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 …
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1. Letters and Journals
By: Katherine Mansfield , C.K. Stead
3.96
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
'Now - now I want to write recollections of my own country. Yes, I want to write about my own count… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
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"I sometimes wonder whether the act of surrender is not one of the greatest of all - the highest. It is one of the [most] difficult of all... You see it's so immensely complicated. It needs real humil…"-Katherine Mansfield, Letters and Journals
2. Keith, A: Three Came Home
By: Agnes Newton Keith
4.16
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
When the Japanese take Borneo in 1942, Agnes Keith is captured and imprisoned with her two-year-old… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"We are not pleasant people here, for the story of war is always the story of hate; it makes no difference with whom one fights. The hate destroys you."-Agnes Newton Keith, Keith, A: Three Came Home
3. The Blindfold's Eyes: My Journey from Torture to Truth (Guatemala)
By: Dianna Ortiz , Sister Dianna Ortiz
3.96
Format: 484 pages, Hardcover
Sister Dianna Ortiz, an American Ursuline nun working in Guatemala, was abducted and tortured by go… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
4. Testament of Youth
By: Vera Brittain , Mark Bostridge
4.10
Format: 688 pages, Paperback
Much of what we know and feel about the First World War we owe to Vera Brittain's elegiac yet unspa… read more
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- history
- biography
- memoir
- biography memoir
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" The Lament of the Demobilised “Four Years,"-Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth
"I look wildly for facts and I can only find arguments."-Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth
"Als je eenmaal van de bergtop omlaag hebt gekeken, is het moeilijk om tevreden in de vallei te blijven..."-Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth
"I know of no place where the wind can be as icy and the damp so penetrating as in Oxford round about Easter time."-Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth
5. Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
By: Valerie Bertinelli
3.67
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Valerie Bertinelli, then: bubbly sitcom star and America's Sweetheart turned tabloid headline and r… read more
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- biography memoir
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- biography
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"Leap...and the net will follow"-Valerie Bertinelli, Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time
6. Devil in the Details: Scenes from an Obsessive Girlhood
By: Jennifer Traig
3.87
Format: 54 pages, Paperback
DEVIL IN THE DETAILS announces Jennifer Traig as one of the most hilarious writers to emerge in rec… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
7. Shattered Dreams: My Life as a Polygamist's Wife
By: Irene Spencer
4.33
Format: None pages,
IRENE SPENCER grew up in a fundamentalist Mormon family- the thirteenth of thirty-one children- so … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
8. 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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10. Swimming to Antarctica: Tales of a Long-Distance Swimmer
By: Lynne Cox , None
4.75
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Now in paperback, with photos and maps added especially for this new edition, here is the acclaimed… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
11. Hippie Boy: A Girl's Story
By: Ingrid Ricks
3.95
Format: 288 pages, ebook
What would you do if your Mormon stepfather pinned you down and tried to cast Satan out of you? For… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
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12. Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
By: Sara Pascoe
4.30
Format: 380 pages, Paperback
When you’re fourteen and life has been nothing but hurt and disappointment, maybe it’s time to stri… read more
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"What’s “ague?"-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"The sunset bled into the edges of the village. Smoke curled out of the cottage chimney like a crooked finger."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"Like water around rocks, people streamed around them as though this sort of interaction, noisy and involving foreigners, was nothing unusual."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
"Oscar looked up from his plate, and if a cat could laugh, he would have. ‘Boy, that’s ugly, even for a jinn. Looks like a cross between a rat, a frog and a bottlebrush."-Sara Pascoe, Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For
13. 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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- history
- biography
- memoir
- politics
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- african american
14. The Ugly Daughter
By: Julia Legian , Dawn Burke
4.00
Format: 202 pages, Paperback
The Ugly Daughter is a thrilling memoir, the gripping true story of a young girl who witnessed horr… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
15. Loveyoubye: Holding Fast, Letting Go, And Then There's The Dog
By: Rossandra White
3.43
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
When Rossandra White walks into her Laguna Beach home one day to find that her husband of twenty-fi… read more
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16. Me: Stories of My Life
By: Katharine Hepburn
4.50
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
Admired and beloved by movie audiences for over sixty years, four-time Academy Award-winner Kathari… read more
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17. Ghost No More
By: CeeCee James
4.03
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
How do you keep fighting for hope, when everything around you is tearing hope down? Five year old C… read more
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18. First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria: How a Peace Corps Poster Boy Won My Heart and a Third World Adventure Changed My Life
By: None
4.67
Format: 127 pages, Hardcover
In this laugh-out-loud funny memoir, a pampered city girl falls head over little black heels in lov… read more
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19. My Several Worlds
By: Pearl S. Buck
4.14
Format: 472 pages, Paperback
Autobiography of Pearl S Buck. A memoir of the life of the first female Nobel Laureate for Literat… read more
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- history
- biography
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"Fate is unalterable only in the sense that given a cause, a certain result must follow, but no cause is inevitable in itself, and man can shape his world if he does not resign himself to ignorance."-Pearl S. Buck, My Several Worlds
"in any war a victory means another war, and yet another, until someday inevitably the tides turn, and the victor is the vanquished, and the circle reverses itself, but remains nevertheless a circle."-Pearl S. Buck, My Several Worlds
"I can only say that in old Asia where the soldier was given no honor and war was without glory, there arose a culture which emphasized learning and wisdom and which produced no great and soul-racking…"-Pearl S. Buck, My Several Worlds
"I will not dwell on that sad time, for the bones of those young men and women are already dust. But I learned then that the same cruelties can be committed by any man who has the will to crush those …"-Pearl S. Buck, My Several Worlds
20. Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia
By: Marya Hornbacher
3.98
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Why would a talented young woman enter into a torrid affair with hunger, drugs, sex, and death? Thr… read more
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21. Then Again
By: Diane Keaton
3.53
Format: None pages,
Mom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were always little reminders pasted on the kitchen wall. F… read more
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23. The Three Witches and The Master
By: Max Nowaz
4.30
Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition
When a beautiful naked woman Eve, unexpectedly turns up at his back door, Adam, an amateur wizard, … read more
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"Where’s my uncle?"-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
"You can’t escape me, I’m coming for you soon,"-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
"I haven’t got a clue why his bones disintegrated, but look at the bright side,"-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
"He desperately tried to think of a story to explain his involvement in her sudden appearance, without mentioning the book of magic in his possession. "-Max Nowaz, The Three Witches and The Master
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
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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- history
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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
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. 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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29. Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
By: John Rachel
4.37
Format: 268 pages, Paperback
This novel is unlike any love story you've ever read. Set in Japan and East Africa, it is based on … read more
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"Hungry stomachs growl the same tune."-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
"Violence was a slippery slope, lubricated by a lot of blood, if history had any lessons to teach."-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
"The spring breeze felt like the warm breath of a child on Kumiko’s face. It played delicately with her hair like tiny fingers, and made the trees whisper a breathless song."-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
"The optimism was like the sun after a long spell of clouds and rain, a euphoric rush which produced both envy and awe in anyone who had become jaded, resigned, who had given up on their dreams."-John Rachel, Love Connection: Romance in the Land of the Rising Sun
30. 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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"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
31. Home Shopping Diva: Lessons, Lyrics, and Lipstick
By: Meg Flather
3.99
Format: 188 pages, Paperback
Home Shopping Diva...Lessons, Lyrics and Lipstickis the story of Meg Flather’s journey through the … read more
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