Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
By: None , P.D. James
3.91
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James embarked …
Want to Read $ 10.99"It is interesting how often unintelligent, even stupid, women manage their emotional lives more satisfactorily than do their cleverer sisters."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
"The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
"Even as a child, I had a sense that I was two people; the one who experienced the trauma, the pain, the happiness, and the other who stood aside and watched with a disinterested ironic eye."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
"There is much that I remember but which is painful to dwell on. I see no need to write about these things. They are over and must be accepted, made sense of and forgiven, afforded no more than their proper place in a long life in which I have always known that happiness is a gift, not a right."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
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1. 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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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
"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
2. Once Upon a Secret: My Affair with President John F. Kennedy and Its Aftermath
By: Mimi Alford
3.58
Format: 198 pages, Hardcover
In '62, Mimi Beardsley was a naive teen, a product of her class & time. She'd attended the same exc… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
3. Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
By: Blair Braverman
3.80
Format: 274 pages, Hardcover
By the time Blair Braverman was eighteen, she had left her home in California, moved to arctic Norw… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
4. Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
By: Bailey White
3.96
Format: 229 pages, Trade Paperback
In this national bestseller, Bailey White--whose accounts of Southern eccentricity have enchanted m… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
"I'm tired of being set upon by crazed Christians one minute and unbridled libertines the next. Girls, I'm going camping."-Bailey White, Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
"When I got started again, I drove slower and felt smaller. I think it does us all good to get looked at like that now and then by a wild animal."-Bailey White, Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
"Her blood-curdling snoring, with its gargling and squawking and its terrifying pauses is like the sound the devil might make if he were alternately relishing and strangling on a pound of human flesh."-Bailey White, Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
"When Mama starts to move across a room, people pay attention. You can never be sure she's not going to grab you by the top of the head to steady herself. And she's pretty free with that walking stick…"-Bailey White, Mama Makes Up Her Mind and Other Dangers of Southern Living
5. Unpolished Gem
By: Alice Pung
4.10
Format: 668 pages, Paperback
After Alice Pung's family fled to Australia from the killing fields of Cambodia, her father chose A… read more
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- biography
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
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- nonfiction
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7. My Prison Without Bars: The Journey of a Damaged Woman to Someplace Normal
By: Taylor Evan Fulks
5.00
Format: 303 pages, Paperback
2014 GLOBAL eBOOK AWARDS GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2014 eLIT EXCELLENCE AWARD GOLD MEDAL WINNER 2013 INDIE … read more
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- nonfiction
- memoir
8. Cybill Disobedience: How I Survived Beauty Pageants, Elvis, Sex, Bruce Willis, Lies, Marriage, Motherhood, Hollywood, and the Irrepressible Urge to Say What I Think
By: Cybill Shepherd , Aimee Lee Ball
4.17
Format: 78 pages, Hardcover
From Model to Moonlighting, from Elvis to Bruce Willis to motherhood to a behind-the-scenes inside … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
9. Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948
By: Madeleine K. Albright , None
4.27
Format: 260 pages, Hardcover
Before Madeleine Albright turned twelve, her life was shaken by the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia… read more
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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
10. 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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- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
11. Borrowed Finery: A Memoir
By: Paula Fox
3.72
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Born in the 1920s to nomadic, bohemian parents, Paula Fox is left at birth in a Manhattan orphanage… read more
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- biography
- memoir
- female authors
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
12. Amelia's Destiny (Amelia #2)
By: D.G. Torrens
3.78
Format: 135 pages, Kindle Edition
Amelia's Destiny continues where Amelia's Story left off. I recommend you read book one first. Amel… read more
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- autobiography
- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
13. Veronica's Grave: A Daughter's Memoir
By: Barbara Donsky
3.65
Format: None pages, Paperback
From beyond the grave came a cry for help she could not ignore. When Barbara Bracht's mother vanish… read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
14. Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
By: None , P.D. James
3.91
Format: 269 pages, Paperback
On the day she turned seventy-seven, internationally acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James embarked … read more
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- biography
- memoir
- female authors
- british literature
- autobiography
- biography memoir
- nonfiction
- 20th century
- writing
- mystery
"It is interesting how often unintelligent, even stupid, women manage their emotional lives more satisfactorily than do their cleverer sisters."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
"The past can't now be altered, the future has yet to be lived, and consciously to experience every moment of the present is the only way to gain at least the illusion of immortality."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
"Even as a child, I had a sense that I was two people; the one who experienced the trauma, the pain, the happiness, and the other who stood aside and watched with a disinterested ironic eye."-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
"There is much that I remember but which is painful to dwell on. I see no need to write about these things. They are over and must be accepted, made sense of and forgiven, afforded no more than their …"-None, Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography
15. And The Whippoorwill Sang
By: Micki Peluso
4.16
Format: 309 pages, Kindle Edition
It is a day like any other, except the intense heat wave has broken and signs of early fall are in … read more
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- memoir
16. Prison Baby: A Memoir
By: Deborah Jiang Stein
4.21
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
A deeply personal and inspiring memoir recounting one woman's struggles--beginning with her birth i… read more
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17. The Boys of My Youth
By: Jo Ann Beard
3.81
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
Rarely does the debut of a new writer garner such attention & acclaim. The excitement began the mom… read more
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18. Find Me
By: Rosie O'Donnell
4.60
Format: 645 pages, Paperback
Part memoir, part mystery, a compelling tale that will break readers' hearts even as it heals them. read more
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19. Please Stop Laughing at Me... One Woman's Inspirational Story
By: Jodee Blanco
4.20
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In her poignant work, Jodee Blanco tells how school became a frightening and painful place, where t… read more
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20. Winning My Wings: A Woman Airforce Service Pilot in World War II
By: Marion Stegeman Hodgson , Lindy Boggs
3.93
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
One of the first women in the United States to train as a military pilot, the author was part of a … read more
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- nonfiction
- biography
- memoir
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22. Twenty Chickens for a Saddle
By: Robyn Scott
4.50
Format: 232 pages, Paperback
In this brilliant, hilarious memoir, Robyn Scott recounts the years living in Botswana while her da… 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. The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
By: Barry Kirwan
4.23
Format: 392 pages, Kindle Edition
In 2063, Earth's overheated climate and war-ravaged cities are near breaking point. A new habitable… read more
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"People rarely search for bodies in ceilings…"-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
"It has no eyes. Zack, why doesn’t it have any eyes? "-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
"Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure."-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
"Your life is a beer glass Micah, but you want champagne"-Barry Kirwan, The Eden Paradox (Eden Paradox, #1)
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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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- nonfiction
- memoir
"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
30. Blockade: The Diary of an Austrian Middle-Class Woman, 1914-1924
By: Anna Eisenmenger
3.67
Format: 98 pages, Hardcover
English, Pages 98. Reprinted in 2013 with the help of original edition published long back. This bo… read more
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31. Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.
By: Rose Rosetree
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Why are you here? Still struggling to understand the spiritual purpose of your life? Findin… read more
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- memoir
"In practice “talent"-Rose Rosetree, Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.
"How hard is it to adjust to Earth life? Many incarnated adults only seem to be “grown up."-Rose Rosetree, Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.
"Millions can move into Enlightenment, and live That as Age of Awakening Enlightenment, a distinctively new way to be one with God, quite different from Traditional Enlightenment."-Rose Rosetree, Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.
"one by one, every single one of you Awakeners can reclaim your light. Each one of you can regain it. Waking up, gradually, you can reclaim all the joy you have ever known on Earth and beyond; all tha…"-Rose Rosetree, Bigger than All the Night Sky: The Start Of Spiritual Awakening. A Memoir.
