100 Best Autobiographies Of All Time - April 2024

Spilled Milk: Based On A True Story

"Randis later would testify at a criminal trial against her father, who was sentenced to prison for his crimes. He was sentenced to up to 16 years in 2004. Her painful — and ultimately triumphant — story is recounted in Randis' first novel, "Spilled Milk." - Brown, Stacy. Interview with the Pocono Record Newspaper "Spilled Milk is a story about resilience. The strength of the human mind and will power to live a better life." - The Weekly Sparkle"Beautifully written, hauntingly real, Spilled Milk is a must read for any young adult today." - F.P Lione, AuthorBrooke Nolan is a battered chil... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00D9GY2BU
• ASIN: B00D9GY2BU

The Life We Bury

A USA Today bestseller and book club favorite! College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Carl is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been medically paroled to a nursing home, after spending thirty years in prison for the crimes of rape and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00JTA9Z7G
• ASIN: B00JTA9Z7G
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Seventh Street Books

A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier

This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived.In A ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0374531269
• ASIN: 0374531269
• ISBN: 9780374531263
• Brand: Sarah Crichton Books
• Manufacturer: Sarah Crichton Books

Etched in Sand: A True Story of Five Siblings Who Survived an Unspeakable Childhood on Long Island

Regina’s Calcaterra memoir, Etched in Sand, is an inspiring and triumphant coming-of-age story of tenacity and hope. Regina Calcaterra is a successful lawyer, New York State official, and activist. Her painful early life, however, was quite different. Regina and her four siblings survived an abusive and painful childhood only to find themselves faced with the challenges of the foster-care system and intermittent homelessness in the shadows of Manhattan and the Hamptons. A true-life rags-to-riches story, Etched in Sand chronicles Regina’s rising above her past, while fighting to keep her ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B009NG18Z8
• ASIN: B009NG18Z8
• Brand: William Morrow Paperbacks
• Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust

Immaculee Ilibagiza grew up in a country she loved, surrounded by a family she cherished. But in 1994 her idyllic world was ripped apart as Rwanda descended into a bloody genocide. Immaculee’s family was brutally murdered during a killing spree that lasted three months and claimed the lives of nearly a million Rwandans. Incredibly, Immaculee survived the slaughter. For 91 days, she and seven other women huddled silently together in the cramped bathroom of a local pastor while hundreds of machete-wielding killers hunted for them. It was during those endless hours of unspeakable terror that Im... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1401944329
• ASIN: 1401944329
• ISBN: 1401944329
• Brand: Hay House
• Manufacturer: Hay House Inc.

The Secret Wife: A captivating story of romance, passion and mystery

** The USA Today Bestseller****The number one Kindle bestseller**‘A cleverly crafted novel and an enthralling story… A triumph.’ DINAH JEFFERIESA Russian grand duchess and an English journalist. Linked by one of the world’s greatest mysteries . . .Love. Guilt. Heartbreak.1914Russia is on the brink of collapse, and the Romanov family faces a terrifyingly uncertain future. Grand Duchess Tatiana has fallen in love with cavalry officer Dmitri, but events take a catastrophic turn, placing their romance – and their lives – in danger . . .2016Kitty Fisher escapes to her great-grandfather�... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01D4O804G
• ASIN: B01D4O804G
• Manufacturer: Avon

When Breath Becomes Air

• ASIN: B00XSSYR50
• ASIN: B00XSSYR50
• ISBN: 0812988418
• Manufacturer: Random House

Robin

• ASIN: 1627794247
• ASIN: 1627794247
• ISBN: 9781627794244
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

The Pecan Man

The Pecan Man is a work of Southern fiction by Florida native Cassie Dandridge Selleck. This novel, Selleck's first, has been optioned for film rights by BCDF Pictures, published in audio by Blackstone, and selected by the State of Arkansas as their common reader novel for the year 2016. It has been selected by book clubs across America, taught in high school classrooms in the U.S. and London, and translated in two foreign countries.In the summer of 1976, recently widowed and childless Ora Lee Beckworth hires a homeless old black man to mow her lawn. The neighborhood children call him the Pee-... [Read More]

• ASIN: B006T8124K
• ASIN: B006T8124K
• Brand: Unknown
• Manufacturer: Unknown

The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List

• ASIN: B00BL0O79I
• ASIN: B00BL0O79I
• Manufacturer: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Backlund: From All-American Boy to Professional Wrestling's World Champion

Bob Backlund began life as a poor farm boy in the little village of Princeton, Minnesota, with a population of just over 2,000 people. He was a below-average student with a lackluster work ethic and a bad attitude, who hung with the wrong crowd and made a lot of bad choices. He was a kid whose life was headed for disaster—until a local coach took interest in him, suggested that he take up amateur wrestling, and offered to work with him if he promised to stay out of trouble.It was in North Dakota that Bob Backlund had the first of several chance encounters that would shape his destiny. While w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1613216955
• ASIN: 1613216955
• ISBN: 9781613216958
• Brand: Sports Publishing
• Manufacturer: Sports Publishing

My Husband's Lies: An unputdownable read, perfect for book group reading

‘I was gripped immediately’ KATERINA DIAMOND, author of THE TEACHER‘Terrific characterisation, great writing and twists to leave you dizzy.’ TERESA DRISCOLL, author of I AM WATCHING YOUDo you really know your friends?** THE TOP 10 KINDLE BESTSELLER**On the afternoon of Nick and Lisa’s wedding, their close friend is found poised on a hotel window ledge, ready to jump.As the shock hits their friendship group, they soon realise that none of them are being as honest with themselves – or with each other – as they think.And there are secrets lurking that could destroy everything.Tense,... [Read More]

• ASIN: B06Y1WRLRZ
• ASIN: B06Y1WRLRZ
• Manufacturer: Avon

Sinatra: The Chairman

Just in time for the Chairman’s centennial, the endlessly absorbing sequel to James Kaplan’s bestselling Frank: The Voice—which completes the definitive biography that Frank Sinatra, justly termed the “Entertainer of the Century,” deserves and requires. Like Peter Guralnick on Elvis, Kaplan goes behind the legend to give us the man in full, in his many guises and aspects: peerless singer, (sometimes) accomplished actor, business mogul, tireless lover, and associate of the powerful and infamous.     In 2010’s Frank: The Voice, James Kaplan, in rich, distinctive, compulsively read... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0385535392
• ASIN: 0385535392
• ISBN: 0385535392
• Manufacturer: Doubleday

And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready

Selected as One of the Best Books of the Year by: National Public Radio, Esquire, Bustle, Refinery29, Thrillist, Electric Literature, Powell's, Autostraddle, BookRiot, Women.com"Smart, funny, and true in all the best ways, this book made me ache with recognition." -- Cheryl StrayedA raw, funny, and fiercely honest account of becoming a mother before feeling like a grown up.When Meaghan O'Connell got accidentally pregnant in her twenties and decided to keep the baby, she realized that the book she needed -- a brutally honest, agenda-free reckoning with the emotional and existential impact of mo... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0756C7L6X
• ASIN: B0756C7L6X
• Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company

The Man-Eaters of Tsavo (Peter Capstick Library Series)

• ASIN: 0312510101
• ASIN: 0312510101
• ISBN: 0312510101
• Brand: St Martin s Press
• Manufacturer: St. Martin's Press

Crockpot Recipes : The Top 100 Best Slow Cooker Recipes of All Time

Would you love to have delicious and healthy meals with little effort? Whether you want to (1) discover 100 of the best crockpot recipes of all time, (2) create delicious meals with little effort, or

• UPC: 570068207

Best 100 Smoothies for Kids : Incredibly Nutritious and Totally Delicious No-Sugar-Added Smoothies for Any Time of Day

Collects flavorful and nutritious recipes for kid-friendly smoothies, including selections for breakfast, lunch, and dessert, with milk- and yogurt-based recipes and dairy-free options made from juice, water, rice milk, almond milk, and soy

• UPC: 42413786

The 100 Best Poems of All Time

An anthology of poetry from around the world includes works by Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, Keats, Poe, both Brownings, Dickinson, Eliot, Neruda, Plath, and Angelou, as well as poems and songs that have entered popular

• UPC: 1071285
• Rating: 4.0

Crockpot Recipes : The Top 100 Best Slow Cooker Recipes of All Time

Would you love to have delicious and healthy meals with little effort? Whether you want to (1) discover 100 of the best crockpot recipes of all time, (2) create delicious meals with little effort, or

• UPC: 832766173

Time to Be in Earnest : A Fragment of Autobiography

Based on the diary she kept for years, a candid autobiography of mystery writer P.D. James retraces her life from her school days in 1930s Cambridge to her membership in the House of Lords and

• UPC: 1071578
• Rating: 4.5

The Best that I Can Be : An Autobiography

From Texas shanty to international fame--the inspiring autobiography of an American hero, 1960 Olympic decathlon gold-medal winner Rafer Johnson. of

• UPC: 53329006

Best of: Time Has Come

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• UPC: 28569686

As Time Goes By: Best Of (eng) (CD)

This import-only retrospective from the 70s American Southern Blues rockers has continued to be one of the best selling import titles for well over a decade. Featuring 20 tracks from the late, great Lowell George

• UPC: 29501210

Time Love & Tenderness: Best of

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• UPC: 29516969

This Time: The Best of Troy Shondell

Troy Shondell was one of the scores of teenage heartthrobs who ruled the charts in the years immediately before the Beatles. This is the first collection to combine his Liberty and Everest label hits on

• UPC: 29469559