Memoirs

In the fall of 2005, Mark C.

This eccentric title recalls a collection of tales first told to grandchildren at bedtime.

'Brimming with knowledge and experience .

'Why did you leave me?

In this collection, essayists examine their lives, their memories of Mississippi, the reasons they left the state, and what drew them back.

From the author of the bestselling Dorothy Dandridge comes a dazzling look at one of America's brightest and most troubled theatrical stars.

What if you could always have a sparkling clean and organized home by just spending 15 minutes per day on your housework?

When Dayna MacCulloch was two years old, her father killed his friend and then himself.

New York Times bestselling author Ali Wentworth offers her hilarious and unique advice on surviving the absurdity of modern life in her third collection of laugh-out-loud comic vignettes.

'I drew my first breath on the 28th of January 1935, which was quite a good time for a future writer to be born in England.

'Windswept is a wonderful work, prose painted in bold, bright strokes like a Scottish Colourist's canvas' ROBERT MACFARLANE'An instant classic of British nature-writing' SUNDAY TELEGRAPHA few years ago, Annie Worsley traded a busy life in academia to take on a small-holding or croft on the west coast of Scotland.

Redmond O'Hanlon is known as an amiable anti-hero - the debunker of classical exploration literature - and here on this joint road trip with journalist Rudi Rotthier, O'Hanlon visits places from his dark childhood.

Break-ups, marriage and moving on.

From one of the nation's best-loved food writers and inspired by the award-winning podcast, Comfort Eating is a wonderfully delicious, life-affirming journey through the foods that really mean the most to us.

There was a time when I felt that I had grasped Lacan s essential being from within that I had gained, as it were, an apperception of his relation to the world, a mysterious access to that intimate place from which sprang his relation to people and things, and even to himself.

This contributed volume is based on the "e;European Core Competences Framework for health and social care professionals working with older people"e; (ECCF), developed and verified in a unique international cooperation between 26 universities and universities of applied sciences in 25 European countries, part of the European Later Life Active Network (ELLAN).

A wife and mother of a grown son and two teen daughters, a woman enjoying her career and life, Mary Jo Doig wants nothing more from life than to live out her days embraced by the deep roots of family, friends, and her community.

The Undertakers Daughter is a wonderfully quirky, gem of a book beautifully written by Kate Mayfield.

Gib'sOdyssey is the true story of one extraordinary man, Gib Peters, and his solo odyssey along the Intracoastal Waterway from Key West to New York and back while suffering the ravages of Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS).

As head football coach at Florida State, Bobby Bowden has won two national championships and compiled an astounding resume of all-time credentials.

'POWERFUL AND SOMETIMES SHOCKING .

Forthright, sensitive, and compelling (Edan Lepucki, New York Times bestselling author of California), this heartrending memoir from journalist Sarah Tomlinson recounts her unconventional upbringing and coming-of-age as colored by her complicated relationship with her father.

Look at me.

A Times Political Book of the Year 2022A powerful and revelatory eyewitness account of the American collapse in Afghanistan, its desperate endgame, and the war's echoing legacy.

New York Times Bestseller on disentangling faith but keep your belief in Jesus intact.

When a proud Adolf Hitler revealed his new Luftwaffe to the world in March 1935, it was the largest, most modern military air arm the world had seen.

"e;I looked out over the trees and the city and the cars below, all moving fast to a somewhere I knew nothing about.

'I was thrown out of my first casino in spring of 2000.

The life of Taj al-Saltaneh, daughter of the ruler of Iran, Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, epitomized the predicaments of her changing era.

An American soldier vividly recounts leading a platoon through the most chaotic and significant year of the Vietnam War.

A bright new voice from Bangladesh, in the literary tradition of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Burnt Shadows, on finding home and self.

'Adele's inner strength is truly remarkable.

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight ';offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh' (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.

A dramatic short story from experienced foster carer Rosie Lewis.

Working as a fireman in London s East End during the early 1970s was no easy ride.

A coming-of-age memoir evoking farm, mining, and small-town life in Alabama's Tuscaloosa County as the world transitions from the Great Depression to World War II In the 1930s, the rural South was in the throes of the Great Depression.

Published just days before America's entry into World War II, Ozark Country is Otto Ernest Rayburn's love letter to his adopted region.

"e;A book of rare power and beauty, majestic in its structure, filled with the truth of imagination and the truth of actuality, emphatic in its declarations and noble in its reach.

From celebrated storyteller "e;Sean of the South"e; comes an unforgettable memoir of love, loss, the friction of family memories, and the unlikely hope that you're gonna be alright.

America operates by ableist norms, which often silence or hide from view those with a disability.

Ray should have died on three separate occasions when he was in the ICU.

Remember when Trump was a great boss, a great father, and a great businessman, before the liberal media rewrote that narrative?

For anyone who loves vegetables, Repertoire will undoubtedly become a heavily thumbed and sauce-spattered book, sitting in the kitchen to be consulted often or flicked through for inspiration.

A public intellectual known for his deeply humane approach to social and urban issues, Hugh Stretton's thinking has influenced Australian public debates for many decades.

An inspirational tale of personal struggle with and triumph over Tourette syndrome, this is the story of Jeff Matovic and the radical treatment he sought to cure himself.

This is a story written by a young man who trained as a pilot, and then flew with the Royal Flying Corps in France during the First World War, eventually to become an ace.

A young Iraqi shares the true story of his wartime experiences after he was recruited by the US Army as an interpreter.