Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

“A wonderful coming-of-age story that will resonate” (Mia Farrow). Follow a young woman as she gets a crash course in the harsh realities of humanitarian work in this “enlightening [and] eye-opening” memoir (Associated Press).

“A balanced first-person report from the greatest generation” (Publishers Weekly): In 1945, a Pennsylvania teenager becomes a tank gunner on the German front in this “spare, honest memoir” (Booklist) that pays tribute to heroism while dispelling illusions of battlefield glory.

This New York Times Notable Book paints a vivid portrait of Jane Franklin — who suffered hardship while her brother Benjamin Franklin rose to fame. “As Lepore sheds light on this one, unsung life, she brilliantly illuminates an entire era” (Pulitzer Prize–winning author Geraldine Brooks).

A book for finding purpose and strength in times of great despair, the international best-seller is still just as relevant…

“Morbid and illuminating” (Entertainment Weekly): A young mortician shares her own unlikely journey as she explores the history of undertaking. With over 12,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads, this New York Times bestseller “will make you reconsider how our culture treats the dead” (San Francisco Chronicle).

“So where do we start? I remember when we did The Dirt, the Mötley Crüe book, I was interviewed at…

This “engrossing and moving” history (Booklist) tells the stories of the immigrants who became US soldiers in World War I. “A riveting remembrance of the Great War by a master writer… Deeply compelling” (#1 New York Times bestselling author Douglas Brinkley).

Betrayed by her own family and facing the threat of an honor killing, Hannah Shah set out to find a life of freedom and let go of fear. “A riveting story from an inspiring woman” (New York Times bestselling author Rob Bell).

After their daughter’s unexpected death, Roger Rosenblatt and his wife moved in with their son-in-law to help him raise his three young children. “Sad but somehow triumphant, this memoir is a celebration of family” (O, The Oprah Magazine).

This “fine effort to demystify a legendary episode in the history of the American West” (Booklist) follows Pat Garrett’s hunt for Billy the Kid. “So richly detailed, you can almost smell the gunsmoke and the sweat of the saddles” (New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides).