The Memory Palace
By: Mira Bartok
3.24
Format: 0 pages,
The Memory Palace is a breathtaking literary memoir about the complex meaning of love, truth, and t…
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1. Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery
By: Karen Armstrong
3.75
Format: None pages, Paperback
Through the Narrow Gateis Karen Armstrong's intimate memoir of life inside a Catholic convent. With… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
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"Surely it's better to love others, however messy and imperfect the involvement, than to allow one's capacity for love to harden."-Karen Armstrong, Through the Narrow Gate: A Memoir of Spiritual Discovery
2. Ecology of a Cracker Childhood
By: Janisse Ray
4.02
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Janisse Ray grew up in a junkyard along U.S. Highway 1, hidden from Florida-bound vacationers by th… read more
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3. The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
By: Elspeth Huxley
4.11
Format: 281 pages, Paperback
In an open cart Elspeth Huxley set off with her parents to travel to Thika in Kenya. As pioneering … read more
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"How much does one imagine, how much observe? One can no more separate those functions than divide light from air, or wetness from water."-Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
"Tilly was downcast; as with all perfectionists, it was the detail others might not notice that destroyed for her the pleasure of achievement."-Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
"What sorts of sin?" Any sort. When other people commit them, you are startled, but when you commit them yourself, they seem absolutely natural."-Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
"...when the present stung her, she sought her antidote in the future, which was as sure to hold achievement as the dying flower to hold the fruit when its petals wither."-Elspeth Huxley, The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood
4. How I Stayed Alive When My Brain Was Trying to Kill Me: One Person's Guide to Suicide Prevention
By: Susan Rose Blauner
3.85
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
An international epidemic, suicide has touched the lives of nearly half of all Americans, yet is ra… read more
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- biography
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- psychology
- mental health
- mental illness
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5. An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography (Autobiography, #1-3)
By: Janet Frame
4.20
Format: 434 pages, Paperback
This autobiography traces Janet Frame's childhood in a poor but intellectually intense family, life… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- psychology
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"...there must be an inviolate place where the choices and decisions, however imperfect, are the writer's own, where the decision must be as individual and solitary as birth or death."-Janet Frame, An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography (Autobiography, #1-3)
"All writers--all beings--are exiles as a matter of course. The certainty about living is that it is a succession of expulsions of whatever carries the life force...All writers are exiles wherever the…"-Janet Frame, An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography (Autobiography, #1-3)
6. My Angel
By: Jamie Gibson
3.91
Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition
Pregnancy is supposed to be a wonderful time; a special moment that will change your life forever. … read more
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7. Where Is the Mango Princess?: A Journey Back from Brain Injury
By: Cathy Crimmins
4.10
Format: 668 pages, Paperback
Humorist Cathy Crimmins has written a deeply personal, wrenching, and often hilarious account of th… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- psychology
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
8. A Three Dog Life
By: Abigail Thomas
3.68
Format: 346 pages,
When Abigail Thomas's husband was hit by a car, it destroyed his short-term memory and consigned hi… read more
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- nonfiction
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9. The Memory Palace
By: Mira Bartok
3.24
Format: 0 pages,
The Memory Palace is a breathtaking literary memoir about the complex meaning of love, truth, and t… read more
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10. The Year of Yes
By: Maria Dahvana Headley
3.20
Format: 285 pages, Paperback
"Why not go out on a date with everyone who asks you? Plenty of reasons. They might be crazy. They … read more
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"The main problem of living in the city that never sleeps that neither did I."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes
"I was a protestor. I was such a protestor that I regularly protested things that might have been good for me."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes
"I frantically opened my address book and searched it for someone, anyone, who'd moved me, who'd been good in both bed and brain. No. A slew of the so-so."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes
"I was becoming convinced that I was going to be lonely for the rest of my life. It wasn't that I wasn't meeting men. I was. It was just that they all drove me crazy."-Maria Dahvana Headley, The Year of Yes
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12. Home Free: Adventures of a Child of the Sixties
By: None
4.27
Format: 224 pages,
On a bus trip to a Catskill Mountain ashram, Rifka Kreiter recollects her past as she travels to me… read more
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13. She Got Up Off the Couch: And Other Heroic Acts from Mooreland, Indiana
By: Haven Kimmel
1.80
Format: 76 pages,
In this sequel to the top-selling A Girl Named Zippy,the woman rising heroically from the couch is … read more
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14. The Little Princesses
By: Marion Crawford , Jennie Bond
4.36
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
Once upon a time, in 1930s England, there were two little princesses named Elizabeth and Margaret R… read more
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15. Love in Condition Yellow: A Memoir of an Unlikely Marriage
By: None
3.68
Format: 189 pages, Hardcover
Berkeley peace activist Sophia Raday never imagined she would fall in love with an Oakland police o… read more
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16. Love, Janis
By: None
5.00
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
A revealing and intimate biography about Janis Joplin, the Queen of Classic Rock, written by her yo… read more
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17. Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own
By: None
3.40
Format: None pages,
A pampered Long Island princess hits the road in a converted bus with her wilderness-loving husband… read more
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18. Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey
By: Ozge Samanci
3.20
Format: None pages, Paperback
Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her paren… read more
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19. French Milk
By: Lucy Knisley
4.26
Format: None pages,
Through delightful drawings, photographs, and musings, twenty-three-year-old Lucy Knisley documents… read more
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20. A Mighty Long Way: My Journey to Justice at Little Rock Central High School
By: Lisa Frazier Page , Carlotta Walls LaNier
3.86
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
When fourteen-year-old Carlotta Walls walked up the stairs of Little Rock Central High School on Se… read more
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21. The Cost of Hope: A Memoir
By: Amanda Bennett
3.86
Format: None pages, Hardcover
From Pulitzer Prize winner Amanda Bennett comes a moving, eye-opening, and beautifully written memo… read more
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22. Paper Daughter: A Memoir
By: None
3.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
When she was five years old, M. Elaine Mar and her mother emigrated from Hong Kong to Denver to joi… read more
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23. Cherry
By: Mary Karr
3.83
Format: 373 pages, Paperback
This memoir of adolescence follows the earlier volume by Mary Karr, The Liars' Club. In Cherry, we … read more
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24. Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
By: Yvonne Korshak
4.29
Format: 557 pages, Kindle Edition
STEP ASIDE, ANTONY AND PERICLES AND ASPASIA —THE LOVE STORY THAT SHAPED HISTORY Two lovers cres… read more
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"Temples are for the gods,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"Do you know the song Violet Crowned Athens?"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"The softness, warmth and weight of her breast filled his palm. “I’ve imagined this for weeks,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
"But Phidias was better than most men since he made beautiful sculptures. He was even making one of her—well, he called it “Athena,"-Yvonne Korshak, Pericles and Aspasia: A Story of Ancient Greece
25. 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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- nonfiction
- psychology
26. 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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- nonfiction
- biography
"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
27. 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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- nonfiction
- biography
"#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
28. Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss
By: Alexis Marie Chute
4.20
Format: 264 pages, Paperback
Expecting Sunshine is a multi-award-winning memoir and a Kirkus Review BEST INDIE BOOK of 2017 A… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
29. Unwifeable: A Memoir
By: Mandy Stadtmiller
3.58
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Provocative, fearless, and dizzyingly uncensored, Mandy spills every secret she knows about dating,… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- mental health
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
30. The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound
By: Shirley Abbott
3.86
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
This deeply felt memoir is a journey through family history, feminist insight, and southern mytholo… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
31. The Places Left Unfilled
By: M.C. Cauley
4.09
Format: 374 pages, Paperback
My dressed up corpse and this secret; those were the two things I knew for certain I'd take to my g… read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
