Biographies & Memoirs Books

Big Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of LifeBig Russ and Me: Father and Son: Lessons of Life
Best Price: $7.65
The background story behind this book is learning from your elders. In this particular one,...
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a TimeThree Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Best Price: $7.03
These words, spoken by Pakistani Brigadier General Bashir, symbolize an underlying thread in...
Wisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and SonsWisdom of Our Fathers: Lessons and Letters from Daughters and Sons
Best Price: $6.94
It's hard to believe that this legendary voice will no longer be heard. The wisdom in his words,...
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal JourneyMy Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey
Best Price: $13.25
This book is excellent on so many levels. Jill Bolte Taylor is a Brain Specialist who at the age...
sTORI TellingsTORI Telling
Best Price: $13.72
She talks about her life in a very REAL way. She doesn't try to be evasive or hide her faults:...


Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, ChelseaAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea
Best Price: $12.00
I just finished reading this book and I thought it was GREAT!!! I love Chelsea Handler.. I just...
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and IndonesiaEat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
I loved this book - I defy anyone not to like at least one section of the book. Funny, witty,...
Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and IndonesiaEat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Best Price: $5.35
I loved this book - I defy anyone not to like at least one section of the book. Funny, witty,...
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and InheritanceDreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
It is a rare privilege to have such a personal insight into the life and background of a...
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and InheritanceDreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Best Price: $15.22
It is a rare privilege to have such a personal insight into the life and background of a...


Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life (P.S.)
Best Price: $7.85
Written in her beautiful and often humorous style, Barbara and her equally eloquent daughter are...
My Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night StandsMy Horizontal Life: A Collection of One-Night Stands
Best Price: $7.70
This is one of the best books i've read. its been borrowed by about seven of my...
The Glass Castle: A MemoirThe Glass Castle: A Memoir
Best Price: $5.41
Jeannette Walls writes a very powerful and desperately honest account of her childhood. Raised...
Into the WildInto the Wild
Best Price: $6.94
"Into the Wild" is worth reading simply to learn the story of young Chris McCandless,...
Audition: A MemoirAudition: A Memoir
Best Price: $12.24
"Walters nonetheless takes care to report on the very public drubbing she received at the...

The Revolution: A ManifestoThe Revolution: A Manifesto
Best Price: $11.25
As a Republican presidential candidate, Ron Paul is understandably a man concerned primarily...
Many Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their LivesMany Lives, Many Masters: The True Story of a Prominent Psychiatrist, His Young Patient, and the Past Life Therapy That Changed Both Their Lives
Best Price: $20.73
I loved all his books, and I learned a lot. Having the same problems as the patient described in...
I Hope They Serve Beer In HellI Hope They Serve Beer In Hell
Best Price: $7.46
This is a must have if you enjoy the website, although some of the stories are lifted straight...
John AdamsJohn Adams
Best Price: $10.49
David McCullough has written a highly elegant and descriptive book about a man whose name , John...
SELECTIONS FROM: 90 Minutes in Heaven: An Inspiring Story of Life beyond DeathSELECTIONS FROM: 90 Minutes in Heaven: An Inspiring Story of Life beyond Death
Best Price: $7.30
I happened across this must read book and bought it. What I found was one of the most...

The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous SportThe Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport
Best Price: $8.24
Returning to golf thirty-two years after he gave it up, Carl Hiaasen, author of hilarious...
The Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired AmericaThe Last Campaign: Robert F. Kennedy and 82 Days That Inspired America
Best Price: $12.75
If I were rating Bobby, there aren't enough stars in the heavens to measure how I feel about...
A Long Way GoneA Long Way Gone
Best Price: $13.57
Surprisingly well written for someone with a background of being a civil war soldier at such a...
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass LookBig, Or Why Pie is Not The AnswerSuch a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist's Quest To Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass LookBig, Or Why Pie is Not The Answer
Best Price: $7.96
I have read all of Jen Lancasters books and they just get better and funnier! This is a must...
Just Do It: How One Couple Turned Off the TV and Turned On Their Sex Lives for 101 Days (No Excuses!)Just Do It: How One Couple Turned Off the TV and Turned On Their Sex Lives for 101 Days (No Excuses!)
Best Price: $13.14
I loved this book. Yes, it has some sex details in it to keep with the theme of the book. But...

InfidelInfidel
Best Price: $8.78
Infidel is an overwhelming book to grasp. Why? Well, because so much has happened so far in Ms....
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham LincolnTeam of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Best Price: $12.00
      Frankly, until reading this book, I did not fully...
Night (Oprah's Book Club)Night (Oprah's Book Club)
Best Price: $4.26
I recall when I first read 'Night', it was just after Elie Wiesel had given a...
Life with My Sister MadonnaLife with My Sister Madonna
Best Price: $15.60
Fairly, extraordinary tale of what it's like growing up and being close to one of the most...
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
Best Price: $14.37
This is much more than just a story about a student and his mentor. It made me smile, it made...

The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup ArtistsThe Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists
Best Price: $18.85
I'm an M.D. psychiatrist and began teaching and contributing to this community of men some two...
A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My FatherA Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father
Best Price: $13.69
I have read all of Augusten Burroughs' books. Because he is so brutally honest, it's easy to...
Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst DogMarley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog
Best Price: $7.88
Don't ever confuse Lassie with Marley. Minding was something Marley couldn't quite manage - this...
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary GenerationFounding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Best Price: $8.22
Ellis' work provides a series of snapshots that reveal some of the personal and political...
Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's AddictionBeautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction
Best Price: $10.49
David Sheff helps others learn a lesson it took him years, and a brain bleed, to learn. That...

Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a GenerationGirls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--And the Journey of a Generation
Best Price: $17.09
As a gossip-fest, good time this book would rate 7 stars for the footnotes alone. Three...
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest DisasterInto Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mount Everest Disaster
Best Price: $16.53
One of the best books I've read in a long time. I read it in one sitting. The author does...
Counselor: A Life at the Edge of HistoryCounselor: A Life at the Edge of History
Best Price: $15.05
Few would disagree that John F. Kennedy was one of our most inspirational presidents and that it...
Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of AmericaNixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America
Best Price: $21.25
The best thing about this book is Pearlstein's descriptions of key but forgotten moments of the...
Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them TogetherSame Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together
Best Price: $8.91
Here is a copy of an email I just sent my friends, and I want to share it with anyone reading...

Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly (P.S.)
Best Price: $8.44
to be a cook this guy is a master, in few words he explain what exactly happens behind the...
A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in TennisA Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis
Best Price: $14.96
This book gives great insight into how to achieve your goals. From a young age Sampras knew...
365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy
Best Price: $8.55
I felt jipped by this book. The reviews were so glowing that I ordered it, but found it to be so...
Man's Search for MeaningMan's Search for Meaning
Best Price: $3.45
In short, it's difficult to complain about life when getting a lesson on it from an Auschwitz...
On WritingOn Writing
Best Price: $3.82
HG Wells and Steven King have much in common, neither cares for character nor plot, critical...

EscapeEscape
Best Price: $13.24
I purchased this book on a total whim. I have never been more moved by the written word than I...
Einstein: His Life and UniverseEinstein: His Life and Universe
Best Price: $10.55
Walter Isaacson's biography of Einstein creates a fuller better rounded image of one of the...
The Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock StarThe Heroin Diaries: A Year in the Life of a Shattered Rock Star
Best Price: $19.48
I read this book immediately after reading The Dirt, and it's a good follow-up explaining...
Confessions of an Economic Hit ManConfessions of an Economic Hit Man
Best Price: $6.98
September 11 dramatically altered many people's perspectives on life and the world around us....
The 48 Laws of PowerThe 48 Laws of Power
Best Price: $10.21
No mattter if you find the subject of the acquisition, use and maintenance of power to be...

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the WorldMountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World
Best Price: $6.49
Kidder's account of Dr. Paul Farmer's work on curing infectious diseases among the poor inspires...
How to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His SecretsHow to Get Rich: One of the World's Greatest Entrepreneurs Shares His Secrets
Best Price: $15.03
I wish I'd read this book when I was eighteen, but even those of advancing years will find sound...
Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren JeffsStolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs
Best Price: $14.95
This is a very interesting book and I am literally unable to put the book down. I was surprised...
Too Fat to FishToo Fat to Fish
Best Price: $16.47
When good-for-little stand-up comic Artie Lange joined the permanent cast of The Howard Stern...
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our NationLadies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation
Best Price: $13.47
As fascinating as a today tell-all Ladies of Liberty is full of vignettes and episodes that...

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan HolocaustLeft to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
Best Price: $6.81
I read this book from cover to cover in two days and it was like watching a gripping and...
    

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