Biography, Autobiography & Memoir

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Edward Wong, a diplomatic correspondent for the New York Times, has written a hybrid book that combines family history, a wider examination of China through the ages, snippets of reportage

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“an exceptional account of the impact of trauma, the struggle for healing, and the very real chance to find freedom.”

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“an exciting, disturbing portrait of Hollywood’s cultural power during its heyday.” 

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Tiger, Tiger is not the first, nor will it most likely be the last, attempt to write the definitive biography of Tiger Woods, arguably the greatest golfer in the history of the game.

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“Muir’s ideas on race and religion . . . were far from remarkable and very much congruous with contemporaneous ideological hegemony. What stands out . . .

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Music industry executive and cultural ambassador David Junk, and veteran music journalist Fred Bronson, have combined their talents to write a fast-moving, information-rich narrative about the inte

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“a story of astonishing self-indulgence and greed by France’s tiny, privileged nobility at the expense of the subjects of the realm.”

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“a genre-expanding noir memoir-detective story, full of drama, intrigue, bizarre characters, even more bizarre behavior, and unexpected twists.”

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This magisterial biography rightly places John Quincy Adams at the forefront of great American statesmen.”

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“Night Flyer reminds readers that even the most unlikely of persons can impact their worlds, for good or evil.

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“Paul McCartney, put it well. He said she had ‘the best female voice in the world, melodic, tuneful, distinctive.’”

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As much as 76-year-old Francine Prose is saying, there always seems to be so much more she is not telling us.

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"Avid fans will delight in recognizing where certain elements in the Snicket list originated."

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Sebastian Junger’s journey through the murky labyrinth of the near-death experience begins with an eerie series of events, if not premonitions, as if he was preparing for his death while fighting f

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Clausewitz’s quote—"War is not a mere act of policy but a true political instrument, a continuation of political activity by other means”—is certainly true in the 21st century, and nowhere truer th

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This is, depending on how you look at the oeuvre, Patti Davis’ fifth book about her parents, the Reagans, though you only learn about one of the others from the “Also by Patti Dav

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Between Two Trailers will keep you reading, just as Hillbilly Elegy and The Glass Castle did. The author has quite the story to tell . . .”

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“Today, we require individuals with strength of spirit over the banality of evil, bravery over the malicious, and empathy for victims of hatred and lies.

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Many people may have read the articles, tweets, or even previous books of New York Times journalist Nicholas D Kristof but Chasing Hope is his first autobiography.

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The fathers and mothers who came home from World War II suffered from some reentry problems (see the 1946 film The Best Years of Our Lives) but for the most part these members of the Great

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“a thorough and candid assessment of a great actor’s life and enduring influence.”

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“FDR, as Gerhardt shows, was certainly one of the most consequential presidents in our nation’s history, but consequential and greatness are not the same thing.”

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Do Beatles fans really want to revisit this painful, bitter, divisive time in the life of the band who otherwise gave the world so much joy?”

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