Biography & Memoir

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  1. Book ImageOne Hundred Names for Love

    Diane Ackerman

    Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
    Finalist for the National Book Circle Critics Award

    "A testament to the power of creativity in language, life—and love." —Heller McAlpin, Washington PostMore

  2. Book ImageTownie

    Andre Dubus III

    Won Book of the Year Adult Non-Fiction—2012 Indie Choice Awards
    Amazon Best Book of the Month February 2011

    "Dubus relives, absent self-pity or blame, a life shaped by bouts of violence and flurries of tenderness."—Vanity FairMore

  3. Book ImageForget Sorrow

    Belle Yang

    “A healing portrait drawn in epic ink strokes.”—ElleMore

  4. Book ImageThe White Blackbird

    Honor Moore

    “A striking portrait of a woman artist’s struggle for life.” —Arthur MillerMore

  5. Book ImageThe Bishop's Daughter

    Honor Moore

    “An eloquent argument for speaking even the most difficult truths.” —New York Times Book ReviewMore

  6. Book ImageThe Last Mrs. Astor

    Frances Kiernan

    "Kiernan's sharp-eyed biography brings back a woman who, far into her 90s, relished the dance of life."—O MagazineMore

  7. Book ImageThe Sea Captain's Wife

    Martha Hodes

    A finalist for the Lincoln Prize, The Sea Captain's Wife "comes surprisingly, and movingly, alive" (Tina Jordan, Entertainment Weekly).More

  8. Book ImageThe Blind Side

    Michael Lewis

    "Lewis has such a gift for storytelling...he writes as lucidly for sports fans as for those who read him for other reasons."—Janet Maslin, New York TimesMore

  9. Book ImageForeign Babes in Beijing

    Rachel DeWoskin

    “For a real insider’s look at life in modern China, readers should turn to Rachel DeWoskin.”—Sophie Beach, The EconomistMore

  10. Book ImageWill in the World

    Stephen Greenblatt

    "So engrossing, clearheaded, and lucid that its arrival is not just welcome but cause for celebration."—Dan Cryer, NewsdayMore

  11. Book ImageMeeting Faith

    Faith Adiele

    A wry account of the road from Harvard scholarship student to ordination as northern Thailand's first black Buddhist nun.More

  12. Book ImageDaughter of the Saints

    Dorothy Allred Solomon

    "Probably the best book ever written about polygamy. Neither an apologia nor an exposé."—Salt Lake City Tribune
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  13. Book ImageDrawn to the Rhythm

    Sara Hall

    The inspiring story of one woman's journey of healing and transformation.More

  14. Book ImageTruth Comes in Blows

    Ted Solotaroff

    Winner of the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir and finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, Truth Comes in Blows is renowned editor and critic Ted Solotaroff's prize-winning account of a coming of age at once quintessentially American and especially vexed.More

  15. Book ImageJournal of a Solitude

    May Sarton

    In this, her bestselling journal, May Sarton writes with keen observation and emotional courage of both inner and outer worlds: a garden, the seasons, daily life in New Hampshire, books, people, ideas—and throughout everything, her spiritual and artistic journey.More