Browsing: Memoirs

Bestsellers

My Kitchen Year

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In this acclaimed New York Times bestseller, a beloved culinary figure shares the simple pleasures of cooking — and 136 of her treasured recipes. “A lyrical and deeply intimate journey” (Alice Waters).

Advice and How-To

A Dog Year

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When Jon Katz adopted a temperamental border collie named Devon, he gained precious insights into love, life, and himself. His true story of canine companionship is “moving, funny… a lovable mutt of a book” (Chicago Tribune).

African American Interest

Before I Forget

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“Powerful” (The Washington Post): Chef, restaurateur, and television host B. Smith joins forces with her husband to chronicle her fight against Alzheimer’s disease in this poignant New York Times bestseller. “The vulnerability, courage, and honesty in Before I Forget are heart-opening” (Maria Shriver).

Biographies and Memoirs

Uncovered

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In this riveting memoir, Leah Lax recounts how she left her secular family to join a Hasidic Jewish community — only to realize, decades later, that leaving once again was the only way she could truly live as herself. “Fascinating and insightful” (Booklist starred review).

Actors

Dean & Me

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In this affectionate New York Times bestseller, comedian Jerry Lewis looks back on the ups, downs, and traumatic end of his famous partnership with Dean Martin. “Lewis is a wonderful raconteur… Fans will be surprised and entertained” (Publishers Weekly).

Bestsellers

Reading Lolita in Tehran

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A #1 New York Times bestseller with over 22,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads: Before she left Iran, Azar Nafisi met secretly with seven young women every week to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. A “sparkling memoir” (Kirkus Reviews) that “reminds us why we read in the first place” (Newsday).