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Ideal for readers looking for a humorous culinary memoir about cooking, family traditions, and the stories behind favorite meals.
Taste: My Life Through Food
Biographies & Memoirs
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A New York Times bestseller called “An instant classic” by Stephen Fry, Taste traces Stanley Tucci’s life through his Italian American childhood, family meals, and experiences making food-centered films. Ideal for readers looking for a humorous culinary memoir about cooking, family traditions, and the stories behind favorite meals.
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Named a Notable Book of the Year by NPR and The Washington Post
From award-winning actor and food obsessiveStanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the kitchen table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the savory recipes and into the compelling stories behind them.
Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about his growing up in Westchester, New York; preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia; falling in love over dinner; and teaming up with his wife to create meals for a multitude of children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burned dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last.
Written with Stanley’s signature wry humor, Taste is for fans of Bill Buford, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Ruth Reichl—and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.
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A childhood shaped by volatility and conditional love leaves lasting imprints long after the chaos ends.
An Abbreviated Life
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A childhood shaped by volatility and conditional love leaves lasting imprints long after the chaos ends. In An Abbreviated Life, Ariel Leve recounts growing up with an unstable mother, learning to parent herself amid cycles of rage and denial. This memoir examines psychological maltreatment, attachment, and the difficult work of building emotional safety in adulthood.
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A "mesmerizing" memoir of growing up under siege with an unstable, unreliable mother (The New York Times).
Ariel Leve grew up in Manhattan with an eccentric mother she describes as "a poet, an artist, a self-appointed troublemaker and attention seeker." Leve learned to become her own parent, taking care of herself and her mother's needs. There would be uncontrolled, impulsive rages followed by denial, disavowed responsibility, and then extreme outpourings of affection. How does a child learn to feel safe in this topsy-turvy world of conditional love?
Leve captures the chaos and lasting impact, and explores how the coping mechanisms she developed to survive later incapacitated her as an adult. There were material comforts, but no emotional safety, except for summer visits to her father's home in Southeast Asia—an escape that was terminated after he attempted to gain custody. Following the death of a loving caretaker, a succession of replacements raised Leve—relationships that resulted in intense attachment and loss. It wasn't until decades later, when Leve moved to other side of the world, that she could begin to emancipate herself from the past. In a relationship with a man who has children, caring for them yields a clarity about what was missing.
In telling her story, Leve seeks to understand the effects of chronic psychological maltreatment on a child's developing brain, and to discover how to build a life for herself that she never dreamed possible: an unabbreviated life.
"An Abbreviated Life adds a harrowing chapter to the great tragicomedy called 'we don't get to choose our parents.' [An] extremely readable memoir." —Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Be Mine
"Sometimes, a child is born to a parent who can't be a parent, and, like a seedling in the shade, has to grow toward a distant sun. [Leve's] memoir will remind us that family isn't everything—kindness and nurturing are." —Gloria Steinem, New York Times–bestselling author of My Life on the Road
"Searing . . . An unstinting portrayal of psychological abuse, both insightful and precisely told." —John Irving, New York Times–bestselling author of A Prayer for Owen Meany
"Vividly renders the trauma she endured and her struggle to free herself from her mother . . . powerful." —Publishers Weekly
"A haunting, indelible story . . . an act of bravery that strikes me not only as a literary achievement, but a human one." —Dani Shapiro, New York Times–bestselling author of Inheritance
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Above the Ground opens with a wrongful conviction set against the violence and secrecy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
Above the Ground
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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Above the Ground opens with a wrongful conviction set against the violence and secrecy of the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Dragged into a murder he did not commit, Kevin Barry Artt becomes trapped in a system shaped by political pressure and buried truths. Through legal battles and historical exposure, this nonfiction account examines injustice, state power, and the human cost of conflict.
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"The fascinating true story of [Kevin Barry] Artt . . . and how his life was pummeled and turned upside down by being dragged unjustly into 'the Troubles.'" —Los Angeles Daily Journal
The account of a man convicted for a murder that he did not commit, Above the Ground: A True Story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland takes readers through one of the darkest periods in Northern Ireland's history, highlighting themes of injustice, perseverance, and hope through Kevin Barry Artt's escape and struggle.
In this deep and exposing novel, readers are shown for the first time, the true story of the murder of British prison official Albert Miles by Irish Republican Army assassins and the best efforts of former IRA men and the British government to keep hidden the secrets of their dirty war during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. No matter where you stand regarding the bloody conflict, Above the Ground will have you turning the pages to keep revealing the truth. Filled with courtroom drama and true crime, you will not want to put this new release down!
"Lawton's account, honed by years on Kevin Barry Artt's legal team, brings an advocate's insight and dedication to exposing injustice. A must-read for anyone interested in Irish history, true crime, or courtroom drama." —The Irish Echo
"A startling, memorable forensic analysis and account of British rule in Ireland." —Seamus Deane, Irish historian and writer
"One of the best books ever written by an American about Northern Ireland and a must-read for those interested in promoting peace." —Nancy Soderberg, former deputy assistant to President Clinton for national security affairs and author of The Superpower Myth
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A search for freedom becomes a confrontation with isolation and consequence.
Into the Wild
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A search for freedom becomes a confrontation with isolation and consequence. Into the Wild traces the journey of Christopher McCandless, who abandoned comfort, money, and identity in pursuit of a life stripped to its essentials. Through careful reporting and reflection, Jon Krakauer examines the ideals, contradictions, and risks that shaped McCandless’s choices. This is narrative nonfiction focused on self-reliance, obsession, and the thin line between transcendence and self-destruction.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In April 1992 a young man from a well-to-do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. Four months later, his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter. This is the unforgettable story of how Christopher Johnson McCandless came to die.
"It may be nonfiction, but Into the Wild is a mystery of the highest order." —Entertainment Weekly
McCandess had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Not long after, he was dead. Into the Wild is the mesmerizing, heartbreaking tale of an enigmatic young man who goes missing in the wild and whose story captured the world’s attention.
Immediately after graduating from college in 1991, McCandless had roamed through the West and Southwest on a vision quest like those made by his heroes Jack London and John Muir. In the Mojave Desert he abandoned his car, stripped it of its license plates, and burned all of his cash. He would give himself a new name, Alexander Supertramp, and, unencumbered by money and belongings, he would be free to wallow in the raw, unfiltered experiences that nature presented. Craving a blank spot on the map, McCandless simply threw the maps away. Leaving behind his desperate parents and sister, he vanished into the wild.
Jon Krakauer constructs a clarifying prism through which he reassembles the disquieting facts of McCandless's short life. Admitting an interest that borders on obsession, he searches for the clues to the drives and desires that propelled McCandless.
When McCandless's innocent mistakes turn out to be irreversible and fatal, he becomes the stuff of tabloid headlines and is dismissed for his naiveté, pretensions, and hubris. He is said to have had a death wish but wanting to die is a very different thing from being compelled to look over the edge. Krakauer brings McCandless's uncompromising pilgrimage out of the shadows, and the peril, adversity, and renunciation sought by this enigmatic young man are illuminated with a rare understanding—and not an ounce of sentimentality. Into the Wild is a tour de force. The power and luminosity of Jon Krakauer's stoytelling blaze through every page.
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A public image of devotion collapses with devastating speed.
The Perfect Father
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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A public image of devotion collapses with devastating speed. This true crime account traces the Watts family tragedy, following the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children and the unraveling of the man who claimed to love them. As the investigation exposes deception beneath curated normalcy, the narrative examines control, violence, and the danger of mistaking appearance for truth in modern family life.
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In The Perfect Father, New York Times bestselling author John Glatt reveals the tragedy of the Watts family, whose seemingly perfect lives played out on social media—but the truth would lead to a vicious and heartbreaking murder.
In the early morning hours of August 13th, 2018, Shanann Watts was dropped off at home by a colleague after returning from a business trip. It was the last time anyone would see her alive. By the next day, Shanann and her two young daughters, Bella and Celeste, had been reported missing, and her husband, Chris Watts, was appearing on the local news, pleading for his family’s safe return.
But Chris Watts already knew that he would never see his family again. Less than 24 hours after his desperate plea, Watts made a shocking confession to police: he had strangled his pregnant wife to death and smothered their daughters, dumping their bodies at a nearby oil site. Heartbroken friends and neighbors watched in shock as the movie-star handsome, devoted family man they knew was arrested and charged with first degree murder. The mask Chris had presented to the world in his TV interviews and the family’s Facebook accounts was slipping—and what lay beneath was a horrifying image of instability, infidelity, and boiling rage.
In this first major account of the case, bestselling author and journalist John Glatt reveals the truth behind the tragedy and constructs a chilling portrait of one of the most shocking family annihilator cases of the 21st century.
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Fame, illness, and self-awareness collide in a life lived under relentless scrutiny.
Shockaholic
Biographies & Memoirs
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Fame, illness, and self-awareness collide in a life lived under relentless scrutiny. Reflecting on shock therapy, addiction, family legacy, and the strange privileges of celebrity, Carrie Fisher examines how public image and private survival rarely align. Shockaholic is a candid memoir that moves between humor and vulnerability, capturing a sharp, self-examined portrait of a woman navigating power, fragility, and cultural mythmaking.
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This memoir from the bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge and Wishful Drinking gives you an intimate, gossip-filled look at what it’s like to be the daughter of Hollywood royalty.
Told with the same intimate style, brutal honesty, and uproarious wisdom that locked Wishful Drinking on the New York Times bestseller list for months, Shockaholic is the juicy account of Carrie Fisher’s life. Covering a broad range of topics—from never-before-heard tales of Hollywood gossip to outrageous moments of celebrity desperation; from alcoholism to illegal drug use; from the familial relationships of Hollywood royalty to scandalous run-ins with noteworthy politicians; from shock therapy to talk therapy—Carrie Fisher gives an intimate portrait of herself, and she’s one of the most indelible and powerful forces in culture at large today. Just as she has said of playing Princess Leia—“It isn’t all sweetness and light sabers”—Fisher takes readers on a no-holds-barred narrative adventure, both laugh-out-loud funny and poignant.
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Excess and ambition collide when creative success accelerates faster than control.
Slash
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Excess and ambition collide when creative success accelerates faster than control. Slash traces the guitarist’s rise inside a band that reshaped rock culture while unraveling under fame, addiction, and internal fracture. This music memoir examines artistry forged in chaos, the personal cost of relentless touring, and the thin line between creative freedom and self-destruction, told from the perspective of someone who survived both.
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From one of the greatest rock guitarists of our era comes a memoir that redefines sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll.
For the first time ever, Slash tells the tale that has yet to be told from the inside: how the legendary band Guns N' Roses came together, how they wrote the music that defined an era, how they survived insane, never-ending tours, how they survived themselves, and, ultimately, how it all fell apart. Slash is a window into the world of the notoriously private guitarist and a front seat on the roller-coaster ride that was one of history's greatest rock 'n' roll machines, always on the edge of self-destruction, even at the pinnacle of its success. Slash is everything Slash is: funny, honest, ingenious, inspiring, jaw-dropping . . . and, in a word, excessive.
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Blood Red Snow is a strong fit for readers interested in World War II memoirs, Eastern Front combat, soldier diaries, and firsthand accounts of survival.
Blood Red Snow
Biographies & Memoirs
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Gunter Koschorrek's forbidden wartime diary chronicles his experiences as a German machine-gunner on the Eastern Front, from initial training through the brutal battles of Stalingrad to assignments in Romania and Italy, with a 4.4-star rating from more than 7,800 Amazon reviewers. Blood Red Snow is a strong fit for readers interested in World War II memoirs, Eastern Front combat, soldier diaries, and firsthand accounts of survival.
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A German soldier recounts his experience serving along the deathly cold Eastern Front, fighting the Russian army in World War II.
Gnter Koschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on, storing them with his mother on infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing, and it was not until he was reunited with his daughter in America some forty years later that it came to light and became Blood Red Snow.
The author's excitement at the first encounter with the enemy in the Russian Steppe is obvious. Later, the horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of Stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit, their differing manners and techniques for dealing with the squalor and death. He is also posted to Romania and Italy, assignments he remembers fondly compared to his time on the Eastern Front.
This book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, some six decades later, the fulfilment of a responsibility the author feels to honor the memory of those who perished.
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A long walk through the Scottish Highlands becomes a map of memory, ambition, and self-discovery as Sam Heughan reflects on the moments that shaped his life.
Waypoints
Biographies & Memoirs
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A long walk through the Scottish Highlands becomes a map of memory, ambition, and self-discovery as Sam Heughan reflects on the moments that shaped his life. Waypoints blends personal history, emotional honesty, and a deep connection to place, offering a memoir about identity, resilience, and the landscapes that hold both who we are and who we hope to become.
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Journey deep into the Scottish Highlands in the first memoir by #1 New York Times bestselling author and award-winning star of Outlander, Sam Heughan—exploring his life and reflecting on the waypoints that define him
"I had to believe, because frankly, I had come so far there could be no turning back."
In this intimate journey of self-discovery, Sam sets out along Scotland's rugged ninety-six-mile West Highland Way to map out the moments that shaped his views on dreams and ambition, family, friendship, love, and life. The result is a love letter to the wild landscape that means so much to him, full of charming, funny, wise, and searching insights into the world through his eyes.
Waypoints is a deeply personal journey that reveals as much about Sam to himself as it does to his readers.
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A sixteen year family feud in rural South Carolina erupts into murder, executions, and lasting devastation.
The Guns of Meeting Street
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A sixteen year family feud in rural South Carolina erupts into murder, executions, and lasting devastation. Through interviews and court records, this true crime account traces a cycle of revenge that claimed five lives and altered a community forever. Readers praise its meticulous research and chilling clarity, with 4.6 stars on Amazon and strong critical acclaim.
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An engrossing investigation into the true crime story of a sixteen-year family feud that ended in murder in early twentieth-century South Carolina.
As compelling as fiction, The Guns of Meeting Street reconstructs a series of murders from the early 1940s that rocked rural Edgefield County, South Carolina. Featuring a cast of unlikely antagonists—a prominent store owner, an elementary school teacher, and a law enforcement officer—the acts of revenge resulted in five murders and a trio of executions, including that of the first woman to be electrocuted in South Carolina.
Through interviews with members of the two families involved, T. Felder Dorn probes the longstanding feud between the Logues and the Timmermans to uncover this chilling plot of resentment, revenge, and violence. Dorn's careful research weaves together the oral history of family members affected by the shooting with court transcripts, prisoner confessions, and coroners' reports to produce a truly gripping account of the events.
Although most of the deaths took place between 1940 and 1943, the roots of this tragedy can be traced back to killings that occurred in the Meeting Street community in the 1920s. The story climaxes on January 15, 1943, with the execution, within a single hour, of Sue Stidham Logue, George Logue, and Clarence Bagwell for the murder of Davis Timmerman. Dorn's saga concludes with the 1960 parole and rehabilitation of Joe Frank Logue Jr., the only one of Timmerman's killers to escape capital punishment.
Not for the faint of heart, The Guns of Meeting Street details the circumstances and motivations for the killings, the complexities of the court cases, and the involvement in the proceedings of South Carolina governors Richard Manning Jefferies, Olin D. Johnston, and J. Strom Thurmond.
"If you have any interest in history or true crime, The Guns of Meeting Street is a winner." —Spartanburg Herald Journal
"Dorn's rigorously researched book unfolds in a clear, straightforward style that renders the events all the more disturbing." —The State
"Dorn's extremely impressive book has all the elements—is fascinating in its entirety. And for every reader who loves a good mystery, The Guns of Meeting Street is available to intrigue, inform, incite and excite. It'll never get a chance to gather dust on any bookshelf." —Union (N.J.) Leader
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Clara Kelley enters Andrew Carnegie’s household under a stolen identity, hiding poverty and ambition behind a maid’s apron.
Carnegie’s Maid
Biographical Fiction · Historical Fiction · Literary Fiction · Historical Literary Fiction
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Clara Kelley enters Andrew Carnegie’s household under a stolen identity, hiding poverty and ambition behind a maid’s apron. Her intelligence earns his trust, but affection and secrets threaten her future and her family’s survival. This richly imagined historical novel explores power, class, and the unseen influence of women, with 4.4 stars on Amazon and widespread book club acclaim.
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The USA Today Bestseller
From the bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room comes a mesmerizing tale of historical fiction that asks what kind of woman could have inspired an American dynasty.
Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She's not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh's grandest households. She's a poor farmer's daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in her pockets. But the woman who shares her name has vanished, and assuming her identity just might get Clara some money to send back home.
Clara must rely on resolve as strong as the steel Pittsburgh is becoming famous for and an uncanny understanding of business, attributes that quickly gain her Carnegie's trust. But she still can't let her guard down, not even when Andrew becomes something more than an employer. Revealing her past might ruin her future—and her family's.
With captivating insight and heart, Carnegie's Maid is a book of fascinating 19th century historical fiction. Discover the story of one brilliant woman who may have spurred Andrew Carnegie's transformation from ruthless industrialist to the world's first true philanthropist.
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Sleeper agents, cyber spies, and a decade long FBI hunt reveal how Russian espionage never truly ended.
Russians Among Us
Biographies & Memoirs
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Sleeper agents, cyber spies, and a decade long FBI hunt reveal how Russian espionage never truly ended. Tracking deep cover operatives from Cold War shadows to modern election interference, this gripping nonfiction exposes a threat still unfolding today. Russians Among Us holds 4.6 stars on Amazon and nearly 3,000 Goodreads ratings.
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With intrigue that rivals the best le Carré novels, Russians Among Us tells the explosive story of Russia’s espionage efforts against the United States and the West—from the end of the Cold War to the present and the significant threat of hacking the 2020 election
Spies have long been a source of great fascination in the world of fiction, but sometimes the best spy stories happen in real life. Russians Among Us tells the full story of Putin’s escalating espionage campaign in the West, the Russian ‘deep cover’ spies who penetrated the US and the years-long FBI hunt to capture them. This book also details the recruitment, running, and escape of one of the most important spies of modern times, a man who worked inside the heart of Russian intelligence. In this thrilling account Corera tracks not only the history, but the astonishing evolution of Russian espionage, including the use of ‘cyber illegals’ who continue to manipulate us today and pose a significant threat to the 2020 election.
Like a scene from the TV drama The Americans, in the summer of 2010 a group of Russian deep cover sleeper agents were arrested. It was the culmination of a decade-long investigation, and ten people, including Anna Chapman, were swapped for four people held in Russia. At the time it was seen simply as a throwback to the Cold War. But that would prove to be a costly mistake. It was a sign that the Russian threat had never gone away and more importantly, it was shifting into a much more disruptive new phase. Today, the danger is clearer than everfollowing the poisoning in the UK of one of the spies who was swapped, Sergei Skripal, and the growing evidence of Russian interference in American life.
Russians Among Us describes for the first time the story of deep cover spies in America and the FBI agents who tracked them. In intimate and
riveting detail, it reveals new information about today’s spies—as well as those trying to catch them and those trying to kill them.
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