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The Way Home : Tales from a life without technology
The Way Home : Tales from a life without technology
Mark Boyle

It was 11pm when I checked my email for the last time and turned off my phone for what I hoped would be forever.No runni...

Everything Beautiful in Its Time
Everything Beautiful in Its Time
Jenna Bush Hager

Jenna Bush Hager, the former first daughter and granddaughter, #1 New York Times bestselling author, and coanchor of the...

Unorthodox
Unorthodox
Deborah Feldman

Now a Netflix original series! Unorthodox is the bestselling memoir of a young Jewish woman’s escape from a religious ...

I Survived by Victoria Cilliers
I Survived by Victoria Cilliers
VICTORIA. CILLIERS

A chilling, eye-opening story of marriage and attempted murder, revealing the truth about a case that made headlines aro...

Fake Law by The Secret Barrister
Fake Law by The Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister

Could the courts really order the death of your innocent baby? Was there an illegal immigrant who couldn't be deported b...

The Fear Bubble
The Fear Bubble
Ant Middleton

The brilliant, inspirational next book by the author of the incredible No. 1 bestseller FIRST MAN IN. Without fear, ther...

A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
A Woman of No Importance by Sonia Purnell
Sonia Purnell

***A New York Times bestseller*** 'Riveting' Mick Herron, New York Times * 'A rousing tale' The Times, Book of the Week ...

Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby
Samantha Irby

THE NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Irby might be our great bard of quarantine.' New York Times 'Samantha Irby is t...

Hold On, But Don't Hold Still
Hold On, But Don't Hold Still
Kristina Kuzmic

Delivering inspiration and "parenting comedy at its finest,"* here is one woman's story of ditching her fairytale dreams...

Meditations : The Philosophy Classic
Meditations : The Philosophy Classic
Marcus Aurelius

A deluxe special edition of the ancient classic written by the Roman Emperor known as “The Philosopher” Meditations ...

Frank Ramsey : A Sheer Excess of Powers
Frank Ramsey : A Sheer Excess of Powers
Cheryl Misak

When he died in 1930 aged 26, Frank Ramsey had already invented one branch of mathematics and two branches of economics,...

Abrams True Crime by Elizabeth Kendall
Abrams True Crime by Elizabeth Kendall
Elizabeth Kendall (Author)

The inspiration for the five-part Amazon Original docuseries Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer This updated, expanded edit...

Women Don't Owe You Pretty
Women Don't Owe You Pretty
Florence Given

'THE BEAUTY MYTH' FOR THE INSTAGRAM GENERATION 'Rallying, radical and pitched perfectly for her generation.' - Evening S...

More Myself : A Journey
More Myself : A Journey
Alicia Keys

"An intimate, revealing look at one artist's journey from self-censorship to full expression As one of the most celebrat...

The Fixed Stars
The Fixed Stars
Molly Wizenberg

From a bestselling memoirist, a thoughtful and provocative story of changing identity, complex sexuality, and enduring f...

The Son and Heir : A Memoir
The Son and Heir : A Memoir
Alexander Münninghoff

A prize-winning Dutch journalist's unsparing memoir of growing up amid the excesses, triumphs, and devastation of post-W...

Finding Freedom
Finding Freedom
Omid Scobie

The first, epic and true story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's life together, finally revealing why they chose to pu...

Olive the Lionheart
Olive the Lionheart
Brad Ricca

"Brad Ricca’s Olive MacLeod is my favorite sort of woman from history—bold and unconventional, utterly unsinkable—...

Conditional Citizens
Conditional Citizens
Laila Lalami

The acclaimed, award-winning novelist--author of The Moor's Account and The Other Americans--now gives us a bracingly pe...

Keep Moving
Keep Moving
Maggie Smith

“A Poet for Times of Trouble.” —The Wall Street Journal “Keep Moving speaks to you like an encouraging friend re...

She Come By It Natural
She Come By It Natural
Sarah Smarsh

The National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author of Heartland focuses her laser-sharp insights on ...

Eat a Peach
Eat a Peach
David Chang

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix's Ugly Delicious--an intimate account of t...

His Truth is Marching on
His Truth is Marching on
Jon Meacham

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman Joh...

Disloyal: A Memoir
Disloyal: A Memoir
Michael Cohen

A #1 New York Times Bestseller! "I read it cover-to-cover. I did not intend to, but I started at the beginning and didn�...

Just Us : An American Conversation
Just Us : An American Conversation
Claudia Rankine

Claudia Rankine’s Citizen changed the conversation—Just Us urges all of us into itAs everyday white supremacy become...

Agent Sonya
Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre

The "master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle) behind the New York Times bestseller The Spy and the Traitor uncovers...

Melania and Me
Melania and Me
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff

What Melania wants, Melania gets. The former director of special events at Vogue and producer of nine legendary Met Gala...

A Knock at Midnight
A Knock at Midnight
Brittany K. Barnett

An urgent call to free those buried alive by America's legal system, and an inspiring true story about unwavering belief...

I Have Something to Tell You
I Have Something to Tell You
Chasten Buttigieg

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA moving, hopeful, and refreshingly candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic p...

Once I Was You
Once I Was You
Maria Hinojosa

“Maria’s perspective is powerful and vital. Years ago, when In the Heights was just starting off-Broadway, Maria got...

Notes on a Silencing
Notes on a Silencing
Lacy Crawford

A "powerful and scary and important and true" memoir (Sally Mann, Carnegie Medal-winning author of Hold Still) of a youn...

Memorial Drive
Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey

"In Memorial Drive, Natasha Trethewey has transformed unimaginable tragedy into a work of sublimity. There's sorrow and ...

What Would Frida Do?
What Would Frida Do?
Arianna Davis

"Frida Kahlo truly elevated confidence into an art form. In her book, Arianna Davis shows us the timelessness of Frida's...

The Dead Are Arising
The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne

"No one who wishes to reckon with the life of this man, one of the most important African American figures of the twenti...

Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
Phosphorescence by Julia Baird
Julia Baird

The national bestseller, Phosphorescence is a beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and n...

Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Glennon Doyle

For many years, Glennon Doyle denied her own discontent. Then, while speaking at a conference, she looked at a woman acr...

World of Wonders
World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Barnes & Noble 2020 Book of the YearA Kirkus Prize Finalist for NonfictionA Southern Book Prize FinalistAn NPR Best Book...

[Free Download] Minor Feelings : An Asian American Reckoning
[Free Download] Minor Feelings : An Asian American Reckoning
Cathy Park Hong

A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness and the strug...

[Free Download] A Map Is Only One Story
[Free Download] A Map Is Only One Story
Nicole Chung

From rediscovering an ancestral village in China to experiencing the realities of American life as a Nigerian, the searc...

Ten Doors Down
Ten Doors Down
Robert Tickner

The story of a federal minister's remarkable reunion with his birth parents.The story of a federal minister's remarkable...

God-Level Knowledge Darts
God-Level Knowledge Darts
Desus & Mero

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Desus & Mero are smarter and funnier than everyone writing books.”—Shea Serrano“I...

This is Major by Shayla Lawson
This is Major by Shayla Lawson
Shayla Lawson

A National Book Critics Circle Finalist in Autobiography * Finalist for a Lambda Literary Award * Named one of the most ...

Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
Agent Sonya by Ben Macintyre
Ben Macintyre

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The "master storyteller" (San Francisco Chronicle) behind the New York Times bestseller The ...

(Download PDF) Lady in Waiting
(Download PDF) Lady in Waiting
Anne Glenconner

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** 'Remarkable . . . If your jaw doesn't drop at least three times every chapter, you've no...

The Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister
The Secret Barrister

"I'm a barrister, a job which requires the skills of a social worker, relationship counsellor, arm-twister, hostage nego...

Calypso by David Sedaris
Calypso by David Sedaris
David Sedaris

'Sedaris is the premier observer of our world and its weirdnesses' Adam Kay, author of This is Going to Hurt 'He's like ...

Any Ordinary Day
Any Ordinary Day
Leigh Sales

As a journalist, Leigh Sales often encounters people experiencing the worst moments of their lives in the full glare of ...

Everything I Know About Love
Everything I Know About Love
Dolly Alderton

***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 5 BESTSELLER*** 'A wonderful writer, who will surely inspire a generation the way that Caitlin M...

No Friend But the Mountains
No Friend But the Mountains
Behrouz Boochani

The Award-winning International Bestselling Story of One Man's Six Year Detention in Australia 'A powerfully vivid accou...

Gotta Get Theroux This
Gotta Get Theroux This
Louis Theroux

In 1994 fledgling journalist Louis Theroux was given a one-off gig on Michael Moore's TV Nation, presenting a segment on...

Carrying the Fire : An Astronaut's Journeys
Carrying the Fire : An Astronaut's Journeys
Michael Collins

NASA astronaut Michael Collins trained as an experimental test pilot before venturing into space as a vital member of th...

Catch and Kill
Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow

In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes seri...

Year of the Monkey
Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith

Following a run of New Year's concerts at San Francisco's legendary Fillmore in 2016, Patti Smith finds herself tramping...

Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister
Jung Chang

*LONGLISTED FOR THE HWA NON-FICTION CROWN 2020*Meet the three women who helped shape the course of modern Chinese histor...

Against All Odds
Against All Odds
Richard Harris

'I just want to warn you. You're going to dive to the end of the cave. You're going to see these kids. They're all looki...

James Acaster's Classic Scrapes
James Acaster's Classic Scrapes
James Acaster

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER and 2017 Humour Book of the Year pick'Laugh-out-loud hilarious' - Chortle'I don't think I've...

(Download PDF) Brief Answers to the Big Questions
(Download PDF) Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stephen Hawking

THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A beautiful little book by a brilliant mind' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Effortlessly instructive...

Gay Girl, Good God
Gay Girl, Good God
Jackie Hill Perry

“I used to be a lesbian.”   In Gay Girl, Good God, author Jackie Hill Perry shares her own story, offering practica...

Remembering Shanghai
Remembering Shanghai
Claire Chao

Outstanding Memoir winner and Book of the Year, second place, awarded by the Independent Author NetworkA high position b...

Meditations : Complete and Unabridged
Meditations : Complete and Unabridged
Marcus Aurelius

Completely unabridged, with a new foreword written by Huffington Post writer Carolyn Gregoire, this publication of Medit...

The Language of Kindness
The Language of Kindness
Christie Watson

THE SUNDAY TIMESBESTSELLER *A Guardian, Sunday Times, Daily Telegraph, The Times,New StatesmanNetgalley and Reading Agen...

Adventures of a Young Naturalist
Adventures of a Young Naturalist
David Attenborough

"A GREAT BOOK." --THE NEW YORK TIMES "MARVELOUS." --THE TELEGRAPH "A RARE GLIMPSE OF A FLEDGLING DAVID ATTENBOROUGH IN...

Educated by Tara Westover
Educated by Tara Westover
Tara Westover

Educated, in showing us the unstoppable power of a young woman determined to make her own decisions and find her own way...

The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King
The Good Neighbor by Maxwell King
Maxwell King

"Every weekday for decades, a kind man named Mister Rogers stepped through a door in his TV house, spoke directly into t...

Lion by Saroo Brierley
Lion by Saroo Brierley
Saroo Brierley

NOMINATED FOR SIX OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, SUPPORTING ACTOR AND SUPPORTING ACTRESS . . . Aged just five, Saroo Br...

East West Street
East West Street
Philippe Sands

THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER When he receives an invitation t...

The Trauma Cleaner
The Trauma Cleaner
Sarah Krasnostein

• A poignant and powerful celebration of one remarkable woman’s unrelenting drive to make order from chaos • The ...

At the Existentialist Café
At the Existentialist Café
Sarah Bakewell

"It's not often that you miss your bus stop because you're so engrossed in reading a book about existentialism, but I di...

In Order to Live
In Order to Live
Yeonmi Park

'I am most grateful for two things- that I was born in North Korea, and that I escaped from North Korea.' Yeonmi Park wa...

The Girl with Seven Names
The Girl with Seven Names
Hyeonseo Lee

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An extraordinary insight into life under one of the world's most ruthless and secretive dictat...

Marching Powder by Rusty Young
Marching Powder by Rusty Young
Rusty Young

San Pedro is Bolivia's most notorious prison. Small-time drug smuggler Thomas McFadden found himself on the inside. Marc...

Victoria the Queen
Victoria the Queen
Julia Woodlands Baird

The true story for fans of the PBS Masterpiece series Victoria, this page-turning biography reveals the real woman behin...

In the Company of Women
In the Company of Women
Grace Bonney

New York Times Bestseller  “I want to rip out every page of this glorious book and hang them on my wall so that I can...

Reckoning by Magda Szubanski
Reckoning by Magda Szubanski
Magda Szubanski

Heartbreaking, joyous, traumatic, intimate and revelatory, Reckoning is the book where Magda Szubanski, one of Australia...

My Own Words
My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The New York Times bestselling book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg—“a comprehensive look inside her ...

Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
Ashlee Vance

South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Mus...

An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
Chris Hadfield

Colonel Chris Hadfield has spent decades training as an astronaut and has logged nearly 4,000 hours in space. During thi...

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX * A powerful true st...

Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Rodham Clinton

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'S INSIDE ACCOUNT OF THE CRISES, CHOICES AND CHALLENGES SHE FACED DURING HER FOUR YEARS AS AMERICA...

Born survivors by Wendy Holden
Born survivors by Wendy Holden
Wendy Holden

Among millions of Holocaust victims sent to Auschwitz II-Birkenau in 1944, Priska, Rachel, and Anka each passed through ...

The Last Act of Love
The Last Act of Love
Cathy Rentzenbrink

In the summer of 1990 - two weeks before his GCSE results, which turned out to be the best in his school - Cathy Rentzen...

The Travels by Marco Polo
The Travels by Marco Polo
Marco Polo

A sparkling new translation of one of the greatest travel books ever written: Marco Polo's seminal account of his journe...

A Work in Progress
A Work in Progress
Connor Franta

*NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER *GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST MEMOIR/AUTOBIOGRAPHY *FORBES TOP 5 BREAKTHROUGH BOOK ...

Michael Jordan : The Life
Michael Jordan : The Life
Roland Lazenby

When most people think of Michael Jordan, they think of the beautiful shots, his body totally in sync with the ball, hit...

The House on Carnaval Street
The House on Carnaval Street
Deborah Rodriguez

Intimate, honest and touching, this is the story of Deborah Rodriguez's often hilarious journey of self-discovery. Force...

M Train by Patti Smith
M Train by Patti Smith
Patti Smith

National Best Seller From the National Book Award-winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary ...

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala. This is my story. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They...

12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave
Solomon Northup

The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. 'Why had...

Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Yes Please by Amy Poehler
Amy Poehler

#1 New York Times Bestseller#1 Globe and Mail BestsellerA Globe Best Book of the YearA smart, pointed, and ultimately in...

Life in Motion : An Unlikely Ballerina
Life in Motion : An Unlikely Ballerina
Misty Copeland

A bestselling and prize-winning memoir by African-American ballerina Misty Copeland, Life in Motion is the vividly told ...

Under a Mackerel Sky
Under a Mackerel Sky
Rick Stein

The wry, perceptive and brilliantly evocative memoir of one of Britain's best-loved cooks. ""All men should strive to l...

Mom and Me and Mom
Mom and Me and Mom
Maya Angelou

'In the first decade of the twentiety century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.' So begins...

Kidnapped by the Taliban International Edition
Kidnapped by the Taliban International Edition
Dilip Joseph

Back Cover Copy: "Am I About to Die?"OnDecember 5, 2012, American medical doctor Dilip Joseph and two colleagues aredriv...

Wild : A Journey from Lost to Found
Wild : A Journey from Lost to Found
Cheryl Strayed

Clear, honest, and quietly riveting * Marie Claire * A spectacular book... Both a literary and a human triumph * New Yor...

The Boys in the Boat
The Boys in the Boat
Daniel Brown

The Boys in the Boat is the thrilling true story of the 1936 University of Washington crew team, which went from backwat...

Names for the Sea : Strangers in Iceland
Names for the Sea : Strangers in Iceland
Sarah Moss

At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, Sarah Moss and her husband moved with their two small children to Iceland...

Bringing Up Bebe
Bringing Up Bebe
Pamela Druckerman

How do the French manage to raise well-behaved children and have a life! Who hasn't noticed how well-behaved French chil...

French Children Don't Throw Food
French Children Don't Throw Food
Pamela Druckerman

I couldn't put it down! Smart, funny, provocative, and genuinely eye-opening Fascinating and enlightening... Druckerman'...

Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China
Wild Swans : Three Daughters of China
Jung Chang

One of the best-selling and best-loved books of recent years, 'Wild Swans' is an epic true story of how one family lived...

The Red Book : A Reader's Edition
The Red Book : A Reader's Edition
C. G. Jung

A portable edition of the famous Red Book text and essay. The Red Book, published to wide acclaim in 2009, contains the ...

Letter to My Daughter
Letter to My Daughter
Maya Angelou

Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to my Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to li...

A Street Cat Named Bob
A Street Cat Named Bob
James Bowen

A true story and ideal for anyone like me who's a bit mad when it comes to felines. * Glamour * A heartwarming tale with...

The Psychopath Test
The Psychopath Test
Jon Ronson

The belly laughs come thick and fast - my God, he is funny . . . Ronson's new book is provocative and interesting, and y...

How to Be a Woman
How to Be a Woman
Caitlin Moran

“Caitlin Moran is the profane, witty and wonky best friend I wish I had. She’s the feminist rock star we need right ...

Grace : A Memoir by Grace Coddington
Grace : A Memoir by Grace Coddington
Grace Coddington

Beautiful. Willful. Charming. Blunt. Grace Coddington’s extraordinary talent and fierce dedication to her work as crea...

People Who Eat Darkness
People Who Eat Darkness
Richard Lloyd Parry

An incisive and compelling account of the case of Lucie Blackman. Lucie Blackman -- tall, blonde, and 21 years old -- st...

Madeleine by Kate McCann
Madeleine by Kate McCann
Kate McCann

Kate McCann's personal account of the agonizing search for her missing daughter "The decision to publish this book has b...

Carly's Voice : Breaking Through Autism
Carly's Voice : Breaking Through Autism
Arthur Fleischmann

In this international bestseller, father and advocate for Autism awareness Arthur Fleischmann blends his daughter Carly�...

Catherine the Great : Portrait of a Woman
Catherine the Great : Portrait of a Woman
Robert K. Massie

This narrative biography tells the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fou...

The Taliban Shuffle
The Taliban Shuffle
Kim Barker

Now a Major Motion Picture titled Whiskey Tango Foxtrot starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina,...

Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Totto-Chan: The Little Girl at the Window
Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

This engaging series of childhood recollections tells about an ideal school in Tokyo during World War II that combined l...

The Hare with Amber Eyes
The Hare with Amber Eyes
Edmund De Waal

Few writers have ever brought more perception, wonder and dignity to a family story as has Edmund de Waal in a narrative...

Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Born to Run by Christopher McDougall
Christopher McDougall

The astonishing national bestseller and hugely entertaining story that completely changed the way we run. An epic advent...

Bossypants by Tina Fey
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Tina Fey

Before Liz Lemon, before "Weekend Update," before "Sarah Palin," Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurrin...

The Fry Chronicles
The Fry Chronicles
Stephen Fry

Spanning 1979-1987, The Fry Chronicles charts Stephen Fry's arrival at Cambridge up to his thirtieth birthday. 'Heartbre...

Pimp : The Story of My Life
Pimp : The Story of My Life
Iceberg Slim

“[In Pimp], Iceberg Slim breaks down some of the coldest, capitalist concepts I’ve ever heard in my life.” —Dave...

She-wolves by Helen Castor
She-wolves by Helen Castor
Helen Castor

The stories of these women - told here in all their vivid humanity - illustrate the paradox which the female heirs to th...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot

One of the most graceful and moving nonfiction books I've read in a very long time . . . The Immortal Life of Henrietta ...

Black Milk by Elif Shafak
Black Milk by Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak

An acclaimed Turkish novelist's personal account of balancing a writer's life with a mother's life. After the birth of...

[Free Download] Task Force Black
[Free Download] Task Force Black
Mark Urban

Soon after British and American forces invaded Iraq they faced an insurgency that was almost impossible to understand, l...

Nothing To Envy : Real Lives In North Korea
Nothing To Envy : Real Lives In North Korea
Barbara Demick

"A satellite photograph of Asia by night shows a black hole where North Korea should be. There is not enough electricity...

Unbearable Lightness
Unbearable Lightness
Portia de Rossi

“I didn’t decide to become anorexic. It snuck up on me disguised as a healthy diet, a professional attitude. Being a...

3,096 Days
3,096 Days
Natascha Kampusch

3,096 Days is the remarkable and shocking true account of the kidnap of Natascha Kampusch in 1998, who relives her traum...

Ariel by Sylvia Plath
Ariel by Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath

The poems in Sylvia Plath's Ariel, including many of her best-known such as 'Lady Lazarus', 'Daddy', 'Edge' and 'Paralyt...

The Ice Man
The Ice Man
Philip Carlo

Philip Carlo's The Ice Man spent over six weeks on the New York Times Bestseller List. Top Mob Hitman. Devoted Family Ma...

Wishful Drinking
Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher

'Wishful Drinking is a touching and incisive account of bipolarity, addiction and motherhood.' Independent 'No motive is...

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou

`This testimony from a black sister marks the beginning of a new era in the minds and hearts of all black men and women....

Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying
Edwidge Danticat

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for AutobiographyA National Book Award FinalistA New York Times Notable...

Persepolis I & II
Persepolis I & II
Marjane Satrapi

I cannot praise enough Marjane Satrapi's moving account of growing up as a spirited young girl in revolutionary and war-...

Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love
Elizabeth Gilbert

It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, t...

Introducing Freud : A Graphic Guide
Introducing Freud : A Graphic Guide
Richard Appignanesi

Freud revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. His psychoanalytic terms such as Id, Ego, libido, neurosis and Oe...

Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed
Kitchen Confidential Updated Ed
Anthony Bourdain

A deliciously funny, delectably shocking banquet of wild-but-true tales of life in the culinary trade from Chef Anthony ...

The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls

'Walls doesn't pull her punches. Walls's parents - just two of the unforgettable characters in this excellent, unusual b...

Fun Home : A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home : A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel

Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-gene...

The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion

From one of America's iconic writers, a portrait of a marriage and a life - in good times and bad - that will speak to a...

Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis
Anthony Kiedis

In SCAR TISSUE Anthony Kiedis, charismatic and highly articulate frontman of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, recounts his rem...

The Diary of Frida Kahlo
The Diary of Frida Kahlo
Carlos Fuentes

Published here in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent ...

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson

'We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying somethi...

The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath

"'In looking at the madness of the world and the world of madness [this book] forces us to consider the great question p...

Moab is My Washpot
Moab is My Washpot
Stephen Fry

Moab is My Washpotis in turns funny, shocking, tender, delicious, sad, lyrical, bruisingly frank and addictively readabl...

The Bookseller of Kabul
The Bookseller of Kabul
Åsne Seierstad

Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Åsne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to report on the conflict t...

If This Is A Man/The Truce
If This Is A Man/The Truce
Primo Levi

With the moral stamina and intellectual pose of a twentieth-century Titan, this slightly built, duitful, unassuming chem...

Montessori from the Start
Montessori from the Start
Paula Polk Lillard

What can parents do to help their youngest children in their task of self-formation? How does the Montessori method of h...

The Last Days of Socrates
The Last Days of Socrates
Plato

The trial and death of Socrates (469-399 BCE) have almost as central a place in Western consciousness as the trial and d...

Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood
Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood
Marjane Satrapi

A New York Times Notable Book A Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year” A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Tim...

Complications by Atul Gawande
Complications by Atul Gawande
Atul Gawande

A brilliant and courageous doctor reveals, in gripping accounts of true cases, the power and limits of modern medicine. ...

The Mitford Girls
The Mitford Girls
Mary S. Lovell

THE MITFORD GIRLS tells the true story behind the gaiety and frivolity of the six Mitford daughters - and the facts are ...

Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie
Laurie Lee

At all times wonderfully evocative and poignant, Cider With Rosie is a charming memoir of Laurie Lee's childhood in a re...

Before Taliban : Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad
Before Taliban : Genealogies of the Afghan Jihad
David B. Edwards

In this powerful book, David B. Edwards traces the lives of three recent Afghan leaders in Afghanistan's history--Nur Mu...

Illusions by Richard Bach
Illusions by Richard Bach
Richard Bach

In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller...