Autobiographies
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Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem: A Memoir
$19.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “Dapper Dan is a legend, an icon, a beacon of inspiration to many in the Black community. His story isn’t just about fashion. It’s about tenacity, curiosity, artistry, hust… [more below]
- Author: Day, Daniel R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 07 2020
- ISBN10: 0525510532
- Language: English
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Red Roulette: An Insider’s Story of Wealth, Power, Corruption, and Vengeance in Today’s China
$30.00 Read more“THE BOOK CHINA DOESN’T WANT YOU TO READ.” –CNN
SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by THE ECONOMIST and FINANCIAL TIMES This “powerful and disturbing” (Bill Browder, author of Red Notice) New- Author: Shum, Desmond
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1982156155
- Language: English
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The Good Fight
$17.99 Add to cartThe revered civil rights activist and pioneering member of Congress chronicles her groundbreaking 1972 run for President as the first woman and person of color–a work of immense historical importance
- Author: Chisholm, Shirley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 006316082X
- Language: English
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Not Just a Tomboy: A Trans Masculine Memoir
$22.95 Read moreLONGLISTED FOR THE POLARI FIRST BOOK PRIZE 2019
‘Strong, powerful and a valuable resource’ – Fox Fisher
This is the story of one trans man’s exploration of gender identity, set against changing cultura- Author: Baldwin, Caspar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 21 2018
- ISBN10: 178592463X
- Language: English
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Chance: Escape from the Holocaust: Memories of a Refugee Childhood
$34.99 Read moreWinner of the SCBWI Golden Kite Award for Illustrated Books for Older Readers
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2020
A New York Times Best Children’s Book of 2020
Kirkus Reviews Best Books of 2020
Booklist- Author: Shulevitz, Uri
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 13 2020
- ISBN10: 0374313717
- Language: English
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From the Vilna Ghetto to Nuremberg: Memoir and Testimony
$49.93 Read moreIn 1944, the Yiddish poet Abraham Sutzkever was airlifted to Moscow from the forest where he had spent the winter among partisan fighters. There he was encouraged by Ilya Ehrenburg, the most famous So… [more below]
- Author: Sutzkever, Abraham
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: October 06 2021
- ISBN10: 0228008999
- Language: English
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Struggling to Learn: An Intimate History of School Desegregation in South Carolina
$87.07 Read moreThe battle for equality in education during the civil rights era came at a cost to Black Americans on the frontlines. In 1964 when fourteen-year-old June Manning Thomas walked into Orangeburg High Sch
- Author: Thomas, June Manning
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 31 2022
- ISBN10: 1643362593
- Language: English
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A Man of the World: My Life at National Geographic
$30.00 Read moreThe captivating inside story of the man who helmed National Geographic from the 1960s to the 1980s is a front-row seat to iconic feats of exploration, from Jane Goodall’s first assignment to the disco… [more below]
- Author: Grosvenor, Gilbert M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1426221533
- Language: English
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No One Crosses the Wolf: A Memoir
$14.95 Read moreA powerful memoir about the traumas of a perilous childhood, a shattering murder-suicide, and a healing journey from escape to survival to recovery.
Growing up, Lisa Nikolidakis tried to make sense of
- Author: Nikolidakis, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: September 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1542037700
- Language: English
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One More Lap: Jimmie Johnson and the #48
$48.00 Read moreCelebrating the astonishing career and life of American race-car driver and consecutive NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson.
In the storied history of NASCAR auto racing, American race-car drive- Author: Johnson, Jimmie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0847872017
- Language: English
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My Road from Damascus: A Memoir
$22.95 Read more“A lyrical, extremely rich narrative of loss, memory, and trauma.” — STARRED review, Kirkus Reviews
An extraordinary account of survival in Syria’s most notorious military prisons that is written w
- Author: Saeed, Jamal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1770416218
- Language: English
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A Backpack, a Bear, and Eight Crates of Vodka: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartA compelling memoir–“hilarious and heartbreaking” (The New York Times)–of two intertwined journeys: a Jewish refugee family in Ukraine fleeing persecution and a young man seeking to reclaim a shatte… [more below]
- Author: Golinkin, Lev
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 13 2015
- ISBN10: 0345806336
- Language: English
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As We Exist: A Postcolonial Autobiography
$15.99 Read moreIn this thoughtful coming-of-age memoir, a young sociologist reflects on her Moroccan immigrant parents, their journey to France, and how growing up an outsider shaped her identity.
Imbued with tender- Author: Harchi, Kaoutar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1635422841
- Language: English
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My Place in the Sun: Life in the Golden Age of Hollywood and Washington
$50.00 Read moreThis magnificent and delightful memoir brings to life a sparkling era of American history and culture.
- Series: Screen Classics
- Author: Stevens, George
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 532
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 0813195241
- Language: English
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Invisible Boy: A Memoir of Self-Discovery
$18.95 Read moreFINALIST – Governor General’s Literary Award for Nonfiction
WINNER – 2023 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writers Prizes for Nonfiction FINALIST – Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Nonfiction An unforgettable com- Series: Truth to Power
- Author: Mooney, Harrison
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 1586423460
- Language: English
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Daring to Struggle, Daring to Win: Five Decades of Resistance in Chicago’s Uptown Community
$24.95 Read moreHelen Shiller recounts her independent path of resistance: from the student anti-war movement of the 1960s to a Black Panther Party alliance to Mayor Harold Washington’s 26th vote to lonely voice agai
- Author: Shiller, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 500
- Publish Date: November 15 2022
- ISBN10: 1642598429
- Language: English
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Playing Under the Piano: From Downton to Darkest Peru
$28.99 Read moreA The Times (UK) and Sunday Times Best Book of the Year
A moving, laugh-out-loud memoir from one of today’s best-loved British actors, whose credits include Downton Abbey, Notting Hill, and Paddington- Author: Bonneville, Hugh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1635423422
- Language: English
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Finding My Virginity: The New Autobiography
$25.00 Read morePAPERBACK EDITION FULLY UPDATED WITH FOUR NEW CHAPTERS
Twenty years after his iconic memoir Losing My Virginity, the world’s ultimate entrepreneur is back with the rest of the story. Richard Branson’s- Author: Branson, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: July 10 2018
- ISBN10: 0735219605
- Language: English
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Mirrors and Other Reflections
$20.00 Add to cartMirrors is a collection of interconnected essays that recount the author’s being adopted as a young child and then spending his boyhood growing up in rural Louisiana. He writes candidly about his trou… [more below]
- Author: Armand, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 126
- Publish Date: February 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1946160962
- Language: English
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La Vergüenza
$12.95 Read moreUna escena familiar, y sus consecuencias perturbadoras, diseccionadas por la autora que ha hecho de su vida materia literaria.
En 1952, cuando Annie Ernaux tenÃa doce años, su padre quiso matar a su
- Author: Ernaux, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 6070796373
- Language: Spanish
