Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

“Perceptive, witty, and engaging” (Publishers Weekly): A celebrated journalist searches for the truth about her great-great-grandmother Julia, whose spirit is said to inhabit a hotel in Santa Fe. “Deeply compelling… The book’s unique blend of genres and its excellent writing make it hard to put down” (Booklist).

This intense and riveting memoir tells the story of The Outcasts, a group of young helicopter pilots who fought for the US in Vietnam.

This controversial New York Times bestseller follows a rogue journalist on a raucous journey to 1970s Las Vegas. “There are only two adjectives writers care about… ‘brilliant’ and ‘outrageous.’ Hunter Thompson has a freehold on both of them” (Tom Wolfe).

This New York Times bestseller from a highly acclaimed journalist pays tribute to a generation that endured the Great Depression and World War II — and shaped modern America. An “entirely compelling” read (The Wall Street Journal) “full of wonderful, wrenching tales” (Colin Powell).

Fans of Into Thin Air will be enthralled by this true story of courage and chaos atop one of the world’s tallest mountains. In 2008, eight international climbing teams ascended the peak of K2 — but a horrifying, unforeseen disaster would plunge them into a fight for their lives…

The Instant New York Times Bestseller! James is a street musician struggling to make ends meet. Bob is a stray…

From one of America’s iconic writers, a stunning book of electric honesty and passion. Joan Didion explores an intensely personal…

In this New York Times bestseller, a Pulitzer Prize–winning author paints a “profoundly gripping” portrait (Publishers Weekly starred review) of a man who found a new life in America after escaping genocide and civil war in central Africa. With over 4,500 five-star ratings on Goodreads.

A riveting true-life tale of newspaper noir and Japanese organized crime from an American investigative journalist who “pulls the curtain back…

This “superbly crafted” memoir (Kirkus Reviews) chronicles life in the shadow of a secret nuclear weapons plant and reveals the area’s devastating impact on unsuspecting locals. “Essential and unforgettable” (Rebecca Skloot, author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks).