Guardian of the Golden Gate
By: Kevin Briggs
4.04
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
For more than two decades, Kevin Briggs lived the kind of life where the smallest details could qui…
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1. The Good Nurse: A True Story of Medicine, Madness, and Murder
By: Charles Graeber
3.85
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed "The Angel of De… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
2. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
By: Malcolm Gladwell
3.97
Format: 305 pages, Hardcover
In his #1 bestselling books The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell has explored t… read more
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- nonfiction
- psychology
"Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"It's challenging, it's not hopeless. You have to come up with something. You have to figure out a way to help them, because people must have hope to live."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"Much of what we consider valuable in our world arises out of (these) one-sided conflicts. Because the act of facing overwhelming odds, produces greatness and beauty."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
"A woman who walks away from the promise of power finds the strength to forgive – and saves her friendship, her marriage, and her sanity. The world is turned upside down."-Malcolm Gladwell, David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants
3. The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
By: David John , Hyeonseo Lee
4.42
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world’s most ruthless and secretive dictatorshi… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"He’d valued his dignity more than his own life."-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
"I was already hiding beneath so many lies that I hardly knew who I was any more. I was becoming a non-person."-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
"This is when I understood that we can do without almost anything – our home, even our country. But we will never do without other people, and we will never do without family."-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
"I hope you remember that if you encounter an obstacle on the road, don’t think of it as an obstacle at all… think of it as a challenge to find a new path on the road less traveled."-David John, The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector’s Story
4. A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer #1)
By: Dave Pelzer
3.59
Format: 370 pages,
Also see: Alternate Cover Editions for this ISBN [ACE] This book chronicles the unforgettable ac… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- psychology
5. Wishful Drinking
By: Carrie Fisher
3.82
Format: 163 pages, Hardcover
In Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher tells the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitabl… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
- mental health
"I just have basically too much personality for one person, and not quite enough for two"-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
"And not that it matters, but my mother is not a lesbian! She's just a really, really bad heterosexual."-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
"You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well, I took masses of opiates religiously."-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
"No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away."-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
6. Goodbye, Things: The New Japanese Minimalism
By: Fumio Sasaki , None
3.89
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
Fumio Sasaki is not an enlightened minimalism expert; he's just a regular guy who was stressed at w… read more
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7. Awakenings
By: Oliver Sacks , None , None
4.10
Format: None pages, Paperback
Awakenings--which inspired the major motion picture--is the remarkable story of a group of patients… read more
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8. Me
By: Elton John
4.33
Format: 374 pages, Hardcover
In his only official autobiography, music icon Elton John writes about his extraordinary life, whic… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"It was insanity, but it sounded romantic."-Elton John, Me
"You can work as hard as you like, and plan as carefully as you want, but there are moments when it’s just about a hunch, about trusting your instincts, or about fate."-Elton John, Me
9. Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That's Beautiful Again
By: Lysa TerKeurst
4.16
Format: 288 pages, ebook
*#1 New York Times Bestseller* You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have do… read more
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- nonfiction
10. Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
By: Henry Winkler
4.14
Format: 246 pages, Hardcover
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply tho… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"It’s so funny about time - you get into these nice little grooves with people you love, and you think it’ll go on forever. But time goes so fast, and nothing goes on forever."-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
"If you don't nail your feet to the ground, you can just believe - and you want to believe. It's so enticing. It felt so good. You could just become a gigantic balloon in the Thanksgiving Day parade a…"-Henry Winkler, Being Henry: The Fonz . . . and Beyond
11. The Cave: A Secret Underground Hospital and One Woman's Story of Survival in Syria
By: Amani Ballour
4.59
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
12. The Witch of Tin Mountain
By: Paulette Kennedy
4.06
Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition
In Depression-era Arkansas, something wicked has come to a haunted mountain town in a novel of unca… read more
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"It was surreal, how everything continued, how everything kept “on"-Paulette Kennedy, The Witch of Tin Mountain
13. American Girls
By: Jessica Roy
4.01
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, deeply reported narrative about religious extremism, radicalization, and the bonds of … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
14. Girls and Their Monsters: The Genain Quadruplets and the Making of Madness in America
By: Audrey Clare Farley
3.53
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
For readers of Hidden Valley Road and Patient H.M., an "intimate and compassionate portrait" (Grace… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- psychology
- mental health
15. Dear Sister: A Memoir of Secrets, Survival, and Unbreakable Bonds
By: Michelle Horton
4.52
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A breathtaking memoir about two sisters and a high-profile Nikki Addimando, incarcerated for killi… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
16. Coming Home
By: Brittney Griner
4.43
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
From the nine-time women’s basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist—a raw, revelatory acc… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"When your world is violently upended, you don't just mourn your immediate losses. You also grieve a future that no longer feels possible, the peace that might've been."-Brittney Griner, Coming Home
17. The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
By: Loren Grush
4.36
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
In the bestselling tradition of Hidden Figures and Code Girls, the remarkable true story of America… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
18. Sisters in Resistance: How a German Spy, a Banker's Wife, and Mussolini's Daughter Outwitted the Nazis
By: Tilar J. Mazzeo
4.04
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
In a tale as twisted as any spy thriller, discover how three women delivered critical evidence of A… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
19. The Hard Parts: A Memoir of Courage and Triumph
By: Oksana Masters
4.62
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A memoir from the United States’s most decorated winter Paralympic or Olympic athlete, The Hard Par… read more
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- biography
- memoir
20. Guardian of the Golden Gate
By: Kevin Briggs
4.04
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
For more than two decades, Kevin Briggs lived the kind of life where the smallest details could qui… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
- nonfiction
21. Patriot: A Memoir
By: Alexei Navalny
4.50
Format: 496 pages, Hardcover
The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate pric… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"If you have a criminal conviction, you are barred from running for office."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
"When corruption is the very foundation of a regime, those who battle it are extremists."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
"All schooboys had been to the stores and had noticed the long queues, and knew that the most used word in the Soviet lexicon was "shortage."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
"A serious political leader cannot simply decide to turn his back on a huge number of his fellow citizens because he personally dislikes their views."-Alexei Navalny, Patriot: A Memoir
