Best Autobiographies Ever Written - April 2024

Becoming

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States  #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America—the first African American to serve in that role—she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world,... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079ZYWJJ8
• ASIN: B079ZYWJJ8
• Manufacturer: Crown

Educated: A Memoir

• ASIN: 0399590501
• ASIN: 0399590501
• Brand: Manning
• Manufacturer: Random House

Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NAMED BY THE TIMES AS ONE OF "6 BOOKS TO HELP UNDERSTAND TRUMP'S WIN" AND SOON TO BE A MAJOR-MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY RON HOWARD "You will not read a more important book about America this year."—The Economist "A riveting book."—The Wall Street Journal"Essential reading."—David Brooks, New York TimesHillbilly Elegy is a passionate and personal analysis of a culture in crisis—that of white working-class Americans. The disintegration of this group, a process that has been slowly occurring now for more than forty years, has been reported with growing freq... [Read More]

• ASIN: B079L5DDB4
• ASIN: B079L5DDB4
• Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks

Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies

In this New York Times bestseller, the White House chief usher for nearly three decades offers a behind-the-scenes look at America’s first families.  J. B. West, chief usher of the White House, directed the operations and maintenance of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue—and coordinated its daily life—at the request of the president and his family. He directed state functions; planned parties, weddings and funerals, gardens and playgrounds, and extensive renovations; and, with a large staff, supervised every activity in the presidential home. For twenty-eight years, first as assistant to the chie... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00F3QYL06
• ASIN: B00F3QYL06
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Open Road Media

Eye For an Eye

• ASIN: B07D49W54X
• ASIN: B07D49W54X

The Glass Castle: A Memoir

• ASIN: 074324754X
• ASIN: 074324754X
• ISBN: 9780743247542
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

When Breath Becomes Air

• ASIN: 081298840X
• UPC: 642688054472
• ASIN: 081298840X
• ISBN: 081298840X
• Manufacturer: Random House

Principles: Life and Work

#1 New York Times Bestseller “Significant...The book is both instructive and surprisingly moving.” —The New York Times Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.In 1975, Ray Dalio founded an investment firm, Bridgewater Associates, out of his two-bedroom apartment in New York City. Forty years later, Bridgewater has made mor... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501124021
• ASIN: 1501124021
• ISBN: 1501124021
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Big Debt Crises

“Ray Dalio’s excellent study provides an innovative way of thinking about debt crises and the policy response.” - Ben Bernanke“Ray Dalio’s book is must reading for anyone who aspires to prevent or manage through the next financial crisis.” - Larry Summers“A terrific piece of work from one of the world’s top investors who has devoted his life to understanding markets and demonstrated that understanding by navigating the 2008 financial crisis well.” - Hank Paulson“An outstanding history of financial crises, including the devastating crisis of 2008, with a very valuable framew... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07GLBHM48
• ASIN: B07GLBHM48
• Manufacturer: Bridgewater

Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this instant and tenacious bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world’s most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.Bill Gates named Shoe Dog one of his five favorite books of 2016 and called it “an amazing tale, a refreshingly honest reminder of what the path to business success really looks like. It’s a messy, perilous, ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501135929
• ASIN: 1501135929
• ISBN: 1501135929
• Brand: Scribner
• Manufacturer: Scribner

Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime story of one man’s coming-of-age, set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followedNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Michiko Kakutani, New York Times • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • Esquire • Newsday • Booklist Trevor Noah’s unlikely path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punisha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01DHWACVY
• ASIN: B01DHWACVY
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

Beastie Boys Book

• ASIN: 0812995546
• ASIN: 0812995546
• ISBN: 0812995546
• Manufacturer: Spiegel & Grau

Yes I Can: The Sammy Davis Jr Story

Onstage, nobody could match the wham of Sammy Davis Jr. Best known now as arguably the coolest member of the Rat Pack, Sammy Davis Jr. was one of the world's great entertainers, a guy capable of funny impersonations, heartwarming ballads, and lively jazz-inspired songs--usually in the same set. Granted, Sinatra's vocal skills overshadowed Davis on record, but what other musician has found such success as a writer, Broadway star, vocalist, dancer, and comedian (all the while helping to break down racial barriers)? With Yes I Can! The Sammy Davis Jr. Story, Rhino Records has assembled an impress... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00002MZ1W
• UPC: 081227597221
• ASIN: B00002MZ1W
• Manufacturer: Rhino

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

In this authoritative and engrossing full-scale biography, Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Einstein and Steve Jobs, shows how the most fascinating of America's founders helped define our national character.Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who winks at us, the one who seems made of flesh rather than marble. In a sweeping narrative that follows Franklin’s life from Boston to Philadelphia to London and Paris and back, Walter Isaacson chronicles the adventures of the runaway apprentice who became, over the course of his eighty-four-year life, America’s best writer, inventor, med... [Read More]

• ASIN: 074325807X
• ASIN: 074325807X
• ISBN: 9780743258074
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Love Warrior: A Memoir

The Newest Oprah Book Club 2016 SelectionThe highly anticipated new memoir by bestselling author Glennon Doyle Melton tells the story of her journey of self-discovery after the implosion of her marriage.Just when Glennon Doyle Melton was beginning to feel she had it all figured out―three happy children, a doting spouse, and a writing career so successful that her first book catapulted to the top of the New York Times bestseller list―her husband revealed his infidelity and she was forced to realize that nothing was as it seemed. A recovering alcoholic and bulimic, Glennon found that rock bo... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01BKMXKPI
• ASIN: B01BKMXKPI
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

101 Best Sex Scenes Ever Written : An Erotic Romp Through Literature for Writers and Readers

9781610350013

• UPC: 15576050

The International: ‘The best book about the Troubles ever written’ - eBook

Saturday, 28 January 1967. It is a day like any other for eighteen-year-old Danny, pulling pints behind the bar of the International Hotel in Belfast, watching the comings and goings of the eccentric clientele. But

• UPC: 372386609
• Rating: 4.0

The Best 195 Classics Ever Written - Volume 1 - eBook

Compiled in 4 volumes, "The Best 195 Classics Ever Written" brings together exceptional works by distinguished authors including renowned names like Charles Dickens, Henry James, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare. Aiming to provide the best

• UPC: 449012313

The Best 195 Classics Ever Written - Volume 2 - eBook

Compiled in 4 volumes, "The Best 195 Classics Ever Written" brings together exceptional works by distinguished authors including renowned names like Charles Dickens, Henry James, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare. Aiming to provide the best

• UPC: 866728508

The Best 195 Classics Ever Written - Volume 4 - eBook

Compiled in 4 volumes, "The Best 195 Classics Ever Written" brings together exceptional works by distinguished authors including renowned names like Charles Dickens, Henry James, Jane Austen and William Shakespeare. Aiming to provide the best

• UPC: 102282885

Baseball Haiku: The Best Haiku Ever Written about the Game - eBook

Presenting more than two hundred of the greatest haiku ever written about the game.There are moments in every baseball game that make fans catch their breath: the pause while a pitcher looks in for the

• UPC: 987862575

101 Best Scenes Ever Written - eBook

Readers will delight at the best scenes ever written. They will find old favorites and savor scenes new to them. With each scene, Barnaby Conrad provides insights as to what the author wishes to accomplish

• UPC: 234745891

The Best Book Ever Written

The Best Book Ever Written. Well nearly ever. Well it could be if we could finish it. Please help us finish this book and make it the best book ever written. An interactive story for

• UPC: 437550815

THE BEST CHORD CHANGES FOR EIGHTY OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN M (Paperback)

Books : THE BEST CHORD CHANGES FOR EIGHTY OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN M

• UPC: 869691577

The Best Antiwar Song Ever Written

"The Best Antiwar Song Ever

• UPC: 53629398