Best Publishers For Memoirs - April 2024

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

The Glass Castle: A Memoir

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

Born Survivors: Three Young Mothers and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage, Defiance, and Hope

The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children too—a remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officer’s Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.Eastern Europe, 1944: Three women believe they are pregnant, but are torn from their husbands before they can be certain. Rachel is sent to Auschwitz, unaware that her husband has been shot. Priska and her husband travel there together, but are immediately separated. Also at ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
• ASIN: B00NVLNZ8Y
• Manufacturer: Harper

Bettyville: A Memoir

“The idea of a cultured gay man leaving New York City to care for his aging mother in Paris, Missouri, is already funny, and George Hodgman reaps that humor with great charm. But then he plunges deep, examining the warm yet fraught relationship between mother and son with profound insight and understanding.” —Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home  NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD   When George Hodgman leaves Manhattan for his hometown of Paris, Missouri, he finds himself—an unlikely caretaker and near-lethal cook—in a head-on collision wit... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0143107887
• ASIN: 0143107887
• ISBN: 0143107887
• Brand: Penguin Books
• Manufacturer: Penguin Books

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction

On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume ha... [Read More]

• ASIN: B0090RVGW0
• ASIN: B0090RVGW0
• Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

Between Breaths: A Memoir of Panic and Addiction

Beloved former ABC 20/20 anchor Elizabeth Vargas reveals her alcohol addiction and anxiety disorder in a shockingly honest and emotional memoir. Winner of the Books for a Better Life Award in the First Book categoryInstant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller From the moment she uttered the brave and honest words, "I am an alcoholic," to interviewer George Stephanopoulos, Elizabeth Vargas began writing her story, as her experiences were still raw.Now, in BETWEEN BREATHS, Vargas discusses her accounts of growing up with anxiety--which began suddenly at the age of six when her father served i... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1455559628
• ASIN: 1455559628
• ISBN: 1455559628
• Manufacturer: Grand Central Publishing

The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies

NATIONAL BESTSELLERNPR Best Book of 2017 “Not all superheroes wear capes, and Elizebeth Smith Friedman should be the subject of a future Wonder Woman movie.” — The New York TimesJoining the ranks of Hidden Figures and In the Garden of Beasts, the incredible true story of the greatest codebreaking duo that ever lived, an American woman and her husband who invented the modern science of cryptology together and used it to confront the evils of their time, solving puzzles that unmasked Nazi spies and helped win World War II.In 1916, at the height of World War I, brilliant Shakespeare expert... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M0EOI6I
• ASIN: B01M0EOI6I
• Manufacturer: Dey Street Books

Truth Worth Telling: A Reporter's Search for Meaning in the Stories of Our Times

"A monument to journalistic excellence.… Highly recommended!” ―Douglas Brinkley, author of Cronkite and American Moonshot An inspiring memoir from the frontlines of history by the award-winning 60 Minutes correspondent.Don’t ask the meaning of life. Life is asking, what’s the meaning of you?With this provocative question, Truth Worth Telling introduces us to unforgettable people who discovered the meaning of their lives in the historic events of our times.A 60 Minutes correspondent and former anchor of the CBS Evening News, Scott Pelley writes as a witness to events that changed our ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1335999140
• ASIN: 1335999140
• ISBN: 1335999140
• Manufacturer: Hanover Square Press

From Third World to First: The Singapore Story - 1965-2000

• ASIN: 0060197765
• ASIN: 0060197765
• ISBN: 9780060197766
• Brand: HarperCollins Publishers
• Manufacturer: Harper

Man's Search for Meaning

• ASIN: B009U9S6FI
• ASIN: B009U9S6FI
• Manufacturer: Beacon Press

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future

In Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future, veteran technology journalist Ashlee Vance provides the first inside look into the extraordinary life and times of Silicon Valley's most audacious entrepreneur. Written with exclusive access to Musk, his family and friends, the book traces the entrepreneur's journey from a rough upbringing in South Africa to the pinnacle of the global business world. Vance spent over 40 hours in conversation with Musk and interviewed close to 300 people to tell the tumultuous stories of Musk's world-changing companies: PayPal, Tesla Motors, Spa... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00KVI76ZS
• ASIN: B00KVI76ZS
• Manufacturer: Ecco

Can You Ever Forgive Me? Memoirs of a Literary Forger

• ASIN: 1416588671
• ASIN: 1416588671
• ISBN: 1416588671
• Brand: Simon & Schuster
• Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

Memoir '44: Battles of Khalkhin-Gol

"The Battles of Khalkhin-Gol is a series of battles fought along the Halha River (Khalkhin-Gol), on the Soviet-Japanese border, at the very beginning of World War II. The Japanese Sixth Army was facing the Soviet 57th Special Corps, including Mongolian cavalry. At rst, the battles were only short skirmishes, but it soon escalated into open war. The whole campaign lasted 5 months and ended with a Soviet victory. The six standard scenarios of this expansion can be played separately or as a campaign, with each scenario outcome impacting the following one. The pre-printed Breakthrough scenarios, B... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01MSGFJIL
• UPC: 824968730027
• ASIN: B01MSGFJIL
• Brand: Days of Wonder
• Manufacturer: Publisher Services Inc (PSI)

Memoir '44: Operation Overlord Expansion

DOW7308 Memoir 44 Operation Overlord Expansion Board Game by Days of Wonder Take your game to the next level with Operation Overlord and relive the battles of WWII on a grand scale. With up to 4 players per side, you will soon experience the highs and lows of being part of a military-style chain of command. Combined with an original copy of Memoir 44, this expansion includes all the material required to play Overlord games. Scenarios are not included; this expansion is designed to be played with our Memoir 44 Battle Map series of Overlord maps. Content- An updated Overlord Rules Booklet, cover... [Read More]

• ASIN: B001IAKQKK
• UPC: 824968818985
• ASIN: B001IAKQKK
• Brand: Days of Wonder
• Manufacturer: Publisher Services Inc (PSI)

Sparkly Green Earrings: Catching the Light at Every Turn

“There is really no better indicator you’re a mother than acquiring the ability to catch throw-up in a plastic bag, disinfect your hands, and immediately ask your friend to pass the beef jerky as you put on another Taylor Swift song and act as if nothing has happened.”This is the type of insight Melanie Shankle offers in this quirky memoir of motherhood.Written in the familiar, stream-of-consciousness style of her blog, Big Mama, Sparkly Green Earrings is a heartwarming and hilarious look at motherhood from someone who is still trying to figure it all out. Filled with personal stories―... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1414371713
• ASIN: 1414371713
• ISBN: 1414371713
• Brand: Tyndale House Publishers
• Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

I'll Push You : A Journey of 500 Miles, Two Best Friends, and One Wheelchair

"Two best friends, 500 miles, one wheelchair, and the challenge of a lifetime. Friendship takes on new meaning in this true story of Justin and Patrick, born less than two days apart in the same

• UPC: 55389519
• Rating: 5.0

All in : What It Takes to Be the Best

Quick Shipping; Excellent Condition,

• UPC: 16500404
• Rating: 5.0

Evenings with Cary Grant : Recollections in His Own Words and by Those Who Knew Him Best

EVENINGS WITH CARY GRANT: RECOLLECTIONS IN HIS OWN WORDS AND BY THOSE WHO KNEW HIM

• UPC: 20633957
• Rating: 3.5

My Best Friend's Funeral

"There's a certain kind of lost a boy feels in this world without a father. Tim felt it. I felt it. And we realized our only way out would be together. In an openhearted memoir

• UPC: 26886310

Porridge (The Best of British Comedy) - eBook

The best jokes, gags and scenes from a true British comedy classic. ‘Cheer up, could be worse. State the country's in, we could be free.’ ‘Doctor: I want you to fill one of those containers

• UPC: 351464857

Bobby Moore: By the Person Who Knew Him Best (Text Only) - eBook

THE STORY WHICH INSPIRED THE MAJOR ITV DRAMA TINA AND BOBBY. Bobby Moore’s untimely death in 1993, at the age of 51, had a profound impact on the people of this country. As the only

• UPC: 819340156

52 McGs. : The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Reporter Robert McG. Thomas Jr.

A delightfully quirky and inspiring collection celebrates the one-of-a-kind talents of the late Robert McG. Thomas, who transformed the task of obituary writing into an art form where he commemorated unconventional lives with signature style

• UPC: 35258435
• Rating: 3.0

Second Best : My Dad and Me

Books : Second Best: My Dad and Me

• UPC: 231066458

Anxiety for Beginners: How It Feels to Live With Anxiety and How To Make The Best Of It

Anxiety for Beginners: How It Feels to Live With Anxiety and How To Make The Best Of

• UPC: 906738774

The Best I Recall - eBook

Gary Cartwright is one of Texas's legendary writers. In a career spanning nearly six decades, he has been a newspaper reporter, Senior Editor of Texas Monthly, and author of several acclaimed books, including Blood Will

• UPC: 278695152