Personal Memoirs
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By: Autrey, Ken
Vocation
$21.00PaperbackAdd to cartVocation is a poetry collection that examines the many ways of viewing the work of a life and all that contributes to it. The book’s first section, “The Voices,” evokes the various individuals whose l
- Author: Autrey, Ken
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 118
- Publish Date: August 15 2025
- ISBN10: 1962847306
- Language: English
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By: Tram, Dang Thuy
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cart“Remarkable. . . . A gift from a heroine who was killed at twenty-seven but whose voice has survived to remind us of the humanity and decency that endure amid–and despite–the horror and chaos of war… [more below]
- Author: Tram, Dang Thuy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 07 2008
- ISBN10: 0307347389
- Language: English
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By: Sanders, Luke
The Plans I Have for You: An Autobiographical Memoir
$19.95PaperbackAdd to cart49
The Plans I Have for You is an autobiographical memoir that we can all learn from. Luke chronicles the major parts of his whole life, with the climactic part of the story being a near-death injury w
- Author: Sanders, Luke
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 106
- Publish Date: July 08 2025
- ISBN10: 9798894858791
- Language: English
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By: Duthie, Maria
Chocolate Cake is the Best Medicine: The Bond that Triumphed over a Near-Fatal Equine Accident
$15.99PaperbackAdd to cart“If there was ever a day when everything went right when everything had gone wrong, that was it.”
Life builds our resilience, shaping us through hardships we never imagined we could face. But each chal
- Author: Duthie, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 106
- Publish Date: October 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1958481580
- Language: English
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By: Senna, Danzy
Where Did You Sleep Last Night?: A Personal History
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the author of the bestselling Caucasia, a sad, revealing memoir of the mixed-race marriage of her parents, and the very different American origins that brought them together and pulled them apart
- Author: Senna, Danzy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: March 30 2010
- ISBN10: 0312429398
- Language: English
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By: Swinton, Tilda
Tilda Swinton: Ongoing
$65.00PaperbackAdd to cartThe first book by Tilda Swinton highlights her incredible transformations and iconic roles, tracing Swinton’s singular presence through collaborations with filmmakers and fashion figures.
Taking as a- Author: Swinton, Tilda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: September 30 2025
- ISBN10: 0847860515
- Language: English
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By: Amis, Martin
Experience: A Memoir (25th Anniversary Edition)
$20.00PaperbackAdd to cartMartin Amis blends vivid memories, sharp wit, and tender honesty to deliver an unforgettable memoir that explores his relationships with family, personal tragedies, and the absurdities of being known.
- Author: Amis, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1250414881
- Language: English
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By: Sollish, Jan
Simply Magical: North Beach: 1977 – 1982
$17.99PaperbackAdd to cartExplore an enchanting journey of a novice teacher navigating Prop 13 and the colorful 70s San Francisco, balancing between teaching and working at the hottest musical revue, BBB.
Simply Magical is a ca
- Author: Sollish, Jan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: August 19 2025
- ISBN10: 9798822977082
- Language: English
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An Island to Myself: The Place of Solitude in an Active Life
$22.95PaperbackAdd to cartThe power of solitude to deepen a life.
In his twenties, Michael N. McGregor traveled to the remote Greek island of Patmos to spend two winter months alone, 6,000 miles from home. It was a time before
- Author: McGregor, Michael N.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 1958972746
- Language: English
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By: Smart, Elizabeth
Detours: Hope & Growth After Life’s Hardest Turns
$28.99HardcoverAdd to cartIn this powerful memoir of survival and healing, Elizabeth Smart empowers readers to navigate life’s detours, embrace resilience, and find healing and purpose after adversity.
In Detours, Elizabeth Sm- Author: Smart, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 16 2025
- ISBN10: 9798895650066
- Language: English
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By: Mason, John
Crazy Lucky: Remarkable Stories from Inside the World of Celebrity Icons
$28.00HardcoverAdd to cartMost lawyers aren’t like John Mason. Then again, most lawyers don’t do what he does.
For decades, John Mason has been a confidante, mediator, and last line of defense for some of the most visible arti
- Author: Mason, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 250
- Publish Date: June 10 2025
- ISBN10: 1964008077
- Language: English
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By: Gilmore, Renee
Wayfinding: A Memoir
$24.99PaperbackAdd to cartThroughout her life, Renee Gilmore has been in love with the open road. Her passion for exploration has taken her across all seven continents-but the real journey has been much more personal. In Wayfi
- Author: Gilmore, Renee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 348
- Publish Date: October 01 2025
- ISBN10: 1949487628
- Language: English
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By: Vang, Yia
In Yer’s Kitchen: Memoir of a Hmong Daughter
$18.00PaperbackAdd to cartNONFICTION BOOK AWARDS WINNER 2025 — Bronze Award
“What sets this memoir apart is its masterful interweaving of the personal and the political. Vang doesn’t just share recipes; she reveals how food be
- Author: Vang, Yia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 1961064278
- Language: English
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By: Gallo Ryan, Amy
You May Feel A Bit of Pressure: Observations from Infertility’s Heart-Wrenching Ride
$22.95PaperbackAdd to cartYou May Feel a Bit of Pressure: Observations from Infertility’s Heart-Wrenching Ride tells the maddening, mysterious story of one woman’s unexplained infertility through a spectrum of emotions that wi… [more below]
- Author: Gallo Ryan, Amy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 21 2025
- ISBN10: 1963115589
- Language: English
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Truth Be Told: The Story of My Life and My Fight for Equality
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartINSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER
Former Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada Beverley McLa
WINNER OF THE WRITERS’ TRUST SHAUGHNESSY COHEN PRIZE
WINNER OF THE OTTAWA BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION- Author: McLachlin, Beverley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 198210497X
- Language: English
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By: Hesse, Josiah
On Fire for God: Fear, Shame, Poverty, and the Making of the Christian Right – A Personal History
$32.00HardcoverAdd to cartOne part Educated, one part rebuttal to Hillbilly Elegy, On Fire for God explores the ways evangelical Christianity has preyed upon its followers while galvanizing them into the political force known … [more below]
- Author: Hesse, Josiah
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0553387294
- Language: English
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By: Burden, Belle
Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
$30.00HardcoverRead moreA gorgeous memoir about the sudden end to a seemingly happy marriage–an aching, love-filled, and transcendent account of surviving betrayal and discovering joy
“Riveting . . . examines the very natur- Author: Burden, Belle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 0593733312
- Language: English
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By: Dodd, Patton
The Father You Get: And the Ones You Make, Believe In, and Become
$26.99HardcoverAdd to cartIn a world of imperfect-at-best and bad-at-worst dads, what is the ideal of fatherhood we aspire to? Why does this ideal exist?
What is it about fathers and father figures that looms so large in the l
- Author: Dodd, Patton
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 222
- Publish Date: September 23 2025
- ISBN10: 1506486983
- Language: English
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By: Frison, Shannon
Scar Tissue: A Tale of American Armor
$19.99PaperbackAdd to cartScar Tissue follows the life of Judge Shannon Frison from the South Side of Chicago to the bench of the Massachusetts Superior Court, tracing the path of a Black lesbian Marine who moved through some … [more below]
- Author: Frison, Shannon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 154
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 9798998807220
- Language: English
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A Redemptive Gift: Ruby’s Story
$17.95PaperbackAdd to cartFrom the moment we take our first breath to our final farewell, life is a journey filled with trials, triumphs, and moments of grace.
Born under the shadow of rejection in rural Comer, Alabama, during
- Author: Wilson, Ruby Nell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: August 22 2025
- ISBN10: 9798897859948
- Language: English



















