Biographies

Under a Rock Chris Stein

UNDER A ROCK is the nothing spared memoir of the co-founder of Blondie. Chris Stein has had amazing success as a songwriter/singer/guitarist, and has shown his photography in museums around the world. He has also collaborated with Andy Warhol, William Burroughs and many more.

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The Last Season Stuart Stevens

THE LAST SEASON: A FATHER, A SON, AND A LIFETIME OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL is a poignant, warm, heartfelt and beautiful story of a son taking his elderly father to a season of Ole Miss football games. The pages of this wonderful book alternate between tear drops and belly laughs.

 

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Mattie C.'s Boy: The Shelley Stewart Story Shelley Stewart

MATTIE C.'S BOY: THE SHELLEY STEWART STORY is the most remarkable Rags-to-Riches biography in the store. Shelley Stewart created one of America's leading marketing firms with clients like Honda, Verizon, The NBA AMEX Card and on and on. However, as a young African-American boy in the South in the 1940s...

When I Was Your Age Kenan Thompson

WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE is a salute to growing up and getting older & wiser. It is heartwarming and a delightful look at the beloved, longest-serving actor on Saturday Night Live.

 

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Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of 33 Men Buried in a Chilean Mine, and the Miracle that Set them Free Héctor Tobar

DEEP DOWN DARK: THE UNTOLD STORIES OF 33 MEN BURIED IN A CHILEAN MINE, AND THE MIRACLE THAT SET THEM FREE is the exclusive account the victims shared of their sixty-nine days beneath thousands of feet of rock.

 

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Memorial Drive: A Daughter's Memoir Natasha Trethewey
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Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy Larry Tye

DEMAGOGUE is a masterful portrait of Senator Joseph McCarthy, who led the Red Scare to uproot a...

Mister Owita's Guide to Gardening: How I Learned the Unexpected Joy of a Green Thumb and an Open Heart Carol Wall

MISTER OWITA'S GUIDE TO GARDENING: HOW I LEARNED THE UNEXPECTED JOY OF A GREEN THUMB AND AN OPEN HEART is the story of friendship and flowers; wisdom and grace; loss and inspiration. 

 

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This Isn't Going to End Well: The True Story of a Man I Thought I Knew Daniel Wallace

THIS ISN'T GOING TO END WELL is the unique memoir of a successful author writing about his literary hero and mentor whose secrets eventually created a path to destruction. This Didn't End Well ended too soon. The revelatory and reflective reading experience is a rare gem that should be revisited regularly....

All That Moves Us: A Pediatric Neurosurgeon, His Young Patients, and Their Stories of Grace and Resilience Jay Wellons

ALL THAT MOVES US is one of Jake's all-time favorites - if you want to be inspired, shed a bunch of happy tears (and a few sad ones). Be sure to read the prologue to get in the mood for the powerful stories that follow. Ann Patchett said it best, "All That Moves Us tells the story of lives that have been...