Memoirs Books

"Boy Alone unlocks the heart and lets the emotions pour out: grief, despair, anger, love, devotion and wonder. Whether you are a parent or a sibling of someone with autism or just looking in from the outside through this rarely opened window into the...

The Washington Century chronicles the hundred-year rise of the nation's capital as it grew to become the most powerful city in the world -- a story made vivid through the history of three very different families, each representing an essential aspect of...

For more than a quarter century, Patricia Wells, who has long been recognized as the leading American authority on French food, and her husband, Walter, have lived the life in France that many of us have often fantasized about. In this delightful memoir...

Don Henry Ford, Jr., is an unapologetic outlaw. For seven years he made his living smuggling marijuana across the U.S.-Mexico border in the Big Bend region of Texas. His business partners were some of the era's biggest narcotraficantes like Pablo Acosta...

A highly personal and moving true story of friend-ship and remembrance from the New York Times bestselling author of Duty and Be True to Your SchoolGrowing up in Bexley, Ohio, population 13,000, Bob Greene and his four best friends -- Allen, Chuck, Dan,...

The first commercial, in-depth biography of the American-born Roman Catholic priest who may well be declared a saint. . . . “Delightful. . . . No magisterial biography emanating a suffocating aura of pomp and self-importance, this book is as low-key...

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was perhaps the most dramatic single event of the Cold War and a major turning point in history. Though it ended unsuccessfully, the spontaneous uprising of Hungarians against their country's Communist party and the...

Cindi Broaddus didn't realize that her life was about to be forever altered as she sat in the passenger seat of a car on a lonely highway, speeding toward the airport in the early morning hours of June 5, 2001. A single mother of three and a delighted...

Provocative, inspiring, and unflinchingly honest, My Grandfather's Son is the story of one of America's most remarkable and controversial leaders, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, told in his own words.Thomas speaks out, revealing the pieces of his...

As one of the country's foremost restaurant reviewers, Mimi Sheraton set the standard for food writing and criticism. In this engrossing memoir, the doyenne of food criticism explains how she developed her passion for writing about food and wine, sharing...

Screen's Queen is a biography of a woman battling mental health and racial biases while working as a professional housekeeper in Australia. Raised between Italy and Russia, Deborah's story brings attention to her unstable childhood, touching on the lack...

It's September 25, 2017. Monday. This date has been on my mind's calendar for over four years. Today is transplant day! Later today I will receive a donated kidney from my youngest sister, Sandy. Surgery is scheduled for 1:00 p.m. It has been a long,...

This is a collection of true stories from the life and times of a prosecutor turned criminal defence attorney in Sri Lanka, which expose the failing social justice system in that country. Judicial corruption there has been a controversial topic that most...

Henry has a passionate intimacy with the deaf and blind, he has written several books to help others to understand how the deaf have to struggle to today's society. He speaks to organization on topics such as child molestation and intimate with the...

My autobiography will take you on a journey growing up in Glasgow, Scotland, from childhood through to the present day. Filled with many memorable stories and photographs. I was encouraged to write this book by my lovely granddaughter Louise, after...

From the quaint village of Katharinendorf, nestled in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains, comes the story of a young girl whose adventures lead her beyond her wildest dreams. A country barren, rugged and even cruel awaits her and her tenacious...

A spirited elder recounts her activist journey to confront the terrors of climate change.In 1990, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its first Assessment Report. By then, award-winning urban planner Wendy Sarkissian had been...

This astonishing book describes the journey of an extraordinary family in Russia from 2003 to 2005. It is a vivid account, at times poignant, at times hilarious, of life in post-Perestroika Russia, narrated by a mother, originally from Madagascar, with...

This is the story of one man's journey from mind numbing insecurity to a facade of confidence. On his journey he is able to meet many characters and find humour and laughter on the way. Jimmy Tolmie relates his story with humour, sympathy and empathy...

This poetry book is about my eyes informing my heart, my feelings informing my soul, and my passion being laid bare before my audience.It is not about structured thought, the rules and order of the day, but the raw and unbridled expression of the...

Weebee is a young and beautiful woman who dearly loves her man Droney, but falls for his 'lookism.' She embraces his family like her own, weaves herself into their lives, and keeps her priorities at bay to meet his needs, just like a worker bee does for...

Be inspired by the life of a late blooming world champion, with coloured photos, and some of Earl's pertinent poetry, in 20 entertaining chapters describing his life from 1929 to 2018. Highlights in this book are Earl's:- Valuable...

Jacelyn Cane's mom and dad liked their martinis dry: straight gin on the rocks with a dab of vermouth and a hint of water - and they liked them often. They also liked to party; they danced, socialized, and drank - they were good at all three...

ABC's chief medical correspondent helps you ring in the New Year right with a resolution that's actually doable: a year-long plan to improve your emotional and physical health--from giving up alcohol to doing a digital detox, but each for only one month...

With sharp wit and keen insight, Bonnie J. Morris opens new perspectives on the gender and generation gaps on campus, exploring the negative stereotypes that keep many students from taking women's studies courses. Since 1993, the George Washington...

Sallyann J. Murphey and her husband did what a lot of us have dreamt of but never quite built up the courage to do. In 1990, Murphey, who was a successful BBC producer, and her husband, Greg, a commercial photographer, left their high stress, hectic life...

"You are a girl, you can't be a pilot." Those words resonated in Myriam's head throughout her teenager years while growing up in a small Swiss village. Nourishing her dream in silence, a dramatic event triggered the start of her commitment to turn her...

This is the life account of my happy but interrupted childhood in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (feudal system, fascism, post-war struggles with Tito's Yugoslavian Communism), my journey from my homeland to Germany and, finally, my immigration to Canada...

When Randall Jarrell died in 1965, he left behind a critically acclaimed body of poetry, fiction and literary criticism that has earned him a permanent place in American literature. In these seven essays, his widow writes lovingly and knowingly about the...

If you've been told your child has ADHD or behavioural issues, you're not alone!At the time, all I was thinking was, "What have I done to deserve what I am going through?" And at some point, routine calls and requests for meetings from teachers and...

This true story finds the author travelling to Europe instead of attending university with her high school friends. This book is set in 1969, when she was 19 years old. Adventure, excitement, disappointment and a true dose of reality await her. She soon...

We often dig to find ourselves. To find the truth of who we are. The truth of what we can become. This is memoir about a life that was almost lost. A story about the digging to find it. About the hole that is left wide open. About the way we try to fill...

The police force, no matter what state or country you live, is the same. They see and do things that no civilian person understands: blood, guts, physical violence and pushing your limits of mental, physical, and spiritual endurance. In the end these...

How does a kid raised by atheists end up in a convent?In her forties, Celia McBride abandoned her worldly life to follow a "sense of call" and explore the idea of becoming a Catholic nun. There was only one problem: she wasn't Catholic.Discerning the...

This book was started by my father, Patrick Keith, nearly 20 years ago as an endeavour of the heart. His first book, "Ousted", was published in early 2005, the same year that he died. It was an insider's account of Singapore's expulsion from the...

People have lived for many thousands of years in what is now South Gippsland, Australia. In the 1880s a young Englishman, unaware of the area's long human history, set about clearing forest in the Strzelecki Ranges to establish a farm. Over a century...

This book describes the journey that Love, the Person took me on. It's sad and funny and quirky and triumphant! It's our journey as humans if we let Love in. It will make you laugh and cry and nod in recognition. It will create pathways of...

Why do some people retain cute baby-talk names for their relatives (like "Num-Num" and "Pee-Paw") well into middle age? How should a reasonable person respond when Olivia Newton-John sings, "Have you never been mellow?" Who's responsible for the sorry...