Autobiographies
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An Unplanned Life: A Memoir
$33.82 Read moreA major autobiography of a remarkable life that broke down racial barriers, transformed institutions, and energized the struggle for justice, by the former president of the Ford Foundation
“Frank has- Author: Thomas, Franklin A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 1620977575
- Language: English
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Everything in Its Place: First Loves and Last Tales
$18.00 Add to cartFrom the legendary author of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat a volume of essays on everything from primordial life and the mysteries of the brain to the ancient ginkgo and the power of the writ… [more below]
- Author: Sacks, Oliver
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1101972327
- Language: English
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A Refugee’s American Dream: From the Killing Fields of Cambodia to the U.S. Secret Service
$30.00 Read more“I saw many killed. I almost starved. But I escaped to refugee camps in Thailand and eventually made it to the U.S.” Thus begins Leth Oun’s poignant and vivid memoir. A survivor of the Cambodian Killi
- Author: Oun, Leth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: February 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1439923361
- Language: English
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Uncle Rico’s Encore: Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle
$24.95 Read moreFrom the 1950s through the 1970s, blue-collar Filipino Americans, or Pinoys, lived a hardscrabble existence. Immigrant parents endured blatant racism, sporadic violence, and poverty while their US-bor
- Author: Bacho, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0295749776
- Language: English
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Warrior: My Path to Being Brave
$28.00 Read moreLisa Guerrero chronicles her iconic career–from dealing with harassment as a sports broadcaster to chasing “bad guys” for Inside Edition–and proves that through small, daily acts, bravery is a muscl… [more below]
- Author: Guerrero, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: January 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0306829495
- Language: English
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This Is Not a T-Shirt: A Brand, a Culture, a Community–A Life in Streetwear
$28.00 Read moreThe story of The Hundreds and the precepts that made it an iconic streetwear brand by Bobby Hundreds himself
Streetwear occupies that rarefied space where genuine “cool” coexists with big business; wh- Author: Hundreds, Bobby
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 25 2019
- ISBN10: 0374275793
- Language: English
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Dreamseller: An Addiction Memoir
$17.95 Add to cart“Skate, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll “–Kat Von D, LA Ink
Skateboarder and Jackass star Brandon Novak comes clean about his crazy rise to fame, tailspin into addiction, and other death
Forward by Tony Hawk- Author: Novak, Brandon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 28 2017
- ISBN10: 0806538287
- Language: English
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Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised: A Memoir of Survival and Hope
$19.00 Add to cartFrom iconic NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony comes a New York Times bestselling memoir about growing up in the housing projects of Red Hook and Baltimore–a brutal world Where Tomorrows Aren’t Promised.
F- Author: Anthony, Carmelo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1982160608
- Language: English
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Lebron: Life Lessons from the King
$19.99 Read moreA biographical account featuring the secrets to success from one of the greatest basketball players of all time: LeBron James
“Nothing is given. Everything is earned.” His power, speed, and killer in- Author: Boone, Brian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 06 2022
- ISBN10: 1250282152
- Language: English
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Archive Activism: Memoir of a “Uniquely Nasty” Journey
$34.95 Read moreArchive Activism is a memoir of activism rooted in a new way to converse with history–by rescuing it. Archive activists discover documents and other important materials often classified, “gone missin… [more below]
- Author: Francis, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 27 2023
- ISBN10: 1574419080
- Language: English
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Dancing Into the Light: An Arab American Girlhood in the Middle East
$17.95 Add to cartThis cross-cultural, Arab/American story-an optimistic tale of joy, renewal, and the power of love, music, and dance–explores how a young girl growing up in Tehran and Kuwait experiences the loss of … [more below]
- Author: Abdul-Baki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1647425379
- Language: English
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Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography
$28.00 Read moreInstant National Bestseller
The long-awaited autobiography by one of heavy metal’s most revered icons, treasured vocalists, and front man for three legendary bands–Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio. Pr- Author: Dio, Ronnie James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1642939749
- Language: English
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My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family
$26.00 Read more“Nabil traces the image of his father through song. With growing fascination and heartbreak, he draws out meaning from the shadow of absence, and ultimately redefines what it means to be a family.” – … [more below]
- Author: Ayers, Nabil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 059329596X
- Language: English
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Troublemaker: A Memoir of Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn’t See Coming
$30.00 Read moreLisa Cornwell never shied away from standing up to bullies.
When she was a freshman in college, she saw a man hit a woman in the face with a closed fist while a paralyzed crowd stood by and watched.- Author: Cornwell, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1637272561
- Language: English
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Everyone Against Us: Public Defenders and the Making of American Justice
$25.00 Read moreA former public defender testifies to the vivid human suffering at the heart of America’s criminal justice system.
As a public defender, Allen Goodman faced cross-examination from family and friend… [more below]- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Goodman, Allen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0226826236
- Language: English
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Bang Bang Crash
$16.95 Read moreA rock and roll drummer abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for a… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Nic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1640094407
- Language: English
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Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
$18.95 Read moreDepression is a havoc-wreaking illness that masquerades as personal failing and hijacks your life. After a major suicide attempt in her early twenties, Anna Mehler Paperny resolved to put her reporter… [more below]
- Author: Mehler Paperny, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1615194924
- Language: English
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They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood
$17.95 Read more“An inherently compelling memoir . . . A simply fascinating and ultimately inspiring story.” —Midwest Book Review
“Rodgers pulls no punches in this raw, emotional rags-to-riches memoir.” —Publishers
- Author: Rodgers, Sugar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1617759295
- Language: English
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Beautiful Country: A Memoir
$28.95 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world–an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent – A TODAY SHOW #REA… [more below]
- Author: Wang, Qian Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0385547218
- Language: English
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The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us
$20.00 Read more“An eye-opening and enchanting book by one of our major scientist-explorers.” –Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper’s Wife
Nicknamed the “Real-Life Lorax” by National Geographic, the biologist, bo- Author: Lowman, Meg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1250849187
- Language: English
