Browsing: Memoirs

In an illuminating memoir, a diagnosed sociopath shares the challenges and advantages of living without conventional emotions. This “gripping and important book” (The New York Times) challenges stigmas and provides “a critical addition to narratives of mental illness” (Publishers Weekly).

“I’m a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have…

A New York Times bestseller: After Mark Bittner moved to San Francisco’s storied Telegraph Hill, his life changed when he befriended a group of wild parrots who also called his neighborhood home. “Charming… A pleasure and an education” (Kirkus Reviews).

A #1 New York Times bestseller with over 1,800 five-star ratings on Goodreads: In 2002, pregnant Laci Rocha Peterson was murdered by her husband. In this gripping and moving read, Laci’s mother details her daughter’s life, the crime, and the sensational trial that followed.

In this heartbreaking true story, a mysterious illness leaves Christopher Aaron fighting for his life. A moving account of one family’s determination to remain strong in the face of the unthinkable.

In 1845, runaway slave Frederick Douglass became, almost overnight, the most celebrated African American author in history with the publication…

A “smart, enthralling” BookBub Recommended Read (Cheryl Strayed): “The Jane Goodall of botany” (Science) weaves stories of her discoveries in the lab with intimate descriptions of the natural world in a memoir that “does for botany what Oliver Sacks’s essays did for neurology” (The New York Times).

A dementia diagnosis changes everything for a mother and her family in this New York Times bestselling memoir. “Intimate, honest, and beautifully written… A tremendous resource for anyone affected by dementia” (Lisa Genova, New York Times bestselling author of Still Alice).

Two sisters, Elyse and Paula, were adopted as infants by different families, each unaware until adulthood that she had a twin — or that they were separated to serve a secret scientific study. “Remarkable… [an] extraordinary experience” (The Boston Globe).

In his classic book, T.E. Lawrence—forever known as Lawrence of Arabia—recounts his role in the origin of the modern Arab…