American - 20th century
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Running with Scissors
$20.00 Read moreThe #1 New York Times bestselling memoir from Augusten Burroughs, Running with Scissors, now a Major Motion Picture!
Running with Scissors is the true story of a boy whose mother (a poet with delusion- Author: Burroughs, Augusten
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 01 2003
- ISBN10: 031242227X
- Language: English
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A Place to Stand
$18.00 Add to cartJimmy Santiago Baca’s harrowing, brilliant memoir of his life before, during, and immediately after the years he spent in a maximum-security prison garnered tremendous critical acclaim and went on to … [more below]
- Author: Baca, Jimmy Santiago
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 10, 2002
- ISBN10: 0802139086
- Language: English
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Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love
$18.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the acclaimed author of Signal Fires and host of the hit podcast Family Secrets a memoir about the staggering family secret uncovered by a genealogy test, an explorati
- Author: Shapiro, Dani
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: January 28, 2020
- ISBN10: 0525434038
- Language: English
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Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir
$18.00 Add to cartShortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for Biography
An electric portrait of the artist as a young woman that asks how a writer finds her voice
Longlisted for The Orwell Prize for Political Writing- Author: Solnit, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 09, 2021
- ISBN10: 0593083342
- Language: English
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Martha’s Vineyard – Isle of Dreams
$29.95 Read more“In the winter of 1982, long before she became the watercolor artist and author we know today, Susan Branch, 34-years-old and heartbroken from the sudden and unexpected end of her marriage in Californ
- Author: Branch, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 01, 2016
- ISBN10: 0996044027
- Language: English
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Pocket Maya Angelou Wisdom: Inspirational Quotes and Wise Words from a Legendary Icon
$11.99 Read morePocket Maya Angelou Wisdom is a collection of some of her best and most empowering quotes. This is the ultimate keepsake for fans of Maya Angelou’s beautiful poetry, as well as for anyone looking for … [more below]
- Author: Hardie Grant Books
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: February 05 2019
- ISBN10: 1784882461
- Language: English
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Maya’s Song
$19.99 Add to cartFrom bestselling, award-winning creators Ren馥 Watson and Bryan Collier comes a stunningly crafted picture book chronicling the life of poet and activist Maya Angelou.
This unforgettable picture book
- Author: Watson, Renée
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: September 20, 2022
- ISBN10: 0062871587
- Language: English
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A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams
$18.00 Add to cart2009 Caldecott Honor Book
When he wrote poems, he felt as free as the
An ALA Notable Book
A New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Book
A Charlotte Zolotow Honor Book
NCTE Notable Children’s Book- Series: Incredible Lives for Young Readers
- Author: Bryant, Jen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 34
- Publish Date: August 01, 2008
- ISBN10: 0802853021
- Language: English
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A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside
$28.95 Add to cartA thrilling ocean voyage on the Queen Mary 2 from New York City to Southampton culminating in a two-month ramble through the charming backroads and small villages of the pastoral English countryside i… [more below]
- Author: Branch, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 30 2017
- ISBN10: 0996044043
- Language: English
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Who Was Maya Angelou?
$6.99 Add to cartBorn in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, “Still I Rise,… [more below]
- Series: Who Was?
- Author: Labrecque, Ellen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 12 2016
- ISBN10: 0448488531
- Language: English
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Joan Didion: What She Means
$50.00 Add to cartAn exploration of the visual corollary to Didion’s life and work and the feeling that each generates in her admirers, detractors and critics–including artists from Helen Lundeberg to Diane Arbus, Bet
- Author: Didion, Joan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1636810578
- Language: English
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I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee
$28.99 Read moreThe first graphic novel biography of the legendary Stan Lee, co-creator of many of Marvel’s beloved superheroes, from Eisner-nominated comics creator Tom Scioli.
Everyone knows Stan Lee: His work at t- Author: Scioli, Tom
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1984862022
- Language: English
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The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters
$33.98 Add to cartDuring the Cold War, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy’s most cherished possession–but such freedom was put in service of a hidden agenda. In The Cultural Cold War, Frances Stono… [more below]
- Author: Saunders, Frances Stonor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: November 05 2013
- ISBN10: 1595589147
- Language: English
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Looking Back: A Book of Memories
$10.99 Add to cart(star) “A compelling and inspirational portrait of the author emerges from these vivid snapshots of life’s joyful, sad and surprising moments.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review In this moving autobi… [more below]
- Author: Lowry, Lois
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 1, 2017
- ISBN10: 054493248X
- Language: English
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Speak, Memory: An Autobiography Revisited
$18.00 Add to cartFrom one of the 20th century’s great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. – “Scintillating … One finds here amazing glimpses into the life of a world that has vanished foreve… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Nabokov, Vladimir
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 316
- Publish Date: August 28 1989
- ISBN10: 0679723390
- Language: English
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Just Kids
$45.00 Add to cartPatti Smith’s National Book Award-winning memoir, now richly illustrated with new material and never-before-seen photographs
“Reading rocker Smith’s account of her relationship with photographer Rober
- Author: Smith, Patti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 23 2018
- ISBN10: 0062873741
- Language: English
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Make Way: The Story of Robert McCloskey, Nancy Schön, and Some Very Famous Ducklings
$19.99 Read moreA beautiful and fascinating picture book biography that follows the lives of Robert McCloskey, creator of Make Way for Ducklings, and sculptor Nancy Sch?n, whose famous bronze ducks grace Boston Publi… [more below]
- Author: Kunkel, Angela Burke
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0593373359
- Language: English
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A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home
$20.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A lyrical and evocative collection of personal stories from the author of Under the Tuscan Sun, in which the queen of wanderlust reflects on the comforts of home.
“Personal- Author: Mayes, Frances
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0593443357
- Language: English
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Remembrance: Selected Correspondence of Ray Bradbury
$35.00 Read moreIconic author of Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, and Something Wicked This Way Comes, Ray Bradbury believed that, someday, a collection of his letters could illuminate the story of his life i… [more below]
- Author: Bradbury, Ray
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1668016974
- Language: English
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A Moveable Feast
$18.99 Add to cart“There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other.” –Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable FeastErnest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in… [more below]
- Author: Hemingway, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 29 1996
- ISBN10: 068482499X
- Language: English
