Biographies/Autobiographies
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A Circle of Quiet
$21.99 Add to cartThe beloved author of A Wrinkle in Time takes an introspective look at her life and muses on creativity in this memoir, the first of her Crosswicks Journals.
Every so often I need OUT. . . . My speci- Series: Crosswicks Journals #1
- Author: L’Engle, Madeleine
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 254
- Publish Date: August 11 2020
- ISBN10: 1504064461
- Language: English
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The Autobiography of Emperor Haile Sellassie I: King of All Kings and Lord of All Lords; My Life and Ethopia’s Progress 1892-1937
$29.95 Add to cart- Series: My Life and Ethiopia’s Progress (Paperback) #1
- Author: Sellassie, Haile
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 335
- Publish Date: December 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0948390409
- Language: English
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven: (Or, How I Made Peace with the Paranormal and Stigmatized Zealots and Cynics in the Process)
$16.99 Add to cartSlipknot and Stone Sour singer Corey Taylor’s New York Times bestselling journey into the world of ghosts and the supernatural
Corey Taylor has seen a lot of unbelievable things. However, many of hi- Author: Taylor, Corey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 08 2014
- ISBN10: 030682292X
- Language: English
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Chief Marin: Leader, Rebel, and Legend
$30.00 Add to cartA rare biography of a California Indian leader that weaves together the story of a legendary figure.
It’s a little known fact that the San Francisco Bay Area’s Marin County is named after a Coast Miwok
- Author: Goerke, Betty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: April 01 2007
- ISBN10: 1597140538
- Language: English
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Blood and Whiskey: The Life and Times of Jack Daniel
$37.00 Add to cartThe first-ever biography of the man who created America’s most famous whiskey
Born in Lynchburg, Tennessee, in 1850, Jack Daniel became a legendary moonshiner at age 15 before launching a legitimate d
- Author: Krass, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 275
- Publish Date: April 29 2004
- ISBN10: 0471273929
- Language: English
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Preston Tucker and His Battle to Build the Car of Tomorrow
$17.99 Add to cartA 2017 Michigan Notable Book
After World War II, the American automobile industry was reeling. Having spent years building tanks and airplanes for the army, the car companies would need years more to- Author: Lehto, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: April 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0912777737
- Language: English
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Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist
$22.99 Add to cartFrom the king of “Gonzo” journalism and bestselling author who brought you Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas comes another astonishing volume of letters by Hunter S. Thompson.
Brazen, incisive, and outra- Series: Gonzo Letters #02
- Author: Thompson, Hunter S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: December 04 2001
- ISBN10: 0684873168
- Language: English
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Not Afraid: The Evolution of Eminem
$19.99 Add to cartTHE SEQUEL TO THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER WHATEVER YOU SAY I AM, CHRONICLING THE PAST TWENTY YEARS OF RAPPER EMINEM’S LIFE, BASED ON EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH THE ARTIST, HIS FRIENDS, AND ASSOCIATES… [more below]
- Author: Bozza, Anthony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 08 2020
- ISBN10: 0306922959
- Language: English
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All-American Murder: The Rise and Fall of Aaron Hernandez, the Superstar Whose Life Ended on Murderers’ Row
$21.99 Add to cartDiscover the shocking #1 New York Times bestseller: the true story of a young NFL player’s first-degree murder conviction and untimely death — and his journey from the Patriots to prison.
Aaron Hernan… [more below]- Series: James Patterson True Crime #1
- Author: Patterson, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1538760851
- Language: English
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Blood in My Eye
$22.95 Add to cartBlood In My Eye was completed only days before it’s author was killed. George Jackson died on August 21, 1971 at the hands of San Quentin prison guards during an alleged escape attempt. At eighteen, G… [more below]
- Author: Jackson, George L.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 196
- Publish Date: December 19 1996
- ISBN10: 0933121237
- Language: English
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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare
$18.99 Add to cartA young man from a small provincial town moves to London in the late 1580s and, in a remarkably short time, becomes the greatest playwright not of his age alone but of all time. How is an achievement
- Author: Greenblatt, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: April 04 2016
- ISBN10: 0393352609
- Language: English
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Through a Window: My Thirty Years with the Chimpanzees of Gombe
$24.99 Add to cartThe renowned British primatologist continues the “engrossing account” of her time among the chimpanzees of Gombe, Tanzania (Publishers Weekly).
In her classic, In the Shadow of Man, Jane Goodall wrote
- Author: Goodall, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 07, 2010
- ISBN10: 0547336950
- Language: English
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Happy, Happy, Happy: My Life and Legacy as the Duck Commander
$17.99 Add to cartThis no-holds-barred autobiography chronicles the remarkable life of Phil Robertson, the original Duck Commander and Duck Dynasty star, from early childhood through the founding of a family business. … [more below]
- Author: Robertson, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1476726108
- Language: English
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The Cross and the Switchblade
$9.99 Add to cartThe dramatic and inspiring true story of a small town minister called to help inner city kids everyone else believed were beyond hope…
David Wilkerson was just a young preacher in the Pennsylvania h- Author: Wilkerson, David
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 15 1986
- ISBN10: 0515090255
- Language: English
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Blood Red Snow: The Memoirs of a German Soldier on the Eastern Front
$26.99 Add to cartFor the German soldier fighting under Hitler, keeping a diary was strictly forbidden. So Gunter Koschorrek, a fresh young recruit, wrote his notes on whatever scraps of paper he could find and sewed t… [more below]
- Author: Koschorrek, Gunter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 30 2005
- ISBN10: 0760321981
- Language: English
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Enter Night: A Biography of Metallica
$24.00 Add to cartSprung from the roots of 70s hard rock, Metallica defined the look and sound of 1980s heavy metal, just as Led Zeppelin had for hard rock and the Sex Pistols for punk before them. Inventors of thrash
- Author: Wall, Mick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: August 21 2012
- ISBN10: 1250007313
- Language: English
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Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends: Two WWII Paratroopers from the Original Band of Brothers Tell Their Story
$20.00 Add to cartTom Hanks introduces the “remarkable” (Publishers Weekly) true story of two inseparable friends and soldiers portrayed in the HBO(R) miniseries Band of Brothers.
Look for the Band of Brothers miniseri- Author: Guarnere, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 07 2008
- ISBN10: 0425224368
- Language: English
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Mortuary Confidential: Undertakers Spill the Dirt
$15.95 Add to cartMortuary Confidential does for the undertaker profession what Stiff did for cadavers–it manages to be as informative and heartwarming as it is irreverent and hilarious. This collection of real storie… [more below]
- Author: Harra, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 28 2021
- ISBN10: 0806541393
- Language: English
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Summary and Analysis of Man’s Search for Meaning: Based on the Book by Victor E. Frankl
$7.99 Add to cartSo much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Man’s Search for Meaning tells you what you need to know–before or after you read Viktor E. Frankl’s book.
Crafted and edited with care, Worth- Series: Smart Summaries
- Author: Worth Books
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 58
- Publish Date: May 23 2017
- ISBN10: 1504046773
- Language: English
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The Last Boy: Mickey Mantle and the End of America’s Childhood
$21.99 Add to cartAward-winning sports writer Jane Leavy follows her New York Times runaway bestseller Sandy Koufax with the definitive biography of baseball icon Mickey Mantle.
The legendary Hall-of-Fame outfielder wa
- Author: Leavy, Jane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 04 2011
- ISBN10: 0060883537
- Language: English
