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The Discomfort Zone: A Personal Histo...

Jonathan Franzen

A New York Times Notable Book of the Year The Discomfort Zone is Jonathan Franzen’s tale of growing up, squirming in his own über-sensitive skin, from a “small and fundamentally ridiculous person,” into an adult wi...

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Published: Aug 2007

Charlemagne

Derek Wilson

“Every country has its heroes; men and women, part fact, part legend, who exist to explain and reinforce elements of the national psyche. None has been as powerful and influential as Charles the Great.... While the Charlemagne s...

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Published: Jun 2007

What's Eating Johnny Depp?

Nigel Goodall

Johnny Depp, Hollywood’s most famous outsider, is one of this generation’s most impassioned, highly lauded stars. Nigel Goodall looks at his often turbulent life, his highprofile love affairs, and his extraordinary career ...

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Published: Jul 2004

The Sexual Life of Catherine M.

Catherine Millet

Since it was first published in France, The Sexual Life of Catherine M. has become a bestseller all around the world and has been hailed as one of the most important books on sexuality to be published in decades. Since her youth,...

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Published: Apr 2003

The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl

Shauna Reid

At just twenty-three years old, Shauna Reid weighed 351 pounds. Spurred into action by the sight of her enormous white knickers billowing on the clothesline, she created the hugely successful blog 'The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl....

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Published: Jan 2009

Waiter Rant: Thanks for the Tip--Conf...

Dublanica Aka the Waiter Steve

According to The Waiter, eighty percent of customers are nice people just looking for something to eat. The remaining twenty percent, however, are socially maladjusted psychopaths. Waiter Rant offers the server's unique point of view...

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Published: Aug 2009

About My Sisters

Debra Ginsberg

The author of Waiting and Raising Blaze explores the connection she shares with her three sisters, recounting how their parents' frequent moves resulted in a deep bond between the four siblings that continues into their adult lives. R...

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Published: Mar 2005

High Achiever: The Incredible True St...

Tiffany Jenkins

An up-close portrait of the mind of an addict and a life unraveled by narcotics—a memoir of captivating urgency and surprising humor that puts a human face on the opioid crisis. "Raw, brutal, and shocking. Move over, Orange I...

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Published: Jun 2019

An Event in Autumn: A Kurt Wallander ...

Henning Mankell

An Inspector Kurt Wallander short novel by the bestselling author Henning Mankell, available in English for the first time. A Vintage Canada Original.      Soon after Inspector Kurt Wallander moves into a new house with a charmin...

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Published: Aug 2014

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fa...

Wes Moore

Two kids with the same name lived in the same decaying city. One went on to be a Rhodes Scholar, decorated combat veteran, White House Fellow, and business leader. The other is serving a life sentence in prison. Here is the story of t...

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Published: Dec 2010

Behind Sad Eyes: The Life of George H...

Marc Shapiro

Shrouded in a sea of mystery, the elusive George Harrison has long been the most private and enigmatic member of the Beatles. From his hard knock childhood in Liverpool to his ascendance into rock infamy, George Harrison's life has b...

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Published: Jan 2003

A Charmed Life: Growing Up in Macbeth...

Liza Campbell

A Charmed Life tells the story of Liza Camell, the last child to be born at the impressive and renowned Cawdor Castle, the same locale featured in Shakespeare's Macbeth. It was at the historical ancestral home that Liza's seemingly id...

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Published: Nov 2008

The Emperor Charlemagne

Russell Chamberlin

Few men have exerted such a lasting influence on the course of Western history as Charlemagne (742-814). At the height of his power in the early ninth century Charlemagne, King of the Franks and Lombards and Emperor of the Romans, rul...

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Published: Aug 2004

Model Patient: My Life As an Incurabl...

Karen Duffy

In this memoir, Karen Duffy, best known as a former MTV VJ and Revlon model, reveals how her acting and modeling career came to an abrupt halt when she was diagnosed with sarcoidosis of the central nervous system--a rare and potential...

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Published: Nov 2001

Rage Against the Meshugenah: Why it T...

Danny Evans

In his early thirties, Danny Evans had a smokin' hot wife, a new baby boy, and the highest paying job he'd ever had. Then, in the span of one week, a sudden layoff and the events of 9/11 plunged Evans into a crushing depression. At tu...

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Published: Aug 2009

Rabbit-Proof Fence: The True Story of...

Doris Pilkington

Following an Australian government edict in 1931, black aboriginal children and children of mixed marriages were gathered up and taken to settlements to be institutionally assimilated. In Rabbit-Proof Fence, award-wining author Doris ...

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Published: Nov 2002

Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoi...

Gail Caldwell

"It's an old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too." So begins this gorgeous memoir by Pulitzer Prize winner Gail Caldwell, a testament to the power of friendship,...

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Published: Aug 2011

After Visiting Friends: A Son's Story...

Michael Hainey

This haunting story of a son's quest to understand the mystery of his father's death is "searing and unforgettable…memoir writing at its best" (San Francisco Chronicle)—a "powerfully affecting" (O, The Oprah Ma...

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Published: Feb 2014

Half a Life: A Memoir

Darin Strauss

Half my life ago, I killed a girl. In this powerful, unforgettable memoir, acclaimed novelist Darin Strauss recounts a tragedy and its aftermath. In his last month of high school, just after turning eighteen, Strauss is behind the whe...

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Published: May 2011

Lust & Wonder: A Memoir

Augusten Burroughs

From the beloved #1 New York Times bestselling author comes an intimate look at the driving forces in one man’s life.With Augusten's unique and singular observations and his own unabashed way of detailing both the horrific and the h...

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Published: Mar 2017

The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Li...

John Le Carre

"Recounted with the storytelling elan of a master raconteur — by turns dramatic and funny, charming, tart and melancholy." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesThe New York Times bestselling memoir from John le Carre, the...

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Published: Sep 2017

Code Name: Lise: The True Story of th...

Larry Loftis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Featured in TheNew York Times, TheAtlantic, Time, New York Newsday, and on Today!Best Nonfiction Books to Read in 2019—Woman’s DayThe Best Nonfiction Books Coming Out This Year—BookBub“A nonfiction thriller...

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Published: Nov 2019

Grown Gray in War

Leonard J. Maffioli

GROWN GRAY IN WARFrom Iwo Jima to the Chosin Reservoir to the Tet Offensive, the Autobiography of a True Marine HeroMaj. Bruce H. Norton, USMC (Ret.) M.Gy.Sgt. Len Maffioli, USMC (Ret.)"Generation after generation of Marines have...

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Published: Nov 2014

Nothing Daunted: The Unexpected Educa...

Dorothy Wickenden

Now in paperback, the acclaimed and captivating true story of two restless society girls who left their affluent lives to "rough it" as teachers in the wilds of Colorado in 1916.In 1916, Dorothy Wickenden's grandmother, Doro...

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Published: May 2012

The Mistress's Daughter

A. M. Homes

The acclaimed writer A. M. Homes was given up for adoption before she was born. Her biological mother was a twenty-two-year-old single woman who was having an affair with a much older married man with a family of his own. The Mistress...

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Published: Apr 2008

My Point...And I Do Have One

Ellen DeGeneres

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ellen DeGeneres shares her hilarious take on everything from our most baffling human foibles–including how we behave in elevators, airplanes, and restrooms, and why we're so scared of the boogey...

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Published: Sep 2007

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl's memoir has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Between 1942 and 1945 Frankl labored in four different camps, including A...

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Published: Jan 2006

Why We Suck: A Feel Good Guide to Sta...

Dr Denis Leary

A hilarious blast of scathing irreverence from the award-winning actor and comedian. 'A pissed off Leary is the best Leary,' says one critic of the writer and comic. In Why We Suck, Dr. Denis Leary uses his common sense, and his bi...

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Published: Oct 2009

The Wilderness World of John Muir

John Muir

During John Muir's extraordinary life as a conservationist, he traveled through most of the American wilderness alone and on foot, without a gun or a sleeping bag. In 1903, while on a three-day camping trip with President Theodore Roo...

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Published: Aug 2001

What I Talk About When I Talk About R...

Haruki Murakami

From the bestselling author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle comes an intimate look at writing, running, and the incredible way they intersect.Equal parts travelogue and literary reminiscence, this revealing memoir covers Haruki Murakami...

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Published: Aug 2009
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