Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

An inspiring story about what happens when 3,500 acres of land, farmed for centuries, is left to return to the…

Meet the women writers who defied convention to craft some of literature’s strangest tales, from Frankenstein to The Haunting of Hill House and beyond. Frankenstein was just…

2020 Chautauqua Prize Finalist2020 NAACP Image Award Nominee – Outstanding Literary Work (Nonfiction)Best-of Lists: Best Nonfiction Books of 2019 (Kirkus…

After inheriting his parents’ run-down hotel, John Searancke reluctantly became a hotelkeeper. But with hard work and a few challenging decades, he would transform the place into a top destination — and fall in love with the beautiful country house. A charming memoir!

“Prepare to laugh when reading this memoir. Just when Celeste has you in stitches, she hits you right in the heart” (Reese Witherspoon). Actor and comedian Celeste Barber dishes out stories on marriage and motherhood — and why checking the bathtub for sharks is a must.

From the acclaimed author of The Things They Carried: Vietnam veteran Tim O’Brien reflects on his time in the army and the challenges of fatherhood in this moving memoir. “Fans of parenting books, memoirs, and stories of Vietnam War veterans will find enjoyment in these heartfelt words” (Library Journal).

For fans of The Glass Castle: At 14, Adrienne Brodeur learned about her mother’s affair with her father’s best friend. In this moving memoir, she examines this event — and how it changed the course of her life. “Shocking, poignant, unputdownable” (People).

When Vernon leaves London for Barcelona speaking only a few words of Spanish, little does he imagine how events will…

Small Town Kid is the experience of regional life as a child, in an insular town during the late 1960s…

From the bestselling author of “Away From Here” and “The Me That I Became” comes an MC standalone in the…