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Coming Back Stronger: Unleashing the Hidden Power of Adversity
Drew Brees - Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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When a potentially career-ending shoulder injury left quarterback Drew Brees without a team -- and facing the daunting task of having to learn to throw a football all over again -- coaches around the NFL wondered, Will he ever come back? After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, leaving... |
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Blood, bones, & butter : the inadvertent education of a reluctant chef
Gabrielle Hamilton - Random House
Format: Print book
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The chef of New York's East Village Prune restaurant presents an account of her search for meaning and purpose in the central rural New Jersey home of her youth, marked by a first chicken kill, an international backpacking tour, and the opening of a first restaurant. |
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Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?
Steven Tyler - Ecco; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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"Steven Tyler is one of the giants of American music, who's been influential for a whole generation of Rock 'n' Roll fans around the world. Long May He Rock!" - Sir Paul McCartneyDoes the Noise in My Head Bother You? is the rock memoir to end all rock memoirs - the straight-up,... |
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Bossypants
Tina Fey - Little, Brown
Format: Hardcover
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Stated First Edition! Hardcover with DJ. Feel's like a new unread (or gently read) copy. Clean and unmarked, not price clipped, not a remainder. Satisfaction guaranteed! |
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir
Bill Bryson - Broadway Books
Format: Hardcover
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From one of the most beloved and bestselling authors in the English language, a vivid, nostalgic, and utterly hilarious memoir of growing up in the 1950sBill Bryson was born in the middle of the American century - 1951 - in the middle of the United States - Des Moines, Iowa - in the middle... |
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When We Walked Above the Clouds: A Memoir of Vietnam
H. Lee Barnes - University of Nebraska Press
Format: Hardcover
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There is the mythology of the Green Berets, of their clandestine, special operations as celebrated in story and song. And then there is the reality of one soldier’s experience, the day-to-day loss and drudgery of a Green Beret such as H. Lee Barnes, whose story conveys the daily grind... |
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Townie: A Memoir
Andre Dubus III - W. W. Norton & Company; First Edition edition
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Won Book of the Year Adult Non-Fiction2012 Indie Choice Awards Amazon Best Book of the Month February 2011 An acclaimed novelist reflects on his violent past and a lifestyle that threatened to destroy himuntil he was saved by writing. After their parents divorced in the 1970s, Andre Dubus... |
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Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy - Hachette Books; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover
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In 1964, Jacqueline Kennedy recorded seven historic interviews about her life with John F. Kennedy. Now, for the first time, they can be heard and read in this deluxe, illustrated book and 8-CD set.Shortly after President John F. Kennedy's assassination, with a nation deep in mourning... |
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Blue Nights
Joan Didion - Knopf
Format: Hardcover
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From one of our most powerful writers, a work of stunning frankness about losing a daughter. Richly textured with bits of her own childhood and married life with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, and daughter, Quintana Roo, this new book by Joan Didion examines her thoughts, fears, and doubts... |
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Life
Keith Richards - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover
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The long-awaited autobiography of the guitarist, songwriter, singer, and founding member of the Rolling Stones. Ladies and gentlemen: Keith Richards.With The Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the songs that roused the world, and he lived the original rock and roll life.Now, at last,... |
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The Girl's Guide to Homelessness: A Memoir
Brianna Karp - Harlequin
Format: Paperback
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Brianna Karp entered the workforce at age ten, supporting her mother and sister throughout her teen years in Southern California. Although her young life was scarred by violence and abuse, Karp stayed focused on her dream of a steady job and a home of her own. By age twenty-two her dream... |
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Then Again
Diane Keaton - Random House; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Janet Maslin, The New York Times People Vogue ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR Financial Times Chicago Sun-Times The Independent Bookreporter The Sunday Business PostMom loved adages, quotes, slogans. There were always little reminders... |
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Love at First Bark: How Saving a Dog Can Sometimes Help You Save Yourself
Julie Klam - Riverhead Hardcover; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The bestselling memoirist shows how saving a dog can sometimes help you save yourself. Julie Klam writes about dogs with a rollicking wit and a radiating warmth-as no other writer can. In her bestselling memoir You Had Me at Woof, she shared the secrets of happiness she learned... |
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The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok - Free Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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In the tradition of The Glass Castle two sisters confront schizophrenia in this poignant literary memoir about family and mental illness Through stunning prose and original art The Memory Palace captures the love between mother and daughter the complex meaning of truth and familys capacity... |
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If You Ask Me:
Betty White - Putnam Adult; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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It-girl Betty White delivers a hilarious, slyly profound take on love, life, celebrity, and everything in between. Drawing from a lifetime of lessons learned, seven-time Emmy winner Betty White's wit and wisdom take center stage as she tackles topics like friendship, romantic love, aging,... |
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