Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
Lift Your Voice: How My Nephew George Floyd's Murder Changed The World
Angela Harrelson, George Floyd’s aunt and closest relative in Minnesota, tells the behind-the-scenes story of George’s family—how he lived and why he died—and how the world can find a solution to racism through his death.Angela Harrelson grew up poor, one...
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The Life of Saul Bellow, Volume 1: To Fame and Fortune, 1915-1964
For much of his adult life, Saul Bellow was the most acclaimed novelist in America, the winner of, among other awards, the Nobel Prize in Literature, three National Book Awards, and the Pulitzer Prize. The Life of Saul Bellow, by the...
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The Life of John André: The Redcoat Who Turned Benedict Arnold
A new biography of John André, head of British secret services in the Revolutionary War, who was captured in 1780 and hanged as a spy.John André was head of the British Army’s Secret Service in North America as the Revolutionary...
$32.95
$28.95
The Legacy of Anne Frank
From her secret hiding place in wartime Amsterdam, the Jewish teenager Anne Frank wrote heart-wrenchingly about the terrors of a captivity that would ultimately end with her death at the hands of the Nazis. In her world-famous diaries, she described...
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The Kennan Diaries
A landmark collection, spanning ninety years of U.S. history, of the never-before-published diaries of George F. Kennan, America’s most famous diplomat. On a hot July afternoon in 1953, George F. Kennan descended the steps of the State Department building as...
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Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution
From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a new exploration of Karl Marx's life through his intellectual contributions to modern thought"A perceptive and fair-minded corrective to superficial treatments of the man."—Jonathan Rose, Wall Street JournalKarl Marx (1818–1883)—philosopher, historian, sociologist, economist, current affairs...
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Irondad Life: A Year of Bad Decisions and Questionable Motives―What I Learned on the Quest to Conquer Ironman Lake Placid
A hilarious look at the world of Ironman triathlons and how one man tries to juggle training with the demands of a busy family.Why do people race in Ironmans—a competition that was dreamed up by a U.S. Navy Officer after a beer-influenced...
$17.00
Infidelity: A Memoir
She thought they were the perfect couple. She authored Keep the Home Fires Burning: How to Have an Affair with Your Spouse and appeared on Oprah, Donahue, and Sally Jessy Raphael as an expert on the joys of sexual monogamy. She was...
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Impaired: A Nurse's Story of Addiction and Recovery
On June 28, 1996, Patricia Holloran's life changed forever when Drug Control confronted her for the theft of narcotics from the hospital where she worked. So begins a journey that will change everything about what she knows about herself and...
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The Humane Vision of Wendell Berry
A striking contribution to theconversation that is conservatism Wendell Berry—poet, novelist, essayist, critic, farmer—has won the admiration of Americans from all walks of life and from across the political spectrum. His writings treat an extraordinary range of subjects, including politics,...
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Hollywood to the Himalayas: A Journey of Healing and Transformation
Hollywood to the Himalayas is the enlightening memoir of a reluctant spiritual seeker who finds much more than she bargained for when she travels to India.As a Stanford grad in the midst of getting her PhD in Psychology, Sadhvi Sarawati was...
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Holding the Line: A Lifetime of Defending Democracy and American Values
A behind-the-scenes political memoir written by a prominent White House physician.I would talk to the president before the chief of staff even saw the president in the morning. I walked into work, and I was already in the Oval Office...
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Hitler’s Paratrooper: The Life and Battles of Rudolf Witzig
Rudolf Witzig entered the history books as the heroic captor of Belgium’s supposedly impregnable fortress Eben Emael in May 1940 – the first time that glider-borne troops were used in the war. To many people, he is also known as...
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General Erich Hoepner: A Military Biography
Written by Hoepner's chief of staff on the Eastern Front, this military biography study of Hoepner is available in English for the first time.This volume in the Die Wehrmacht im Kampf series examines Erich Hoepner’s leadership of panzer formations in Poland in...
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Face the Music: A Memoir
In this poignant memoir, the internationally celebrated bandleader reflects on family, illness, grief, and a bygone era of glamour, contemplating not just his career but the history of midcentury music and nightlife—and the enormously important role that the bandstand played...
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Fabulous Female Firsts: The Trailblazers Who Led the Way
Societal mores of sexism and misogyny have kept generations of women on the sidelines of history. But in every era, there are women who refuse to sit back in the shadows. Fabulous Female Firsts is a celebration of those women―the role models...
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Dirty Dealing: Grosso v. Miramax―Waging War with Harvey Weinstein, and the Screenplay that Changed Hollywood
A rollicking recounting of the landmark case a writer brought against Miramax, whom he accused of stealing his screenplay and turning it into the cult classic Rounders.When a young screenwriter goes online to check out the promotional website for a new...
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A Curious Life: From Rebel Orphan to Innovative Scientist
The funny, moving, and surprising story of how Thomas Haines—who grew up in the famed Graham School orphanage—became a prominent scientist, social activist, New York City landlord, educator, and founder of the City University of New York Medical School.A Curious...
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Crossing the Plains with Bruno
Dogs, like humans, have memories, instincts, fears, and loyalties. But, as far as we know, dogs do not get swept up in nostalgia, speculation, or self-analysis. Although they have hopes, they are not driven by regrets. In Crossing the Plains with...
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The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley's Pursuit of Power
A New York Times Notable Book A biography of venture capitalist and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, the enigmatic, controversial, and hugely influential power broker who sits at the dynamic intersection of tech, business, and politics “Max Chafkin’s The Contrarian is much more than a consistently shocking biography...
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$23.00
Coffee with Groucho
With a foreword by the actor, director, and playwright described as the greatest living exponent of Groucho Marx’s material” by The New York Times, and text by the author of Monkey Business, a biography of the Marx Brothers, this bio brings the...
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Code Red Fallujah: A Doctor's Memoir at War
Los Angeles Times Bestseller!Airstrikes rain down, Gatling guns pound, and snipers lurk in the distance—welcome to the combat aid station of a young doctor embedded with the heavily weaponized 1st Marines Division as the Battle of Fallujah boils over.On the night...
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Churchill, The Life: An Authorized Pictorial Biography
The life and times of the great statesman as he saw it. "This beautifully produced volume brings Churchill vividly to life... The book richly reveals both the private and public sides of the war leader and rhetorician. Churchill emerges as...
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Calder: The Conquest of Space: The Later Years: 1940-1976
The concluding volume to the first biography of one of the most important, influential, and beloved twentieth-century sculptors, and one of the greatest artists in the cultural history of America--is a vividly written, illuminating account of his triumphant later years.The...
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Bundini: Don't Believe The Hype
“Bundini gave Ali his entire heart. Bundini played a very important part in Ali’s career. He was Ali’s right hand man. He knew exactly how to motivate him. He was the one guy who could really get him up to...
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Biographic: Dickens
Biographic: Dickens presents an instant impression of his life, work and legacy, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the writer behind the words. Most people know that Charles Dickens (1812–1870) was one of...
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Biographic: Churchill
Biographic: Churchill presents an ingenious guide to his life and work, with an array of irresistible facts and figures converted into infographics to reveal the politician behind the politics. Many people know that Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965) was a British statesman...
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Bill Frisell, Beautiful Dreamer: The Guitarist Who Changed the Sound of American Music
The definitive biography of guitar icon and Grammy Award-winning artist, Bill Frisell.FEATURING EXCLUSIVE LISTENING SESSIONS WITH: Paul Simon; Justin Vernon of Bon Iver; Gus Van Sant; Rhiannon Giddens; The Bad Plus; Gavin Bryars; Van Dyke Parks; Sam Amidon; Hal Willner;...
$30.00
As You Were
"A book that alternates between grim reality and ribald humor. The hard hits come fast. ... An incandescent addition to both Native American letters and the literature of the Iraq and Afghan wars." -Kirkus starred review When he learns his father...
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Alfred E. Smith: The Happy Warrior
The meteoric rise and dramatic fall of Alfred E. Smith, the brash, Catholic anti-Prohibitionist from New York's Lower East Side, are well known. His job at the Fulton Fish Market through his years in the state legislature and as four-time...
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