Biographies & Memoirs Books


Blue Highways: A Journey into America Took a tour of America with a chip on his shoulder. Guess it gives you a different perspective.	Rickles' Book (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) Best Price: $29.95	Even the Stars Look Lonesome (Random House Large Print (Paper)) Best Price: $1.99 I was looking to get something else when I first bought this book....but, nevertheless, its...	Flyboys: A True Story of Courage Best Price: $16.78 This book should be used to teach an American reader the Japanese perspective before and during...	Angela's Ashes Best Price: $0.62 The author begins his memoir with the voice of a narrator: describing people, events, etc. But,...



Shakespeare: The World as Stage (Eminent Lives) Best Price: $8.00 When I visited Ashland, Oregon's Shakespeare Festival the buyer in their large, authoritative...	The Life and Ministry of Billy and Shirley Cole: A True Story That Reads Like the Book of Acts Best Price: $16.33 This book has increased my Faith tremendously! It gives you a look at what the early...	Fields and Pastures New: My First Year As a Country Vet (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) This book relates some of McCormack's adventures as the new vet in a southern country town...	Don't Block the Blessings: Revelations of a Lifetime (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) I have yet to read this book, but it is in good condition.	Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith In an e-mail exchange, a ministry colleague asked, "I have never read Anne Lamott. Do you...



The True Story of Ah Q (EasyRead Large Edition) Best Price: $7.49 This book is one of the masterpieces of Modern Chinese Literature. The story is written in the...	Martin Luther This title is a little short, but the content seems ok on the controversial figure of Martin Luther.	A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius I bought this book because of all the rave reviews from critics and the because it was a...	Einstein: His Life and Universe (Thorndike Press Large Print Nonfiction Series) Best Price: $31.95 A wonderful biography of a unique, fascinating and enthralling person. The author brings...	My Grandfather's Finger Best Price: $26.95 I stayed up reading this book and then stayed up another night re-reading it. Often, I felt the...

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Best Price: $64.28 Not a cook book, but a fine read for anyone interested in fine food; and required reading for...	Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (Transaction Large Print Books) While perhaps best known for his poetry written during WWI, Siegfried Sassoon was a very...	Now Best Price: $4.50 Lauren Betty Bacall writes a very interesting memior about life and love in Hollywood. She...	No Horizon Is So Far: Two Women and Their Extraordinary Journey Across Antarctica Best Price: $21.90 I agree with other reviewers that this is only an average read. But the story of this Antarctic...	Princess Sultana's Daughters "Princess Sultana's Daughters" is the second installment of Jean Sasson's trilogy...

Climbing Higher Best Price: $3.84 I thought Montel's book was contradictory. On one hand, Montel talks about his growth and...	Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) Into Thin Air is a true account of a fatal expedition to the summit of Mount Everest in 1996....	Gift from the Sea (Random House Large Print) Best Price: $35.44 What more can be said about this lovely collection of thoughts? Even as it celebrates its 50th...	Parish Priest: Father Michael Mcgivney and the Knights of Columbus Best Price: $4.99 A very well written and informative biography of the founder of the Knights of Columbus. I would...	All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs Elie Wiesel may be best known as the author of "Night", his harrowing and sparse...

Grace Livingston Hill (Curley Large Print Books)	Lucky Man (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $3.32 Michael J. Fox's memoir "Lucky Man" is a great and inspiring read. One thing I admire...	War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars Best Price: $5.99 There are letters from `very' different types of people such as George W. Bush (after he was...	Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table I've just finished reading Tender at the Bone: Growing up at the Table, by Ruth Reichl (former...	The Year of Magical Thinking (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $13.49 This memoir chronicles the year after the death of Didion's husband. It is an interesting...

Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1) Best Price: $17.99 Was purchased due to a requirement by my childs school. He has informed me it is a good book.	Adventures in Two Worlds I cannot recommend this book too highly... There is everything in it; love, joy, fulfillment,...	The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother I wanted to love this book. And I almost did. I was hooked at the beginning, but the further I...	Truth & Beauty: A Friendship Best Price: $86.12 wonderfully written. if you put a gun to my head and ask who was a better writer, patchett or...	The Dark Side of Camelot Given the obvious falsehood of the Clinton era nonsense that personal morality is irrelevant to...

The Cat Who'll Live Forever: The Final Adventures of Norton the Perfect Cat, and His Imperfect Human Best Price: $43.30 I love Scottish Fold Cats and of course had to read the adventures of Norton, a very intelligent...	Taking Heat: The President, the Press, and My Years In The White House Best Price: $1.17 The value of this book to me, quite frankly, was no more than a dollar. Most of it is...	Roxana, the Fortunate Mistress, Or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle De Beleau, Afterwards Called the Countess De Best Price: $32.12 ROXANA is a fascinating book. Too often the title character is measured against Moll Flanders...	What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) Not quite as funny as "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman", but just as touching. A...	The Code of Love: The True Story of Two Lovers Torn Apart by the War That Brought Them Together Best Price: $5.76 This is simply the best book I have read in a long time. Andro Linklater writes clearly and...

Love, Lucy Best Price: $50.00 I found this book to be very well written and interesting I discovered things about Lucille Ball...	Barney Fife and Other Characters I Have Known (G K Hall Large Print Book Series) DON knotts nipped it in the bud with this one. it was a very good book. I read it so fast...	Travels With Charley: In Search of America (Thorndike Press Large Print Perennial Bestsellers Series) Best Price: $89.68 Travels with Charlie works on many levels. As a result of one of our best writer's decision to...	Audrey Hepburn: A Biography She looked like a princess; she deported herself regally. Her life followed the fairy tale plot...	Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself (Random House Large Print (Cloth/Paper)) Best Price: $11.95 Yes, sure, like everyone else over the age of 30 I, too, subliminally believe that Alan Alda...

My Journey: From an Iowa Farm to a Cathedral of Dreams Best Price: $1.70 Reading this book should be an inspiration to anyone who has a dream to accomplish. It shows...	700 Sundays Best Price: $4.77 I saw this book in a BJ's store and thought it looked interesting. So I got it and loved it!...	Mister God, This Is Anna Best Price: $42.38 This little BIG book was described to me as a "wahoo! book". I have nothing else to add.	Quotable Ustinov I think Sir Peter is not only an excellent actor but a very smart, articulate, and intelligent...	The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano Gustavus Vassa, The African (EasyRead Large Bold Edition) Best Price: $15.49 An 18-century best-seller, it is a magnificent revolutionary abolitionist autobiography, a tale...

Rosa's Miracle Mouse: The True Story of a WWII Undercover Teenager This book contains an amazing story. You have to be willing to wade through a little family...	The Ragman's Son: An Autobiography (Thorndike Press Large Print Paperback Series) I read very few "star" auto-biographies so have little to judge this one by. But I...	Videotape Your Memoirs: The Perfect Way To Preserve Your Family's History Videotape Your Memoirs: The Perfect Way To Preserve Your Family's History by authors and...	The Wisdom of Pelicans: A Search For Healing At The Water's Edge Best Price: $6.49 McCullough writes of disappointment, failure, and the road back to a useful life. Using his own...	Worth the Fighting For (Random House Large Print (Paper)) Best Price: $5.50 Unfortunately this book which I hoped to be a biographical "chapter 2" to his personal...

Here We Go Again: My Life in Television This book is light, easy reading, but really boring. Betty tells the story of her remarkable...	The Music of Light: The Extraordinary Story of Hikari and Kenzaburo Oe This is the best book I've read this year. It covers so much: a family's love for their brain...	Life On The Mississippi LP Best Price: $11.95 Twain's account of his years on the Mississippi is part travel book, part memoir, and part...	Let's Face It: 90 Years of Living, Loving, and Learning (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) Best Price: $20.95 This is a surprisingly well written biography by an actor whom we thought was only a pretty...

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