Best Memoirs Ever Written - April 2024

Crazy Brave: A Memoir

A “raw and honest” (Los Angeles Review of Books) memoir from the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States.In this transcendent memoir, grounded in tribal myth and ancestry, music and poetry, Joy Harjo details her journey to becoming a poet. Born in Oklahoma, the end place of the Trail of Tears, Harjo grew up learning to dodge an abusive stepfather by finding shelter in her imagination, a deep spiritual life, and connection with the natural world. Narrating the complexities of betrayal and love, Crazy Brave is a haunting, visionary memoir about family and the breaking apart ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0393345432
• ASIN: 0393345432
• ISBN: 0393345432
• Brand: W W Norton Company
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave, Written by Himself (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)

Get to know the iconic historical figure, Frederick Douglass through his story and his writing as the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass details his entire bioography from where his inspiration came from as well as what impact he had on contemporary fiction.

• ASIN: 1319048897
• ASIN: 1319048897
• ISBN: 1319048897
• Manufacturer: Bedford/St. Martin's

The Handmaid's Tale

• ASIN: B003JFJHTS
• ASIN: B003JFJHTS
• Brand: HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
• Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

The Greatest Love Story Ever Told: An Oral History

*A New York Times Bestseller*Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman reveal the full story behind their epic romance—presented in a series of intimate conversations between the couple, including photos, anecdotes, and the occasional puzzle.The year: 2000. The setting: Los Angeles. A gorgeous virtuoso of an actress agreed to star in a random play, and a basement-dwelling scenic carpenter said he would assay a supporting role in the selfsame pageant. At the first rehearsal she surveyed her fellow cast members, determining if any of the men might qualify to provide her with a satisfying fling. Her gaz... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1101986670
• ASIN: 1101986670
• ISBN: 1101986670
• Brand: Dutton
• Manufacturer: Dutton

Dusky Meadow Journal (Diary, Notebook) (Journals)

This pretty Dusky Meadow Journal is accented with silver foil highlights and raised embossing for a dimensional effect.160 lightly-lined writing pages provide plenty of space for personal reflection, sketching, or jotting down favorite quotes or poems.Acid-free archival paper takes pen or pencil beautifully.Inside back cover pocket for notes, receipts, etc.Coordinating elastic band keeps your place or keeps journal/diary closed.5 inches wide x 7 inches high; fits in most purses, backpacks, and totes.

• ASIN: 1593596383
• ASIN: 1593596383
• ISBN: 1593596383
• Brand: Peter Pauper Press
• Manufacturer: Peter Pauper Press

How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't

The former Sex & Relationships Editor for Cosmopolitan and host of the wildly popular comedy show Tinder Live with Lane Moore presents her poignant, funny, and deeply moving first book.Lane Moore is a rare performer who is as impressive onstage—whether hosting her iconic show Tinder Live or being the enigmatic front woman of It Was Romance—as she is on the page, as both a former writer for The Onion and an award-winning sex and relationships editor for Cosmopolitan. But her story has had its obstacles, including being her own parent, living in her car as a teenager, and moving to New York ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1501178830
• ASIN: 1501178830
• ISBN: 1501178830
• Manufacturer: Atria Books

The Awakening of John David: Higher Functioning & Schizophrenic Equals Mystical. The Best Ever First-Person Account!

Perhaps the BEST schizophrenic first-person account (FPA) ever written! The autobiography the Oxford Journals: Schizophrenia Bulletin couldn’t wait to read!This utterly gripping and real account of the life of Donald Carroll has it all – drugs, alcohol, rock n’ roll, the occult, mysticism, and schizophrenic madness! Follow the life of Donald Carroll – a non-treatable higher functioning schizophrenic who has suffered from schizoaffective disorder for over twenty-one years! Through trial and tragedy, however, Donald has managed to achieve a peaceful coexistence with his unchecked conditi... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07NCZ6XRS
• ASIN: B07NCZ6XRS
• Manufacturer: Independently via Amazon Publishing

Everything You Ever Wanted: A Memoir

A Best Memoir of 2015, “This memoir is compulsively readable and full of humor and heart.”—AdoptiveFamilies.com “A punk rock Scheherazade” (Margaret Cho) shares the zigzagging path that took her from harem member to PTA member… In her younger years, Jillian Lauren was a college dropout, a drug addict, and an international concubine in the Prince of Brunei’s harem, an experience she immortalized in in her bestselling memoir, SOME GIRLS. In her thirties, Jillian's most radical act was learning the steadying power of love when she and her rock star husband adopt an Ethiopian chil... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00O2BKM60
• ASIN: B00O2BKM60
• Manufacturer: Plume

Dear Santa: The Best Letters Ever Written to Father Christmas

Real letters written to St. Nick—including requests, thank you note, and post-holiday complaints—offer a survey of different Christmas customs around the globe Every year, the Norwegian postal services receives more than 30,000 letters from children and adults from all over the world, addressed to Santa Claus. Journalists and authors have never been allowed access to these letters until the postal services let Norwegian author Birger Sivertsen explore this treasure chest of letters from every corner of the globe. Ater reading thousands of those letters, he has compiled this collection... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1843582503
• ASIN: 1843582503
• ISBN: 1843582503
• Brand: Brand: John Blake
• Manufacturer: John Blake

Why Religion?: A Personal Story

New York Times bestsellerOne of PW’s Best Books of the YearOne of Amazon’s Best Books of the MonthWhy is religion still around in the twenty-first century? Why do so many still believe? And how do various traditions still shape the way people experience everything from sexuality to politics, whether they are religious or not? In Why Religion? Elaine Pagels looks to her own life to help address these questions.These questions took on a new urgency for Pagels when dealing with unimaginable loss—the death of her young son, followed a year later by the shocking loss of her husband. Here she ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062368532
• ASIN: 0062368532
• ISBN: 0062368532
• Manufacturer: Ecco

You Are Here: An Owner's Manual for Dangerous Minds

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA new book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson, destined to be a classic―part therapy, part best friend, part humor, part coloring book.When Jenny Lawson is anxious, one of the things she does is to draw. Elaborate doodles, beautiful illustrations, often with captions that she posts online. At her signings, fans show up with printouts of these drawings for Jenny to autograph. And inevitably they ask her when will she publish a whole book of them. That moment has arrived.You Are Here is something only Jenny could create. A combination of ins... [Read More]

• ASIN: 125011988X
• ASIN: 125011988X
• ISBN: 125011988X
• Brand: FLATIRON
• Manufacturer: Flatiron Books

Bob Dylan: The Drawn Blank Series

The visual arts have always played a significatn role in Bob Dylan's worldview, and drawing and painting served as an outlet for his huge creative energy. Exquisitely reproduced, these intensely colored works are variations of sketches Bob Dylan completed while touring America, Europe and Asia, revealing a new facet of the artist. Bob Dylan's watercolors and gouachse recreate scenes of everyday life in riotous color: hotel room and apartment interiors; land- and cityscapes; views of sidewalk cafes, train tracks and wandering rivers. this beautiful collection, which reveals yet another dimensio... [Read More]

• ASIN: 3791339435
• ASIN: 3791339435
• ISBN: 3791339435
• Manufacturer: Prestel Pub

Daddy's Wicked Parties: The Most Shocking True Story of Child Abuse Ever Told (Skylark Child Abuse True Stories Book 2)

A heart-breaking true story of child abuse, and one little girl’s terrible secret.The second of Kate Skylark's co-written true child abuse stories. Steve Gilbert is a charming, clever man. Lucy is his ten-year-old daughter. Lucy loves him to bits, just as all little girls love their daddies and she is delighted to hear he has organised a special party for her. After all, little girls love parties.But Steve Gilbert is also a sociopathic, manipulative sexual predator. Brainwashed into accepting her father’s twisted view of the world, Lucy trusts him implicitly. Daddy will keep her safe; he w... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00X61MW4W
• ASIN: B00X61MW4W
• Manufacturer: Kate Skylark

Kurt Cobain: Oh Well, Whatever, Nevermind (American Rebels)

Kurt Cobain loved music, and it did not take long for him to realize all he wanted to do in life was play and write songs. When he and his band, Nirvana, became part of the Seattle music scene, more and more people were able to listen to and appreciate his music. Ultimately, dissatisfaction with fame and a dependence on heroin resulted in his suicide. Author Jeff Burlingame, who personally knew Cobain, explores the rock legend's too-brief life, his revolutionary music, and the enduring legacy he left behind.

• ASIN: 0766032558
• ASIN: 0766032558
• ISBN: 0766032558
• Manufacturer: Enslow Publishers, Inc.

Let's Pretend This Never Happened

• ASIN: B0065S8R38
• ASIN: B0065S8R38
• Manufacturer: Berkley

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

Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream : The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written

9781250313966

• UPC: 583802416

Lyndon Johnson and the American Dream : The Most Revealing Portrait of a President and Presidential Power Ever Written

Explores the thirty-sixth President's background, his personal outlook and behavior, his political career, and the political system that fostered his

• UPC: 479567
• Rating: 3.5

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

9781610350013

• UPC: 15576050

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 Worst Resume Ever Written - eBook

My name is Veronica Vulpine. I wish that I could say that I had a really exciting life being an extra in Miami Vice or being involved in a witchcraft covenant, but I am just

• UPC: 547190809