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This witty memoir traces a touching and often hilarious spiralic path to embracing a gay, Latinx identity against a culture of machismo--from a coc...

A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art An eloquent and intimate debut memoir about navigating the gap between expectation and reality in modern m...

WINNER OF THE ARAB AMERICAN BOOK AWARD - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR - The New York Public Library - Kirkus Reviews I Was Their ...

A memoir of political violence across Iowa mixed with a variety of horror stories from punk sub-culture to Iowa gangsters to the politics of the Io...

Meditations After an Attempted Murder From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal accou...

A raw, heartfelt memoir from Darius Rucker, the Grammy Award- winning country music sensation and multiplatinum-selling lead singer of Hootie &...

A Life of Language Love A celebration of the beauty and mystery of language and how it shapes our lives, our loves, and our world. If there is one ...

A Midwestern Dining Critic Tells All In a remarkable career that has spanned nearly fifty years, Wini Moranville has witnessed the American restaur...

Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders Longlisted for the National Book Award A brilliant, singular collection of essays that looks to music...

The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! From his acclaimed stage triumphs to his legendary onscre...

The Old Testament recounts the story of King Saul, a charismatic and righteous man chosen by God to be king over his people. Though favored by God,...

NEWBERY HONOR AWARD WINNER - An unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican American boy's family and their adventure-filled road trip to bring th...

A Journey Through Country Music's Black Past, Present, and Future Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, en...

One Man, His Rescue Cat, and a Bike Ride Around the Globe Discover the heartwarming true story of a life-changing friendship between a man and his ...

Based on the wildly popular webcomic, One of Those Days chronicles the life and love of Yehuda and Maya Devir as they take on the minutiae of marri...

A Chinese Education An intimate and revelatory eyewitness account of two generations of students in China's heartland, chronicling a country in the...

From New York Times bestselling author and trailblazing athlete Ronda Rousey, an unfiltered and entertaining chronicle of her last decade, tackling...

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution...

Three-term poet laureate Joy Harjo offers a vivid, lyrical, and inspiring call for love and justice in this contemplation of her trailblazing life ...

A much-anticipated, hilarious new essay collection from #1 New York Times bestselling unabashed fan-favorite Samantha Irby invites us to share in t...

A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story For readers of My Dark Places and I'll Be Gone in the Dark, a beautiful, brutal memoir documenting one woman'...

My Life as a Feminist Punk An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hey girlfr...

The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk An Indigenous artist blends the aesthetics of punk rock with the traditional spiritual practices...

A New York Times bestseller and one of 2019's best-reviewed books, a poetic memoir and call to action from the award-winning author of Speak, Lauri...