Biographies & Memoirs Books


Listening for the Crack of Dawn (American Storytelling)Listening for the Crack of Dawn (American Storytelling)
Best Price: $8.96
I first started this book when my mom read it to me when I was very young. Now it is one of my...
An Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A MemoirAn Exact Replica of a Figment of My Imagination: A Memoir
Best Price: $17.92
I read an excerpt of this memoir in Oprah magazine - the author is a favorite of mine, but I was...
A Song Flung Up to HeavenA Song Flung Up to Heaven
Best Price: $17.82
First let me say that I am a huge Maya Angelou fan! I couldn't wait to add "A Sung Flung...
The Wolf of Wall StreetThe Wolf of Wall Street
Best Price: $11.99
I purchased this book on a run through the airport bookstore, thinking it would be a tale of...
The Mormon Way of Doing Business: How Eight Western Boys Reached the Top of Corporate AmericaThe Mormon Way of Doing Business: How Eight Western Boys Reached the Top of Corporate America
Best Price: $4.98
This is an excellent book about combining Mormon values and career but the main thing I got out...


Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Primary Source History)Letters of a Woman Homesteader (Primary Source History)
Best Price: $26.58
Wonderfull stories actually written by Elinore Pruitt Stewart. The woman was a tireless worker...
Maximum Floyd: The Unauthorized Biography of Pink Floyd (Maximum series)Maximum Floyd: The Unauthorized Biography of Pink Floyd (Maximum series)
Best Price: $23.67
One of Britain's most successful rock bands of all times, Pink Floyd have grown into a...
Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic SavantBorn on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant
Best Price: $17.13
Though I work with autistic students, I was hoping after reading the reviews to find a book that...
When I Lay My Isaac DownWhen I Lay My Isaac Down
Best Price: $16.98
Carol's book is heart wrenching. We have only one child also, and we have had to "lay our...
Thomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of the Modern NationsThomas Paine: Enlightenment, Revolution, and the Birth of the Modern Nations
Best Price: $25.01


On The CouchOn The Couch
Best Price: $2.59
Slightly disappointted with this one. started off full of promise about depression and her...
The Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver StreetThe Lodger Shakespeare: His Life on Silver Street
Best Price: $14.94
If you want to learn more about a brief moment in WS's life, and a good deal more about London...
Time Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest JobsTime Bandit: Two Brothers, the Bering Sea, and One of the World's Deadliest Jobs
Best Price: $17.16
Whether you are a fan of the show or have never heard of the Bering Sea let alone the successful...
The American DreamThe American Dream
Best Price: $13.90
Broadcast journalist Dan Rather collected inspirational stories from a cross-section of...
Revenge: A Story of HopeRevenge: A Story of Hope
Best Price: $1.49
You fool; you insensitive--no, malevolently cruel fool: You can wax philosophic and even have a...

Elvis: The King Revealed (The Docubook Series)Elvis: The King Revealed (The Docubook Series)
Best Price: $12.16
Elvis The King Revealed 10 CD Set (Docubooks)Elvis The King Revealed 10 CD Set (Docubooks)
From the city where gods themselves were born came the most noteworthy of them all-loved by...
Sound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful FriendshipSound and Fury: Two Powerful Lives, One Fateful Friendship
Best Price: $18.95
Muhammed Ali and Howard Cosell, a legendary athlete and a television icon, were individually...
Paris to the Moon (Read by the Author)Paris to the Moon (Read by the Author)
Best Price: $10.56
This is a book for francophiles. It might be a good resource on French culture and attitudes if...
A Child's Christmas In Wales CD: And Five PoemsA Child's Christmas In Wales CD: And Five Poems
Best Price: $0.73
A Child's Christmas In Wales CD: And Five Poems Hurrah! Now I won't have to wait for the radio...

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the WorldCod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
Best Price: $20.56
Cod is an engaging history of the fish that changed the world. As an eye opening adventure, cod...
House of Abraham: Lincoln & the Todds, a Family Divided by WarHouse of Abraham: Lincoln & the Todds, a Family Divided by War
Best Price: $15.98
Why did the majority of the Todds choose the South over the North? Their's was a border state...
Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Classic Non-fiction)Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Classic Non-fiction)
Best Price: $14.23
First, let me say I do not own this edition, but I have looked through it. I own a copy of the...
Cider With Rosie (Isis)Cider With Rosie (Isis)
Best Price: $71.95
There should be more than five stars for books like this one. All the reviewers who wrote...
Reflections: Life After the White HouseReflections: Life After the White House
Best Price: $0.42
I confess I didn't enjoy this book as much as her first one, Barbara Bush: A Memoir. Reflections...

Marie Antoinette: The JourneyMarie Antoinette: The Journey
Best Price: $23.02
Wonderful book about the Queen of France. From her early days as the Arch Duchess of Austria,...
Standing Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and TriumphStanding Tall: A Memoir of Tragedy and Triumph
Best Price: $17.65
I was so moved by C. Vivian Stringer's account of her rise to stardom in the competitive world...
Made from Scratch: A MemoirMade from Scratch: A Memoir
Best Price: $14.28
With a childhood like Sandra had, you wonder how anyone could survive, let alone succeed. What...
Inside the Jihad: My Life with Al Qaeda, a Spy's StoryInside the Jihad: My Life with Al Qaeda, a Spy's Story
Best Price: $21.98
Omar Nasiri's "Inside the Jihad" covers terrorism during the nineties in Brussels,...
William ShakespeareWilliam Shakespeare
Best Price: $19.82

The Longest Trip Home CD: A MemoirThe Longest Trip Home CD: A Memoir
Best Price: $23.07
Insatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious ExcessInsatiable: Tales from a Life of Delicious Excess
Best Price: $1.84
My expectations weren't high and it still didn't meet them. This is such a bad book on so many...
Amazing Grace: The Inspirational Stories of William Wilberforce, John Newton, and Olaudah Equiano (Radio Theatre)Amazing Grace: The Inspirational Stories of William Wilberforce, John Newton, and Olaudah Equiano (Radio Theatre)
Best Price: $24.56
These three polished, visceral full-cast audio biographies present further details about the...
Her Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham ClintonHer Way: The Hopes and Ambitions of Hillary Rodham Clinton
Best Price: $3.49
Pulitzer Prize-Winning `New York Times' reporters Jeff Gerth and Don Van Natta, Jr. analyze...
Live Strong: Inspirational Stories from Cancer Survivors- from Diagnosis to Treatment and BeyondLive Strong: Inspirational Stories from Cancer Survivors- from Diagnosis to Treatment and Beyond
Best Price: $11.78
Being a recent cancer victim/survivor myself, I found this to be inspiring and is helping to...

The Smoking DiariesThe Smoking Diaries
Best Price: $18.30
This book was a huge bestseller in England and spawned a couple of sequels. The author, Simon...
The Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War IIThe Airmen and the Headhunters: A True Story of Lost Soldiers, Heroic Tribesmen and the Unlikeliest Rescue of World War II
Best Price: $19.78
This book reveals not one, but several alien cultures, not least that of a vanished America, and...
A Practical View of Real Christianity (Classics of Christian Faith) (Listener's Collection of Classic Christian Literature)A Practical View of Real Christianity (Classics of Christian Faith) (Listener's Collection of Classic Christian Literature)
Best Price: $5.90
William Wilberforce, the great British statesman, is best known as the driving force in...
My Father's Secret War: A MemoirMy Father's Secret War: A Memoir
Best Price: $19.31
This well-written, mesmerizing book recounts a true, deeply intense story of a daughter's 21st...
Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas JeffersonTwilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson
Best Price: $14.34
In Twilight at Monticello, I was looking for an accessible portrait of Thomas Jefferson the...

Wall Street and Its Mystery Men (Secrets of the Great Investors)Wall Street and Its Mystery Men (Secrets of the Great Investors)
Best Price: $15.75
In America's financial nerve center, fortunes are made, and sometimes lost. J.P. Morgan, Jay...
GraysonGrayson
Best Price: $5.56
Reading "Grayson" is ....like Ms. Cox's 'Swimming to Antarctica" so wordy and...
The Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, And John Maynard KeynesThe Big Three in Economics: Adam Smith, Karl Marx, And John Maynard Keynes
Best Price: $45.35
Triumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's OlympicsTriumph: The Untold Story of Jesse Owens and Hitler's Olympics
Best Price: $16.95
This is really a fine histury of the 1936 Olympics in addition to a review of Jesse Owens career...
The House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African ChildhoodThe House at Sugar Beach: In Search of a Lost African Childhood
Best Price: $26.37
A poignant memoir of tragedy, forgiveness, and transcendence told with unflinching honesty and...

Alice Cooper, Golf Monster: My Twelve Steps to Becoming a Golf AddictAlice Cooper, Golf Monster: My Twelve Steps to Becoming a Golf Addict
Best Price: $16.43
When first seeing this book pop up on Amazon, i thought it was a book Alice Cooper had written...
Another Shot: How I Relived My Life in Less Than a YearAnother Shot: How I Relived My Life in Less Than a Year
Best Price: $0.99
Joe, you seem like a nice and sincere guy, and I would like to have a beer with you sometime,...
Gang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the StreetsGang Leader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets
Best Price: $14.97
This is a narrative of Sudhir Venkatesh as he explores the community and economy of a crack...
Lost! on a Mountain in MaineLost! on a Mountain in Maine
Best Price: $15.07
Mt. Katahdin, at 5268 feet, is the northern terminus of the Appalachian trail and the tallest...
Platoon LeaderPlatoon Leader
Best Price: $54.99
In 1991, I had the privilege of being a student at the School of Advanced Military Studies at...

The Life and Works of Beethoven (Classic Literature with Classical Music)The Life and Works of Beethoven (Classic Literature with Classical Music)
Best Price: $16.33
Naxos is doing a wonderful job with its emerging "Life and Works" series. Quite some...
A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland (Tom Brokaw)A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland (Tom Brokaw)
Best Price: $13.07
Tom Brokaw must think that people care about every facet of his dull life--because he has...
The Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic AnimalThe Lady and the Panda: The True Adventures of the First American Explorer to Bring Back China's Most Exotic Animal
Best Price: $16.22
The Lady and the Panda is the story of love and greed - love between the Lady, Ruth Harkness,...
Morning GirlMorning Girl
Best Price: $15.02
Morning girl by Michael Dorris Morning Girl is a small story about a little girl and ...
Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings and a MiscellanyGreat Historical Shakespeare Recordings and a Miscellany
Best Price: $11.59
The Naxos production of Great Historical Shakespeare Recordings offers the listener a unique and...

Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lessonTuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson
this book reminds me a lot of Conversations with my dog by Ziglar.....if I had to choose one...
The Leaders of Secular Zionism: Six BiographiesThe Leaders of Secular Zionism: Six Biographies
Best Price: $46.00
The Zionist movement, like all historic movements, was led and directed by people. People...
   
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