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  • Good Time Girl

    by Heather Gay ...
    The instant New York Times bestselling author of Bad Mormon and breakout star of ***The***Real Housewives of Salt Lake City returns with a hilarious, illustrative, and deeply reflective book about life and love as a former Mormon, mother, and reality TV star.In Bad Mormon, Heather Gay pulled back the veil on her orthodox adolescence and marriage in the Mormon Church, and the pain... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Your Mom's Gonna Love Me

    by Matt Rife ...
    One part memoir, one part comedy special, one part crazy first date. Just you and Matt between the covers. What could be better?Matt Rife is well aware that he’s both the most loved and the most controversial comic in America today. And honestly, he thinks that’s your problem.Matt reveals (without apology, of course) what led him to becoming comedy’s biggest lightning rod before he reached thirty, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Why So Serious?

    The Untold Story of NBA Champion Nikola Jokic

    by Mike Singer ...
    A revealing, intimate biography of basketball savant and enigmatic NBA superstar Nikola Jokic, filled with news-breaking interviews and deep reporting from Mike Singer, the Nuggets’ former beat writer for the Denver Post.Why So Serious? takes readers on Nikola Jokic’s long, strange, and incredibly unlikely journey to becoming the heartbeat of the champion Denver Nuggets and the best basketball ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Freedom

    Memoirs 1954 – 2021

    by Angela Merkel ...
    The New York Times and USA Today bestsellerFor sixteen years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany and at the forefront of European and international politics. In her memoir, she looks back on her life in two German states—East Germany until 1990, and reunified Germany thereafter. How did she, coming from the East, rise to the top of the Christian Democratic Union to become the first woman to ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Cher

    The Memoir, Part One

    by Cher ...
    Series Book 1 - The Cher Memoir
    ***The Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller******The Global #1 Bestseller***The extraordinary life of Cher can be told by only one person . . . Cher herself.After more than seventy years of fighting to live her life on her own terms, Cher finally reveals her true story in intimate detail, in a two-part memoir.Her remarkable career is unique and unparalleled. The only woman to top Billboard ... ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Master of Me

    The Secret to Controlling Your Narrative

    by Keke Palmer ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the award-winning, multihyphenate global entertainer Keke Palmer comes the inspiring true story of her journey to understanding her genuine value.A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF FALL 2024: Bookshop, Apple Books, People, BookRiot, and more!!Keke Palmer thought she knew who she was. What it means to be a good person and what it takes ... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Citizen

    My Life After the White House

    by Bill Clinton ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful, candid, and richly detailed memoir from an American icon, revealing what life looks like after the presidency: triumphs, tribulations, and all.On January 20, 2001, after nearly thirty years in politics—eight of them as president of the United States—Bill Clinton was suddenly a private citizen. Only fifty-four years old, full of energy and ideas, he wanted to ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Growing Up Urkel

    by Jaleel White ...
    An incisive and insightful memoir by one of the most beloved icons of nineties television Jaleel White, the actor who portrayed Steve Urkel on the hit sitcom Family Matters.DOES IT BOTHER YOU WHEN PEOPLE STILL CALL YOU URKEL?“This is a question I get all the time and it’s an interesting one—because the question lands differently from different people. Over the years, I’ve trained myself to hear ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • From Under the Truck

    A Memoir

    by Josh Brolin ...
    “Josh Brolin’s out to catch his breath between the slant-eyed suggestions and irrefutable evidence of his past. He hears voices, and he listens, reminding us with brutal honesty that our surroundings were never there to be carried, rather woven into the fabric of the freedom to be who we are.”—Matthew McConaugheyFrom Josh Brolin, a unique and decidedly un-celebrity memoir, by turns affecting, ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • elle

    Life, Lessons, and Learning to Trust Yourself

    by Elle Macpherson ...
    **A revealing account of Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson’s extraordinary life of celebrity under pressure of relentless perfectionism and trauma of addiction.Elle shares her hard-earned, well-learned insights and understandings, empowering us all to discover our own uniqueness and life purpose.**In the dazzling world of fashion, Elle Macpherson is synonymous with elegance and timeless beauty ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • I'm Laughing Because I'm Crying

    A Memoir

    by Youngmi Mayer ...
    **San Francisco Chronicle's Best New Books of Fall 2024From standup comedian Youngmi Mayer, an unforgettable memoir written with “raw, enviable freedom that simply floors you,” interrogating whiteness, gender, and sexuality in America, navigating a tumultuous childhood in Korea and Saipan, and coming to terms with her parents’ shortcomings (Michelle Zauner).**“Do you know what happens if you laugh ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Carson the Magnificent

    by Bill Zehme ...
    **INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA much-anticipated biography—twenty years in the making—of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.**In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson—the only one he’d granted since retiring from hosting The Tonight Show a decade earlier. Zehme was ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Letters

    by Oliver Sacks ...
    **THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE • The letters of one of the greatest observers of the human species, revealing his passion for life and work, friendship and art, medicine and society, and the richness of his relationships with friends, family, and fellow intellectuals over the decades, collected here for the first time“Here is the unedited Oliver Sacks—struggling, passionate, a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Unlovable

    A memoir from the voice of Savage Garden

    by Darren Hayes ...
    Darren Hayes was always a storyteller. Growing up in suburban Queensland in the 1970s, his vivid imagination offered an escape from the realities of his daily life. Among childhood trauma, domestic violence and relentless bullying, he told himself he was going to be a pop star – and he did it.But while Savage Garden achieved astonishing success, with multiple Australian number 1s, breaking into ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • Chasing Salah

    The Biography

    by Simon Hughes ...
    The definitive biography of Liverpool legend and the most famous Egyptian footballer in the history of the sport, Mohamed Salah.Salah's achievements are, in many ways, unparalleled. A Champions League and Premier League winner, he is a two-time African Footballer of the Year who straddles two worlds. The first is the continent he comes from, as well as the Middle East. The second is Europe, where ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Boy From the Valleys

    My unexpected journey

    by Luke Evans ...
    From his humble beginnings in a quaint Welsh mining village to the dazzling lights of Hollywood, much-loved star, Luke Evans takes us on a poignant and inspiring journey that spans from the heart of Wales to behind the scenes of the global stage.Growing up in a small village in the Rhymney Valley, south Wales, Luke Evans’' early life was shaped by his Jehovah's Witness upbringing. While most ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Gather Me

    A Memoir in Praise of the Books That Saved Me

    by Glory Edim ...
    A “dramatic [and] ingeniously crafted” (Los Angeles Times) memoir of family, community, and resilience, and an ode to the power of books to help us understand ourselves, from the renowned founder of Well-Read Black Girl.“A beautiful portrait of a full life that has been buoyed by an expansive and ever-growing love for words and for language.”—Hanif Abdurraqib, author of There’s Always This YearAN ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Patriot

    A Memoir

    by Alexei Navalny ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.**"Patriot is by turns funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny’s trademark wry humor and idealism....a gutting personal account from a husband and father facing the reality that he will never be with his family again."—The New York Times ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Home and Away

    by Mats Sundin ...
    INSTANT #1 BESTSELLERIn one of the last great remaining untold stories in all of sports, the Hall of Fame Toronto Maple Leafs captain Mats Sundin shares for the first time an unfiltered look at playing hockey in Sweden and across North America as part of the sport’s most fabled franchises.Growing up in Sollentuna, Sweden, on the outskirts of Stockholm, Mats Sundin skated on the lake downhill from ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Dinner for Vampires

    Life on a Cult TV Show (While also in an Actual Cult!)

    by Bethany Joy Lenz ...
    *NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**A TIME MUST-READ BOOK OF 2024**NAMED ONE OF PEOPLE’S BEST CELEBRITY MEMOIRS OF 2024*A deliciously witty and inspiring memoir by One Tree Hill star Bethany Joy Lenz about her decade in a cult and her quest to break free.In the early 2000s, after years of hard work and determination to breakthrough as an actor, Bethany Joy Lenz was ... ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Wall of Life

    Pictures and Stories from This Marvelous Lifetime

    by Shirley MacLaine ...
    Academy Award-winning actress and New York Times bestselling author Shirley MacLaine shares a dazzling memoir in photographs, chronicling her extraordinary life with 150+ images from her personal archiveWith more than seventy years on the silver screen, Shirley MacLaine has, as she says, seen it all, done it all, been everywhere, and met everyone. Since making her Hollywood debut in 1955, her ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Brothers

    by Alex van Halen ...
    INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn this intimate and open account—nothing like any rock-and-roll memoir you’ve ever read—Alex Van Halen shares his personal story of family, friendship, music and brotherly love in a remarkable tribute to his beloved brother and band mate.Told with acclaimed New Yorker writer Ariel Levy Brothers is seventy-year-old drummer Alex Van Halen’s love letter to his ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • We All Shine On

    John, Yoko, and Me

    by Elliot Mintz ...
    A personal and revealing look at the last ten years of John Lennon’s life and his partnership with Yoko Ono, written by the friend who knew them bestIn 1972, Elliot Mintz installed a red light in his bedroom in Laurel Canyon. When it started flashing, it meant that either John Lennon or Yoko Ono—or sometimes both—were calling him. Which they did almost every day for nearly ten years, engaging ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Laugh More

    Stories from an Unexpected Life

    by Debbie Travis ...
    Lifestyle pioneer and bestselling author Debbie Travis is back with a book of ridiculously funny, touching and true stories drawn from her own life and dedicated to everyone in desperate need of a good laugh.A decade ago, Debbie Travis gave up her hectic life as the producer and star of several hit TV shows to move to a 13th-century crumbling farmhouse and vast olive orchard in Tuscany, which she ... Read more

    $13.99 USD