Category: Memoirs

I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Picador : September 2002

Seller ID: 497191

ISBN-13: 9780312421007

The true-life stories in this unique collection provide a window into the American mind and heart (The Daily News). One hundred and eighty voices - male and female, young and old, from all walks of life and all over the country - talk intimately to the reader. Combining great humor and pathos this remarkable selection of stories from the thousands submitted to NPR's Weekend All Things Considered National Story Project gives the reader a glimpse of America's soul in all its diversity.

In the Belly of the Beast: Letters From Prison

By: Abbott, Jack Henry

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Vintage : January 1991

Seller ID: 535864

ISBN-13: 9780679732372

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A visionary book in the repertoire of prison literature. When Normal Mailer was writing The Executioner's Song, he received a letter from Jack Henry Abbott, a convict, in which Abbott offered to educate him in the realities of life in a maximum security prison. This book organizes Abbott's by now classic letters to Mailer, which evoke his infernal vision of the prison nightmare.
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Both/And: A Memoir

By: Abedin, Huma

Price: $8.95

Publisher: Scribner : November 2021

Seller ID: 567487

ISBN-13: 9781501194801

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

In this beautifully written and propulsive memoir, Huma Abedin--Hillary Clinton's famously private top aide and longtime adviser--emerges from the wings of American political history to take command of her own story. The daughter of Indian and Pakistani intellectuals and advocates who split their time between Saudi Arabia, the UK, and the United States, Abedin grew up in many worlds. Both/And grapples with family, legacy, identity, faith, marriage, and motherhood with wisdom and sophistication. Abedin launched full steam into a college internship in the office of the first lady in 1996, never ...
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The Fox Hunt: A Refugee's Memoir of Coming to America

By: Al Samawi, Mohammed

Price: $5.95

Publisher: William Morrow : April 2018

Seller ID: 477518

ISBN-13: 9780062678195

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

A gripping account of terror and escape." -- New York Times Book ReviewThe Fox Hunt tells one young man's unforgettable story of his harrowing escape from Yemen's brutal civil war with the help of a daring plan engineered on social media by a small group of interfaith activists in the West.WINNER: 2019 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS - A 2019 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDS FINALIST Born in the Old City of Sana'a, Yemen, to a pair of middle-class doctors, Mohammed Al Samawi was a devout Muslim raised to think of Christians and Jews as his enemy. But when Mohammed was twenty-three, he secretly received a copy...
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Tuesdays with Morrie (Large Print)

By: Albom

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Broadway Books : January 1997

Seller ID: 567119

ISBN: 748338010956

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Have a Little Faith: A True Story

By: Albom, Mitch

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Hyperion : September 2009

Seller ID: 561823

ISBN-13: 9780786868728

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

What if our beliefs were not what divided us, but what pulled us together? In Have a Little Faith, Mitch Albom offers a beautifully written story of a remarkable eight-year journey between two worlds -- two men, two faiths, two communities -- that will inspire readers everywhere. Albom's first nonfiction book since Tuesdays with Morrie, Have a Little Faith begins with an unusual request: an eighty-two-year-old rabbi from Albom's old hometown asks him to deliver his eulogy. Feeling unworthy, Albom insists on understanding the man better, which throws him back into a world of faith he'd left y...
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Tuesdays with Morrie

By: Albom, Mitch

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Broadway Books : October 2002

Seller ID: 567117

ISBN-13: 9780767905923

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

A special 20th anniversary edition of the beloved international bestseller that changed millions of livesMaybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you ...
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson

By: Albom, Mitch

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Doubleday : September 1997

Seller ID: 494313

ISBN-13: 9780385484510

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Acceptable

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your bus...
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Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, A Young Man and Life's Greatest Lesson

By: Albom, Mitch

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Doubleday : September 1997

Seller ID: 567118

ISBN-13: 9780385484510

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave you sound advice to help you make your way through it. For Mitch Albom, that person was Morrie Schwartz, his college professor from nearly twenty years ago. Maybe, like Mitch, you lost track of this mentor as you made your way, and the insights faded, and the world seemed colder. Wouldn't you like to see that person again, ask the bigger questions that still haunt you, receive wisdom for your bus...
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Death and Disaster: The Rise of the Warhol Empire and the Race for Andy's Millions

By: Alexander, Paul

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Villard : November 1994

Seller ID: 495212

ISBN-13: 9780679432739

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

By: Ali, Nujood, Minoui, Delphine

Price: $5.95

Publisher: Broadway Books : March 2010

Seller ID: 543943

ISBN-13: 9780307589675

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"I'm a simple village girl who has always obeyed the orders of my father and brothers. Since forever, I have learned to say yes to everything. Today I have decided to say no." Nujood Ali's childhood came to an abrupt end in 2008 when her father arranged for her to be married to a man three times her age. With harrowing directness, Nujood tells of abuse at her husband's hands and of her daring escape. With the help of local advocates and the press, Nujood obtained her freedom--an extraordinary achievement in Yemen, where almost half of all girls are married under the legal age. Nujood's courage...
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Idea Man: A Memoir by the Cofounder of Microsoft

By: Allen, Paul

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Portfolio : April 2011

Seller ID: 545938

ISBN-13: 9781591843825

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

By his early thirties, Paul Allen was a world-famous billionaire-and that was just the beginning. In 2007 and 2008, "Time" named Paul Allen, the cofounder of Microsoft, one of the hundred most influential people in the world. Since he made his fortune, his impact has been felt in science, technology, business, medicine, sports, music, and philanthropy. His passion, curiosity, and intellectual rigor-combined with the resources to launch and support new initiatives-have literally changed the world. In 2009 Allen discovered that he had lymphoma, lending urgency to his desire to share his story ...
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The Sum of Our Days: A Memoir

By: Allende, Isabel

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Harper Perennial : January 2009

Seller ID: 549374

ISBN-13: 9780061551840

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor and wisdom, The Sum of Our Days is a portrait of a contemporary family, tied together by the love, strong will, and stubborn determination of a beloved matriarch, the indomitable New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabel Allende. An inspiring and thought-provoking work. -Denver Post Isabel Allende reconstructs the painful reality of her own life in the wake of the tragic death of her daughter, Paula. Narrated with warmth, humor, exceptional candor, and wisdom, this remarkable memoir is as exuberant and as full of life...
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Comrades: Brothers, Fathers, Heroes, Sons, Pals

By: Ambrose, Stephen E.

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Simon & Schuster : June 1999

Seller ID: 552300

ISBN-13: 9780684867182

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The author looks at his own friendships with his father and brothers, as well as friendships between other brothers, fellow soldiers, and colleagues.
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Experience

By: Amis, Martin

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Miramax Books : May 2000

Seller ID: 475277

ISBN-13: 9780786866526

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

Martin Amis is one of the most gifted and innovative writers of our time. With Experience, he discloses a private life every bit as unique and fascinating as his bestselling novels.The son of the great comic novelist Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis explores his relationship with this father and writes about the various crises of Kingsley's life. He also examines the life and legacy of his cousin, Lucy Partington, who was abducted and murdered by one of Britain's most notorious serial killers. Experience also deconstructs the changing literary scene, including Amis' portraits of Saul Bellow, Salman ...
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All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes

By: Angelou, Maya

Price: $6.95

Publisher: Vintage : June 1991

Seller ID: 562359

ISBN-13: 9780679734048

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In 1962 the poet, musician, and performer Maya Angelou claimed another piece of her identity by moving to Ghana, joining a community of Revolutionist Returnees inspired by the promise of pan-Africanism. All God's Children Need Walking Shoes is her lyrical and acutely perceptive exploration of what it means to be an African American on the mother continent, where color no longer matters but where American-ness keeps asserting itself in ways both puzzling and heartbreaking. As it builds on the personal narrative of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and Gather Together in My Name, this book confirm...
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Even the Stars Look Lonesome

By: Angelou, Maya

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Random House : September 1997

Seller ID: 564742

ISBN-13: 9780375500312

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Good

The renowned author of the #1 New York Times bestsellers I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman imparts compelling wisdom learned during a remarkable lifetime in Even the Stars Look Lonesome--a glorious continuation of Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now.
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