Memoir

How can we achieve peace of mind in a culture of consumerism that glorifies workaholism and cultivates an obsessive…

The coming-of-age memoir of Alicia Armendariz, aka Alice Bag, taking us on a journey through her violent, male-dominated…

This is a history of Chicago's African-American community through the personal experiences of late civil rights…

Worn out by the misdeeds spinning around the 24 hour news cycle? Turn off the computer, pick up a book, and read up on…

In all of their embarrassing, genuine, and hilarious glory, these punk rock comics immerse us in heartfelt punk rock…

A collection of artworks and poems from 2004-2011.  

If you're cool with the same ol' typical autobiography, then it's best you left this book on the shelf. You're wasting…

Riveting biographies of women from the 1700s til today who overcame all odds to prevail and make history. Some are…

A memoir of living in a world where fat prejudice is rampant. Kara Richardson talks about her lifelong struggle with…

With an administration that spews "alternative facts" and national anxiety on the rise, George Orwell's work has become…

We're pretty much all familiar with Allie Brosh's comics—if not because someone's emailed or texted us a link to one…

A compilation of Charles Bukowski's underground articles from his column "Notes of a Dirty Old Man" appears here in book…

A coming of age story about a small town mid-western teen struggling with the issues of: race, drugs, queer culture,…

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be…

An exceptional scholar, lawyer, athlete, stage and screen actor, linguist, singer, civil rights and political activist,…

Last Things is the true and intensely personal story of how one woman coped with the devastating effects of a…

Over the course of two years, a twenty-something punk rocker eats a cheese slice from every pizzeria in New York City,…

In this universally accessible New York Times bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae waxes…

National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward takes James Baldwin’s 1963 examination of race in America, The Fire Next Time,…

Through his own life story - from childhood to his life as an adult, Toufic El Rassi illustrates the prejudice and…

Tracing the emergence of Ayn Rand’s philosophy of objectivism in the 1940s to her present-day influence, Darryl…

An entertaining and informative graphic novel about US consumption and waste, from the perspective of a garbage…

April 30, 2006 is the day that Ryan Fletcher's life changed completely and forever. Walking home in DC, he was jumped…