 Add to cartThe bookshop is, and will always be, the soul of the trade. What happens there does not happen elsewhere. The multifariousness of human nature is more on show there than anywhere else, and I think it’
- Author: Kociejowski, Marius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1771964561
- Language: English
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The Breaks
$16.95 Read moreA profound meditation on race, inheritance, and queer mothering at the end of the world.
In a letter to her six-year-old daughter, Julietta Singh writes toward a tender vision of the world, offering c
- Author: Singh, Julietta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1566896169
- Language: English
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Double Talkin’ Jive: True Rock ‘n’ Roll Stories from the Drummer of Guns N’ Roses, the Cult, and Velvet Revolver
$26.00 Read moreIn Double Talkin’ Jive legendary drummer Matt Sorum takes music lovers behind the scenes of a remarkable life in rock. Sorum, whose albums have sold tens of millions of copies around the world, provid… [more below]
- Author: Sorum, Matt
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 10 2022
- ISBN10: 1644282216
- Language: English
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Trout Water: A Year on the Au Sable
$24.99 Read more“Josh Greenberg is my kind of nature writer.”–The Wall Street Journal
It’s the beginning of trout fishing season, and Josh Greenberg — proprietor of one of the nation’s most famous fishing outfitter- Author: Greenberg, Josh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1612199011
- Language: English
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A Fish Has No Word For Water: A punk homeless San Francisco memoir
$21.95 Add to cartWINNER: 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards GOLD
FINALIST: 2023 National Indie Excellence Awards
“In the superb A Fish Has No Word For Water, her highly readable memoir, Blue plunges readers into a l
- Author: Blue, Violet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 390
- Publish Date: January 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0986226696
- Language: English
