Browsing: Memoirs

With his brown lab, Reba, by his side, game warden and K-9 handler Roger Guay has taken on many intense missions, from chilling crime scenes to vanished hikers. This riveting memoir recounts his experiences in the woods of Maine and beyond.

The first book from Ruth Bader Ginsburg since becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993–a witty, engaging, serious, and playful…

“Soul-nourishing” (USA Today): Before hosting The Daily Show, Trevor Noah spent his childhood in apartheid-era South Africa as the son of a punishable union between a white father and a black mother. A New York Times bestseller hailed as “compelling… alarming, sad, and funny” (The New York Times).

With six failures so far, and six more properties to see, Beth, her irascible husband, Jack, and their two fat…

Carol Burnett’s Emmy Award–winning show delighted millions of viewers with its off-the-wall brand of humor. This New York Times bestselling look behind the scenes “captures the excitement of being there once again” (The Washington Post).

In this moving memoir, Tia Torres — star of the hit show Pit Bulls & Parolees — recounts her life through stories of the dogs that defined it. “Fans of her show as well as animal lovers in general will enjoy these warmhearted recollections” (Booklist).

Linda Thompson shares her journey from pageant queen to Academy Award–nominated songwriter — and opens up about her turbulent romance with Elvis Presley — in this New York Times bestselling autobiography. “Linda Thompson has had quite a life, and she’s quite a woman” (Tony Danza).

Young Hanna fled East Germany for the United States — but her family remained trapped behind the Iron Curtain. Decades later, her daughter would cross the Berlin Wall as a Cold War intelligence officer for the US Army. A “poignant and engrossing” intergenerational memoir (Kirkus Reviews).

In this “powerful, provocative, and universally lauded” NPR Best Book of 2018 (Entertainment Weekly), Kiese Laymon lays bare his experience growing up Black in Mississippi. “You won’t be able to put [this memoir] down” (The Atlantic).

When New York Times bestselling author Tom Ryan adopted a deaf, nearly blind, and fearful elderly dog, he didn’t anticipate the challenge that lay ahead. But with patience and perseverance, the two would help each other thrive. An uplifting memoir with nearly 700 five-star ratings on Goodreads.