Autobiographies
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Dancing Into the Light: An Arab American Girlhood in the Middle East
$17.95 Add to cartThis cross-cultural, Arab/American story-an optimistic tale of joy, renewal, and the power of love, music, and dance–explores how a young girl growing up in Tehran and Kuwait experiences the loss of … [more below]
- Author: Abdul-Baki
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1647425379
- Language: English
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Rainbow in the Dark: The Autobiography
$28.00 Read moreInstant National Bestseller
The long-awaited autobiography by one of heavy metal’s most revered icons, treasured vocalists, and front man for three legendary bands–Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and Dio. Pr- Author: Dio, Ronnie James
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: July 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1642939749
- Language: English
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My Life in the Sunshine: Searching for My Father and Discovering My Family
$26.00 Read more“Nabil traces the image of his father through song. With growing fascination and heartbreak, he draws out meaning from the shadow of absence, and ultimately redefines what it means to be a family.” – … [more below]
- Author: Ayers, Nabil
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 059329596X
- Language: English
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Troublemaker: A Memoir of Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn’t See Coming
$30.00 Read moreLisa Cornwell never shied away from standing up to bullies.
When she was a freshman in college, she saw a man hit a woman in the face with a closed fist while a paralyzed crowd stood by and watched.- Author: Cornwell, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 23 2023
- ISBN10: 1637272561
- Language: English
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Everyone Against Us: Public Defenders and the Making of American Justice
$25.00 Read moreA former public defender testifies to the vivid human suffering at the heart of America’s criminal justice system.
As a public defender, Allen Goodman faced cross-examination from family and friend… [more below]- Series: Chicago Visions and Revisions
- Author: Goodman, Allen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: April 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0226826236
- Language: English
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Bang Bang Crash
$16.95 Read moreA rock and roll drummer abandons his successful music career to pursue his true passion and discovers a deeper understanding of artistic fulfillment in this episodic memoir of swapping one dream for a… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Nic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1640094407
- Language: English
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Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person
$18.95 Read moreDepression is a havoc-wreaking illness that masquerades as personal failing and hijacks your life. After a major suicide attempt in her early twenties, Anna Mehler Paperny resolved to put her reporter… [more below]
- Author: Mehler Paperny, Anna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 31 2020
- ISBN10: 1615194924
- Language: English
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They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood
$17.95 Read more“An inherently compelling memoir . . . A simply fascinating and ultimately inspiring story.” —Midwest Book Review
“Rodgers pulls no punches in this raw, emotional rags-to-riches memoir.” —Publishers
- Author: Rodgers, Sugar
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1617759295
- Language: English
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Beautiful Country: A Memoir
$28.95 Read moreA NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER – The moving story of an undocumented child living in poverty in the richest country in the world–an incandescent debut from an astonishing new talent – A TODAY SHOW #REA… [more below]
- Author: Wang, Qian Julie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0385547218
- Language: English
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The Arbornaut: A Life Discovering the Eighth Continent in the Trees Above Us
$20.00 Read more“An eye-opening and enchanting book by one of our major scientist-explorers.” –Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper’s Wife
Nicknamed the “Real-Life Lorax” by National Geographic, the biologist, bo- Author: Lowman, Meg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 17 2022
- ISBN10: 1250849187
- Language: English
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El Acontecimiento
$12.95 Add to cartUna mujer ante una sociedad en la que el aborto es un tab? (y un delito).
En octubre de 1963, cuando Annie Ernaux se halla en Ruan estudiando filolog?a, descubre que est? embarazada. Desde el primer mo
- Author: Ernaux, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 120
- Publish Date: December 20 2022
- ISBN10: 607079639X
- Language: Spanish
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The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State
$19.00 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE – In this “courageous” (The Washington Post) memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.
Nadia Murad… [more below]- Author: Murad, Nadia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 16 2018
- ISBN10: 1524760447
- Language: English
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The Year of Miracles: Recipes about Love + Grief + Growing Things
$30.00 Read moreA DELICIOUS MAGAZINE BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR * A GLOBE AND MAIL TOP 10 COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR
From the author of Midnight Chicken, a month-by-mo
Shortlisted for the Andre Simon Best Cookbook Award 2022- Author: Risbridger, Ella
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1526622637
- Language: English
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Mothercare: On Obligation, Love, Death, and Ambivalence
$23.00 Read more“Masterfully-wrought . . . [A] stunning story of caregiving, with its questions of obligation and ethics and what it means to care for someone who, perhaps, didn’t care for you.” —The Boston Globe
Fr- Author: Tillman, Lynne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 159376717X
- Language: English
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One Sunny Afternoon: A Memoir of Trauma and Healing
$18.95 Read moreFrom the bestselling author of Love Lives Here, a deeply personal memoir about facing life-long trauma head-on, and bravely healing the scars that endure.
For writer and human rights advocate Rowan Je- Author: Knox, Rowan Jette
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 0735244634
- Language: English
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Somewhere There Is Still a Sun: A Memoir of the Holocaust
$9.99 Read moreResilience shines throughout Michael Gruenbaum’s “riveting memoir” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about his time in the Terezin concentration camp during the Holocaust, in this National Jewish Bo… [more below]
- Author: Gruenbaum, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 25 2017
- ISBN10: 144248487X
- Language: English
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Terra Viva: My Life in a Biodiversity of Movements
$22.95 Read more*2023 Nautilus Book Award Gold Medal Winner: Heroic Journeys
“All of us who care about the future of Planet Earth must be grateful to Vandana Shiva.”–Jane Goodall, UN Messenger of Peace
A powerful ne
- Author: Shiva, Vandana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 258
- Publish Date: October 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1645021882
- Language: English
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Off with My Head: The Definitive Basic B*tch Handbook to Surviving Rock Bottom
$18.99 Add to cartNamed one of Us Weekly‘s Best Celebrity Memoirs of 2022
The New York Times bestselling author of the “refreshing” (The Cut) Next Level Basic and fan-favorite alumna of Bravo’s Vanderpump Rules returns- Author: Schroeder, Stassi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1982142561
- Language: English
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The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life
$26.00 Read moreA RECOMMENDED SUMMER READ BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, TIME, AND NEWSWEEK
Longtime Jeopardy host and television icon Alex Trebek reflects on his life and career. Since debuting as the host of- Author: Trebek, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 21 2020
- ISBN10: 1982157992
- Language: English
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A Long Way Home: A Memoir
$20.00 Read moreFirst it was a media sensation. Then it became the New York Times bestseller and #1 international bestseller A Long Way Home. Now it’s Lion, the major motion picture starring Dev Patel, Nicole Kidman,… [more below]
- Author: Brierley, Saroo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: June 02 2015
- ISBN10: 0425276198
- Language: English
