Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

Award-winning actress and director Sally Field survived a turbulent childhood and went on to become a Hollywood icon. In this gripping and poignant memoir, she reflects on her struggles during adolescence, her decades-spanning career, and her path to motherhood.

A stunning, inspiring memoir: After her sister’s accidental death, a woman began a decades-long quest for peace — by offering a loving home to hospice babies for their short time on Earth.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The gripping story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos—one of the biggest corporate frauds in history—a tale of ambition…

This “searing, swiftly paced” memoir (The Wall Street Journal) documents Masaji Ishikawa’s 36 difficult years in totalitarian North Korea — before he was finally able to escape. “Shocking and devastating” (Kirkus Reviews), with over 17,500 five-star Goodreads ratings.

The shocking true story of international intrigue –“a highly detailed, engrossing work” (Kirkus Reviews)–involving the 1993 murder of CIA officer…

“Inspiring, tragic, and at times heart-rendingly funny.” –People Unsentimental, unexpectedly funny, and incredibly honest, Tragedy Plus Time is a love…

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, this read follows Derek Black, the godson of David Duke, as he slowly began to reexamine everything he’d been taught — and confronted his past and his family. “Conveys that during this period of deepening racial division, there is the possibility of redemption” (The Washington Post).

FROM ONE OF TODAY’S FOREMOST INNOVATION LEADERS, AN INSPIRING, PERSONAL APPROACH TO MASTERING CHANGE IN THE FACE OF UNCERTAINTY.NAMED A…

In this “funny, fierce, and bold” compilation of essays (Kirkus Reviews), Michael Arceneaux reflects on love, race, and identity — from coming out to his mother to struggling with intimacy. “Outstanding… A must-read collection from a rising, unforgettable voice” (Roxane Gay).

In this “riveting, courageous memoir” that “ought to be mandatory reading for every American” (Michelle Alexander, New York Times bestselling author of The New Jim Crow), a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist reflects on his experiences as an undocumented immigrant in the US. “Couldn’t be more timely and more necessary” (Dave Eggers).