Browsing: Biographies and Memoirs

When Matt Westbrook’s three children disappear, the kidnapper issues a shocking offer: He can trade his wife for his children. Matt has hours to make an impossible choice… A USA Today bestselling author delivers a “relentlessly fast-paced” read (John Marrs, bestselling author of The One).

In this “exemplary, inviting” account (Kirkus Reviews), a food historian traces African American cooking and its influence on the US through his own family’s experiences. “A valuable addition to culinary and Old South historiography” (Library Journal starred review), with over 900 five-star Goodreads ratings.

Nazi Wives is a fascinating look at the personal lives, psychological profiles, and marriages of the wives of officers in…

Winner of the 2021 Rachel Carson Environmental Book AwardWinner of the 2021 Maine Literary Award for NonfictionFinalist for the 2020…

The riveting true story of the rise and fall of Murder, Inc. and the executioner-turned-informant whose mysterious death became a…

After a contestant wrote “We love you, Alex ” as his Final Jeopardy answer, fans around the world quickly chimed…

In only 90 seconds, a fire in the Station nightclub killed 100 people and injured hundreds more. It would take…

What were the educational backgrounds of the Founding Fathers? A Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist explores the Greek and Roman classics that shaped the nation in this New York Times bestseller. “Immersive and enlightening… A valuable take on American history” (Publishers Weekly starred review).

George Takei has captured hearts and minds worldwide with his captivating stage presence and outspoken commitment to equal rights. But…

Invalid teenager Leroy Wiley Gresham left a seven-volume diary spanning the years of secession and the Civil War (1860-1865). He…