Biography & Memoir Books

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author comes an epic tale--part thriller, part tragedy--of the political career of humanitarian Sergio Vieira de Mello and his tragic death in 2003 in a terrorist attack on UN Headquarters in Iraq.

John Lennon: The Life.

Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck.

Lynne Spears was an ordinary mother whose life became extraordinary when the success of her daughter Britney pushed the Spears family onto the worldwide stage.

Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice.

The book jacket is printed with a black and silver duotone paper-over-board.

Here is THE book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett.

What an extraordinary story of love, courage and devotion.

A Promise to Ourselves: A Journey Through Fatherhood and Divorce.

With the distillation of a life's worth of wisdom and insight into an elegant expression of a coherent worldview, this book will stand as Greenspan's personal and intellectual legacy.

When the government raided their polygamist village, Spencer and her family fled to her husband's family's ranch in Mexico, where they lived in squalor and desolate conditions.

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life.

The Duchess.

Not Just the Levees Broke: My Story During and After Hurricane Katrina.

Dumbfounded: Big Money. Big Hair. Big Problems. or Why Having It All Isn't for Sissies.

The Faith of Barack Obama.

The "New York Times" bestselling author analyzes the life and career of Barack Obama.

New York Times reporter and columnist Carr crafts a groundbreaking memoir on his years as an addict.

This poignant exploration of the depths of the human heart and the ability to love and to trust no matter the obstacles is a reminder that "real" life is always richer--and often stranger--than fiction.

Milton: Poet, Pamphleteer, and Patriot.

This absorbing account by a young man who, as a boy of 12, gets swept up in Sierra Leone's civil war, goes beyond even the best journalistic efforts in revealing the life and mind of a child abducted into the horrors of warfare.

The first book from Air America Radio and syndicated-radio talk host Lionel cements his reputation as an irreverent, ribald, take-no-prisoners analyst of culture, politics, and the world at large.

The "New York Times" bestselling author analyzes the life and career of Barack Obama.

The line between love and obsession is explored in this harrowing memoir, in which a woman--whose life was destroyed by a man who crossed that line--battles to escape his grasp.

By turns funny and sobering, playful and philosophical, this memoir is both for fans of this masterful yet guardedly private writer and for the exploding population of athletes who find similar satisfaction in distance running.

Ernie: The Autobiography.

Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters.

The highly acclaimed author of "Daisy Bates in the Desert" and "With Billie" presents the story of her own difficult coming of age, and of the intricate tangle of her relationship with her parents.

This inspiring biography documents the remarkable story of a boy and his father who sacrificed almost everything--family, financial security, and their reputation in China's insular classical music world--for the belief in a young boy's talent.

Ciccone's extraordinary memoir is based on his life and forty-seven years of growing up with and working with his sister - the most famous woman in the world.