Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs

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Lips Unsealed: A Memoir

Belinda Carlisle

The women of the iconic eighties band the Go-Go's will always be remembered as they appeared on the back of their debut record: sunny, smiling, each soaking in her own private bubble bath with chocolates and champagne. The photo is a ...

Abridged CD
Published: May 2010

The Rainbow Comes and Goes Low Price ...

Anderson Cooper

#1 New York Times Bestseller A touching and intimate correspondence between Anderson Cooper and his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, offering timeless wisdom and a revealing glimpse into their livesThough Anderson Cooper has always consider...

Unabridged CD
Published: Jan 2017

Not My Father's Son: A Memoir

Alan Cumming

[*Read by the author - Alan Cumming] In his unique and engaging voice, the acclaimed actor of stage and screen shares the emotional story of his complicated relationship with his father and the deeply buried family secrets that shape...

Unabridged CD
Published: Oct 2014

The Blue Cotton Gown: A Midwife's Mem...

Patricia Harman

Heather is pale and thin, seventeen and pregnant with twins when Patricia Harman begins to care for her. Over the course of the next five seasons Patsy will see Heather through the loss of both babies and their father. She will also c...

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Published: Oct 2009

Madness: A Bipolar Life

Marya Hornbacher

When Marya Hornbacher published her first book, Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia, she did not yet have the piece of shattering knowledge that would finally make sense of the chaos of her life. At age twenty-four, Hornbacher wa...

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Published: Apr 2009

Watch Me: A Memoir

Anjelica Huston

Following her "extraordinary" (Vanity Fair), "evocative" (The New York Times),"magically beautiful" (The Boston Globe), "gorgeously written" (O, The Oprah Magazine) coming-of-age memoir, Academy...

Unabridged CD
Published: Nov 2014

Moose: A Memoir

Stephanie Klein

The author of the dishy memoir 'Straight Up and Dirty' returns to share the story of her adolescence. Long before she was a glamorous young divorcee and superstar blogging mistress, Stephanie Klein was a seventh grader with a weight p...

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Published: Jun 2009

Stranger Here: How Weight-Loss Surger...

Jen Larsen

Jen Larsen always thought that if she could only lose some weight, she would be unstoppable. She was convinced that once she found a way to not be fat any more, she would have the perfect existence she'd always dreamed of. When diet a...

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Published: Feb 2013

Servants' Hall: A Real Life Upstairs,...

Margaret Powell

The sequel to New York Times bestseller Below Stairs, Servants' Hall tells a gripping real-life tale reminiscent of Downton Abbey's Lady Sybil and Tom Branson.Margaret Powell's Below Stairs became a sensation among readers reveling i...

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Published: Jan 2014

The Package Deal: My (not-so) Glamoro...

Izzy Rose

At 35, Izzy Rose is a successful, Emmy Award-winning television producer, pulling down a hefty salary in a fast-paced newsroom and living the good life of a "middle-class socialite" single gal in San Francisco. She's fine wi...

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Published: May 2009

At Least in the City Someone Would He...

Wade Rouse

We all dream it. Wade Rouse actually did it. Finally fed up with the frenzy of city life and a job he hates, Wade Rouse decided to make either the bravest decision of his life or the worst mistake since his botched Ogilvie home perm: ...

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Published: Jun 2010

Staying True

Jenny Sanford

In this candid and compelling memoir, the first lady of South Carolina reveals the private ordeal behind her very public betrayal—and offers inspiration for anyone struggling to keep faith during life's most trying times.She's been ...

Unabridged CD
Published: Feb 2010

Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour Across...

Daniel Tammet

Owner of 'the most remarkable mind on the planet,' (according to Entertainment Weekly) Daniel Tammet captivated readers and won worldwide critical acclaim with the 2007 New York Times bestselling memoir, Born On A Blue Day, and its vi...

Paperback
Published: Dec 2009

My Boyfriend Wrote a Book About Me

Hilary Winston

TV writer Hilary Winston offers up a witty collection of autobiographical tales about her misadventures in dating. Just when she feels she's getting her life together, Hilary discovers that her ex has written a novel about their rela...

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Published: May 2012

Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China...

Jung Chang

Blending the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, Wild Swans has become a bestselling classic in thirty languages, with more than ten million copies sold. The story of three generations in twentieth-centur...

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Published: Aug 2003

I'm Down: A Memoir

Mishna Wolff

     Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black.  "He strutted around with a short perm, a Cosby-esqe sweater, gold chains and a Kangol—telling jok...

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Published: Jun 2010

It Looked Different on the Model: Epi...

Laurie Notaro

#1 NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER\r\n\r\nEveryone’s favorite Idiot Girl, Laurie Notaro, is just trying to find the right fit, whether it’s in the adorable blouse that looks charming on the mannequin but leaves her in a literal b...

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Published: Jul 2011

Mississippi Sissy

Kevin Sessums

MISSISSIPPI SISSY is the stunning memoir from Kevin Sessums, a celebrity journalist who grew up scaring other children, hiding terrible secrets, pretending to be Arlene Frances and running wild in the South. As he grew up in Forest, M...

Abridged CD
Published: Mar 2007

Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Re...

Elizabeth Bard

In Paris for a weekend visit, Elizabeth Bard sat down to lunch with a handsome Frenchman--and never went home again. Was it love at first sight? Or was it the way her knife slid effortlessly through her pave au poivre, the steak'spi...

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Published: Feb 2011

Confessions of a Counterfeit Farm Gir...

Susan McCorkindale

A laugh-out-loud memoir about a city slicker who discovers that Manolos and manure just don't mix.At her husband's prompting, suburban mom and New York career woman Susan McCorkindale agreed to give up her stressful six-figure job. To...

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Published: Oct 2008

Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Cont...

Peggy Orenstein

“Dazzling…the platinum standard for memoirs regarding couples struggling to become parents.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer Peggy Orenstein’s widely hailed and bestselling memoir of her quest for parenthood b...

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Published: Dec 2007

Diary of a Psychic

Sonia Choquette

Sonia Choquette discovered her psychic abilities as a young child. Gifted from birth, she was able to see beyond the veil of the inner workings of her family members', friends', and neighbors' lives. While still a teenager, she began ...

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Published: Jul 2003

Concierge Confidential: The Secrets o...

Michael Fazio

New York City's top concierge gives up a keyhole view into the luxe hotel rooms, private dining and dressing rooms of the ridiculous, rich and demanding Michael Fazio is the ultimate behind-the-scenes support man. Want two orchestra t...

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Published: Feb 2012

You'll Never Blue Ball in This Town A...

Heather McDonald

Heather McDonald, a story editor and performer on Chelsea Lately, chronices her 27 years of virginity in hilarious detail.

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Published: Jun 2010

Japanland: A Year in Search of Wa

Karin Muller

During a year spent in Japan on a personal quest to deepen her appreciation for such Eastern ideals as commitment and devotion, documentary filmmaker Karin Muller discovered just how maddeningly complicated it is being Japanese. In th...

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Published: Oct 2006

Dirty Secret: A Daughter Comes Clean ...

Jessie Sholl

To be the child of a compulsive hoarder is to live in a permanent state of unease. Because if my mother is one of those crazy junk-house people, then what does that make me?When her divorced mother was diagnosed with cancer, New York ...

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Published: Dec 2010

The Lady in the Palazzo: An Umbrian L...

Marlena De Blasi

Marlena di Blasi seduced readers to fall in love with Venice, then Tuscany, with her popular and critically acclaimed books A Thousand Days in Venice and A Thousand Days in Tuscany. Now she takes readers on a journey into the heart of...

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Published: May 2008

The Last Single Woman in America

Cindy Guidry

A "sassy" (USA Today), "funny, fast-talking" (New York Daily News) "great read" (People) that unfolds like a conversation with your bawdy best friend over a glass—or a bottle—of wine Whether she's bei...

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Published: Feb 2009

Never Have I Ever: My Life (So Far) W...

Katie Heaney

"I've been single for my entire life. Not one boyfriend. Not one short-term dating situation. Not one person with whom I regularly hung out and kissed on the face."So begins Katie Heaney's memoir of her years spent looking f...

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Published: Jan 2014

I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The Asto...

Diana Joseph

An Entertainment Weekly "must"-"It's hard to recall another collection of essays, or a memoir, with more natural charm." Surrounded by dysfunctional men-from her fourteen-year-old son to her high-maintenance boss...

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Published: Feb 2010
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