Biographies & Memoirs Books


Thinking About Memoir (AARP)Thinking About Memoir (AARP)
Best Price: $8.65
I expected more. I learned just as much from the review/excerpt in AARP magazine as I did from...
Moose: A Memoir of Fat CampMoose: A Memoir of Fat Camp
Best Price: $12.40
I read Stephanie's first book and loved it. Her writing style is/was exactly what I look for in...
Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South AfricaKaffir Boy: An Autobiography--The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
Best Price: $5.99
I'm stumped. This memoir is considered a classic, yet there are platoons of unsung memoirs out...
Sitting BullSitting Bull
Best Price: $19.75
SITTING BULL Bill Yenne Sitting Bull by Bill Yenne is an interesting read. Yenne utilizes...
A Small PlaceA Small Place
Best Price: $6.00
If you expect a well-reasoned and persuasive essay, look elsewhere. At best, this is the...


BrokenBroken
Best Price: $5.49
This is a very good book and highly recommended for family members and others dealing with...
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions)The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Dover Thrift Editions)
Best Price: $0.18
I have read this book myself at least twice. This book was purchased as a graduation present for...
WoodenWooden
Best Price: $7.50
I bought this book for my student/athlete son. I had him read the book and find five things that...
Posthumous Keats: A Personal BiographyPosthumous Keats: A Personal Biography
Best Price: $16.15
Stanley Plumly finds Keats companionable -- and so do I. Plumly is a distunguished poet, yet...
The Hiding PlaceThe Hiding Place
Best Price: $3.30
I will not go into detail on this very public site about what this author, and her book, mean to...


Marie Antoinette: The JourneyMarie Antoinette: The Journey
Best Price: $7.99
Wonderful book about the Queen of France. From her early days as the Arch Duchess of Austria,...
A Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the SixtiesA Freewheelin' Time: A Memoir of Greenwich Village in the Sixties
Best Price: $13.64
I read the book and found out pretty quickly that Suze appeared to be capitalizing on her...
Travels with Herodotus (Vintage International)Travels with Herodotus (Vintage International)
Best Price: $8.38
Kapuscinski reports on the people and political culture of the third and fourth worlds( the...
Heaven's Calling: A Memoir of One Soul's Steep AscentHeaven's Calling: A Memoir of One Soul's Steep Ascent
Best Price: $13.59
Leanne Payne was called out of brokenness into union with Christ, and her nearly fifty-year...
A Moveable FeastA Moveable Feast
Best Price: $6.82
A Moveable Feast, Hemingway's memoir of his early days in Paris, is nearly bursting with rich,...

Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Best Price: $10.96
This exhaustive biography of John D. Rockefeller fully explains a misunderstood man. Ron...
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of NationsGertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
Best Price: $8.36
Much has been said about the book's contents in previous reviews. What I would like to add is...
Honor Few, Fear None: The Life and Times of a MongolHonor Few, Fear None: The Life and Times of a Mongol
Best Price: $14.38
I had read the book, "Under and Alone" years ago. This book is a GREAT look at the...
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A MemoirThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
Best Price: $7.11
I have read several of Bryson's books, the most recent being his able essay on Shakespeare, but...
Istanbul: Memories and the CityIstanbul: Memories and the City
Best Price: $6.99
Istanbul: Memories and the City Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul, like Samuel Peyps'...

A Moveable FeastA Moveable Feast
Best Price: $6.82
A Moveable Feast, Hemingway's memoir of his early days in Paris, is nearly bursting with rich,...
Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.Titan: The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Best Price: $10.96
This exhaustive biography of John D. Rockefeller fully explains a misunderstood man. Ron...
Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of NationsGertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations
Best Price: $8.36
Much has been said about the book's contents in previous reviews. What I would like to add is...
Honor Few, Fear None: The Life and Times of a MongolHonor Few, Fear None: The Life and Times of a Mongol
Best Price: $14.38
I had read the book, "Under and Alone" years ago. This book is a GREAT look at the...
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A MemoirThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
Best Price: $7.11
I have read several of Bryson's books, the most recent being his able essay on Shakespeare, but...

Istanbul: Memories and the CityIstanbul: Memories and the City
Best Price: $6.99
Istanbul: Memories and the City Nobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk's Istanbul, like Samuel Peyps'...
My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told MeMy Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
Best Price: $15.29
Listening to the author talk about the detainees in very flowing terms (she would even let them...
Drinking: A Love StoryDrinking: A Love Story
Best Price: $6.99
What a fantastic book. Not just about alcoholism but the human struggle to live in our own...
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard RodriguezHunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
Best Price: $6.66
Richard Rodriguez reflects on his journey from the barrios of California to a seat in the...
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous IdeasChuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
Best Price: $8.57
Klosterman's work reflects creativity and interesting insights into American culture. His major...

NightNight
Best Price: $5.00
Wow...every page is like a sock in the gut, and like many memoirs full of twisted events, I find...
I Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The HolocaustI Have Lived A Thousand Years: Growing Up In The Holocaust
Best Price: $2.00
The book shows plenty of emotions of their loved ones being lost. Livia wrote her memory into a...
Playing the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a NationPlaying the Enemy: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Made a Nation
Best Price: $15.36
This is one of those incredibly rare books which is both thrilling to read and morally...
Mein KampfMein Kampf
Best Price: $15.01
Mein Kampf from a history lovers point of view, is a great read. However, if your not a fan of...
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law SchoolOne L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School
Best Price: $4.99
I hear references to this book all the time in the halls of my law school and on fellow...

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (AnniversOne Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey (Annivers
Best Price: $8.86
Excellent book to read. I believe everyone will enjoy this and the story of this amazing person....
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics Series): An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics)The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics Series): An American Slave (Barnes & Noble Classics)
Best Price: $1.86
This is one of the most violent books (an autobiography!) I ever read. It illustrates...
The Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of WatergateThe Strong Man: John Mitchell and the Secrets of Watergate
Best Price: $16.98
I am still reading the book and I find it fascinating. I like the way James Rosen writes.
The Lincolns: Portrait of a MarriageThe Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage
Best Price: $14.00
One might have thought there would be little more to say about Abraham Lincoln, certainly not...
The PactThe Pact
Best Price: $6.47
I picked up this book after my wife and I started a group reading with my son of the book;...

Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing RoadGhost Rider: Travels on the Healing Road
Best Price: $12.26
First let me say that I am a big Rush fan. Peart is one of the best if not the best drummer in...
Freaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to AdolescenceFreaks, Geeks & Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence
Best Price: $11.72
I read it, my Dad read it in 2 days. Very practical, humorous.When my son, with Asperger's, gets...
The Liars' Club: A MemoirThe Liars' Club: A Memoir
Best Price: $7.09
Mary Karr shhots from the hip, creating a superficial narrative that expounds a kind of...
Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)Rocket Boys (The Coalwood Series #1)
Best Price: $8.22
Was purchased due to a requirement by my childs school. He has informed me it is a good book.
Gandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our AgeGandhi & Churchill: The Epic Rivalry that Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age
Best Price: $15.00
Most people will read "Gandhi and Churchill" for the author's detailed study of how...

Murder of a Medici PrincessMurder of a Medici Princess
Best Price: $14.96
This book is more than a story of Isabella's murder, in fact, very few pages are devoted to the...
Lost Boy: My StoryLost Boy: My Story
Best Price: $13.45
Although this is an autobiography of a pastor, it is much more than that. It is a story of...
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.
Best Price: $6.98
I had no choice when it came to reading this book. It was after all, required in my college...
Ultramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night RunnerUltramarathon Man: Confessions of an All-Night Runner
Best Price: $4.98
Dean is amazing! He writes is a relaxed, conversational manner that makes you feel like he's...
The Rose That Grew From ConcreteThe Rose That Grew From Concrete
Best Price: $6.70
This is a great book to futher understand 2pac and the foundation of all of his music but the...

Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Centennial Edition)Travels with Charley in Search of America: (Centennial Edition)
Best Price: $8.17
Steinbeck's Travels with Charley was his last book I believe. This is a memoir of John...
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.)The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.)
Best Price: $6.98
Absent the anti-Christian bias of his geological disaster books, Winchester writes a very good...
The Greatest Game Ever Played: A True StoryThe Greatest Game Ever Played: A True Story
Best Price: $5.49
This I believe was Frost's 1st golf history book and previously all his other work had been...
Hope's Boy: A MemoirHope's Boy: A Memoir
Best Price: $12.90
Hope is our emotional gray area between love and hate -- neither a malignant nor a benign force,...
Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My WayLosing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way
Best Price: $5.95
Few autobiographies have the luxury of encompassing such a fascinating topic as Richard Branson...

American Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White: The Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the CenturyAmerican Eve: Evelyn Nesbit, Stanford White: The Birth of the "It" Girl and the Crime of the Century
Best Price: $14.44
As a fan of architecture, I was well aware of Stanford White (of McKim, Mead and White) before I...
My Grandfather's Son: A MemoirMy Grandfather's Son: A Memoir
Best Price: $8.25
Where to begin with all the good things that I'd like to say about this book? 1. The prose is...
Making Government WorkMaking Government Work
Best Price: $19.76
That's the title of the most practical "political" book you'll ever read. It is a...
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a GroupieI'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
Best Price: $8.87
I last read this almost if not 20 years ago so I would be hard pressed to recall specific...
 
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