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A Million Little Pieces

By: James Frey

At the age of twenty-three, James Frey woke up on a plane to find his four front teeth had been knocked out. His nose was broken and there was a hole through his cheek. He had no idea where the plane was headed or what had happened over the preceding...

Format: Quality Paperback
Published: Sep 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 430
A Million Little Pieces
by James Frey
At the age of twenty-three, James Frey woke up on a plane to find his four front teeth had been knocked out. His nose was broken and there was a hole through his cheek. He had no idea where the plane was headed or what had happened over the preceding...
Publication Date: Sep 2005
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The Pursuit of Happyness

By: Chris Gardner

In a candid memoir, a successful entrepreneur traces his journey from growing up with an abusive stepfather, to life on the streets as a homeless man with a small toddler in tow, to his triumphant battle to the top as a self-made millionaire.

Format: Paperback
Published: Nov 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 320
The Pursuit of Happyness
by Chris Gardner
In a candid memoir, a successful entrepreneur traces his journey from growing up with an abusive stepfather, to life on the streets as a homeless man with a small toddler in tow, to his triumphant battle to the top as a self-made millionaire.
Publication Date: Nov 2006
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir

By: Augusten Burroughs

There is a passage early in Augusten Burroughs's harrowing and highly entertaining memoir, Running with Scissors, that speaks volumes about the author. While going to the garbage dump with his father, young Augusten spots a chipped, glass-top coffee...

Format: Mass Market Paperback
Published: Jun 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 352
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
There is a passage early in Augusten Burroughs's harrowing and highly entertaining memoir, Running with Scissors, that speaks volumes about the author. While going to the garbage dump with his father, young Augusten spots a chipped, glass-top coffee...
Publication Date: Jun 2003
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned

By: Alan Alda

A dramatic and entertaining memoir by the award-winning actor and director describes growing up with a schizophrenic mother and renowned actor father, looking at the various turning points in his life and exploring the world around him with humor,...

Format: Paperback
Published: Sep 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 256
Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And...
by Alan Alda
A dramatic and entertaining memoir by the award-winning actor and director describes growing up with a schizophrenic mother and renowned actor father, looking at the various turning points in his life and exploring the world around him with humor,...
Publication Date: Sep 2006
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Jarhead

By: Anthony Swofford

A memoir of the Gulf War by a front-line infantry Marine recounts his struggles with the conflict on the front lines, his girlfriend's infidelity, his battles with fear and suicide, his brushes with death, and his identity as a soldier and an...

Format: Mass Market Paperback
Published: Sep 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 320
Jarhead
by Anthony Swofford
A memoir of the Gulf War by a front-line infantry Marine recounts his struggles with the conflict on the front lines, his girlfriend's infidelity, his battles with fear and suicide, his brushes with death, and his identity as a soldier and an...
Publication Date: Sep 2005
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Running with Scissors: A Memoir

By: Augusten Burroughs

The events of five years in the life of Augusten Burroughs, as recounted in a memoir that is both horrifying and mordantly funny, are so unbelievable, they make even the most outrageous episode of 'The Jerry Springer Show' seem rational by...

Format: Paperback
Published: Jun 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 320
Running with Scissors: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
The events of five years in the life of Augusten Burroughs, as recounted in a memoir that is both horrifying and mordantly funny, are so unbelievable, they make even the most outrageous episode of 'The Jerry Springer Show' seem rational by...
Publication Date: Jun 2003
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The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (MTI)

By: Jean-Dominique Bauby

We've all got our idiosyncrasies when it comes to writing--a special chair we have to sit in, a certain kind of yellow paper we absolutely must use. To create this tremendously affecting memoir, Jean-Dominique Bauby used the only tool available to...

Format: Quality Paperback
Published: Nov 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 144
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (MTI)
by Jean-Dominique Bauby
We've all got our idiosyncrasies when it comes to writing--a special chair we have to sit in, a certain kind of yellow paper we absolutely must use. To create this tremendously affecting memoir, Jean-Dominique Bauby used the only tool available to...
Publication Date: Nov 2007
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Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life

By: Clay Aiken

Clay Aiken, the undeniably talented American Idol runner up and self-proclaimed 'nerdy, geeky, momma's boy' (and boy, does he love to talk about his momma), has written a strange hybrid of memoir, self-help and religious testimony--and in spite of it...

Format: Mass Market Paperback
Published: Nov 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 256
Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music...
by Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken, the undeniably talented American Idol runner up and self-proclaimed 'nerdy, geeky, momma's boy' (and boy, does he love to talk about his momma), has written a strange hybrid of memoir, self-help and religious testimony--and in spite of it...
Publication Date: Nov 2005
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Appetite for Life

By: Noel Riley Fitch

Julia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon, whose statuesque height and warmly enthused warble have...

Format: Paperback
Published: Apr 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 569
Appetite for Life
by Noel Riley Fitch
Julia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon, whose statuesque height and warmly enthused warble have...
Publication Date: Apr 1999
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A Thousand Days in Venice (Ballantine Reader's Circle)

By: Marlena De Blasi

Expecting nothing, a divorced, middle-aged woman from Missouri vacationing in Venice whimsically accepts a date with a man named Fernando and, miraculously, finds true love. Here she recalls the details of their rapid courtship, their marriage, and...

Format: Quality Paperback
Published: Jun 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 304
A Thousand Days in Venice (Ballantine...
by Marlena De Blasi
Expecting nothing, a divorced, middle-aged woman from Missouri vacationing in Venice whimsically accepts a date with a man named Fernando and, miraculously, finds true love. Here she recalls the details of their rapid courtship, their marriage, and...
Publication Date: Jun 2003
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First Son And President: A Story About John Quincy Adams (Creative Minds Biographies)

By: Beverly Gherman

Presents the life and accomplishments of the sixth president of the United States.

Format: Paperback
Published: Sep 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 64
First Son And President: A Story...
by Beverly Gherman
Presents the life and accomplishments of the sixth president of the United States.
Publication Date: Sep 2005
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Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower

By: Shana Alexander

Jean Harris belonged to the last generation of American women brought up to believe that all good girls get married. But instead she embarked upon a fourteen-year affair with Dr. Herman Tarnower, the charismatic man behind the famous Scarsdale Diet....

Format: Paperback
Published: Mar 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 384
Very Much a Lady: The Untold...
by Shana Alexander
Jean Harris belonged to the last generation of American women brought up to believe that all good girls get married. But instead she embarked upon a fourteen-year affair with Dr. Herman Tarnower, the charismatic man behind the famous Scarsdale Diet....
Publication Date: Mar 2006
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Tender at the Bone: Growing up at the Table

By: Ruth Reichl

At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that 'food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were.' Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life...

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Published: Mar 1999
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 304
Tender at the Bone: Growing up...
by Ruth Reichl
At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that 'food could be a way of making sense of the world. . . . If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were.' Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life...
Publication Date: Mar 1999
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The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir

By: Farah Ahmedi

An inspirational memoir of the teenage author's struggles to survive her youth in war-torn Kabul describes her witness to brutal conflicts between the mujahideen and the Soviets during her earliest years, her extensive injuries after stepping on a...

Format: Paperback
Published: Jun 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 256
The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir
by Farah Ahmedi
An inspirational memoir of the teenage author's struggles to survive her youth in war-torn Kabul describes her witness to brutal conflicts between the mujahideen and the Soviets during her earliest years, her extensive injuries after stepping on a...
Publication Date: Jun 2006
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Citizen Hughes : The Power, the Money and the Madness

By: Michael Drosnin

Based on a selection of more than ten thousand internal documents of the Hughes organization, including three thousand pages of the billionaire's own handwritten memos, a revealing biography of the enigmatic Howard Hughes and his empire reveals his...

Format: Paperback
Published: Nov 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 532
Citizen Hughes : The Power, the...
by Michael Drosnin
Based on a selection of more than ten thousand internal documents of the Hughes organization, including three thousand pages of the billionaire's own handwritten memos, a revealing biography of the enigmatic Howard Hughes and his empire reveals his...
Publication Date: Nov 2004
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The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur and Orville Wright

By: Noah Adams

Drawing on letters, diaries, eyewitness accounts, oral histories, and other primary source material, this incisive portrait focuses on the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright, in a volume celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of their...

Format: Paperback
Published: Sep 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 221
The Flyers: In Search of Wilbur...
by Noah Adams
Drawing on letters, diaries, eyewitness accounts, oral histories, and other primary source material, this incisive portrait focuses on the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright, in a volume celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of their...
Publication Date: Sep 2004
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Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience

By: Mumia Abu-Jamal

In Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience Mumia Abu-Jamal, America's best known political prisoner, offers poetic observations and reflections on life on this planet and on death row. In this collection of short essays and...

Format: Paperback
Published: Jul 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 150
Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner...
by Mumia Abu-Jamal
In Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience Mumia Abu-Jamal, America's best known political prisoner, offers poetic observations and reflections on life on this planet and on death row. In this collection of short essays and...
Publication Date: Jul 2003
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Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

By: Anthony Bourdain

In this tough, candid memoir, Anthony Bourdain, who has been a chef at several well-known restaurants, takes the reader backstage to reveal the secrets of restaurant kitchens--some of them not so appetizing, most of them hilarious, all of them...

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Published: May 2001
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary...
by Anthony Bourdain
In this tough, candid memoir, Anthony Bourdain, who has been a chef at several well-known restaurants, takes the reader backstage to reveal the secrets of restaurant kitchens--some of them not so appetizing, most of them hilarious, all of them...
Publication Date: May 2001
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Inside the Kingdom: My Life in Saudi Arabia

By: Carmen Bin Ladin

Immediately after September 11, 2001, Carmen bin Laden knew that her name would engender responses from others--for she knew in her heart that the person behind the events of that day was her brother-in-law, Osama bin Laden. In her revealing memoir,...

Format: Paperback
Published: Jun 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 214
Inside the Kingdom: My Life in...
by Carmen Bin Ladin
Immediately after September 11, 2001, Carmen bin Laden knew that her name would engender responses from others--for she knew in her heart that the person behind the events of that day was her brother-in-law, Osama bin Laden. In her revealing memoir,...
Publication Date: Jun 2005
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I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away

By: Bill Bryson

Delivering the brilliant comic musings that are Bryson's hallmarks, I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF recounts his sometimes-disconcerting reunion with his homeland....[It] chronicles the quirkiest aspects of life in America, right down to our...

Format: Paperback
Published: Jun 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 288
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes...
by Bill Bryson
Delivering the brilliant comic musings that are Bryson's hallmarks, I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF recounts his sometimes-disconcerting reunion with his homeland....[It] chronicles the quirkiest aspects of life in America, right down to our...
Publication Date: Jun 2000
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Dry: A Memoir

By: Augusten Burroughs

...Burroughs's story of getting dry will go straight to your bloodstream and leave you buzzing, exhilarated, and wiped out....Didn't think you'd ever feel even an ounce of sympathy for--let alone root for--a drunken adman, did you? Meet Mr....

Format: Paperback
Published: Apr 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 309
Dry: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
...Burroughs's story of getting dry will go straight to your bloodstream and leave you buzzing, exhilarated, and wiped out....Didn't think you'd ever feel even an ounce of sympathy for--let alone root for--a drunken adman, did you? Meet Mr....
Publication Date: Apr 2004
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The Language of Baklava

By: Diana Abu-Jaber

In a memoir about the joys and difficulties of straddling two cultures, the author of Arabian Jazz describes her life in upstate New York with an extended Arab and American family, her family's move 'home' to Jordan, and her return to the United...

Format: Paperback
Published: Mar 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 352
The Language of Baklava
by Diana Abu-Jaber
In a memoir about the joys and difficulties of straddling two cultures, the author of Arabian Jazz describes her life in upstate New York with an extended Arab and American family, her family's move 'home' to Jordan, and her return to the United...
Publication Date: Mar 2006
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Naked

By: David Sedaris

Compared by critics to the work of Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, and James Thurber, a hilarious New York Times best-selling collection of essays chronicles the author's oddball adventures in eccentric company. Reprint. 100,000 first printing. Tour....

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Published: Jun 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 291
Naked
by David Sedaris
Compared by critics to the work of Mark Twain, Dorothy Parker, and James Thurber, a hilarious New York Times best-selling collection of essays chronicles the author's oddball adventures in eccentric company. Reprint. 100,000 first printing. Tour....
Publication Date: Jun 1998
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Nun on Leave

By: Marie Andari-kalache

Without compromising on her beliefs and moral convictions, Marie Andari left the restricted life of her calling as a nun to pursue her goals in academia, and thence to campaign tirelessly for humanitarian Arab causes and for the emancipation of women...

Format: Paperback
Published: May 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 204
Nun on Leave
by Marie Andari-kalache
Without compromising on her beliefs and moral convictions, Marie Andari left the restricted life of her calling as a nun to pursue her goals in academia, and thence to campaign tirelessly for humanitarian Arab causes and for the emancipation of women...
Publication Date: May 2005
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Chronicles: Volume One (Chronicles)

By: Bob Dylan

The first volume of the long-awaited Bob Dylan autobiography, CHRONICLES, is a first-person journey through three decades. Dylan travels in time from his Minnesota youth to his 1960s Greenwich Village early years--a period of cultural upheaval whose...

Format: Paperback
Published: Sep 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 196
Chronicles: Volume One (Chronicles)
by Bob Dylan
The first volume of the long-awaited Bob Dylan autobiography, CHRONICLES, is a first-person journey through three decades. Dylan travels in time from his Minnesota youth to his 1960s Greenwich Village early years--a period of cultural upheaval whose...
Publication Date: Sep 2005
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Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other Southern Endearments

By: Celia Rivenbark

From the wickedly hilarious pen of Southern humorist Celia Rivenbark comes a collection of essays that brings to mind Dave Barry (in high heels) or Jeff Foxworthy (in a prom dress).Step into the wacky world of "womanless wedding"...

Format: Paperback
Published: May 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 224
Bless Your Heart, Tramp: And Other...
by Celia Rivenbark
From the wickedly hilarious pen of Southern humorist Celia Rivenbark comes a collection of essays that brings to mind Dave Barry (in high heels) or Jeff Foxworthy (in a prom dress).Step into the wacky world of "womanless wedding"...
Publication Date: May 2006
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Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir

By: Nick Flynn

The son of a convicted bank robber and con artist describes their complicated relationship, relating how his father, while in jail, sent the author letters throughout his childhood and turned up in a Boston homeless shelter where the author was a...

Format: Paperback
Published: Sep 2005
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 288
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City:...
by Nick Flynn
The son of a convicted bank robber and con artist describes their complicated relationship, relating how his father, while in jail, sent the author letters throughout his childhood and turned up in a Boston homeless shelter where the author was a...
Publication Date: Sep 2005
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A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story of the Al Qaeda Kidnapping of Danny Pearl

By: Mariane Pearl

Mariane Pearl, a journalist herself, was in Karachi with her husband Danny Pearl, the South Asian bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, on the day he was kidnapped, January 23, 2002. Here she tells the story of their marriage, their careers, and...

Format: Paperback
Published: Oct 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 278
A Mighty Heart: The Inside Story...
by Mariane Pearl
Mariane Pearl, a journalist herself, was in Karachi with her husband Danny Pearl, the South Asian bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal, on the day he was kidnapped, January 23, 2002. Here she tells the story of their marriage, their careers, and...
Publication Date: Oct 2004
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This Truckin' Life: The Reminiscences of a Truck Driver

By: Laurie Driver

This book is a set of reflections and recollections of a driver's 40 plus years in the hard and unforgiving world of the haulage and transport industry. It delves into the methods resorted to, in order to survive and make ends meet for him and his...

Format: Paperback
Published: Jun 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 212
This Truckin' Life: The Reminiscences of...
by Laurie Driver
This book is a set of reflections and recollections of a driver's 40 plus years in the hard and unforgiving world of the haulage and transport industry. It delves into the methods resorted to, in order to survive and make ends meet for him and his...
Publication Date: Jun 2006
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A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties

By: Tom Brokaw

In his earlier books, TV news anchor Tom Brokaw has leaned heavily on the experiences of others to remember and define what he calls 'the Greatest Generation'--those who came of age during World War II and its aftermath. In A Long Way Home Brokaw...

Format: Paperback
Published: Sep 2003
Genre: Biography & Autobiography - General
Pages: 233
A Long Way from Home: Growing...
by Tom Brokaw
In his earlier books, TV news anchor Tom Brokaw has leaned heavily on the experiences of others to remember and define what he calls 'the Greatest Generation'--those who came of age during World War II and its aftermath. In A Long Way Home Brokaw...
Publication Date: Sep 2003
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