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Simply Rich: Life and Lessons from the Cofounder of Amway: a Memoir

Richard M. Devos

About the Author Rich DeVos is an American businessman, cofounder of Amway, and owner of the Orlando Magic NBA...

Last Chance in Texas: The Redemption of Criminal Youth

John Hubner

About the Author John Hubner is a former staff writer at the Boston Phoenix. He was also a magazine writer and...

No Sin Mi Hija (Spanish Edition)

Betty Mahmoody

Book Description El valor de una madre ante el fanatismo del mundo islámico About the Author BETTY MAHMOODY vive en...

American Hannibal

Jim Stempel

American Hannibal is a great introduction for readers seeking basic knowledge of the war and its personalities....

The Philosopher Queens: The lives and legacies of philosophy's unsung women

Lisa Whiting

About the Author Rebecca Buxton is is a graduate student at the University of Oxford, working on political philosophy...

The Grace to Race: The Wisdom and Inspiration of the 80-Year-Old World Champion Triathlete Known as the Iron Nun

Sister. Madonna Buder

Sister Madonna’s story is one of purpose, conviction and passion. She dismisses boundaries and proves to us that...

You're Lucky You're Funny: How Life Becomes a Sitcom

Phil Rosenthal

PHIL ROSENTHAL was the creator and executive producer of CBSÂx92s Emmy AwardÂx96 winning Everybody Loves Raymond . He...

E.B. White on Dogs

E. B. White

What a wonderful gift, to see E. B. White's writing on dogs published in one volume. White brought to dogs the same...

Plain Speaking

Merle Miller

About the Author Merle Miller was born on May 17, 1919 in Montour, Iowa, and grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa. He attended...

Francis: The Journey and the Dream

Murray Bodo

I have reread this book more than any other and still continue to be changed by its perceptions and compelling...

Out With It: How Stuttering Helped Me Find My Voice

Katherine Preston

“Preston's book pulses with wit and energy, and the realities of how difficult living with [stuttering] is painted...

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

“I’ve been wondering who might fill the intellectual void that plagued me after James Baldwin died. Clearly it is...

I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer

Michelle McNamara

“Unputdownable.... Powerful.” (Maureen Corrigan, NPR’s Fresh Air)“Axa0singular, fascinating read. It’s...

Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit

John E. Douglas

From Publishers Weekly One of the first to develop the specialty of "criminal-personality profiling," Douglas has...

Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)

Bill O'Reilly

This book goes deeper than any 'Godfather' movie" ―Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner BILL O'REILLY is a trailblazing...

The Last Black Unicorn

Tiffany Haddish

As raw and real as her stand-up act. -- "People" She spares nothing in this no-holds-barred account...With an informal...

The Puma Years: A Memoir

Laura Coleman

Review An Amazon Best Book of the Month: Biographies & Memoirs“ The Puma Years is a fascinating glimpse into the...

A Stolen Life: A Memoir

Jaycee Lee Dugard

This little memoir...was written plainly and simply by Dugard herself, without the help of a ghostwriter. And in that,...

The Last Lecture

Randy Pausch

Randy Pausch was a Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, and Design at Carnegie Mellon, where he...

1776

David McCullough

From Publishers Weekly In the Pulitzer Prize–winning John Adams , McCullough provided an in-depth look at the life of...

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

There is very little time for reading in my new job. But of the few books I've read, my favourite is Genghis Khan and...

First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers

Loung Ung

Loung Ung is National Spokesperson for the "Campaign for a Landmine Free World," a program of the Vietnam Veterans of...

The Heroes

Joe Abercrombie

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. This blood-drenched, thought-provoking dissection of a three-day battle is set...

It's a Long Story: My Life

Willie Nelson

About the Author Willie Nelson is an American country music singer-songwriter, as well as an author, poet, actor, and...