Memoirs Books

As you are reading my story, I want you to think about the cover of this book as a white canvas - a canvas for your life. It's up to every one of us what we put on this canvas.What do we want to remember? Is it the time your boss screamed at you in front...

In 1939, the British restricted Jewish Immigration into Palestine by enforcing a policy known as "The White Paper." A Jewish underground organization known as the Irgun, fought furiously against them. After the Holocaust ended in 1945, the...

I've had the fortune of encountering more than one great love in my life; great love from family, from friendships, and from the unconditional love of my children. But, the greatest love of all is when two hearts intertwine and become one. It is one...

"Asunciâon Sunny Hostin, la câelebre coanfitriona de The View, siempre sintiâo que pertenecâia a diferentes mundos y que debâia elegir uno de ellos. De madre puertorriqueäna y padre afroamericano, dejâo atrâas la pobreza y los obstâaculosde su niänez en...

"Charming . . . This endearing memoir brings readers deep into the heart of a family that many feel they already know well. Bush's fans will delight in these intimate, funny remembrances."--Publishers Weekly

A New York Times bestseller!The celebrated Fox News star and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a powerful, uplifting look at her life and her spiritual journey, reflecting on her family, her faith, and her successful career, featuring new...

Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity--six words at a time.One Life. Six Words. What's Yours?When Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he proved that an...

In Clublife, Rob takes readers on a harrowing tour of the seedy, dangerous, and often deranged world of New York's hottest nightclubs. In the tradition of Kitchen Confidential and The Tender Bar, Clublife is a remarkable memoir of the nightclub business...

A little Coco Chanel, a lot Carrie Bradshaw, with a dash of Maureen Dowd--a hip, hilarious collection of mini-profiles in shopping and romantic courage. From one very fabulous and elusive little pink raincoat (to woo the commitment phobe) to a pair of...

From Revlon spokesmodel to film actress to one of People magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People," Karen Duffy was living the life most of us only dream of. Then her whirlwind life of celebrity parties came to an abrupt, grinding halt when she was stricken...

Jill Robinson, the author of Bed/Time/Story and Past Forgetting, and her husband, Stuart Shaw, share their true story about finding love when they both had lost faith in romance.When Stuart and Jill first met, neither felt ready for love. Stuart was...

Striving children, aging parents, job pressures, financial anxieties, physical ailments, generalized hope and dread--a memoir of middle age that is both literary and confessional What is the most baffling period in our lives? Not childhood, not old age,...

From Steven V. Roberts comes My Fathers' Houses, a memoir of growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, an immigrant community in the shadow of the Statue if Liberty, and the story of how his father and his grandfather's dreams-and their own passion for writing...

For fans of Men At Work, Baseball for Brain Surgeons and Other Fans, and Moneyball, respected baseball insider Kevin Kennedy offers fresh and engaging appraisal of major league baseball. Kevin Kennedy knows baseball inside and out, as a fan, player,...

Perfect for cricket fans everywhere, Thanks Johnners is a warm and witty tribute to Brian Johnston and his time at the helm of Test Match Special. The Test Match Special on-air incident, in which Jonathan Agnew's comment on Ian Botham's attempt...

Tariq Khan invites readers on a geographical, historical, political, and personal journey in his riveting memoir, The Looking Glass Voyage. A Pukhtoon from the Peshawar region of northwest Pakistan, Mr. Khan lived through the historical events of the...

Through anxiety, depression, anorexia, and borderline personality disorder I've learned and overcame an immense amount. These past few years have been the hardest years of my life. I've learned a lot about myself and learned a lot about who I don't want...

Tales of a Butterfly reflects my personal experiences of being a first-time mother and discovering my child has deafness. Focusing on our journey together with my daughter, it's about not understanding the process of hearing loss, along with the...

Who is this mysterious man who was born in Canada but believes that he is known the world over as the telepathic icon? Does everyone from Bill Gates to former President Barack Obama really speak about him telepathically, across all media platforms? Could...

Karen longed for acceptance, validation and love, but had no ability to form healthy, meaningful relationships. Born into a large family already suffering the effects of two generations of residential school, and surviving her own nine years at St...

"Lands of Lost Borders carried me up into a state of openness and excitement I haven't felt for years. It's a modern classic."--Pico IyerA brilliant, fierce writer, and winner of the 2019 RBC Taylor Prize, makes her debut with this enthralling...

Lead by destiny, experience the true love story of two Brooklyn high school sweethearts as they navigate life and love. Share their heartaches and blessings. One was encircled by poverty, crime, sex, drug addition and alcoholism. The other was raised by...

Years ago I inherited several boxes of family documents and photographs that my grandfather Vassilij (William) Yakovyevich Ostrogorsky collected during the last century. These documents passed down through the hands of my aunt Vera Vassilyevna and father...

Walking with Wallace tells the story of conversations between the author and his beloved Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Wallace, as they walked in the beautiful South Northamptonshire countryside. These conversations often included debates on the...

Childhood or wildhood? This collection of stories begins with a young boy whose cleverness, ability, and determination are more in line with an adult rather than the curious-minded six-year-old that we are introduced to in the first story. Normal was...

A deep and personal account of a doctor living with lupus. Relatable and inspirational, this book provides insightful tips and encouragement for those who struggle with chronic conditions.In her memoir, Dr. Manisha Rayavarapu tells her story about the...

Losing Felicitas tells a personal story of growing up in a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago and then moving away from it in 1969. St. Felicitas is the name of the Catholic parish that was the center of that neighborhood, and...

"In Barbara's Words" is a lovingly curated collection of family stories, essays and articles, Jewish holiday stories, poems, and short stories, many of which have never been published before, and all of which were written by Barbara Scheiber.

"A gripping memoir detailing betrayal, trauma, prostitution, grief, drug addiction, imprisonment, the breaking force of love, detox, and much more..." - IndieReader Reviews"Julie D. Summers' Off My Knees is a compelling memoir about...

"God Through the Lens of Grief" is a poignant memoir detailing my transformative first-year journey as a young, pregnant widow with two young children. At the age of 32, my husband's sudden passing from a brain hemorrhage left me grappling with profound...

ENTERTAINING AND REVEALINGIn this frank and inspiring memoir, Neven talks about his early life, and his extraordinary success as a rugby player. A lock and number eight, Neven represented Wellington at a provincial level, before achieving the ultimate in...

A profoundly different way of looking the Israeli-Palestinian conflictReporting from Jerusalem for The New York Times and Fox News respectively, Greg Myre and Jennifer Griffin, witnessed a decades-old conflict transformed into a completely new war. The...

This is the true story of Emily Colson, a single mother who has faced life's toughest obstacles. This is also the story of her nineteen-year-old autistic son, Max, a young man who struggles to speak, who some professionals deemed a waste of time. But a...

Imagine training for years to become a professional football or baseball player and knowing that you've got what it takes to make it into the NFL or MLB. You're young, strong, quick, and blessed with athletic prowess and abilities that make your coaches...

Dr. Thomas Benson III is on an extraordinary journey in life and is a man of many accolades with a story worth telling. From being a husband, father, son, and brother to being a longtime educator and mentor, and former athlete, Dr. Benson III is a...

In this delightful and insightful memoir of a mid-century American girl coming of age as a new bride in a remote village in Niger, West Africa, Laurie Oman generously shares a unique place and time that will live on in readers' hearts forever. We are...