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GenreBiography And Memoir

E=mc²: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation

E=mc²: A Biography of the World’s Most Famous Equation

David Bodanis

337 pages
A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary

A Woman in Berlin: Eight Weeks in the Conquered City: A Diary

Anonymous

261 pages
Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth

Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-earth

John Garth

398 pages
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School

Scott Turow

288 pages
Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the ’80’s

Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the ’80’s

Hunter S. Thompson

336 pages
The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

Karen Armstrong

306 pages
Coming Into the Country

Coming Into the Country

John McPhee

448 pages
Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King

Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King

Antonia Fraser

388 pages
Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder

Donald Zochert

241 pages
The Life of Charlotte Brontë

The Life of Charlotte Brontë

Elizabeth Gaskell

587 pages
Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton

James Gleick

288 pages
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl

John Colapinto

320 pages
The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book

The Secret Lives of Men and Women: A PostSecret Book

Frank Warren

144 pages
Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present

Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China’s Past and Present

Peter Hessler

512 pages
Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey

Riding the Bus with My Sister: A True Life Journey

Rachel Simon

304 pages
A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary 1785-1812

A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary 1785-1812

Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

444 pages
The Last Shot: City Streets Basketball Dreams

The Last Shot: City Streets Basketball Dreams

Darcy Frey

233 pages
Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements

Malcolm X Speaks: Selected Speeches and Statements

Malcolm X

240 pages
Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet

Muhammad: A Biography of the Prophet

Karen Armstrong

304 pages
Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley

Mary Queen of Scots and the Murder of Lord Darnley

Alison Weir

640 pages
Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War

Goodbye Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War

William Manchester

401 pages
The Real Frank Zappa Book

The Real Frank Zappa Book

Frank Zappa

352 pages
Confessions

Confessions

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

676 pages•1953
My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile

My Invented Country: A Nostalgic Journey Through Chile

Isabel Allende

199 pages
Mary Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country

Mary Queen of Scots: Queen Without a Country

Kathryn Lasky

202 pages
Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam

Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam

Andrew X. Pham

344 pages
The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History

The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History

Jonathan Franzen

195 pages
Word Freak: Heartbreak Triumph Genius and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players

Word Freak: Heartbreak Triumph Genius and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players

Stefan Fatsis

372 pages
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

J. R. R. Tolkien

502 pages
Edie

Edie

Jean Stein

564 pages
Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation

Shout! The Beatles in Their Generation

Philip Norman

546 pages
The Family that Couldn’t Sleep

The Family that Couldn’t Sleep

D.T. Max

299 pages
Here There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles

Here There and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles

Geoff Emerick

400 pages
Young Men and Fire

Young Men and Fire

Norman Maclean

301 pages
Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season

Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season

Stewart O’Nan

445 pages
Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

Agatha Christie: An Autobiography

Agatha Christie

560 pages
The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father

The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father

Jim Wight

371 pages
Thomas Jefferson (Oxford Portraits)

Thomas Jefferson (Oxford Portraits)

R.B. Bernstein

253 pages
The Making of Pride and Prejudice

The Making of Pride and Prejudice

Sue Birtwistle

128 pages
Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

Monster: The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang Member

Sanyika Shakur

400 pages
Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

Touched with Fire: Manic-Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperament

Kay Redfield Jamison

384 pages
Mayada Daughter of Iraq: One Woman’s Survival Under Saddam Hussein

Mayada Daughter of Iraq: One Woman’s Survival Under Saddam Hussein

Jean Sasson

368 pages
The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier

The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier

Thad Carhart

281 pages
Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography

Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography

William Anderson

256 pages
Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Journey Into Manhood and Back Again

Self-Made Man: One Woman’s Journey Into Manhood and Back Again

Norah Vincent

290 pages
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism

See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism

Robert B. Baer

320 pages
West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder San Francisco 1915

West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder San Francisco 1915

Laura Ingalls Wilder

124 pages
Little House #11
Private Parts

Private Parts

Howard Stern

660 pages
Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968-1976

Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968-1976

Hunter S. Thompson

784 pages
The Pillow Book

The Pillow Book

Sei Shōnagon

419 pages
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