Memoir

Dr. Joel Salinas is a Harvard-trained researcher and neurologist with extraordinary gifts.  He has mirror-touch…

A surprising, behind-the-scenes look at the training, basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel. Former…

Ram Dass shares his journey from privileged child to renegade Harvard psychedelics researcher to beloved spiritual icon,…

Kim Gordon-- founding member of Sonic Youth, fashion icon, and role model-- now tells her story. It's a memoir of…

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This authorized biography of Uri Geller tells his larger-than-life life story and explores recent claims about his…

This is the story of a century and a half of participation by black people in US electoral politics. In this…

A rambunctious, hilarious queer coming of age memoir set in '00s Oakland. Outrageous tales of taco truck trysts…

These interviews are collected from throughout Bowie's career, including both the first he ever gave, at age 16, and…

Andre Perry's collection of personal essays is told through a shifting combination of memoir, screenplay, multiple…

Three panels, every day since 2001. TWENTY years of Snake Pit! Seven books! Snake Pit is nothing if not consistent in…

Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa, with a black South…

A first-hand account of the author's experience with loss during the 2017 California wildfires. Brian Fies had…

Three days after the terror attack on Bastille Day, Mohamed Asem was detained overnight by British immigration officials…

Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and…

Forty-something Louise is married to Peter, with whom she has four children. They live in a big house, and on paper…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (or RGB) has become a name synonymous with feminist shifts in our judicial system. But how much do…

Travel along with Patti Smith as she draws out her dreamscape in front of you in her year of solitude. Grappling with…

Wealth and money are things that can be hard to talk about, but financial issues impact every facet of our lives. This…

Right after her 41st birthday, poet Anne Boyer was diagnosed with a highly aggressive cancer. In this harrowing memoir…

From author Katie Vaz (Make Yourself Cozy, The Escape Manual for Introverts, and Don’t Worry, Eat Cake) comes My…

The cataclysmic eruption of Mt. St. Helens in May, 1980 marked the start of a decades-long struggle over resources,…

Knowing where your scars come from doesn’t make them go away. When Jackie Shannon Hollis marries Bill, a man who…

At the age of five, Megan Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members…

In January 2002, the United States sent a group of Muslim men they suspected of terrorism to a prison in…

Too often, body positivity centers the experience of white women. In her empowering debut book, Stephanie…

In this collection of essays Hanif Abdurraqib interprets the world through music and culture. He writes about…

A collection deeply personal essays exploring the physical, emotional, and mental impact on motherhood and identity of…