Biographies/Autobiographies
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La Reina de Espadas / The Queen of Swords
$19.95 Add to cartPreseleccionado para National Book Award en la categoria de Literatura Traducida 2025
Una de las autoras m?s sugestivas de la literatura en espa?ol, ganadora del Premio Latin American Voices, recrea l- Author: Barrera, Jazmina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 22 2024
- ISBN10: 8426430775
- Language: Spanish
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Shadows of Sobriety: A Journey of Self-Discovery and Healing a Family Legacy
$17.95 Add to cartCan we ever truly escape the legacy of our past?
In Shadows of Sobriety, Keith Burton pulls back the curtain on his journey through a childhood marked by alcoholism, family dysfunction, and emotional s
- Author: Burton, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 202
- Publish Date: January 03 2025
- ISBN10: 9798991850209
- Language: English
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Lauren Bacall: The Queen of Cool
$35.00 Add to cartLauren Bacall (1924-2014), or Betty, as she was known to friends, was one of the last great movie stars of the Golden Age of Hollywood. Her career spanned seven decades and was one of the longest and … [more below]
- Series: Hollywood Legends
- Author: Uzarowski, Anthony
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1496838831
- Language: English
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Here’s Lookin’ Up Your Ol’ Address: A Toast Embracing Heritage Through Hardships and Honor
$20.95 Add to cartAfter a 50-year career teaching English, German, and Latin, Richard Cupich steps out from the classroom, feeling a deep need to share the personal stories he’s collected along the way. Born second in
- Author: Cupich, Richard J.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: October 31 2025
- ISBN10: 9798993306827
- Language: English
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The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life
$18.99 Add to cartAn editor and writer’s vivaciously entertaining, and often moving, chronicle of his year-long adventure with fifty great books (and two not-so-great ones)–a true story about reading that reminds us w
- Author: Miller, Andy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0061446181
- Language: English
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Ghost Girl: The True Story of a Child in Desperate Peril-And a Teacher Who Saved Her
$15.99 Add to cartFrom the bestselling author of One Child comes this compelling, true story of a child in desperate peril and the teacher who saved her despite the odds.
Jadie never spoke. She never laughed, or cried,
- Author: Hayden, Torey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 23 2017
- ISBN10: 0062564382
- Language: English
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The Borgias and Their Enemies, 1431-1519
$20.99 Add to cartThis colorful history of a powerful family brings the world they lived in–the glittering Rome of the Italian Renaissance–to life and is “simply unputdownable” (New York Times Book Review).
The name B… [more below]
- Author: Hibbert, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 16 2009
- ISBN10: 0547247818
- Language: English
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El Principios que funcionan: En la vida y el liderazgo
$17.99 Add to cartEste libro es una colecci?n de lecciones y an?cdotas personales que han formado la carrera en el servicio p?blico del general de cuatro estrellas y anterior Secretario de Estado Colin Powell. En el co… [more below]
- Author: Powell, Colin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0829702466
- Language: Spanish
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A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy
$19.00 Add to cartRecruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list of additional life principles–a series of secret, special
- Author: Levings, Tia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1250898056
- Language: English
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The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill: A Love Story . . . with Wings
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – The heartfelt, unforgettable story of how one man found his life’s work–and true love–among a gang of wild parrots roosting in San Francisco. The basis for the award-winn… [more below]
- Author: Bittner, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 25 2005
- ISBN10: 140008170X
- Language: English
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Perfectly Queer: Facing Big Fears, Living Hard Truths, and Loving Myself Fully Out of the Closet
$22.99 Add to cartThis humorous, heartwarming memoir follows a wife and mother’s journey of self-discovery and acceptance as she comes out as a lesbian in her late 30s.
Jill had a happy, healthy 20-year relationship wi- Author: Abby, Jillian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: April 25 2023
- ISBN10: 1401970745
- Language: English
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They Said It Couldn’t Be Done: The ’69 Mets, New York City, and the Most Astounding Season in Baseball History
$19.00 Add to cart“One of sports’ most storied championship teams gets its proper due” (Tom Verducci) in this definitive history of the 1969 Miracle Mets from the New York Times bestselling author of The Boys of Winter… [more below]
- Author: Coffey, Wayne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 24 2020
- ISBN10: 1524760897
- Language: English
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Always Ready, A Life of Firsts, Service and Second Acts: A Memoir
$14.95 Add to cartFor Gregory A. Duncan, life began with a series of uphill battles. Raised as the middle child in a family of five by a single mother, Gregory grew up in the shadow of an absent father and the challeng
- Author: Duncan, Gregory A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 29 2025
- ISBN10: 9798990831704
- Language: English
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Facing (In)Justice In Health
$13.99 Add to cartFacing (In)Justice In Health is a collection of sixteen first-person stories from Baltimore, Maryland, that weave together a tapestry of ideas exploring themes of health and justice, including: breaki
- Author: Cassagnol Dulièpre, Stéphie-Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: June 24 2025
- ISBN10: 9798990290037
- Language: English
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Husker DomiNation: A Big Red Journey
$19.99 Add to cartHusker DomiNation: A Big Red Journey is an impressive compilation of narratives that encapsulate the spirit and history of Husker Nation. The author, Steve Kruse, has meticulously gathered these capti
- Author: Kruse, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: December 16 2025
- ISBN10: 9798822966345
- Language: English
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Diary of Virginia Woolf: 1925-1930
$32.50 Add to cartAn account of Woolf’s life during the period in which To the Lighthouse and The Waves were written. “Her steel-trap mind and elegant prose…make this a most valuable and pleasurable book” (Publishers… [more below]
- Series: Diary of Virginia Woolf #03
- Author: Woolf, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 408
- Publish Date: September 14 1981
- ISBN10: 0156260387
- Language: English
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Cleopatra: A Life
$39.00 Add to cartThe Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer brings to life the most intriguing woman in the history of the world: Cleopatra, the last queen of Egypt.
Her palace shimmered with onyx, garnets, and gold, but- Author: Schiff, Stacy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0316001929
- Language: English
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The Bullfighter Checks Her Makeup: My Encounters with Extraordinary People
$19.00 Add to cartThe bestselling author of The Orchid Thief and The Library Book is back with this delightfully entertaining collection of her best and brightest profiles.
Acclaimed New Yorker writer Susan Orlean bri- Author: Orlean, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: January 08 2002
- ISBN10: 0375758631
- Language: English
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Hons and Rebels
$17.95 Add to cartJessica Mitford, the great muckraking journalist, was part of a legendary English aristocratic family. Her sisters included Nancy, doyenne of the 1920s London smart set and a noted novelist and biogra… [more below]
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Mitford, Jessica
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 284
- Publish Date: September 30 2004
- ISBN10: 1590171101
- Language: English
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A Fabulous Thru-Hike: 3,100 Miles on the Continental Divide Trail
$24.95 Add to cartNew York City native Derick Lugo’s life changed in 2012 when he spontaneously decided to thru-hike the Appalachian Trail. In the years that followed, he became an advocate for the outdoors and eventua… [more below]
- Author: Lugo, Derick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: February 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1680518291
- Language: English
