Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involunt ...more on ebook "Against Medical Advice..."

even if she hadn't married Tony Blair, Cherie's story would have been amazing. Abandoned by her actor father, she overcame obstacles to become one of the UK's most successful barristers. But ...more on ebook "Speaking for Myself..."

Always absorbing, often very funny, and surprisingly affecting, Wrestling with Gravy is a rich and wry memoir, seasoned with the zest of cooking, family, conversation and lounging around i ...more on ebook "Wrestling with Gravy: A Life, with ..."

He spent his childhood trapped within the confines of countless bizarre, strict rules. And lived to tell about it.

In this first-hand account, author Matthew Paul Turner shares ...more on ebook "Churched:One Kid's Journey Toward G..."

What's in a name? For Carl Capotorto, everything is in a name. The literal translation from Italian to english of Capotorto is "twisted head." This is no accident. Carl grew up in the Bro ...more on ebook "Twisted Head: An Italian American M..."

NeVeR TOO LATe shares the story of a typical middle-aged single dad who desperately seeks a second chance at redemption. One summer night at a beachfront hotel he is summoned to the roof to ...more on ebook "NEVER TOO LATE: THE EPIC JOURNEY OF..."

Brooklyn-born Frank F. Pabst, inspired by a strong desire for independence, excitement, and prosperity, began working as a crewman on a river ship at age eleven, converted a sunken ship's pi ...more on ebook "The Captain of the Juniper..."

In his business memoir, When My Boss Calls, Get the Name, Howard Berk shares the excitement of surviving and thriving in a corporate world transformed by takeovers, leveraged buyouts, merger ...more on ebook "When My Boss Calls, Get the Name..."

Seymour Bandes was born in 1917 in the Bronx and lived there until 1942 when he was drafted into the Air Corps. He graduated from New York University and attained his Master's Degree in ...more on ebook "Bits and Pieces of My First Ninety ..."

The decade of the fifties may have been the last to allow children to be children. Childhood in the fifties was innocent, happy, and carefree. Author Bill Ramsey was a child who grew ...more on ebook "Billy the Kid (From Houston-Not Tex..."

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism--because Tem ...more on ebook "Thinking in Pictures: My Life with ..."

Here is THe book recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, Warren Buffett. The legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but now he has allowed ...more on ebook "The Snowball: Warren Buffett and th..."

Iedereen denkt bij een Amsterdamse politieman direct aan De Cock (met ceeooceekaa) of aan Appie Baantjer. Nog nooit werd een schrijver zo vereenzelvigd met zijn alter ego of andersom. Maar w ...more on ebook "Baantjer alias De Cock: Een biograf..."

Always Faithful, Always Free draws on all ten decades of the author's life to paint a vivid portrait of the fast-disappearing Greatest Generation, from the struggles of the Depression and Wo ...more on ebook "Always Faithful, Always Free..."

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"A German editor having written to me for an account of the development of my mind and character with some sketch of my autobiography, I have thought that the attempt would ...more on ebook "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin..."

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"Scally's incredibly funny and captivating eyebrows and Other Fish is a very personal account of the author's voyage from a heartbreaking childhood through to being an adult diagnosed ...more on ebook "Eyebrows and Other Fish..."

A witty cultural and culinary education, Immoveable Feast is the charming, funny, and improbable tale of how a man who was raised on white bread—and didn't speak a word ...more on ebook "Immoveable Feast..."

Poet, writer, performer, teacher, and director, Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas, then moved to San Francisco. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, beginning with I ...more on ebook "Letter to My Daughter..."

"A bravura performance. . . . Ulrich is brilliant here. . . . Few have done as much to so profoundly enrich and enlarge our vision of the past."
—The Boston Globe< ...more on ebook "Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make Hist..."