Autobiography
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Wonderland Avenue
$17.99 Read moreAt the age of thirteen, Danny Sugerman- the already wayward product of Beverley Hills wealth and privilege- went to his first Doors concert. He never looked back. He became Jim Morrison’s prot?g? and-
- Author: Sugerman, Danny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 12 1993
- ISBN10: 0349101752
- Language: English
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The Art of Time in Memoir: Then, Again
$15.00 Read moreThe Art Of series is a new line of books reinvigorating the practice of craft and criticism. Each book will be a brief, witty, and useful exploration of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry by a writer impa
- Series: Art of
- Author: Birkerts, Sven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: December 26 2007
- ISBN10: 1555974899
- Language: English
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Watching for Dragonflies: A Caregiver’s Transformative Journey
$17.95 Read more2023 Living Now Book Awards Bronze Medal Winner for Mature Living/Caregiving
“I found it unique and inspiring that the couple worked hard to keep their love alive and their sex life active while facin- Author: Marriott, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1647424364
- Language: English
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The Sun Does Shine: An Innocent Man, a Wrongful Conviction, and the Long Path to Justice
$19.99 Read moreA Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year
The Sun Does Shine is an extraordinary testament to the power of hope sustained through the darkest times, now adapted for younger readers, with a revise- Author: Hinton, Anthony Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 14 2022
- ISBN10: 1250817366
- Language: English
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The Brothers
$24.99 Add to cartBorn to a music-loving family, the Neville brothers grew up immersed in the sounds and culture of New Orleans, and the blended rhythms of the city are reflected in their wide range of musical styles. … [more below]
- Series: Autobiography
- Author: Ritz, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 15 2001
- ISBN10: 0306810530
- Language: English
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Not Quite What I Was Planning: Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure
$17.99 Add to cartDeceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity–six words at a time.
One Life. Six Words. What’s Yours?
When Hemingway famously wrote, “F
- Author: Smith, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 05 2008
- ISBN10: 0061374059
- Language: English
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Inventing the Truth: The Art and Craft of Memoir
$18.99 Add to cartFor anyone who enjoys reading memoirs–or is thinking about writing one–this collection offers a master class from nine distinguished authors, including Annie Dillard, Frank McCourt, and others.
The … [more below]
- Author: Baker, Russell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 20 1998
- ISBN10: 0395901502
- 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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Althea Gibson: I Always Wanted to Be Somebody
$19.95 Add to cartI Always Wanted To Be Somebody is the intimate and candid story of a girl who grew up in the asphalt environs of Harlem, skipping school, drinking hard liquor, stealing and fist-fighting, but went on … [more below]
- Author: Gibson, Althea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1937559971
- Language: English
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Stranger’s Journey: Race, Identity, and Narrative Craft in Writing
$32.95 Add to cartLong recognized as a master teacher at writing programs like VONA, the Loft, and the Stonecoast MFA, with A Stranger’s Journey, David Mura has written a book on creative writing that addresses our inc
- Author: Mura, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0820353469
- Language: English
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I Could Tell You Stories
$21.99 Add to cartIn this timely gathering, Patricia Hampl, one of our most elegant practitioners, “weaves personal stories and grand ideas into shimmering bolts of prose” (Minneapolis Star Tribune) as she explores the… [more below]
- Author: Hampl, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: April 18 2013
- ISBN10: 0393320316
- Language: English
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Dalkey Days: A Memoir
$14.00 Read moreLiterary critic Steven Moore was an editor at Dalkey Archive Press during its early years (1988-1996) when it grew from a one-man operation to one of the most respected small presses in America. In pa… [more below]
- Author: Moore, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 1953409121
- Language: English
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Bravey (Adapted for Young Readers): Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas
$8.99 Add to cartAlexi Pappas is not only an Olympic runner, actress, filmmaker, she is a writer whose heartwarming and life-affirming memoir will inspire young readers, as she shares the touchstone moments in her lif… [more below]
- Author: Pappas, Alexi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0593562771
- Language: English
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Guantánamo Diary: Restored Edition
$21.99 Add to cartAn unprecedented international publishing event: the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantanamo detainee.
Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Gu- Author: Slahi, Mohamedou Ould
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 316517887
- Language: English
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Flat Broke with Two Goats: A Memoir
$19.99 Add to cartWhen life gets your goat, bring in the herd
Jennifer McGaha never expected to own a goat named Merle. Or to be setting Merle up on dates and naming his doeling Merlene. She didn’t expect to be buying o
- Author: McGaha, Jennifer
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 23, 2018
- ISBN10: 1492655384
- Language: English
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The Diary of St. Gemma
$15.95 Add to cartFrom 1899 until her death in 1903, the young Italian woman St. Gemma Galgani physically experienced the wounds of Christ every Thursday evening. The stigmata would appear and bleed on her hands, feet,
- Author: Galgani, St Gemma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1644137100
- Language: English
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Moominpappa’s Memoirs
$9.99 Add to cartEnhanced with Tove Jansson’s simple, sprightly drawings, this series of delightful stories about life in Moomin Valley has enchanted audiences around the world for more than 70 years.
Before he had- Series: Moomintrolls (Paperback) #3
- Author: Jansson, Tove
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 27, 2010
- ISBN10: 031262543X
- Language: English
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We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing
$17.99 Read moreWhen we need help, we count on doctors to put us back together. But what happens when doctors fall apart?
Jillian Horton, a general internist, has no idea what to expect during her five-day retreat at
- Author: Horton, Jillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1443461660
- Language: English
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The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas
$19.00 Add to cart“One of the wittiest, most playful, and . . . most alive and ageless books ever written.” –Dave Eggers, The New Yorker
A revelatory new translation of the playful, incomparable masterpiece of one of- Author: Machado De Assis, Joaquim Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: June 02, 2020
- ISBN10: 0143135031
- Language: English
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Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
$18.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – From the world’s leading forest ecologist who forever changed how people view trees and their connections to one another and to other living things in the forest–a moving… [more below]
- Author: Simard, Suzanne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 21 2022
- ISBN10: 052556599X
- Language: English
