- Dream of Water: A Memoir by Kyoko Mori, ISBN 0449910431 - "POETIC . . . REMARKABLY HONEST . . . Mori describes her experiences with an admirable mixture of forthrightness and restraint." --The Wall Street Journal In an extraordinary memoir that is both a search for belonging and a search for understanding, Japanese-America...
- Sky of Stone: A Memoir by Hickam, Homer H., Jr., ISBN 0440240921 - Homer Hickam won the praise of critics and the devotion of readers with his first two memoirs set in the hardscrabble mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. "The New York Times crowned his first book, the #1 national bestseller October Sky, "an eloquent evocation ......
- Memoirs Of A Geisha / Something's Gotta Give (Exclusive) - Exclusive includes "Memoirs Of A Geisha" and "Something's Gotta Give" "Memoirs Of A Geisha" (Full Frame Version) - The director of "Chicago," Rob Marshall, transports us into a mysterious and exotic world that casts a potent spell. This s...
- Rocket Boys: A Memoir by Hickam, Homer H., Jr., ISBN 0385333218 - Rocket Boys is a uniquely American memoir -- a powerful, luminous story of coming of age at the dawn of the 1960s, of a mother's love and a father's fears, of a group of young men who dreamed of launching rockets into outer space . . . and who made those dreams come true. With ...
- Electroboy: A Memoir of Mania by Andy Behrman, ISBN 0812967089 - Electroboy is an emotionally frenzied memoir that reveals with kaleidoscopic intensity the terrifying world of manic depression. For years Andy Behrman hid his raging mania behind a larger-than-life personality. He sought a high wherever he could find one and changed jobs the w...
- Memoirs Of A Geisha/Little Women (CS) (Widescreen, Collector's Series) - Double Feature contains "Memoirs Of A Geisha" and "Little Women." "Memoirs Of A Geisha" - The director of "Chicago," Rob Marshall, transports us into a mysterious and exotic world that casts a potent spell. This stunning romantic epic sho...
- Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp - With acerbic wit and captivating insight, the author of the wildly popular "Straight Up and Dirty" continues her memoir series with a funny and touching look at adolescence, sharing her memoires of a summer fat camp. Illustrated.
- Thrumpton Hall: A Memoir of Life in My Father's House - Seymour's wonderful memoir is a kind of posthumous conversation with her father. The end is particularly powerful. What a gripping, poignant, dramatic, emotionally searing memoir.--Joyce Carol Oates. 8-page b&w photo insert.
- The Glass Castle: A Memoir - In the tradition of Mary Karr's "The Liars' Club" and Rick Bragg's "All Over But the Shouting," Jeannette Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished, eccentric and severely misguided family.
- Touch and Go: A Memoir - At 95 years of age, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Terkel offers his long-awaited memoir that embodies the spirit of the man himself--youthful, vivacious, and enormously fun.
- Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur - In this first memoir of its kind from a woman affected by the war in Darfur, a female doctor in Sudan shares her harrowing tale of courage, hope, family, and survival.
- Goat: A Memoir - A searing memoir of masculinity, violence, and brotherhood, "Goat" provides an unprecedented window into the emotional landscape of young fraternity men and introduces a writer of uncommon grace and power.
- After Long Silence: A Memoir by Helen Fremont, ISBN 0385333706 - "To this day, I don't even know what my mother's real name is." Helen Fremont was raised as a Roman Catholic. It wasn't until she was an adult, practicing law in Boston, that she discovered her parents were Jewish -- Holocaust survivors living invented lives. Not even...
- Honeymoon with My Brother: A Memoir - Honeymoon with My Brother: A Memoir
- A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father - The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Running with Scissors" delves into new territory with his most personal and unexpected memoir yet. "A Wolf at the Table" is the story of Burroughs' relationship with his father, his stunning psychological...
- The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks - From the critically acclaimed author of "The Mother Garden" comes a stirring and intimate memoir about the three weeks before her mother's death.
- Grabbing at Water: A Mother--Daughter Memoir - This unique memoir comprises a series of overarching stories, each told from a mother and daughter's wildly different perspectives. Any mother who's ever felt at a loss about how to raise a challenging child, and any daughter who's felt hemmed in by rules, will relish these ill...
- God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks about Life on Sapelo Island, Georgia by Cornelia Walker Bailey, ISBN 0385493770 - Equal parts cultural history and memoir, God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man" recounts a traditional way of life that is threatened by change, with stories that speak to our deepest notions of family, community, and a connection to one's homeland. Cornelia Walker Bailey...
- Before Their Time: A Memoir by Robert Kotlowitz, ISBN 0385496036 - in this memoir of his experiences as a teenage infantryman in the US Third Army during World War II, Kotlowitz brings to life the harrowing story of the massacre of his platoon in northeastern France, in which he--by playing dead--was the only one to survive. 208 pp. 15,000 pri...
- Manic: A Memoir - In the tradition of "Girl, Interrupted" and "An Unquiet Mind" comes this heartbreaking, beautifully written memoir of one womans experience with bipolar disorder.
- Palimpsest: A Memoir by Gore Vidal, ISBN 0140260897 - Gore Vidal refers to this memoir of his first 39 years as a "palimpsest", pointing out how remembrances are shaped and reshaped with time. From the vantage point of his villa on the Italian coast, Vidal tells of his life as a novelist and dramatist, politician and cri...
- Faith of My Fathers by John S. McCain, ISBN 0375501916 - "John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newswe...
- The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir - From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language comes a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the middle of the United States in the middle of the last century.
- Much to Your Chagrin: A Memoir of Embarrassment - An utterly original memoir, "Much to Your Chagrin" follows one woman's journey as she reflects on her many stumbles through love, career, and the growing pains that come with turning 30.
- Teacher Man: A Memoir - Teacher Man: A Memoir
- The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir - The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
- Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary Forger - An audacious memoir by a down-on-her-luck writer, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" is Israel's story of the astonishing literary forgeries she conceived and successfully executed for almost two years.
- The Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture - From the head writer of "The Onion's" entertainment column comes a painfully funny memoir as seen through the sturdy prism of pop culture. Through music, books, films, and television, Rabin shares his too-strange-for-fiction life story.
- Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir - Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir
- One Ranger: A Memoir - In this adventure-filled memoir, Jackson--who was the inspiration for Nick Nolte's character in the movie "Extreme Prejudice"--recalls what it was like to be the Texas Ranger who responded when riots threatened, violence erupted, and criminals needed to be brought to ...
- Modern American Memoirs by Annie Dillard, ISBN 0060927631 - This astonishing collection of excerpts drawn from extraordinary 20th century American memoirs delights, surprises and enriches. Including work by James Baldwin, Kate Simon, Geoffrey Wolf and Margaret Mead, each entry is preceded by a biography of the writer. Funny, poignant an...
- Jeff Gordon: Racing Back to the Front--My Memoir - Jeff Gordon's long-awaited racing memoir--an unprecedented and thrilling look inside the life of a NASCAR champion--gives passionate NASCAR fans unique access into the life and career of one of the most storied champions in the sport.
- When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa - A brilliant memoir about a son's return to Africa to uncover the secrets of his family and his home. Bearing witness to Zimbabwe's dramatic spiral downwards, Godwin discovers why Africa was his father's sanctuary from another identity and why his family chose to stay amidst the...
- Kitchen Privileges: A Memoir by Mary Higgins Clark, ISBN 0743412613 - In a charming, bittersweet memoir of growing up in the Bronx during the Depression, America's Queen of Suspense shares her recollections of her father's death in 1939, her family's financial woes, and her mother's creation of a rooming house, bringing in a colorful assortment o...
- Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat by James R. McDonough, ISBN 0891418008 - Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat
- The Coalwood Way by Hickam, Homer H., Jr., ISBN 0440237165 - From the #1 bestselling author of October Sky comes this rich, unforgettable tale. With the same dazzling storytelling that distinguished his first memoir, Homer Hickam takes us deeper into the soul of his West Virginia hometown at a moment when its unique way of life is buffet...
- Keep the Faith: A Memoir - Keep the Faith: A Memoir
- Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters - Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters
- Memoirs Of A Geisha/Seven Years In Tibet (Widescreen) - "Memoirs Of A Geisha" - The director of Chicago, Rob Marshall, transports us into a mysterious and exotic world that casts a potent spell. A Cinderella story like no other, "Memoirs Of A Geisha" stars Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh and Gong Li. &quo...
- Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan - Eteraz's searing memoir reveals what it's like being on the inside of militant Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan--and the culture shock he faces when he moves to the U.S.
- And the Sea is Never Full: Memoirs, 1969- by Elie Wiesel, ISBN 0805210296 - Continues the author's memoirs from 1968, when he was forty years old, and focuses on a wide range of topics, including divisions within Israel and Reagan's visit to the cemetery at Bitburg.
- The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir - In this heartfelt memoir, Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of tragic loss--the death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, and wisdom, this work is a portrait of a contemporary family, tied together by the love and loyalty of a...
- Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption - Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption
- Committed: A Rabble-Rouser's Memoir - Committed: A Rabble-Rouser's Memoir
- Memoirs Of A Geisha/Seven Years In Tibet (Full Frame) - "Memoirs Of A Geisha" - The director of Chicago, Rob Marshall, transports us into a mysterious and exotic world that casts a potent spell. A Cinderella story like no other, "Memoirs Of A Geisha" stars Ziyi Zhang, Ken Watanabe, Michelle Yeoh and Gong Li. &quo...
- The Gift of an Ordinary Day: A Mother's Memoir - The author of "Mitten Strings for God" offers an intimate memoir of a family in transition--boys becoming teenagers, careers ending and new ones opening up, an attempt to find a deeper sense of place, and enjoying a slower pace in a small New England town.
- Memoirs Of A Geisha/Little Women (CS) (Full Frame, Collector's Series) - "Memoirs Of A Geisha" - The director of "Chicago," Rob Marshall, transports us into a mysterious and exotic world that casts a potent spell. this stunning romantic epic shows how a house servant blossoms, against all odds, to become the most captivating geis...
- Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness - Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
- On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, ISBN 0671024256 - Starting with a mesmerizing account of King's childhood and his early focus on writing, this memoir affords readers a fresh and often funny perspective on the formation of a writer's character. King then discusses the basic tools of a writer's craft and how to sharpen and multi...
- Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir - Girlbomb: A Halfway Homeless Memoir
- Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia - Why would a talented young woman enter into a torrid affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Through five lengthy hospital stays, endless therapy, and the loss of family, friends, jobs, and all sense of what it means to be "normal," Marya Hornbacher lovingly embrac...
- The Things Between Us: A Memoir - Peopled by eccentrics and sparkling with humor and grace, this memoir by the editor of "Tin House" magazine tracks her fathers illness and death and her fragmented familys reunion.
- Seldom Disappointed: A Memoir by Tony Hillerman, ISBN 0060505869 - This is a splendid memoir, an affectionate and unvarnished recollection of the life of one of America's best-loved writers today. Beginning with his upbringing in Depression-era Oklahoma, this book spans Hillerman's tour of duty in France in World War II, his newspaper career, ...
- What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship & Love - What Remains: A Memoir of Fate, Friendship & Love
- Out of Place: A Memoir by Edward W. Said, ISBN 0679730672 - From one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diagnosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood, and so ...
- Bending Toward the Sun: A Mother and Daughter Memoir - From Holocaust survivor Rita Lurie and her daughter, Leslie, comes this beautiful dual memoir of a unique family bond, forged in the wake of a brutal terror.
- Home: A Memoir of My Early Years - Many know Julie Andrews from "The Sound of Music" and "Mary Poppins." In this memoir, she looks back on her early years with an aspiring Vaudeville mom and a loving dad and her role in "Camelot" with Richard Burton at age 20.
- What Becomes of the Brokenhearted: A Memoir - In his most daring act yet, E. Lynn Harris writes the memoir of his life--from his childhood in Arkansas as a closeted gay boy through his struggling days as a self-published author to his rise as a "New York Times" bestselling author.
- Broken Music: A Memoir - Focusing on special moments that have resonated throughout his career, the singer explores the early part of his life from childhood to adolescence, right up to the eve of his success with the Police, in his "New York Times"-bestselling memoir.
- Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence - Waking: A Memoir of Trauma and Transcendence
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur S. Golden, ISBN 0375400117 - Nitta Sayuri tells the story of her life as a geisha. In Memoirs of a Geisha, we enter a world where appearances are paramount; where a girl's virginity is auctioned to the highest bidder; where women are trained to beguile the most powerful men; and where love is scorned as il...
- A Reporter's Life by Walter Cronkite, ISBN 034541103X - "IMMEDIATELY ENGROSSING . . . [A] SPLENDID MEMOIR." --The Wall Street Journal "Run, don't walk to the nearest bookstore and treat yourself to the most heartwarming, nostalgia-producing book you will have read in many a year." --Ann Landers "Entert...
- Audition: A Memoir - The most important woman in the history of television journalism offers this memoir that is heartbreaking and inspiring, surprising and fun, sometimes startling, and always riveting. Illustrated.
- The Day I Stopped Being Pretty: A Memoir - Providing an insightful, inspiring perspective into the lives of those livingwith HIV and AIDS, Loftons memoir brings a face to the epidemic and shows thepower of love, sorrow, and hope.
- My Lucky Stars: A Hollywood Memoir by Shirley MacLaine, ISBN 0553572334 - An Academy Award-winning actress and the internationally bestselling author of Out on a Limb delivers her touching, warm and headline-making memoir. In My Lucky Stars Shirley MacLaine talks candidly and personally about her four decades in Hollywood, especially about the men an...
- True Compass: A Memoir - True Compass: A Memoir
- Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books - Every week for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden Western classics. This extraordinary memoir is an exploration of resilience in the face of tyranny and a celebration of the liberatin...
- Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent - Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and the Musical Rent
- Identical Strangers: A Memoir of Twins Separated and Reunited - A memoir of identical twins separated at birth and reunited at age 35, this gripping, emotional, and powerful story tells of two women each finding a lost sister, redefining her sense of identity, and expanding her definition of family.
- Swimming in a Sea of Death: A Son's Memoir - Both a memoir and an investigation, Rieffs tribute to his mother--writer Susan Sontag--explores her final battle with cancer and looks at the state of medical science and leading cancer physicians who combine treating patients with pursuing the cutting edge of research.
- Sex, Love, and Fashion: A Memoir of a Male Model - Sex, Love, and Fashion: A Memoir of a Male Model
- Her Last Death: A Memoir - A searing, beautifully written, and compulsively readable memoir by a daughter who grew up with a narcissistic and addictive mother. Sonnenberg mines her painful and often startling memories as she examines her struggle to break free of her mothers all-consuming influence.
- Burro Genius: A Memoir - Standing at the podium, Victor Villasenor looked at the group of educators amassed before him, and his mind flooded with childhood memories of humiliation and abuse at the hands of his teachers. He became enraged. With a pounding heart, he began to speak of these incidents. Whe...
- A Question of Freedom: A Memoir of Survival, Learning, and Coming of Age in Prison - This powerful debut memoir is a coming-of-age story with the unique twist that it takes place in prison. This work is also a quest for identity--one that ensures Betts's survival in a hostile environment and an understanding of how his past led to the moment of his crime.
- Love Junkie: A Memoir - Love Junkie: A Memoir
- Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home - In the spirit of Anne Lamott and Nora Ephron comes Janze's hilarious and moving memoir about a woman who returns home to her close-knit Mennonite family after a personal crisis.
- Lit: A Memoir - Karr pens the long-awaited sequel to the beloved and bestselling "The Liars' Club" in her memoir about a self-professed blackbelt sinner's descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection.
- Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India - In a book that is both an appealing account of an unusual childhood and a testament to the power of food to evoke memory, a highly regarded writer on Indian food offers an enchanting memoir of her early life in Delhi, occurring during a time and within a society that has since ...
- The Other Side of the Sky: A Memoir - Farah Ahmedi's "poignant tale of survival" ("Chicago Tribune") chronicles her journey from war to peace. Equal parts tragedy and hope, determination and daring, Ahmedi's memoir delivers a remarkably vivid portrait of her girlhood in Kabul, where the sound of...
- Audition: A Memoir - From presidents to dictators to the world's hottest celebrities, Barbara Walters has interviewed hundreds of notable people. Now, the most important woman in the history of television journalism offers a memoir that is heartbreaking and inspiring, surprising and fun, sometimes ...
- The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness - Saks managed to achieve both professional and personal success in spite of being diagnosed as schizophrenic and given a "grave" prognosis. In this memoir, she frankly and movingly discusses the disease, and the treatments that helped her to cope and thrive.
- Unbowed - In this inspiring memoir, Wangari Maathai, the winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, recounts her life as a political activist, feminist, and environmentalist in Kenya. Includes 16 pages of photos.
- Angela's Ashes: A Memoir - Frank McCourt was born in 1930 in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish immigrant parents, grew up in Limerick, Ireland, and returned to America in 1949. For thirty years he taught in New York City high schools. His first book, "Angela's Ashes," won the Pulitzer Prize, the Nat...
- Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad - Gleaned by Pulitzer Prize finalist Betty De Ramus from unpublished memoirs, Civil War records, and from descendants of runaway slave couples, "Forbidden Fruit "is a fascinating collection of true and largely untold stories from the Underground Railroad.
- Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption - What happened in this book will change what you think of the criminal justice system in this country. Each of [the authors] tells an extraordinary story about crime . . . but it's their shared spiritual journey toward reconciliation and forgiveness that is even more compelling ...
- My American Journey by Colin L. Powell, ISBN 0679432965 - Colin Powell is the embodiment of the American dream. He was born in Harlem to immigrant parents from Jamaica. He knew the rough life of the streets. He overcame a barely average start at school. Then he joined the Army. The rest is history - but a history that until now has be...
- The Unwanted: A Memoir of Childhood by Kien Nguyen, ISBN 0316284610 - Told with a stark, poetic brilliance, Kien's account of his early years--from the fall of Saigon to his family's eventual escape--is a work of profound emotional resonance. A Reader's Pick Selection.
- No Mountain High Enough: Raising Lance, Raising Me - From the mother of six-time Tour de France champion and cancer survivor Lance Armstrong comes the extraordinary story of the resilience of the human spirit and the remarkable effect of great parenting. In this powerful memoir, Kelly recounts her transformation from a poverty-st...
- Dancing to the Music in My Head: Memoirs of the People's Idol - Malakar became a household name during his stint on the sixth season of "American Idol." In this tell-all book, he takes fans behind the scenes on what it's like to star on one of the most popular shows today.
- Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century - Many had questioned the probability that Hunter S. Thompson would ever write a memoir. But the enigmatic legend of letters bucked the odds, resulting in a hilarious account of the making of the Gonzo journalist.
- True Compass: A Memoir - In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and 50 years at the center of national events.
- Memoirs by David Rockefeller, ISBN 0812969731 - The youngest son of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller narrates the story of his life, from his youth and Harvard education, through his military service during World War II, to his career in business and finance, and chronicles his varied roles as financier...
- Blue Rage, Black Redemption: A Memoir - Williams co-founded the Crips in his L.A. neighborhood, but what began as protection became a notorious gang. A 1981 conviction sent him to death row, where he was executed in 2005. From his jail cell, he became a powerful anti-gang activist.
- I'm Down - Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. This hip, funny memoir will have readers questioning what it means to be black or white in America.
- Chocolate, Please: My Adventures in Food, Fat, and Freaks - Comedy's Grammy-nominated Queen of Mean reveals all in her jaw-droppingly hilarious, politically incorrect memoir.
- War Child: A Child Soldier's Story - This extraordinary memoir tells the true story of a former child soldier, who survived and escaped a violent life to become Africa's number-one hip-hop artist and an international ambassador for children in war-torn countries.
- What I Talk about When I Talk about Running - By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this memoir is both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.
- Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time - Popular actress, Jenny Craig spokeswoman, and America's sweetheart Bertinelli reveals in this courageous and candid memoir her complicated past and how she has taken control of her own life to gain self-esteem and happiness. 8 pages of b&w photographs.
- Autobiography of a Face by Lucy Grealy, ISBN 0060569662 - ""I spent five years of my life being treated for cancer, but since then I've spent fifteen years being treated for nothing other than looking different from everyone else. It was the pain from that, from feeling ugly, that I always viewed as the great tragedy of my l...
- The Adventures and Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle, ISBN 0375760024 - From "A Scandal in Bohemia," in which Sherlock Holmes is famously outwitted by a woman, the captivating Irene Adler, to "The Five Orange Pips," in which the master detective is pitted against the Ku Klux Klan, to "The Final Problem," in which Holme...
- A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties - Rotolo has written a moving account of the fertile years just before the circus of the 1960s was in full swing with Bob Dylan as the anointed ringmaster. She chronicles the backstory of Greenwich Village in the early days, when Dylan was honing his music skills and she was in t...
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death by Jean-Dominique Bauby, ISBN 0375701214 - In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare kind of stroke to the b...
- The Governor - In this riveting and intensely personal memoir, Blagojevich tells the real story behind his political ascension and downfall. He goes on to expose the corrupt nature of Illinois politics from the average alderman to the U.S. Senate.
- Losing Mum and Pup: A Memoir - Bestselling author Buckley's most personal and transcendent work--the tragicomic true story of the year in which he lost both of his parents. The author offers consolation, wit, and warmth to those coping with the death of a mother or father.
- Pig Candy: Taking My Father South, Taking My Father Home: A Memoir - While traveling with her dying father, a woman comes to understand the brutal oppression he faced in the Jim Crow South--and the surprising love he still feels for its land and people.
- Hope Endures: Leaving Mother Teresa, Losing Faith, and Searching for Meaning - In this searing memoir by an extraordinary woman who served as a nun in Mother Teresa's order, Livermore recounts her journey into disillusionment with the order, her crisis of faith, and her ultimate renewal. 12 b&w photos throughout.
- Confections of a Closet Master Baker: One Woman's Sweet Journey from Unhappy Hollywood Executive to Contented Country Baker - The author chronicles her journey from sugar-obsessed child to miserable, awkward Hollywood insider to reluctant master baker. Eccentric characters, ceaselessly funny renditions of Hollywood nonsense, and recipes create a hilarious, poignant treat of a memoir.
- Old Friend from Far Away: The Practice of Writing Memoir - In her first book to focus solely on writing since her classic work "Writing Down the Bones," Goldberg reaffirms her status as one of the foremost teachers by redefining the practice of writing memoir.
- Society's Child - Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Ian chronicles her more than 40 years in the music business. In this fascinating memoir, she shares what it felt like to move in and out of the public eye and what inspired her return to music after a self-imposed hiatus.
- Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith - Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith
- Losing Everything - Acclaimed novelist Martin's memoir--his wildest and most heartbreaking redemptive story yet--chronicles the cumulative impact of bad luck, bad decisions, and insanity. If not a road map, the work provides hope, comfort, and wisdom for anyone who has lost his way.
- Do You Love Football?!: Winning with Heart, Passion, and Not Much Sleep - In a motivational memoir, the coach of the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Bucs discusses his love for football, detailing his childhood, school years, becoming a professional football coach, and winning the Super Bowl at the age of thirty-nine. Reprint.
- Searching for Schindler: A Memoir - This work is the engrossing chronicle of Keneally's pursuit of Oskar Schindler--one of history's most fascinating and paradoxical heroes. The author reveals how writing the book affected him as a writer and explores current attitudes about the Holocaust.
- The I Chong: Meditations from the Joint - Comedian and cultural icon Chongs insightful personal memoir, inspired by histime in prison, reveals how his spiritual outlook on life and unique point ofview helped him survive and emerge more determined.
- The Tennis Partner by Abraham Verghese, ISBN 0060931132 - This moving memoir of a friendship between two doctors is what "Time" called "a brave and heart-baring story. . . . It will speak to anyone who has looked with his heart instead of his eyes.
- What I Talk about When I Talk about Running - By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this memoir is both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes that finds similar satisfaction in distance running.
- Breakdowns: Portrait of the Artist as a Young %@&*! - The creator of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Maus" explores the comics form--and how it has formed him. This illustrated essay looks back at the 1960s as the artist pushes 60, in this collection that alters the terms of what can be accomplished in a memoir. 75,000.
- Running with Scissors: A Memoir by Augusten Burroughs, ISBN 0312283709 - After Burroughs was adopted by his mother's shrink at age 13, his childhood took a turn for the bizarre with electroshock machine fun and games; month-long family/patient sleep-overs on the front lawn; a physician-assisted fake suicide attempt to get excused from school forever...
- A Hidden Life: A Memoir of August 1969 - In 1969, Reiss made the trip to Holland to chronicle the two years, seven months, and one day she had spent hiding from the Nazis. Subtle and disturbing, the book is a powerful consideration of memory, violence, and loss, told in a stunning and sparse narrative style.
- Crazy for the Storm: A Memoir of Survival - A heart-stopping adventure that ends in tragedy and in triumphs, ["Crazy for the Storm" is] a love story that fearlessly explores the bond between a father and son and what it means to lead a life without limits.--Susan Cheever. b&w photo insert.
- In Her Wake: A Child Psychiatrist Explores the Mystery of Her Mother's Suicide - In 1963, Rappaport's mother committed suicide after a bitter divorce and custody battle. The author, a psychiatrist, presents a haunting memoir of her mother's death and illuminates how individuals understand and cope with family tragedy.
- The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography - In this luminous memoir, a true American icon looks back on his celebrated life and career. His body of work is arguably the most morally significant in cinematic history, and the power and influence of that work are indicative of the character of the man behind the many storie...
- Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life - In this inspirational memoir, the "American Idol" alumnus tells how his faith was integral to him learning valuable life lessons during his meteoric rise from life as an aspiring educator in Raleigh, North Carolina, to instant stardom.
- Open: An Autobiography - A stunning memoir by one of the world's most beloved athletes, "Open" offers a nuanced self-portrait, an intensely candid account of a remarkable life, and a thrilling inside view of the pro tennis tour.
- Never Give in: Battling Cancer in the Senate - A month and a half into his Senate term, Specter learned he had the most severe grade of Hodgkin's Disease. In this memoir, he describes the treatment he received, the side effects, and his decisions about how to handle life with a potentially fatal disease. 8-page b&w phot...
- See You in a Hundred Years: Discover One Young Family's Search for a Simpler Life...Four Seasons of Living in the Year 1900 - To save their marriage and their sanity, the author and his wife sold their belongings and moved to a rundown farmhouse in the country. Lyrically told and powerfully evocative, this memoir deals with the growing sense of disassociation and yearning to escape the frenetic pace o...
- Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven - They were young, brilliant, and ambitious--Gilman and her friend Chloe set out to conquer the world. Instead, the world conquered them. The bestselling author's riveting new memoir is an astonishing, real-life story of hubris--and redemption--told with tremendous heart.
- The Way You Wear Your Hat: Frank Sinatra and the Lost Art of Livin' by Bill Zehme, ISBN 0060931752 - Part memoir, part scrapbook, part secrets of the Rat Pack way of life--and all perfectly "Frank"--this national bestseller includes 100 photos of this fascinating group.
- Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High by Melba Pattillo Beals, ISBN 0671866397 - Melba Patillo Beals was one of nine black teenagers chosen to integrate Little Rock, Arkansas's Central High School in 1957. For Melba and her friends it marked their transformation into reluctant warriors--on a battlefield that helped shape the civil rights movement. Warriors ...
- Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich - Relying on his own letters home and recollections he penned just after his discharge, Webster gives a first hand account of life in E Company, 101st Airborne Division, crafting a memoir that resonates with the immediacy of a gripping novel.
- Passing for Normal: A Memoir of Compulsion by Amy S. Wilensky, ISBN 076790186X - I am crazy. But maybe I am not. For most of her life, these thoughts plagued Amy Wilensky as her mind lurched and veered in ways she didn't understand and her body did things she couldn't control. While she excelled in school and led an otherwise "normal" life, she wo...
- Living History: A Memoir by Hillary Rodham Clinton, ISBN 0743222245 - One of the most intelligent and influential women in America reflects on her eight years as First Lady of the United States in a revealing book that is personal, political, and news making. 32-pages of photos.
- Now and Then by Frederick Buechner, ISBN 0060611820 - A celebrated author shares his personal and professional journey in this moving memoir. Buechner invites readers to listen to their own lives and "touch, taste, smell your way to the holy and hidden heart of it". "Strikes to the heart. . . . Unpreachy meditations...
- My Life with the Saints - This book is at once Martins inspiring memoir of spiritual self-discovery and an homage to the Catholic saints who accompanied him every step of the way. As this witty, confessional, and surprising account unfolds, readers see how saints can help them each find their way in the...
- Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance - In this lyrical, unsentimental, and compelling memoir, Illinois U.S. Senator Barack Obama, the son of a black African father and a white American mother, recounts his search for a workable meaning to his life as a black American.
- Black Dog of Fate: An American Son Uncovers His Armenian Past by Peter Balakian, ISBN 0767902548 - A poetic memoir traces the author's awakening to his family's Armenian heritage, overshadowed by Turkey's genocide against Armenians in 1915
- Helen Mirren: In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures - Mirren has been an internationally acclaimed, award-winning actress for more than 40 years. This beautifully illustrated memoir is an account of an extraordinary talent and a life well lived. Full-color photographs throughout.
- Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles - Actress Kathleen Turners unique blend of beauty, intelligence, and raw sexuality has driven her personal and professional life. Now, in this gutsy memoir, the screen icon tells of the risks shes taken and the lessons shes learned--sometimes the hard way.
- Mommywood - The author of the "New York Times"-bestselling memoir "sTORI Telling" shows readers that she has much more to say--and stories to share--in her latest work that chronicles her adventures as the mother of two small children. full-color photographs.
- Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs - Forever Diana: Musical Memoirs
- Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress by Debra Ginsberg, ISBN 0060932813 - Part memoir, part social commentary, part guide to how to behave when dining out, this book--now in paperback--takes readers on an intimate journey through Ginsberg's two decades of waitressing. Includes a new Epilogue.
- Touch the Top of the World: A Blind Man's Journey to Climb Farther Than the Eye Can See, My Story by Erik Weihenmayer, ISBN 0452282942 - In this poignant and inspiring memoir, the author shares his struggle to push past the limits imposed on him by his visual impairment--and by a seeing world. His story is about finding the courage to reach for that ultimate summit, and transforming a life into something truly m...
- Hungry: A Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition, and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves - An inspiring tale for women of all ages, "Hungry" is an uplifting memoir with a universal message about body image, beauty, and self-confidence.
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave by Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., ISBN 0440222281 - Born a slave in Maryland circa 1817, Frederick Douglass went on to become the most influential and distinguished African American of the nineteenth century. As an abolitionist, newspaper publisher, orator and statesman, Douglass dedicated his life to the triumph of freedom over...
- I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti: A Memoir - From failure to fusilli, this deliciously hilarious read tells the story of Melucci's fizzled romances and the mouthwatering recipes she used to seduce her men, smooth over the lumps, and console herself when the relationships flamed out.
- Dog Years: A Memoir - Moving and intimate, this memoir is interwoven with profound reflections on feelings for animals and the lessons they teach about life, love, and loss. Elegantly written . . . Stunningly moving.
- The Urban Hermit: A Memoir - Faced with the truth that his debts and his waistline had both ballooned out of control, MacDonald devised a plan to change his life. Dubbed the Urban Hermit Plan, he limited himself to a budget of eight dollars a week and 800 calories a day.
- Inside the Crips: Life Inside L.A.'s Most Notorious Gang - This memoir explores the author's life as a Crip--beginning at the tender ageof ten in the mid-seventies--and his prison turnaround nearly 25 years later.256 pp.
- Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard by Mawi Asgedom, ISBN 0316826200 - Now in a paperback edition, this acclaimed memoir tells the unforgettable story of a young boy's journey from a refugee camp in Sudan to Chicago, where his family survived on welfare. Mawi followed his father's advice to "treat people . . . as though they were angels sent ...
- All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs by Elie Wiesel, ISBN 0805210288 - From his early years with his loving Jewish family to the horrors of Auschwitz to his life as a Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Elie Wiesel tells his story. Passionate and poignant, All Rivers Run to the Sea is an unforgettable book of love and rage, doubt and faith, despair and ...
- The Pat Conroy Cookbook: Recipes of My Life - America's favorite storyteller is back--this time with a cookbook that is also a memoir of good food and good company, from his beloved South to France, Rome, and beyond. One hundred recipes are featured, from Breakfast Shrimp Grits to Mocha Macaroons. 90 line drawings.
- The House at Sugar Beach: A Memoir - The House at Sugar Beach: A Memoir
- Parallel Play: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger's - In this captivating memoir, Pulitzer Prize-winner Page writes about growing up gifted and unknowingly suffering from Asperger's syndrome, expanding on a tremendously popular essay he wrote for "The New Yorker.
- Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany by Hans J. Massaquoi, ISBN 0060959614 - This is a story of the unexpected.In "Destined to Witness," Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir -- an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. The son of a prominent African and a German nurse, Hans remained be...
- Memoirs of an Invisible Man (Widescreen) - Just a quick nap and weary stock analyst Nick Halloway is sure he'll emerge good as new. Instead, he wakes up good as gone. Vanished. Poof. Thin air. A nuclear accident has made Nick invisible. The laughs and visual effects are out of sight when Chevy Chase headlines "Mem...
- Cooking & Screaming: Finding My Own Recipe for Recovery - From nosheteria.com blogger Kane comes a remarkably inspiring, recipe-filled memoir about loss, recovery, and finding oneself through food and cooking.
- Memoirs Of A Geisha (Widescreen) - The director of "Chicago," Rob Marshall, transports us into a mysterious and exotic world that casts a potent spell. This stunning romantic epic shows how a house servant blossoms, against all odds, to become the most captivating geisha of her day. A Cinderella story...
- In His Sights: A True Story of Love and Obsession - The line between love and obsession is explored in this harrowing memoir, in which a woman--whose life was destroyed by a man who crossed that line--battles to escape his grasp.
- Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs - In this shocking, timely, and inspirational memoir, Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect, being forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs.