Biographies

Theft by Finding: Diaries 1977-2002 David Sedaris

THEFT BY FINDING: DIARIES 1977 - 2002 must be the funniest diary on record. This book needs to be read in a sound-proof room to avoid embarrassment! This title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic, meaning it is among the best of the best for the last several decades. We will ship it free anywhere...

The Old Lion: A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt Jeff Shaara

THE OLD LION: A NOVEL OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT while not a biography, might be the best book ever written for an understanding of the very being of one of the most effective to ever hold the office of President of the United States. Jeff Shaara is a master of using fiction to paint an accurate historical image. This is a...

Hello, Molly!: A Memoir Molly Shannon

HELLO MOLLY! is inspiring, hilarious, poignant and will leave readers astonished. Critics have rated this delicious book "a cut above" most celebrity memoirs. The charming story is a pleasure to read and includes many never-before-told tales of a most beloved entertainer.

 

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Coolidge Amity Shlaes

COOLIDGE exposes the hitherto unknown heroic nature of the man and brings to life one of the most vibrant periods in American ecooimic history.

 

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A Good Man: Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver Mark Shriver

A GOOD MAN: REDISCOVERING MY FATHER, SARGENT SHRIVER is a lovely and complete look back at the founder of the Peace Corps and architect of President Johnson's War on Poverty. A son's childhood memories along with countless interviews with our country's leaders present an inspiring story for which all America can be...

Hubris Maximus: The Shattering of Elon Musk Faiz Siddiqui

HUBRIS MAXIMUS offers a gripping, detailed portrait of the singular and messy power of using one's platform to influence the public narrative in a world that can't turn away from its screens.

 

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Lifeform Jenny Slate

LIFEFORM follows Jenny Slate on her extremely personal journey from SINGLE to TRUE LOVE to PREGNANCY to BABY and ONGOING. The book is loaded with pages that will make you laugh then cry and then laugh and cry at the same time. Jenny is best know for her role in Everything Everywhere All At Once, and also wrote...

The Old Breed: The Complete Story Revealed W. Henry Sledge

THE OLD BREED; THE COMPLETE STORY REVEALED is the companion book to the original that many critics named the finest combat book ever written. Henry Sledge went back to the original manuscript the publisher cut by three-fourths and expertly added important omissions he gleaned from years of research and conversations...

Dinner with the Smileys: One Military Family, One Year of Heroes, and Lessons for a Lifetime Sarah Smiley

DINNER WITH THE SMILEYS: ONE MILITARY FAMILY, ONE YEAR OF HEROES, AND LESSONS FOR A LIFETIME is a warm, wonderful story of a military family inviting fifty-two guests to dinner over a year's time while their father/husband was deployed as a Navy pilot. Weekly fill-ins ran the gamut from U.S. Senators to ninety-four-...

Dimestore: A Writer's Life Lee Smith

DIME STORE: A WRITER'S LIFE is a delisious look at America's recent past, and the delightful biography of one of the South's most beloved writers. Lee Smith tells all in a manner that is poignant and wise, and most of all enlightening and humorous. his title has been selected as a Booksmith Timeless Classic,...