Back Biographies & Memoirs | March Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Biographies & Memoirs  
Paul McCartney: The Life

Philip Norman - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

The definitive Paul McCartney biography, written with his approval by bestselling biographer Philip Norman.Since the age of twenty-one, Paul McCartney has lived one of the ultimate rock-n-roll lives played out on the most public of stages. Now, Paul's story is told by rock music's foremost...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Riviera Set: Glitz, Glamour, and the Hidden World of High Society

MARY S LOVELL - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

The author of the bestselling The Sisters: The Saga of the Mitford Family brings her trademark brio and relish to the charming and fascinating world of the Chteau de l'Horizon on the French RivieraThe Riviera Set reveals the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust: My Friendship with Patsy Cline

Loretta Lynn - Grand Central Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The Nashville version of Just Kids or Girls Like Us,ME & PATSY shares the never-before-told story of the remarkable relationship between legendary country queen Patsy Cline and country music icon Loretta Lynn.Loretta Lynn and the late Patsy Cline are legends--country icons and sisters...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Jacksonland: President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab

Steve Inskeep - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

Jacksonland is the thrilling narrative history of two men - President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee chief John Ross - who led their respective nations at a crossroads of American history. Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis. At its center...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Scandalous Hamiltons: A Gilded Age Grifter, a Founding Fathers Disgraced Descendant, and a Trial at th e Dawn of Tabloid Journalism

BILL SHAFFER - Citadel
Format: Hardcover

An Alexander Hamilton heir, a beautiful female con artist, an abandoned baby, and the shocking courtroom drama that was splashed across front pages from coast to coast - this is the fascinating true story behind one of the greatest scandals of the Gilded Age . . .It's a story almost...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Hope: A Memoir of Survival in Cleveland

Amanda Berry - Viking
Format: Print book

The #1 New York Times BestsellerA bestselling book that is inspiring the nation: "We have written here about terrible things that we never wanted to think about again . . . Now we want the world to know: we survived, we are free, we love life."Two women kidnapped...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Forever and Ever, Amen: A Memoir of Music, Faith, and Braving the Storms of Life

Randy Travis - Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

The long-awaited, deeply personal story of one of American music's greatest icons, a remarkable tale of the utmost heights of fame and success, the deepest lows of life's sorrows, and a miraculous return from the brink of death - told as only Randy Travis can.Beloved around the world, Randy...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy

A. N. Wilson - Harper
Format: Hardcover

In this companion biography to the acclaimed Victoria, A. N. Wilson offers a deeply textured and ambitious portrait of Prince Albert, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of the royal consort's birth.For more than six decades, Queen Victoria ruled a great Empire at the height...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Sleep Fix: Practical, Proven, and Surprising Solutions for Insomnia, Snoring, Shift Work, and More

Diane Macedo - William Morrow
Format: Hardcover

From renowned ABC News anchor/correspondent and former insomniac Diane Macedo, comes a practical, user-friendly guide to getting better sleep. The Sleep Fix flips the switch on common advice, illuminating the reporter's relentless search for how to get a good night's sleep and the surprising,...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Iron Curtain

Nina Willner - William Morrow
Format: Print book

In this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true story of her family - of five women separated by the Iron Curtain for more than forty years, and their miraculous reunion after...
Read More check catalog