An American Childhood
By: Annie Dillard
3.91
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Annie Dillard remembers. She remembers the exhilaration of whipping a snowball at a car and having…
Want to Read $ 14.99"I myself was both observer and observable, and so a possible object of my own humming awareness."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
"Private life, book life, took place where words met imagination without passing through the world."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
"Knowing you are alive is watching on every side your generation's short time falling away as fast as rivers drop through air, and feeling it hit."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
"Those of us who read carried around with us like martyrs a secret knowledge, a secret joy and a secret hope: There is a life worth living where history is still taking place; there are ideas worth dying for, and circumstances where courage is still prized."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
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1. And So It Goes: Adventures in Television
By: Linda Ellerbee
3.74
Format: 306 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Examines the internal operations of television news and answers many basic journalistic questions b… read more
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2. Mayada, Daughter of Iraq: One Woman's Survival Under Saddam Hussein
By: Jean Sasson
3.00
Format: 508 pages,
Mayada was born into a powerful Iraqi family. One grandfather fought alongside Lawrence of Arabia. … read more
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3. Forever Liesl
By: Charmian Carr , Jean A.S. Strauss , Jean A. S. Strauss
4.00
Format: None pages,
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4. The Zookeeper's Daughter
By: Lori Space Day
3.95
Format: 302 pages, Paperback
The Zookeeperas Daughter is the journal of Lori Space Day, a third generation zoologist. Growing up… read more
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- nonfiction
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5. Not a Perfect Fit: Stories from Jane's World
By: Jane A. Schmidt
3.93
Format: 328 pages, Paperback
Not a Perfect Fit is a collection of stories that are laugh-out-loud funny one minute and thought-p… read more
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6. Naked in the Promised Land: A Memoir
By: Lillian Faderman
4.10
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
Born in 1940, Lillian Faderman was the only child of an uneducated and unmarried immigrant Jewish w… read more
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7. Graduates in Wonderland: The International Misadventures of Two (Almost) Adults
By: Jessica Pan , Rachel Kapelke-Dale
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
Two best friends document their post-college lives in a hilarious, relatable, and powerfully honest… read more
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8. The Selected Journals of L.M. Montgomery, Vol. 1: 1889-1910
By: L.M. Montgomery , Mary Henley Rubio , Elizabeth Hillman Waterston
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874- 1942)-whose Anne of Green Gablesand many other novels are loved by read… read more
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9. Dear Senator: A Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond
By: William Stadiem , Essie Mae Washington-Williams
3.47
Format: 185 pages, Paperback
Breaking nearly eight decades of silence, Essie Mae Washington-Williams comes forward with a story … read more
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10. The Sunset Strip Diaries
By: Amy Asbury
4.50
Format: None pages,
There comes a time in every girl's life, where she has to choose good or choose bad. Amy Asbury cho… read more
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11. Waiting: The True Confessions of a Waitress
By: Debra Ginsberg
3.64
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
A veteran waitress dishes up a spicy and robust account of life as it really exists behind kitchen … read more
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12. On Top of the World: Five Women Explorers in Tibet
By: None
4.06
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Describes the adventures of five Victorian women, English, American, and French, who explored Tibet… read more
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13. Driving with Dead People
By: Monica Holloway
5.00
Format: 30 pages, Hardcover
Small wonder that, at nine years old, Monica Holloway develops a fascination with the local funeral… read more
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14. Move to Millions: The Proven Framework to Become a Million Dollar CEO with Grace & Ease Instead of Hustle & Grind
By: Darnyelle Jervey Harmon
4.29
Format: 310 pages, Paperback
Ready to break through the six-figure plateau? Discover an actionable strategy to cross over the mi… read more
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15. Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
By: Anne Michaud
4.29
Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition
Why do good women stay with bad men? What if political wives are just as calculating as their in… read more
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"The political wife came forward and publicly vouched for her straying man. If she could continue to trust and believe in him, the public could too – or so the script went."-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"For each of these women, the fear of the unknown — of leaving a marriage and casting off alone — may have bound them to a marriage where there is insensitivity, neglect, or even outright abuse. Peopl…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"What we witness playing out in the relationships of our public figures we risk finding acceptable in our private lives. Feminists have connected women’s sexual subordination to their unequal status i…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
"To leave the marriage behind is to step out of the spotlight. It means fading into normalcy, returning to ordinary life, perhaps an impossible admission for women who have built their egos on being o…"-Anne Michaud, Why They Stay: Sex Scandals, Deals, and Hidden Agendas of Eight Political Wives
16. Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
By: Aimee Cabo Nikolov
4.30
Format: 150 pages, Paperback
Her family secrets burst in the spotlight when Aimee and her sister went to the authorities. In thi… read more
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"#metooasachild"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"We can be beacons of light"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"Unconditional Love conquers all!"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
"God is the Cure, Love is the Answer"-Aimee Cabo Nikolov, Love is the Answer, God is the Cure: A True Story of Abuse, Betrayal and Unconditional Love
17. Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment
By: Sumangali Morhall
3.98
Format: 246 pages, Paperback
Has your life ever flashed before you? Sumangali Morhall chased everything Western society taught h… read more
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"There have been bleak nights along my way, many of my own making, but life is all the brighter for them now. To the human eye, without the darkness there are no stars."-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment
"Meditation is like hearing a voice on the telephone: there might be slight delays if the line is not perfect, but it is otherwise direct and requires no effort other than listening"-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment
"When first discovering a night sky, the eyes may pick out a few tiny stars. Waiting and watching reveals thousands, until it seems there is yet more light than empty blackness. So my life has been, a…"-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment
"I remembered the taste of good Italian coffee in my London flat, brewed at the expense of time and a good deal of mess, compared to the sort that came out of machines in the office at the press of a …"-Sumangali Morhall, Auspicious Good Fortune: One woman's inspirational journey from Western disillusionment to Eastern spiritual fulfilment
18. Don't Shoot! . . . I Have Another Story To Tell You
By: Elen Ghulam
4.08
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Four languages, an assortment of passports and no where to call home. Don't Shoot! ... I have a… read more
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19. An American Childhood
By: Annie Dillard
3.91
Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition
Annie Dillard remembers. She remembers the exhilaration of whipping a snowball at a car and having… read more
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- autobiography
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- nonfiction
- essays
- writing
- adult
"I myself was both observer and observable, and so a possible object of my own humming awareness."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
"Private life, book life, took place where words met imagination without passing through the world."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
"Knowing you are alive is watching on every side your generation's short time falling away as fast as rivers drop through air, and feeling it hit."-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
"Those of us who read carried around with us like martyrs a secret knowledge, a secret joy and a secret hope: There is a life worth living where history is still taking place; there are ideas worth dy…"-Annie Dillard, An American Childhood
20. You Don't Know Crazy
By: Wambui Bahati
3.89
Format: 396 pages, Paperback
Wambui Bahati, a.k.a. John-Ann Washington, shares a powerful, personal and important story about me… read more
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21. The Chinaberry Tree
By: Lauren Alexander
3.63
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Snapshot images breathe life into the family its inherent power cohabiting with its inherent vulne… read more
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