Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

Advice and How-To

Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

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“Daring, delightful, and transformative” (Ariana Huffington): A therapist offers a behind-the-scenes look at her work — and reflects on her own journey to seek help after an unexpected crisis upended her life. “Wise, warm, smart, and funny. You must read this book” (New York Times bestselling author Susan Cain).

Biographies and Memoirs

An American Princess

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Follow the life of socialite Allene Tew, whose indomitable spirit carried her through her pioneer beginnings, the turbulent Gilded Age, the Great Depression, and becoming a member of the European aristocracy. “Light and gracefully written, it dances through a century of history” (Hilary Mantel).

Bestsellers

Educated

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A #1 New York Times bestseller with over 586,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: As the child of survivalist, fundamentalist parents, Tara Westover wasn’t allowed to go to school. In this “extraordinary” memoir (The Globe and Mail), she chronicles how she defied her family in her quest to obtain an education.

Biographies and Memoirs

Hell’s Princess

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With over 1,700 five-star Goodreads ratings: Between 1902 and 1908, Belle Gunness killed as many as 40 people on her farm. This “deeply researched and morbidly fascinating chronicle” (The New York Times Book Review) recounts her crimes in “riveting and thorough detail” (Publishers Weekly).