Biography & autobiography / Personal Memoirs

Lost in Suburbia: A Momoir: How I Got Pregnant, Lost Myself, and Got My Cool Back in the New Jersey Suburbs

by Tracy Beckerman

It's a suburban jungle out there

When syndicated columnist Tracy Beckerman trades in her TV job and cool NYC existence for the New Jersey suburbs, she doesn't expect to also trade in her entire identity. But...

Unsinkable

by Debbie Reynolds & Dorian Hannaway

The definitive memoir by legendary actress and performer Debbie Reynolds—an entertaining and moving story of enduring friendships and unbreakable family bonds, of hitting bottom and rising to the top again—that...

Everything Is Perfect When You're a Liar

by Kelly Oxford

Kelly Oxford is . . .

A wunderkind producer of pirated stage productions for six-year-olds

Not the queen of the world

An underage schnitzel-house dishwasher

The kid who stood up to a bully and almost passed out...

My Bright Abyss

by Christian Wiman

Seven years ago, Christian Wiman, a well-known poet and the editor of Poetry magazine, wrote a now-famous essay about having faith in the face of death. My Bright Abyss, composed in the difficult years since...

Life in a Marital Institution

by James Braly

LIFE IN A MARITAL INSTITUTION is a look inside the manic marriage of opposites, from the winning point of view of the husband, the "gaspingly funny" (Variety), "never less than excellent" (New York Times...

If It's Not One Thing, It's Your Mother

by Julia Sweeney

“I took so long to assemble my lovely family. If only they would disappear.”

While Julia Sweeney is known as a talented comedienne and writer and performer of her one-woman shows, she is also a talented...

Good Morning, MR Sarra: My Life Working for a Stronger, Smarter Future for Our Children

by Chris Sarra

The remarkable true story of one man’s fight to turn the tide of low expectations, this account follows educator Chris Sarra from his humble beginnings in a large Italian-Aboriginal family to his triumphant...

White Out: The Secret Life of Heroin

by Michael W Clune

An In-Depth Look into the Life and Mind of a Heroin Addict

"Then I see a white-topped vial. Wow. I stare at it. It's the first time I've ever seen it. I know I've seen it ten thousand times before. I know it...

Summers in Supino: Becoming Italian

by Maria Coletta McLean

An Italian Canadian woman recounts her annual summer trips with her husband to her ancestral village of Supino, Italy, in this heartwarming hybrid of travel guide and memoir. Written with humor and heart, it...

Gifts of Gratitude: The Joyful Adventures of a Life Well Lived

by Elizabeth Gaylynn Baker

Elizabeth Baker celebrates life: yours and hers, with this collection of deeply stirring stories. Within the covers of Gifts of Gratitude - The Joyful Adventures of a Life Well Lived, She narrates a series of...

Maps to the Other Side: The Adventures of a Bipolar Cartographer

by Sascha Altman DuBrul

Part mad manifesto, part revolutionary love letter, part freight train adventure story—Maps to the Other Side is a self-reflective shattered mirror, a twist on the classic punk rock travel narrative that searches...

Circle Line: Around London in a Small Boat

by Steffan Meyric Hughes

Join Steffan as he sets sail around London, glides through historical monuments, and unearths long-forgotten secrets from beneath the waterway

Magic, to a sailor, is harnessing the wind—getting something...

A Bull on the Beach: Enjoying the Good Life in Mallorca

by Anna Nicholas

Nicholas draws readers back into the delight of learning the ins and outs of running an organic, self-sufficient farm in her fifth book.

Having settled in a Mallorcan mountain idyll, Anna Nicholas, her husband...

A Journey of Hope

by Oscar Mann

In this touching and courageous memoir, Oscar Mann recounts his boyhood in France, the onset of World War II and the Holocaust, his immigration to America, and his years in the military and as a doctor. Mann's...

Crossing Stars

by Peggy Wolff Lewis

When Phillip Creighton faces his diagnosis of cancer alone, he thinks back on his humble beginnings and painful love affairs. Moving from 1930’s Wyoming, through 1950’s Spain and Kenya, to modern Texas and...

Elvis Memories: The real Elvis Presley - by those who knew him

by Michael Freedland

The man, the music, the mythology – everyone knows Elvis, right? From the swinging hips and tempestuous love life to the peanut butter and banana sandwiches. But how do the iconic snapshots and the snippets...

Up in the Air: The real story of life aboard the world's most glamorous airline

by Betty Riegel

New York, 1961: the dawn of the commercial Jet Age and a golden era of air travel.

Betty Riegel spent her early childhood hiding in air-raid shelters as bombs dropped all around. From humble working-class roots,...

Pitching in a Pinch: Baseball from the Inside

by Christy Mathewson, Chad Harbach & Red Smith

An inside baseball memoir from the game's first superstar, with a foreword by Chad Harbach

Christy Mathewson was one of the most dominant pitchers ever to play baseball. Posthumously inducted into the Baseball...

The Last Marlin: The Story of a Father and Son

by Fred Waitzkin

Young Fred Waitzkin is a Jewish boy stretched between the divergent values of parents who cannot tolerate one another. Fred's father, Abe, is a brilliantly talented salesman whose relentless will drives him...

Brothers Emanuel: A Memoir of an American Family

by Ezekiel J. Emanuel

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

For years, people have been asking Ezekiel “Zeke” Emanuel, the brash, outspoken, and fiercely loyal eldest brother in the Emanuel clan, the same question: What did your mom put in the...