Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

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“It didn’t help Tippi Hendren’s career that the actress told him what she thought of him: You’re a fat pig.”

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“This book will appeal to film and television enthusiasts of all ages, provide a deep dive for film buffs and an entertaining revelation for others merely interested in movies as entertainm

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Whether you are a vegan or you love beef—whether you grew up on a farm or have never stepped in manure—if you care about land, air, and water quality, humane treatment of animals, thriving rural co

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“Nguyen is an intriguing, inventive, and perceptive writer and his mesmerizing memoir takes hold of us . . .”

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"‘Some girls fancy sailors, others fancy soldiers. But you, my dear, are a fag hag!’"

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"Ashes and Stones is an adventure in the form of a tour of the places and people the author encountered in a search for the stories of Scotland’s people condemned as witches.”

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provides a unique and valuable contribution to the history of the many ways our nation and its people have mistreated Native Americans.”

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“Tyrrell’s memoir is both a fascinating insider’s account of the modern American conservative literary and political movement, and an insightful assessment of the evolution of American poli

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If you’re of a certain age, you’ll no doubt remember that iconic line from the book and film Love Story when Ali MacGraw, through tears, tells Ryan O’Neill “Love means never having to say

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At the age of five, a lonely boy named Elon Musk (b. 1971) decided to walk on his own to his cousin’s birthday party.

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“Gray’s most important accomplishment is to show that Jennie Churchill and Sara Roosevelt were far more than just mothers of history-making sons.”

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“Nancherla offers a thoughtful and interesting peek behind the scenes at someone with a successful comedy career.

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In her introduction to this memoir, Donna Leon confesses, “I have never planned more than the first step in anything I’ve done.” Perhaps that is why Wandering through Life is a series of s

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Leading Lady is a breezy chronicle of Busch’s life and career, interspersed with anecdotes about his encounters with divas of the stage and screen.”

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"Anyone interested in culture, history, and simply a rollicking good story, will find much to savor in these pages."

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Everyone knows the music of Elton John. But some may not know that Elton never writes any lyrics.

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Annie Ernaux, the 2022 Nobel Prize-winning writer, was a single woman in her fifties when she began an affair with a university student 30 years her junior who had written asking to meet her.

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“offers readers a deeply affecting, lyrical and often profound journey into the experience of love and loss.”

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“a worthy part of any Beatles’ fans collection.”

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“A fussy old queen asks the ladies whom he’s invited to tea and elderberry wine, ‘What have I got to hide?’ to which Miss Marple in her delicious English ignorance says, ‘I’m sure I wouldn’

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Places We Left Behind is almost a choose your own adventure scenario: While living in a foreign country, you meet someone who qualifies as the man of your dreams, except for two potential

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Can we recover our lost enchantment with the natural world before it turns on us?”

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“Kissinger’s first book on family, mental illness, and recovery catapults her into the pantheon of modern, nonfiction writers who dare to feel, think, and unabashedly portray the agony of m

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“By quoting contemporary letters and histories, Arman brings this woman and her world vividly to life.

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