wired - Biography & Memoir 11

Andrea Gibbs was 39 when she was diagnosed with an incurable form of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. As the vitality was drained from her she felt ill equipped to battle the disease. There was no one source……続きを見る

"This extraordinary book . . . is a reminder . . . of the sins of suppression and untruth that have been and can be committed in the name of American journalism . . . One of the last first-person st……続きを見る

Includes:•Charles River Editors original biography of Billy the Kid•The Authentic Life of Billy, the Kid by Pat Garrett'I wasn't the leader of any gang. I was for Billy all the time. Billy the KidI……続きを見る

At just six years old Tom Wilson fell prey to a predator of the worst sort. David Murphy was supposed to be his carer, instead he lifted his victims from their beds in the dead of night, and Tom was……続きを見る

A hilarious inside look at the real business of popular music by the drummer of Semisonic that does for rock and roll what Jim Bouton's Ball Four did for baseball. After years of working day jobs an……続きを見る

Survivor on the River Kwai is the heartbreaking story of Reg Twigg, one of the last men standing from a forgotten war. Called up in 1940, Reg expected to be fighting Germans. Instead, he found himse……続きを見る

Includes passages from the journals of Lewis and Clark.Profiles important members of the expedition, including Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea.Includes pictures of important people and places.Includes a……続きを見る

One of the nation's top divorce lawyers opens his case files to share true stories that rival the most outrageous fiction Gerald Nissenbaum knows everything about his clients-how much is in their ba……続きを見る

A Degree of Swing will bring back many memories for those who grew up in the early 1960s and experienced the radical changes to popular culture through music and fashion. The period 1958-64 saw radi……続きを見る

Bill Shore has written a wise and inspiring book that shows us how to make the most of life and do something that counts. Like the cathedral builders of an earlier time, the visionaries described in……続きを見る

At age 23, Debbie Gisonni had everything. She was on her way to becoming one of the youngest top paid executives in Silicon Valley; had found true love; and could make a mean lasagna! Then in 1984 V……続きを見る

From Growing Up Country: “I learned early in life that country is not a place on a map. Country is a place in your heart. In your soul. In the very depth of your being.” ーBill Anderson “One of the ……続きを見る

The personal and professional story of a former FBI agent, this is the journey Don Adams has taken over the past 50 years that has connected him to the assassination of the 35th president of the Uni……続きを見る

"Submissiveness is not my role, but certain platitudes on certain occasions are among the innocent deceits of the sex." A strong character with a fervent belief in woman's changing place, Lucy Holco……続きを見る

What if you always knew you were special…and then one day you found that being "special" wasn't a good thing? In fact, it was very, very bad. I was a high school cross-country track star on a full-r……続きを見る

What Hemingway's A Moveable Feast did for Paris in the 1920s, this charming yet undeceivable memoir does for Greenwich Village in the late 1940s. In 1946, Anatole Broyard was a dapper, earnest, fled……続きを見る

The account of one of the deadliest and most mysterious tragedies in mountaineering history-the 2008 K2 disaster. One Mountain Thousand Summits reveals the true story of the K2 tragedy that claimed ……続きを見る

When Bill Bratton was sworn in as New York City's police commissioner in 1994, he made what many considered a bold promise: The NYPD would fight crime in every borough...and win. It seemed foolhardy……続きを見る

An inside look into Jewish life in Communist Russia. A true story with heartache and human insight worthy of fiction. Motherland implies as much as it says, as it takes you through communism, antise……続きを見る

The New York Times bestselling memoir about growing up in small-town Indiana, from the author of The Solace of Leaving Early. When Haven Kimmel was born in 1965, Mooreland, Indiana, was a sleepy lit……続きを見る

In this fun and creative full-color jewel filled with photos and artistic sketches, Luci Swindoll gives the reader a fascinating journey through a life well lived, one in which she purposefully chos……続きを見る

A pioneering work from a visionary anthropologist, The Children of Sanchez is hailed around the world as a watershed achievement in the study of povertyーa uniquely intimate investigation, as poigna……続きを見る

'All of the love that you put into your animals has come out on screen, on my screen and it will be there forever.' - Steven Spielberg The inspirational true story of a remarkable young woman who ov……続きを見る

During his thirty-seven years at Smith College, Newton Arvin published groundbreaking studies of Hawthorne, Whitman, Melville, and Longfellow that stand today as models of scholarship and psychologi……続きを見る

"From Death Do I Part" is written for all addicts and their loved ones, but especially for those who have not been helped by Alcoholics Anonymous or drug and alcohol rehab. Amy shares with us in suc……続きを見る

As a young child of the Oglala Lakota Sioux, Black Elk had been given a mighty vision which would lead him on a personal journey that lasted his entire life. Although Black Elk's vision was a prophe……続きを見る

This Sunday Times top ten bestseller is a heartfelt account of his son's murder and his fight for justice by Ralph Bulger. James Bulger was just a few weeks shy of his third birthday when, on 12 Feb……続きを見る

That's when I saw him - the cowboy - across the smoky room. She was a city girl with a penchant for sushi bars, good restaurants and fine wines. Her idea of a good time was to go clubbing with frien……続きを見る

Some people at some point in life awaken to the revelation that Jesus is exactly who He says He is. Steve Lapp has come to this place and has chosen to be satisfied with nothing less than for people……続きを見る

One of the finest nineteenth-century first-person narratives of a sea voyage in existence, and a principle source for Sea of Glory, The Private Journal of William Reynolds brings to life the boister……続きを見る