Browsing: Memoirs

As President Trump’s National Security Advisor, John Bolton spent many of his 453 days in the room where it happened,…

A true story of sacrificing everything for family, living with nothing but hope, then sharing generously all they received to…

LOS ANGELES TIMES AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLER • The powerful memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete diagnosed…

Patrice Gopo grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, the child of Jamaican immigrants who had little experience being black in America.…

“Electrifying” (Library Journal): In this NPR Best Book of 2018, a Black feminist hailed as “one of our fiercest voices in the new generation of African American thinkers” (Essence) explores Black women’s anger and its power to change society. A “funny, wrenching, pithy, and pointed” memoir (The New Republic).

Get out! Run! We must leave this place! They are going to destroy this whole place! Go, children, run first!…

An international bestseller: When Joan Anderson traveled to Cape Cod for a year of solitude, she met vivacious Joan Erikson — and found extraordinary friendship, boundless wisdom, and a fresh perspective on life. “Every encounter with [Erikson] is as much a treat as it was for Anderson” (Publishers Weekly).

A “warm and inviting” New York Times bestseller (Publishers Weekly): Just seven years old when she first skyrocketed to fame with E.T., actress Drew Barrymore offers “an endearing, earnest, lightly cultivated garden of stories” from her eventful life (Kirkus Reviews).

Dr. Rudolf Vrba survived for 21 months in Auschwitz — and, in 1944, successfully escaped and became one of the first people to provide a detailed account of the horrors happening within. This unforgettable memoir chronicles his vital story.

A 2021 #1 New York Times bestseller! Illustrious performer Cicely Tyson, an actress who “shaped the course of history” (President Barack Obama), shares the story of her seven-decade career as she fought prejudice and triumphed in the face of great odds. “This book is Ms. Tyson’s abundant treasure to each of us” (Viola Davis).