Miseducated: A Memoir, Hardcover - Brandon P. Fleming

An inspiring memoir of one man's transformation from a delinquent, drug-dealing dropout to an award-winning Harvard educator through literature and...

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Reducere. An astonishing memoir for the untold number of children whose lives have been touched by bullying. Positive is a must-read for teens, their parents...

An unprecedented and heartfelt memoir that illuminates the lives of rural Chinese workers, offering a portrait of generational strife, family, love...

This haunting and electric coming of age memoir charts Casey Legler's broken childhood--from swimming in the Olympics at eighteen while facing crip...

Reducere. Famed American actress Demi Moore at last tells her own story in a surprisingly intimate and emotionally charged memoir.For decades, Demi Moore has...

Description"Honest, insightful, and thoroughly entertaining...Mizrahi comes off in writing just like his onscreen persona: warm, witty, humble--and...

In 1998 Teresa Fazio signed up for the Marine Corps' ROTC program to pay her way through MIT. After the United States was attacked on September 11,...

Description"This powerful story, told with the music of poetry and the blade of truth, will help your heart grow."--Laurie Halse Anderson, author o...

A frank, witty, and dazzlingly written memoir of one woman trying to keep it together while her body falls apart--from the "brilliant mind" (Michae...

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The intimate, gorgeous, garish confessions of Joshua Mohr--writer, father, alcoholic, addict Her teeth marks in the wood are some of my favorite th...

Melissa Gould's hopeful memoir of grieving outside the box and the surprising nature of love.When Melissa Gould's husband, Joel, was unexpectedly h...

DescriptionThe Grammy- and Academy Award- nominated singer-songwriter's haunting, lyrical memoir, sharing the story of an unthinkable act of violen...

Reducere. Grammy Awards (Spoken Word)The #1 New York Times bestselling sequel to the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning classic memoir, Angela's Ashes, about McC...

DescriptionIn 1987 a massive snowstorm hits New York as Peter Kaldheim flees the city, owing drug debts to a dealer who is no stranger to casual vi...

Reducere. "Mikel Jollett, the front man of indie band Airborne Toxic Event, chronicles his tumultuous life. Jollett was born into one of the country's most i...

From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and addiction, and of one woman's attempts to find...

A sweeping account of imprisonment--in time, in language, and in a divided country--from Korea's most acclaimed novelist In 1993, writer and democr...

Reducere. A stunning and brutally honest memoir that shines a light on what happens when female desire conflicts with a culture of masculinity in crisisIn he...

Reducere. "Kin moved me, disturbed me, and hypnotized me in ways very few memoirs have. -Rosanne Cash A heart stopping memoir of a wrenching Appalachian girl...

Reducere. A gripping chronicle of psychological manipulation and abuse at a "therapeutic" boarding school for troubled teens, and how one young woman fought ...

Gut-wrenching and absorbing...in the vein of Educated and The Glass Castle--BOOKLIST - A story of redemption and forgiveness--NEW YORK TIMES BOOK R...

" An] often beautiful jewel of a book . . . Black's power as a writer means she can take us with her to places that normally our minds would refuse...

Reducere. A candid, compulsively readable, hilarious, and heartbreaking memoir of resilience and redemption by comedic genius Molly ShannonAt age four, Molly...

Description"Vividly awesome and truly great." --Eileen Myles "I love this gorgeous, gutting, unforgettable book."--Leni Zumas "A rich tapestry of a...

Reducere. Parents Choice Award (Fall) (1998-2007)In a memoir that is gripping, funny, and ultimately unforgettable, New York Times bestselling author Walter ...

Reducere. An incandescent memoir from an astonishing new talent, Beautiful Country puts readers in the shoes of an undocumented child living in poverty in th...

Reducere. Uncover never-before-told stories in this epic tale of self-discovery by a Rock n Roll disciple and member of the E Street Band. What story begins ...

Reducere. Iconic actress Hayley Mills shares personal memories from her storied childhood, growing up in a famous acting family and becoming a Disney child s...

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Reducere. "Every piano has a story to tell. And Bob Friedman has been chasing pianos and the stories behind them for decades " -Jon Regen Editor, Keyboard Ma...

A memoir by award-winning actor Mena Suvari, best-known forher iconic roles in American Beauty, American Pie, and Six Feet Under. The Great Peace i...

The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, includ...

Reducere. Mother Knows Best is a remarkable memoir of resilience, perseverance, and miracles. In 1994, The Wall Street Journal published an article called "D...

"A beautiful book... an instant classic of the genre." --Dwight Garner, New York Times - A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice MIT psycholog...

Soul Companion: A Memoir is the true adventures of Judy Hilyard, as she travels to the Afterlife in joyful service to others and education of self....

Reducere. Sigrid Kendall, née Baroness Rüdt von Collenberg, was born in 1930 into the rarefied world of Central European aristocracy with all that title and ...

Reducere. For readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander, an intimate and haunting portrait of grief and the search for meaning from a singular new t...

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This complex memoir shows what it was like growing up in the shadow of a literary father and a neglectful mother, getting thrown out of boarding sc...

Reducere. An intimate, beautifully written coming-of-age memoir recounting a young girl's journey from war-torn Vietnam to Ridgewood, Queens, and her struggl...