The Light of the World: A Memoir

Reducere. My Name Is Selma: The Remarkable Memoir of a Jewish Resistance Fighter and Ravensbruck Survivor An international bestseller, this powerful memoir b...

DescriptionNew York Times Bestseller Fame. Sex. Pain. Drugs. Death. Booze. Money. Addiction. Redemption. Dizzying heights. Rock-bottom depths. Desp...

329Dr. Plasil's memoir spans a century. It begins with his escape from Czechoslovakia and continues to the present, transporting readers to Europe,...

Reducere. A Publishers Weekly Notable Book49th Shelf Recommended Read A modern gay memoir exploring love, death, pain, and community that will resonate long ...

Reducere. Thinking: A memoir is both an intellectual autobiography and a personal history. It describes how people reason and make inferences about the world...

This unique #TwentyIn2020 memoir sheds light on Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith's journey as a feminist and political activist. The book illuminates her ...

Despite being blinded as a child, Jacques Lusseyran went on to help form a key unit of the French Resistance and survive the Nazis Buchenwald conce...

Reducere. A star athlete shares her trailblazing account of triumph in the face of sexism, self-doubt, and injury, gives a remarkable global tour of the wome...

Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an i...

In this powerful memoir, an identical twin embarks on a heroine's journey to find her lost twin. Along the way, she provides a rare glimpse into th...

In his New York Times bestselling memoir, A Work in Progress, Connor Franta shared his journey from small-town Midwestern boy to full-fledged Inter...

Reducere. Growing Up in the ColonialThe Colonial Hotel was a landmark for fifty years in the southeastern Tennessee town, Copperhill. The Colonial, our famil...

Reducere. Jesus urges us to be "a light to the world." Helen Donovan takes that command seriously, especially in the darkest of times. Helen's journey throug...

DescriptionIn Light and In Shade is the inspirational true story of a love that refused to die, even after death. It is the first-hand account of e...

This fresh and vivid portrait of the postwar Paris art world, written by a member of Picasso's circle, sheds original new light on the greatest of ...

Daniele Pitavy-Souques was a European powerhouse of Welty studies. In this collection of essays, Pitavy-Souques pours new light on Welty's view of ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gerard DepardieuTranslator: Rainer J. HansheIn his proto-memoir Innocent, world-renowned actor G rard Depardieu reflects on...

Reducere. DescriptionBrett is intense. Intense as a youth piecing together the world. Intense as an undersized point guard, middle child, and student. Intens...

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. And the Light Strikes Home is the memoir of a marriage, the almost-60 year union between Ned Tranel and Virginia Holmberg, an alliance that began a...

Reducere. And the Light Strikes Home is the memoir of a marriage, the almost-60 year union between Ned Tranel and Virginia Holmberg, an alliance that began a...

Reducere. Susan Brind Morrow brings her singular sensibility as a classicist and linguist to this strikingly original reflection on the fine but resilient th...

Reducere. The New York Times bestselling memoir of the heroic young inventor who brought electricity to his Malawian village adapted for young readers. Now a...

DescriptionNow a Netflix film starring and directed by Chiwetel Ejiofor, this is a gripping memoir of survival and perseverance about the heroic yo...

Reducere. What happens after the worst happens?Before May 31, 2008, September Vaudrey's life was beautiful. But on that day, with one phone call from the ER,...

Reducere. "This story is mine, but the way belongs to us all." -- Dan Millman Dan Millman's books and teachings have been a guiding light to millions of peop...

Reducere. She never expected to be a minister's wife. And the life she discovered was more challenging--and more beautiful--than she could have anticipated.W...

One of the New York Times' 20 Books to Read in 2020 "Unforgettable...Behind her brilliantly witty and uplifting message is a remarkable vulnerabili...

Reducere. DescriptionThrough 150 entries, Samantha Craft presents a life of humorous faux pas, profound insights, and the everyday adventures of an autistic ...

A luminous and inspiring portrait of a Black pioneer and artistic force--Eartha Kitt--and one of the most moving mother/daughter stories in Hollywo...

Reducere. Who are you when your world ends? Where do you go when the signposts are obliterated, and how do you live when you've forgotten how to breathe?In t...

Reducere. "We may not relight the fires that used to burn in our villages, but we can carry the embers from those fires in our hearts and learn to light new ...

Reducere. She is enveloped in a storming sea of light and sound. Navigating a world where she can hear everything yet nothing, and where faces are no more th...

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DescriptionBorn and raised in Flint, Michigan, David Gunn is proud to have grown up in a city facing constant adversity, and to represent a communi...

Reducere. From the bestselling author of Crow Planet, a compelling journey into the secret lives of the wild animals at our back door. In THE URBAN BESTIARY,...

Reducere. For two decades, Ally Shaw buried the nightmares of her past deep below the surface. The former opera singer had forgotten the sound of her own voi...

Reducere. Jennifer Renee Blevins's debut memoir, Limited by Body Habitus: An American Fat Story, sheds light on her experiences living with the emotional and...

Reducere. Another "pitch-perfect book of short essays" (New York Times Book Review) from the acclaimed author of Blood of Strangers, this one exploring the c...

"A spectacular piece of human experience, writing, and inspiration."--Carl Feldbaum, author of Looking the Tiger in the EyeThis is a true story. Fr...

DescriptionThe Little House is set in the early years of the Shōwa era (1926-89), when Japan's situation is becoming increasingly tense but has not...

Reducere. In a memoir penned with flair, fire, and humor, Beaulieu invites us to join her in her evolutionary transformation as she liberates her personal co...

Reducere. A thought-provoking meditation on food, family, identity, immigration, and, most of all, hospitality--at the table and beyond--that's part food mem...

Reducere. "In a world facing the worst refugee crisis in history, this is an important and timely book."-- John Zaritsky, Oscar-winning filmmaker "An epic ta...

Reducere. ★★★★★ Imagine you just found out you only had a few years to live-what would you do?From Molly Kochan, the subject of the popular acclaimed podcast...

Reducere. 'A must-read for 2022.' - Irish Runner Magazine'An intimate and uplifting story of grit, tenacity and healing and one that is sure to stir the soul...

This cancer memoir goes where other books might not. It's a deeply personal look at the cancer patient journey from diagnosis to recovery; and the ...

A mother traces her daughter's years-long battle with addiction in this compelling memoir that opens a raw and honest dialogue about substance abus...

Reducere. DescriptionA moving and inspirational memoir of love, loss, and renewal, Promised by Heaven tells the amazing story of how one woman's near-death e...

Reducere. Travel with Sarah Pauly through family relationships and into the inner spiritual planes as she tells her story of spiritual awakening. Her unusual...