Biography & Autobiography
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Life Without Reservations: Growing Up at the Famed Ambassador Hotel 1921 to 1938
$25.00 Add to cartWhat if the only life a young girl ever knew was growing up in a famous hotel? And what if that young girl was your mother, and her magical life went from extraordinary to ordinary overnight? This is
- Author: Benjamin, Carlyn Frank
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 10 2026
- ISBN10: 1960865412
- Language: English
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Memorial Drive: A Daughter’s Memoir
$29.99 Read moreAn Instant New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book
One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2020
Named One of the Best Books of the Year by: The Washington Post, NPR, Shelf Awareness, Es
- Author: Trethewey, Natasha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 28 2020
- ISBN10: 006224857X
- Language: English
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Being Wagner: The Story of the Most Provocative Composer Who Ever Lived
$19.00 Add to cartSimon Callow, the celebrated author of Orson Welles, delivers a dazzling, swift, and accessible biography of the musical titan Richard Wagner and his profoundly problematic legacy–a fresh take for se… [more below]
- Author: Callow, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 06 2018
- ISBN10: 0525436189
- Language: English
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Memoirs
$18.95 Read moreWhen Memoirs was first published in 1975, it created quite a bit of turbulence in the mediathough long self-identified as a gay man, Williams’ candor about his love life, sexual encounters, and drug u… [more below]
- Author: Williams, Tennessee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 15 2006
- ISBN10: 0811216691
- Language: English
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The Prophet Outcast: Trotsky: 1929-1940
$44.95 Add to cartFew political figures of the twentieth century have aroused as much controversy as the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Trotsky’s extraordinary life and extensive writings have left an indelible ma… [more below]
- Author: Deutscher, Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 484
- Publish Date: January 17 2004
- ISBN10: 1859844510
- Language: English
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Deep House: The Gayest Love Story Ever Told
$19.99 Add to cartFrom the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author of Gay Bar comes a rule-breaking, sweat-soaked, genre-busting story of outlaw love.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER The New Yorker Best Books of 2025 Pub- Author: Lin, Jeremy Atherton
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 0316546070
- Language: English
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Changeover: A Young Rivalry and a New Era of Men’s Tennis
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2025 BY
* THE NEW YORKER * NPR * TOWN & COUNTRY * The story of Carlos Alcaraz, Jannik Sinner, and their epic rivalry, as told by “the best tennis writer in A- Author: Nathan, Giri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 166807625X
- Language: English
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Painting as a Pastime
$16.99 Add to cart‘Painting is a companion with whom one may hope to walk a great part of life’s journey.’
Winston Churchill’s timeless meditation on the joy of painting, now beautifully republished with extended insigh
- Author: Churchill, Winston
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 05 2026
- ISBN10: 1805703501
- Language: English
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Robert Louis Stevenson
$22.00 Read moreR. L. Stevenson’s life and writing, which reflected a restless mind in a global age.
This concise biography offers a fresh portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson: frail Edinburgh child turned globe-trott- Series: Critical Lives
- Author: Norquay, Glenda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: May 06 2026
- ISBN10: 1836391684
- Language: English
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All the Work I Never Wanted: A Memoirella of Jobs
$15.00 Add to cartThe lady at the plastic-cup-making factory is missing her fingers. The kid at the burger joint is spitting on patties. The newspapers are thrown out of dented vans in the darkest hours of morning. The
- Author: Marshall, Rex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9798991307178
- Language: English
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Science Nonfiction: Behind the Scenes in University Research
$23.99 Add to cartEvery year, the United States spends roughly $60 billion-about one percent of the federal budget-on university research. Though this research has far-reaching effects and benefits the public at large,
- Author: Lipomi, Darren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 156
- Publish Date: June 01 2026
- ISBN10: 9798995796909
- Language: English
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The Diary of a Forty-Niner
$15.00 Read moreIn August 1906, Chauncey Canfield committed to his publisher a found text: the diary, ostensibly verified, of one Alfred T. Jackson, a pioneer miner who joined the Gold Rush from his home in Norfolk, … [more below]
- Author: Canfield, Chauncey
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: December 19 1993
- ISBN10: 0962798738
- Language: English
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The Madman’s Guide to Stamp Collecting
$17.95 Add to cartA fascinating, one-of-a-kind journey through the obsessive world of collecting (and stamps) by maverick historian and cult writer Robert Irwin.
“[A] delightful mishmash of quotations, digressions, obs- Author: Irwin, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 02 2026
- ISBN10: 1805337769
- Language: English
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My Silent Tears
$11.95 Add to cartThis book is about woman who has been pushed away by her family since she was young. A woman who has been abused by family, sexually abused from a young age, mentally abused, verbally abused, and phys
- Author: Wilson, Shekeitha Shay
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 38
- Publish Date: March 30 2026
- ISBN10: 9798885059220
- Language: English
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The Prophet Unarmed: Trotsky: 1921-1929
$44.95 Add to cartFew political figures of the twentieth century have aroused as much controversy as the Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. Trotsky’s extraordinary life and extensive writings have left an indelible ma… [more below]
- Author: Deutscher, Isaac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 444
- Publish Date: January 17 2004
- ISBN10: 1859844464
- Language: English
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Down with the System: A Memoir (of Sorts)
$19.99 Add to cartTHE *INSTANT* NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
An exhilarating, thoughtful, and beautifully written memoir by musician, songwriter, and lead singer-lyricist of Grammy award-winning met
USA TODAY BESTSELLER- Author: Tankian, Serj
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 12 2026
- ISBN10: 0306831937
- Language: English
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Saints’ Lives: The Miraculous, Inspiring, and Astonishing Stories of the Saints
$21.99 Read moreThe extraordinary lives of the saints are full of wonder and miracles, but also some grisly endings. This beautifully illustrated compendium, written by the religious correspondent for the BBC, brings… [more below]
- Author: Beattie, Tina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 25 2026
- ISBN10: 9798217136056
- Language: English
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Being There: Memoir of an Asian American Journalist
$24.95 Add to cartIn the brisk, evocative prose of a seasoned television journalist, Lori Matsukawa describes her astonishing journey from a humble childhood in Hawaii to a stellar career as one of the nation’s best lo… [more below]
- Author: Matsukawa, Lori
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 19 2026
- ISBN10: 1634051068
- Language: English
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The Invisible Veteran: Rediscovering Purpose, Identity, and Connection After Service
$19.99 Read moreWhat happens when the mission ends . . . but your identity doesn’t come with you?
For many veterans, leaving the military isn’t just a transition. It’s a disruption of identity, purpose, and structure.
- Author: Kidder, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 182
- Publish Date: May 26 2026
- ISBN10: 1966786948
- Language: English
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The Heart of All Nations
$18.95 Add to cartPierbattista Cardinal Pizzaballa, O.F.M., has lived, studied, and worked in the Holy Land since 1990, first as a student of Scripture, then as the custodian of the Holy Land, and finally as the Latin
- Author: Pizzaballa, Pierbattista
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: March 30 2026
- ISBN10: 1621648869
- Language: English
