Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

Actors

Jeannie Out of the Bottle

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TV’s most beloved genie tells her unforgettable life story! This heartwarming New York Times bestseller takes you behind the scenes of I Dream of Jeannie, revealing the triumphs and tragedies that shaped a Hollywood icon’s rise to stardom.

Authors

Shakespeare

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Celebrate Shakespeare’s birthday month with this witty guide to the Bard of Avon! Filled with insight and charm, this lovely exploration of 16th-century England and the playwright’s life is sure to delight. “Wryly humorous” (The Times).

Bestsellers

After Long Silence

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“Triumphant” (Publishers Weekly): In her 30s, Helen Fremont made a life-altering discovery — though she was raised Catholic, her parents were Jewish Holocaust survivors living under invented names. A “brave and beautiful” story (Charles Baxter) about one woman’s journey into her family’s past.

Actors

Not My Father’s Son

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Hailed as “one of the most fun people in show business” (Time), Alan Cumming endured a troubled childhood. This stunning #1 New York Times bestseller explores his past — and the family secrets that shaped him. “Will linger inside of you long after you turn the final page” (Harlan Coben).

Actors

I’d Like to Apologize to Every Teacher I Ever Had

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A New York Times bestseller: Tony Danza, former star of Taxi and Who’s the Boss?, reflects on the year he spent as an English teacher at Philadelphia’s largest high school. “A witty, self-deprecating, and charming account… Brutally and beautifully real” (New York Times bestselling author Erin Gruwell).

Biographies and Memoirs

Waiting for Snow in Havana

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Learn the true story of one of the 14,000 children airlifted out of Cuba in 1962 — and separated from everything they knew. A National Book Award winner “bursting with wonderful details and images and populated by characters so well described that they seem to be sitting next to you on the couch” (The Washington Post).

Action and Adventure

With the Old Breed

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In this gripping memoir, a World War II veteran chronicles the brutality, horror, and heroism he witnessed while fighting in the Pacific. “A classic” (The New York Times) with over 14,000 five-star Goodreads ratings.