Autobiography/Memoir
The author moves from NYC to the poorest area of the Delta and finds an entirely new way of life awaiting him.
An introvert takes a year to practice being an extrovert!
An unforgettable, illuminating story of how men live and how they survive, from Abraham Verghese, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of Cutting for Stone and The Covenant of Water.
Soccer mom turns drug addict, goes to prison and becomes NYTimes best selling author. Great story of getting from shame to redemption.
The extraordinary memoir of a peasant boy raised in rural Maoist China who was plucked from his village to study ballet and went on to become one of the greatest dancers of his generation.
Like ‘Out of Africa’ for Rwanda, this book tells the amazing true life story of Rosamond Carr as she arrived in Rwanda in the 1940’s as a young American bride and the amazing life she creates there.
It begins with a simple ritual: Every Saturday afternoon, a boy who loves to cook walks to his grandmother’s house and helps her prepare a roast chicken for dinner. The grandmother is Swedish, a retired domestic. The boy is Ethiopian and adopted, and he will grow up to become the world-renowned chef Marcus Samuelsson. This book is his love letter to food and family in all its manifestations.
An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorships of North Korea- and the story of one woman’s terrifying struggle to avoid capture/repatriation and guide her family to freedom.
In 2006, Liz Clark decided to follow the path that surfing, sailing and love of the ocean had presented to her. Embarking on an adventure that most only dream of taking, she set sail from Santa Barbara, solo, headed to the South Pacific. Nine years later she is still following her path in search of surf and self and the beauty and inspiration that lies beyond the beaten path.
A wryly funny and surprisingly moving account of an extraordinary life lived almost entirely in the public eye.
The daughter of a former aide to the king of Morocco, who was executed after a failed assassination attempt on the ruler, describes how she, her five siblings, and her mother were imprisoned in a desert penal colony for twenty years.
Far more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story of a remarkable life.
The first Hispanic and third woman appointed to the United States Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the power of believing in oneself.
In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, from his roller-coaster lifestyle as shown in the film Rocketman, to becoming a living legend.
Addario finds in photography a way to travel with a purpose, and It’s What I Do is the story of that singular calling – how it shapes and drives her life and how it changes the lives of others. She captures virtually every major theater of war of the 21st century and from it creates a historical document of truth on the international conflicts that have made and remade our world.
Insomniac City is both a meditation on grief and a celebration of life, a love song to New York City and to all who have felt the particular magic and solace it offers.
Infidel shows the coming of age of this distinguished political superstar and champion of free speech as well as the development of her beliefs, iron will, and extraordinary determination to fight injustice.
The Academy Award-winning actor’s book is filled with unflinching honesty, unconventional wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
For fans of ‘The Glass Castle’ or ‘Educated’, this autobiography tells of TW Neal growing up in the 60s and 70s in Kauai to hippie surfer parents who had an alternative lifestyle.
Tells the uncommon love story between two uncommon people whose collaboration sparked a successful movement to transform the lives of vulnerable girls and the urban poor.
An unforgettable memoir about a young girl who, kept out of school, leaves her survivalist family and goes on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University
Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. SO GOOD, especially as an Audible that he reads.
Barack Obama tells the story of his improbable odyssey from young man searching for his identity to leader of the free world.
In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating.