Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

Ellen Degeneres’ winning, upbeat candor has made her show one of the most popular, resilient and honored daytime shows on…

From the New York Times bestselling author of Nickel and Dimed comes a brave, frank, and exquisitely written memoir that…

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4000 hours in space. During this…

From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six…

In this “chuckle-worthy” read (Booklist), Michael Tonello recounts his rollicking adventures as a veritable treasure hunter for fabulously wealthy clients seeking luxury handbags. “A funny, whip-smart memoir” (Publishers Weekly starred review) with over 900 five-star Goodreads ratings!

In this deeply personal New York Times bestseller, Frank Sinatra’s late wife takes readers behind the scenes of her life and romance with the legendary singer. “An insider glimpse into a bygone era” (Booklist).

From a New York Times bestselling author and beloved comedian: Erma Bombeck delivers a collection of utterly hilarious books that captures her unique blend of nostalgia and pithy wisdom on motherhood, marriage, and modern life.

After losing vital supplies in an accident, explorer Douglas Mawson waged a harrowing battle for survival deep in the polar wilderness. This “intense and thrilling epic… earns for Mawson and his team a well-deserved place of honor in the so-called heroic age of Antarctic exploration” (Booklist).

A New York Times bestseller: In 1960, Howard Dully underwent a horrific brain surgery at age 12 — and spent the next four decades trying to understand why. A “plainspoken, heart-wrenching memoir” (The Mercury News) with over 2,400 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

This powerful memoir illuminates one soldier’s moments of bravery, fear, and loss during World War II. “Beautifully written… Perfectly evokes life and battle in a parachute infantry company” (The Washington Post).