Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

In this “riveting” #1 New York Times bestseller (The Wall Street Journal), a Marine vet describes his Rust Belt upbringing — and how he overcame his family’s legacy of poverty and trauma. “Unerringly forthright, remarkably insightful, and refreshingly focused… The cry of a community in crisis” (Booklist).

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Nathaniel Philbrick is a masterly storyteller. Here he seeks to elevate the naval battles between the French and…

What happens when humanitarian projects run out of cash? This incisive account by a former aid worker examines three sites of recent crises — Iraq, East Timor, and South Sudan — and looks at the impact of foreign intervention.

Susan Shumsky is a successful author in the human potential field. But in the 1970s, in India, the Swiss Alps,…

Toni Home Perm, Flexible Flyer Snow Sled, Hula Hoop, Mercurochrome, Fishnet Stockings, Beatles, Mohair, Go-Go Boots, Aluminum Christmas Tree…and, the…

She came to China with a lesson plan. What she found was a new sense of purpose.Amy Young traveled to…

When it was over, there were a lot of questions.The detectives were embarrassed but they still wanted answered, “How did…

“This is history told the old-fashioned way. The book is only as long as it needs to be, the adroit…

An Unexplained Death is an obsessive investigation into a mysterious death at the Belvedere–a once-grand hotel–and a poignant, gripping meditation…

“It might be the most important book about being a parent that you will ever read.” –Emily Rapp Black, New…