Literary Figures
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North of Normal: A Memoir of My Wilderness Childhood, My Unusual Family, and How I Survived Both
$19.99 Add to cartSex, drugs, and . . . bug stew? In the vein of The Glass Castle and Wild, Cea Sunrise Person’s compelling memoir of a childhood spent with her dysfunctional counter-culture family in the Canadian wil
- Author: Person, Cea Sunrise
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 23 2015
- ISBN10: 006228987X
- Language: English
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Losing Us: A Dementia Caregiver’s Journey
$19.99 Add to cartLosing Us: A Dementia Caregiver’s Journey, is a candid, compassionate and sometimes humorous memoir of Author Rosella Leslie’s heartbreaking struggles and triumphs during her twelve years as her husba… [more below]
- Author: Leslie, Rosella M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: September 23 2022
- ISBN10: 1039156401
- Language: English
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Fidel Y Raúl, MIS Hermanos. / My Brothers Fidel and Raul. Juanita Castro’s Memoir as Told to MarÃa Antonieta Collins: La Historia Secreta: Memorias de
$13.95 Add to cartLas memorias de Juanita Castro sobre sus hermanos Fidel Castro y Raúl Castro llevadas de la mano de la gran periodista MarÃa Antonieta Collins.”Hace años Juanita Castro se decidió a escribir sus m… [more below]
- Author: Ruz, Juanita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: December 27 2016
- ISBN10: 1945540265
- Language: Spanish
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Dimestore: A Writer’s Life
$15.95 Add to cart“A memoir that shines with a bright spirit, a generous heart and an entertaining knack for celebrating absurdity.”–The New York Times Book Review
“This is Smith at her finest.”–Library Journal, star- Author: Smith, Lee
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 04 2017
- ISBN10: 1616206462
- Language: English
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Mom & Me & Mom
$26.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A moving memoir about the legendary author’s relationship with her own mother.
Emma Watson’s Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick
The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life- Author: Angelou, Maya
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 02 2013
- ISBN10: 1400066115
- Language: English
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Letters of C. S. Lewis
$19.99 Add to cartA repackaged edition of the revered author’s collection of personal letters–a curated selection of the best of his correspondence with family, friends, and fans–and a short biography by his brother
- Author: Lewis, C. S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 688
- Publish Date: February 14 2017
- ISBN10: 0062643568
- Language: English
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Sufferah: The Memoir of a Brixton Reggae-Head
$28.95 Add to cart–Selected for the In the Margins Book Awards 2024 Top Ten Title List and 2024 Nonfiction Recommendation List
“In this inspiring, often harrowing narrative, the author chronicles how, shortly after he
- Author: Wheatle, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1636140939
- Language: English
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Tonight I’m Someone Else: Essays
$18.99 Add to cart“I had a real romance with this book.” –Miranda July
A highly anticipated collection, from the writer Maggie Nelson has called, “bracingly good…refreshing and welcome,” that explores the myriad ways- Author: Hodson, Chelsea
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 05 2018
- ISBN10: 1250170192
- Language: English
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Enemies of Promise
$19.00 Add to cart
“Whom the gods wish to destroy,” writes Cyril Connolly, “they first call promising.” First published in 1938 and long out of print, Enemies of Promise, an “inquiry into the problem of how to write a b… [more below]- Author: Connolly, Cyril
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0226115046
- Language: English
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La Búsqueda de Un Sueño (a Dream Called Home Spanish Edition): Una AutobiografÃa
$18.99 Add to cartLa extraordinaria historia de Reyna Grande–que comenzó en su exitosa autobiografÃa La distancia entre nosotros–continúa ahora en esta fabulosa travesÃa para encontrar su lugar en los Estados Uni… [more below]
- Series: Atria Espanol
- Author: Grande, Reyna
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 30 2018
- ISBN10: 1501172077
- Language: Spanish
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Fruit Punch: A Memoir
$17.99 Add to cartAn arresting and one-of-a-kind memoir about the alternately exultant and harrowing trip growing up as a Black child desperate to create a clear reality for herself in this country
Written in a distinct
- Author: Allen, Kendra
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0063139839
- Language: English
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Come Back in September: A Literary Education on West Sixty-Seventh Street, Manhattan
$20.00 Add to cartCritic and writer Darryl Pinckney recalls his friendship and apprenticeship with Elizabeth Hardwick and Barbara Epstein and the introduction they offered him to the New York literary world.
Darryl Pin- Author: Pinckney, Darryl
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 1250893550
- Language: English
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What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance
$18.00 Add to cart2019 National Book Award Finalist
“Reading it will change you, perhaps forever.” —San Francisco Chronicle “Astonishing, powerful, so important at this time.” –Margaret Atwood What You Have Heard is- Author: Forché, Carolyn
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 11 2020
- ISBN10: 0525560394
- Language: English
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Party of the Century: The Fabulous Story of Truman Capote and His Black and White Ball
$19.99 Add to cartIn 1966, everyone who was anyone wanted an invitation to Truman Capote’s “”Black and White Dance”” in New York, and guests included Frank Sinatra, Norman Mailer, C. Z. Guest, Kennedys, Rockefellers, a… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Deborah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 047009821X
- Language: English
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Papillon [Movie Tie-In]
$17.99 Add to cart“A modern classic of courage and excitement.” —The New Yorker
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CHARLIE HUNNAM AND RAMI MALEK
Henri Charri鑽e, nicknamed “Papillon,” for the butterfly tattoo on his c
- Author: Charriere, Henri
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0062882465
- Language: English
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Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography
$19.99 Add to cartCharles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now, acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us th
- Author: Michaelis, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: December 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0060937998
- Language: English
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Syntax of the River: The Pattern Which Connects
$19.95 Read moreBarry Lopez had no illusions about the seriousness of our global crisis, yet he also felt a deep conviction about the power of hope and the sources of renewal in the living world. Syntax of the River … [more below]
- Author: Lopez, Barry
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 1595349898
- Language: English
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Hemingway: The Paris Years: The Paris Years (Revised)
$29.99 Add to cartThe 1920s in Paris are the pivotal years in Hemingway’s apprenticeship as a writer, whether he was sitting in cafes or at the feet of Gertrude Stein. These are the heady times of the Nick Adams short
- Author: Reynolds, Michael
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0393318796
- Language: English
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Poet Warrior: A Memoir
$25.00 Add to cartJoy Harjo, the first Native American to serve as U.S. poet laureate, invites us to travel along the heartaches, losses, and humble realizations of her “poet-warrior” road. A musical, kaleidoscopic, an
- Author: Harjo, Joy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0393248526
- Language: English
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Mientras Escribo: Memorias de Un Oficio / On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
$17.00 Read morePocas veces un libro sobre el oficio de escribir ha resultado tan clarificador, til y revelador.
Cuando Stephen King se decidi a escribir sobre su profesi n y su vida, un brutal accidente automovil s… [more below]- Author: King, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 16 2021
- ISBN10: 0593311507
- Language: Spanish
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