Memoirs Books

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...

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...

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...

It may be that his rural and small-town NC roots leak out in the poetry of Doug Jennette. Certainly, his attention to subtle aspects of nature, contradictions inherent in human relationships, the tender connections possible among men who search for...

When it comes to grieving, there's no such thing as a schedule.For therapist and instructor Jaye Tee, her grandmother had always been a source of comfort, the person she could turn to when she needed help.As her grandmother grew older, their roles...

Three-times author and female business leader Julia McCoy brings multiple genres together in her electrifying, non-fiction true story, Woman Rising: A True Story, guaranteed to have you turning each page.Growing up under a narcissistic cult leader,...

Sex, Drugs, and False Eyelashes--Surviving an encounter with a gun-wielding lesbian, a car chase by a jealous stranger, and being drowned by drag queens, The Downtown Underground is the satirical memoir of a queer kid that stumbled into the outrageous...

"The Self- Existent One desired a likeminded kinfolk.  The reason for all that was created was to provide essentials to incubate a spiritual kinship with God. It follows that mankind, likewise, has obligation to provide a safe and secure...

Its journey through alcohol, angst, love, and learning carries readers, via a streetwise voice and experiences, far from the beaten path of tired travelogues. -D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer, Midwest Book ReviewStef and James couldn't get it all...

My memoir is written for the incarcerated. From my son's arrest for murder to my radical change of heart, it shows God's love for them and what He did in my life to prove it. This book intends to bring hope and let them know they are not alone.

Coming from Cumberland reframes the story of a child being born at home and living off- the-grid deep in a back-country woods in Cumberland County, Tennessee in the early1940's. The first years of her life have shown her nothing about a life...

¡Esta es la extraordinaria historia de una mujer extraordinaria! Beatriz Benestad enfrentó artritis reumatoide paralizante cuando era niña y tuvo que someterse a decenas de operaciones, pero no dejó que su discapacidad destruyera su visión. En su vida...

These stories are dedicated to my grandchildren, the eager listeners who encouraged me, again and again, to "tell me a story." I hope that hidden in the stories are numerous family values: appreciation and care for one another, enjoyment of life,...

Selo! is a Fijian exclamation used in the outer islands of the Lau group. It is made by the person who first sights a sail or a ship approaching the island. That person announces the sighting by shouting "Selo!" as they run to the village. The village...

Be entertained and challenged by this quirky Kiwi memoir with humour, drama, fact, fiction, poetry and prose...Along the way, you will encounter some of life’s biggest questions like time travel, perpetual motion and the meaning of life. Perhaps...