Biography & Autobiography
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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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Let Love Have the Last Word: A Memoir
$17.99 Add to cart“An insightful memoir that uncovers unique stories about matters of the heart.” —Essence
The inspiring New York Times bestseller from Common–the Grammy Award, Academy Award, and Golden Globe-winning- Author: Common
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1501133160
- Language: English
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Here Shall I Die Ashore: Stephen Hopkins: Bermuda Castaway, Jamestown Survivor, and Mayflower Pilgrim.
$21.99 Add to cartIn the spring of 1621, Plymouth Colony sent STEPHEN HOPKINS to make the first visit to Wampanoag sachem Massasoit to present a red horseman’s coat as a gift and sign of friendship. For most ordinary E… [more below]
- Author: Johnson, Caleb
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: November 20 2007
- ISBN10: 1425796338
- 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
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Dear Theo: The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh
$17.00 Read more“Written from the heart and without restraint, alive.”–The New York Times
Vincent van Gogh, the great but tormented artist, bared his tortured yet ecstatic soul in his letters to his confidant and com… [more below]- Author: Stone, Irving
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: September 01 1995
- ISBN10: 0452275040
- Language: English
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My Side of the River: An Alaska Native Story
$26.95 Add to cartIn 1971 the U.S. government created the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and extinguished Alaska Native aboriginal rights to hunting and fishing–forever changing the way Alaska Natives could be re… [more below]
- Series: American Indian Lives
- Author: Kelly, Elias
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 346
- Publish Date: July 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1496235096
- Language: English
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Steve Jobs: The Man Who Thought Different: A Biography
$15.99 Add to cartA riveting biography of the groundbreaking innovator who was a giant in the worlds of computing, music, filmmaking, design, smart phones, and more. A finalist for the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Aw
- Author: Blumenthal, Karen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 14 2012
- ISBN10: 125001445X
- Language: English
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The McCartney Legacy: Volume 1: 1969 – 73
$35.00 Read moreIn this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediately following the dissolution of the Beatles, a period
- Author: Kozinn, Allan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 720
- Publish Date: December 13 2022
- ISBN10: 0063000709
- Language: English
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Mao: The Unknown Story
$28.00 Add to cartThe most authoritative life of the Chinese leader every written, Mao: The Unknown Story is based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao’s close circle in China who have never talk
- Author: Chang, Jung
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: November 14 2006
- ISBN10: 0679746323
- Language: English
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Born Again
$19.99 Add to cartIn 1974 Charles W. Colson pleaded guilty to Watergate-related offenses and, after a tumultuous investigation, served seven months in prison. In his search for meaning and purpose in the face of the Wa… [more below]
- Author: Colson, Charles W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0800794591
- Language: English
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Piglet: The Unexpected Story of a Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy and His Family
$18.00 Add to cartIn the tradition of the beloved New York Times bestsellers Marley and Me and Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love, “a beautiful, inspiring” (Laura Schroff, New York Times bestselling author) memoir … [more below]
- Author: Shapiro, Melissa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 1982167181
- Language: English
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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History
$19.99 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy-Award nominated movie.
“An amazingly detailed account of fighting in Ira
- Author: Kyle, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 0062431641
- Language: English
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan
$19.99 Add to cart“A readable, compassionate account of an extraordinary life.” —The Washington Post
The remarkable life of history’s first foreign-born samurai, and his astonishing journey from Northeast Africa to the… [more below]
- Author: Lockley, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: February 02 2021
- ISBN10: 1335044981
- Language: English
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Elvis and the Memphis Mafia
$19.99 Read moreA monumental oral biography filled with raucous joy, aching loss and terrible poignancy, Elvis & the Memphis Mafia is the first book to capture the King – the man and the phenomenon – in his full comp
- Author: Nash, Alanna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 806
- Publish Date: August 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1845131282
- Language: English
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Julius Caesar
$20.99 Add to cartA fascinating, comprehensive biography of the cunning Roman conqueror Julius Caesar.More than two thousand years after his death, Julius Caesar remains one of the great figures of history. He shaped R… [more below]
- Author: Freeman, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 14 2009
- ISBN10: 0743289544
- Language: English
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The Far Traveler: Voyages of a Viking Woman
$18.99 Add to cartFive hundred years before Columbus, a Viking woman named Gudrid sailed off the edge of the known world. She landed in the New World and lived there for three years, giving birth to a baby before saili… [more below]
- Author: Brown, Nancy Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 06 2008
- ISBN10: 0156033976
- Language: English
