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  • Becky Lynch: The Man

    Not Your Average Average Girl

    by Rebecca Quin ...
    This compelling and deeply personal memoir from WWE superstar Rebecca Quin—a.k.a. The Man, a.k.a. Becky Lynch—delves into her earliest wrestling days, her scrappy beginnings, and her meteoric rise to fame.By age seven, Rebecca Quin, now known in the ring as Becky Lynch, was already defying what the world expected of her. Raised in Dublin, Ireland in a devoutly Catholic family, Rebecca constantly ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • But Everyone Feels This Way

    How an Autism Diagnosis Saved My Life

    by Paige Layle ...
    Autism acceptance activist and TikTok influencer Paige Layle shares her deeply personal journey to diagnosis and living life autistically.“For far too long, I was told I was just like everyone else. But knew it couldn’t be true. Living just seemed so much harder for me. This wasn’t okay. This wasn’t normal. This wasn’t functioning. And it certainly wasn’t fine.”Paige Layle was normal. She lived in ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Drive

    The Lasting Legacy of Tiger Woods

    by Bob Harig ...
    Bob Harig's latest deep-dive into Tiger Woods' thrilling career, as seen through his iconic 2019 Masters comeback and win.In April of 1997, the world of golf was forever changed. At the age of 21, a young Tiger Woods won the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, the Masters, by a record of 12 strokes. Woods became the youngest golfer ever to win the Masters and the first African or Asian ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry

    How Death, Debt, and Comedy Led to a Life of Faith, Farming, and Forgetting What I Came into This Room For

    In this laugh-out-loud and heartfelt memoir, writer, speaker, and podcaster Molly Stillman shares her unforgettable story of losing her mother, squandering an unexpected quarter-of-a-million-dollar inheritance in less than two years, attempting to launch a career in comedy but ending up on a farm instead, and finding faith, hope, and joy in the middle of it all.Molly Stillman has lived the type of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • A Darker Shade of Blue

    A Police Officer’s Memoir

    by Keith Merith ...
    A transparent first-hand account of a Black officer maneuvering through three terrifying yet rewarding decades of policing, all while seeking reform in law enforcementWhen 16-year-old Keith Merith finds himself pulled over, berated, and degraded by a white police officer, he’s outraged. He’s done nothing wrong. But the officer has the power, and he doesn’t. From that day on, he vows to join a ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Rainmaker

    Superagent Hughes Norton and the Money-Grab Explosion of Golf from Tiger to LIV and Beyond

    A rollicking tell-all from golf super-agent, Hughes Norton, detailing everything from his life-changing work with Tiger Woods and Greg Norman to his thoughts on golf’s current money-grab era. The ultimate read for fans of Alan Shipnuck, Bob Harig, and Michael Bamberger.When twenty-one-year-old Tiger Woods stunned the world by winning The Masters by a mind-blowing twelve strokes, the first thing he ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • One Way Back

    A Memoir

    "A blisteringly personal memoir...a thoughtful exploration of what it feels like to become a main character in a major American reckoning." —The Washington Post"An insightful tour de force." —PeopleOn September 27, 2018, Christine Blasey Ford testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee which was considering the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court. She ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Candy Darling

    Dreamer, Icon, Superstar

    by Cynthia Carr ...
    A Must-Read: The New York Times Book Review, Nylon, Star Tribune, Ms., Kirkus Reviews, The Bay Area Reporter, Town & Country, InsideHookFrom the acclaimed biographer Cynthia Carr, the first full portrait of the queer icon and Warhol superstar Candy Darling.You must always be yourself no matter what the price . . . Don’t dare destroy your passion for the sake of othe... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Ghost Town Living

    Mining for Purpose and Chasing Dreams at the Edge of Death Valley

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A long-abandoned silver mine for sale sounded like an adventure too great to pass up, but it turned into much more—a calling, a community of millions, and hard-earned lessons about chasing impractical dreams.“Inspiring and meditative—the story of man vs nature and man vs himself.”—Ryan Holiday, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obstacle is the WayThe siren song of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Shepherd’s Sight

    A Farming Life

    A restorative and resonant memoir of a year in the life of an aging shepherdFor 50 years, Barbara McLean has tended a flock of Border Leicester sheep on her small Ontario farm, Lambsquarters. In Shepherd’s Sight she shares the crises, pleasures, and challenges of farm life over the course of a year. Now in her 70s, McLean faces a new problem: how much longer she can continue with the physically ... Read more

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  • Life

    My Story Through History: Pope Francis's Inspiring Biography Through History

    by Pope Francis ...
    Translated by Aubrey Botsford ...
    For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have changed history—from his earliest years during the outbreak of World War II in 1939 to the turmoil of today.An extraordinary personal and historical journey, Life is the story of a man and a world in dramatic change. Pope Francis recalls his life through memories and observations ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Manicurist's Daughter

    A Memoir

    by Susan Lieu ...
    An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery.Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family’s past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan’s family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan’s mother ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Cloistered

    My Years as a Nun

    "A profoundly moving memoir which gripped me . . . It’s about spirituality and asceticism and silence and sisterhood, but also about how flawed human beings can abuse power and how hermetically sealed communities, which should care for and protect their members, can be dangerously vulnerable to threats from inside their walls.” - Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Elevate and Dominate

    21 Ways to Win On and Off the Field

    by Deion Sanders ...
    **Instant New York Times BestsellerDeion “Coach Prime” Sanders is one of the greatest motivators and inspirational leaders of all time—on the field, in business, with family, and in his community. Now, he delivers the ultimate playbook of inspiring personal stories, winning strategies, and the motivation required to help us “elevate and dominate” in all aspects of our lives.**A natural-born leader ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Very Private School

    A Memoir

    INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“A tour de force.” —The Washington PostIn this poignant memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the trauma of being sent away from home at age eight to attend boarding school.A Very Private School offers a clear-eyed, first-hand account of a culture of cruelty at the school Charles Spencer attended in his youth and provides important insights into an antiquated boarding sy... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The House of Hidden Meanings

    A Memoir

    by RuPaul ...
    ***An Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller!***From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance. A profound introspection of his life, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Feeding Ghosts

    A Graphic Memoir

    by Tessa Hulls ...
    "Feeding Ghosts reminds us how much the personal is political . . . an audacious, awe-inspiring feat. For me, it was an essential read." —Ling Ma, author of Bliss MontageAn astonishing, deeply moving graphic memoir about three generations of Chinese women, exploring love, grief, exile, and identity.In her evocative, genre-defying graphic memoir, Tessa Hulls tells the story of three generations of ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Trading Game

    A Confession

    #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER • A “vivid” (Financial Times) rags-to-riches memoir that takes readers inside the high-stakes drama and hubris of the trading floor, a “darkly funny” (Guardian) tale of Citibank’s one-time most profitable trader, and why he gave it all up“Darker than [Liar’s Poker], but if anything even more of a rollicking read . . . the clearest account I’ve ever read of how trading ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Cave

    A Secret Underground Hospital and One Woman's Story of Survival in Syria

    This searing memoir tells the story of a young doctor and activist who ran an underground hospital in Damascus, humanizing the enduring crisis in Syria.There is no one in Syria with a story like Dr. Amani Ballour's. The only woman to have ever run a wartime hospital, she saved her peers from the atrocities of war while contending with the patriarchal conservatism around her.Growing up in Assad’s ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Beautiful People

    My Thirteen Truths About Disability

    by Melissa Blake ...
    Well-known disability activist and social media influencer Melissa Blake offers a frank, illuminating memoir and a call to action for disabled people and allies.In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake’s work in a YouTube video. What happened next is equal parts a searing view into society, how we ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Grief Is for People

    One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: TIME, The Washington Post, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Publishers Weekly, Paste, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, Lit Hub, Real Simple, Nylon, BookPage, The Story Exchange, Sunset, and Zibby MagDisarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley’s memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend.</... ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Darkest White

    A Mountain Legend and the Avalanche That Took Him

    by Eric Blehm ...
    “Eric Blehm offers an insightful perspective on how Craig Kelly became the effortless icon that we all revered as well as sobering details of how his heroic journey tragically ended. The Darkest White is a must read, not just for fans of snowboarding, but for anyone looking for inspiration from an unlikely hero.”—Tony HawkFrom Eric Blehm, the bestselling author of The Last Season and Fearless, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Outspoken

    My Fight for Freedom and Human Rights in Afghanistan

    by Sima Samar ...
    **NATIONAL BESTSELLERThe impassioned memoir of Afghanistan's Sima Samar: medical doctor, public official, founder of schools and hospitals, thorn in the side of the Taliban, nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and lifelong advocate for girls and women.**“I have three strikes against me. I’m a woman, I speak out for women, and I’m Hazara, the most persecuted ethnic group in Afghanistan.”Dr. Sima ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Carson McCullers

    A Life

    The first major biography in more than twenty years of one of America’s greatest writers, based on newly available letters and journalsV. S. Pritchett called her “a genius.” Gore Vidal described her as a “beloved novelist of singular brilliance . . . Of all the Southern writers, she is the most apt to endure . . .” And Tennessee Williams said, “The only real writer the South ever turned out, was ... Read more

    $14.99 USD