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Nyle DiMarco, born into a proud multi-generational Deaf family, recounts his journey from a spirited childhood in Queens to winning major reality competitions and becoming an actor, producer,…
Deaf Utopia
Biographies & Memoirs
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Nyle DiMarco, born into a proud multi-generational Deaf family, recounts his journey from a spirited childhood in Queens to winning major reality competitions and becoming an actor, producer, and advocate. Through personal stories and family history, he celebrates American Sign Language and the resilience of the Deaf community. A New York Times bestseller that is both memoir and cultural tribute.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE CO-DIRECTOR OF DEAF PRESIDENT NOW!
A heartfelt and inspiring memoir and celebration of Deaf culture by Nyle DiMarco. Actor, producer, two-time reality show winner, and now co-director of the acclaimed film Deaf President Now!, DiMarco both shares his own story and shines a light on the international Deaf community.
Before becoming the actor, producer, advocate, and model that people know today, Nyle DiMarco was half of a pair of Deaf twins born to a multi-generational Deaf family in Queens, New York. At the hospital one day after he was born, Nyle “failed” his first test—a hearing test—to the joy and excitement of his parents.
In this engrossing memoir, Nyle shares stories, both heartbreaking and humorous, of what it means to navigate a world built for hearing people. From growing up in a rough-and-tumble childhood in Queens with his big and loving Italian-American family to where he is now, Nyle has always been driven to explore beyond the boundaries given him. A college math major and athlete at Gallaudet—the famed university for the Deaf in Washington, DC—Nyle was drawn as a young man to acting, and dove headfirst into the reality show competitions America’s Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars—ultimately winning both competitions.
Deaf Utopia is more than a memoir, it is a cultural anthem—a proud and defiant song of Deaf culture and a love letter to American Sign Language, Nyle’s primary language. Through his stories and those of his Deaf brothers, parents, and grandparents, Nyle opens many windows into the Deaf experience.
Deaf Utopia is intimate, suspenseful, hilarious, eye-opening, and smart—both a memoir and a celebration of what makes Deaf culture unique and beautiful.
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After years of chasing the world she once saw in National Geographic, Amanda Lindhout travels to Somalia, where she is kidnapped and held hostage for fifteen months.
A House in the Sky
Biographies & Memoirs
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After years of chasing the world she once saw in National Geographic, Amanda Lindhout travels to Somalia, where she is kidnapped and held hostage for fifteen months. Drawing on memory, resilience, and an imagined refuge she calls her “house in the sky,” she endures captivity with extraordinary courage. A powerful, bestselling memoir praised for its clarity, compassion, and emotional depth.
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“Exquisitely told…A young woman’s harrowing coming-of-age story and an extraordinary narrative of forgiveness and spiritual triumph.” —The New York Times Book Review
Amanda Lindhout’s unforgettable hostage memoir recounts her fifteen-month abduction in Somalia and her extraordinary journey toward hope and redemption in this powerful true story of survival, resilience, and forgiveness.
As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself visiting its exotic locales. At the age of nineteen, working as a cocktail waitress, she began saving her tips so she could travel the globe. Aspiring to understand the world and live a significant life, she backpacked through Latin America, Laos, Bangladesh, and India, and emboldened by each adventure, went on to Sudan, Syria, and Pakistan. In war-ridden Afghanistan and Iraq she carved out a fledgling career as a television reporter. And then, in August 2008, she traveled to Somalia—“the most dangerous place on earth.” On her fourth day, she was abducted by a group of masked men along a dusty road.
Held hostage for 460 days, Amanda survives on memory—every lush detail of the world she experienced in her life before captivity—and on strategy, fortitude, and hope. When she is most desperate, she visits a house in the sky, high above the woman kept in chains, in the dark.
Vivid and suspenseful, this gripping survival memoir is “a searingly unsentimental account. Ultimately it is compassion—for her naïve younger self, for her kidnappers—that becomes the key to Lindhout’s survival” (O, The Oprah Magazine).
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Drawing from Bruce Lee’s philosophy and her own life, Shannon Lee turns her father’s teachings into an accessible guide for resilience, growth, and self-expression.
Be Water, My Friend
Biographies & Memoirs
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Drawing from Bruce Lee’s philosophy and her own life, Shannon Lee turns her father’s teachings into an accessible guide for resilience, growth, and self-expression. Be Water, My Friend explores how flexibility, discipline, and self-awareness can shape the way we move through obstacles and pursue a more meaningful life. This inspirational nonfiction pick blends personal stories with practical wisdom that feels both grounding and energizing.
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Bruce Lee’s daughter illuminates her father’s most powerful life philosophies—demonstrating how martial arts are a perfect metaphor for personal growth, and how we can practice those teachings every day.
"Empty your mind; be formless, shapeless like water."
Bruce Lee is a cultural icon, renowned the world over for his martial arts and film legacy. But Lee was also a deeply philosophical thinker, learning at an early age that martial arts are more than just an exercise in physical discipline—they are an apt metaphor for living a fully realized life.
Now, in Be Water, My Friend, Lee’s daughter Shannon shares the concepts at the core of his philosophies, showing how they can serve as tools of personal growth and self-actualization. Each chapter brings a lesson from Bruce Lee’s teachings, expanding on the foundation of his iconic “be water” philosophy. Over the course of the book, we discover how being like water allows us to embody fluidity and naturalness in life, bringing us closer to our essential flowing nature and our ability to be powerful, self-expressed, and free.
Through previously untold stories from her father’s life and from her own journey in embodying these lessons, Shannon presents these philosophies in tangible, accessible ways. With Bruce Lee’s words as a guide, she encourages readers to pursue their essential selves and apply these ideas and practices to their everyday lives—whether in learning new things, overcoming obstacles, or ultimately finding their true path.
Be Water, My Friend is an inspirational invitation to us all, a gentle call to action to consider our lives with new eyes. It is also a testament to how one man's exploration and determination transcended time and place to ignite our imaginations—and to inspire many around the world to transform their lives.
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With a 4.5-star rating from more than 5,300 Amazon reviewers, this memoir is for readers who want true stories about coercive control, survival, and the fight for freedom.
Escape
Biographies & Memoirs
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A New York Times bestseller called “A courageous, heart-wrenching account” by Jon Krakauer, Escape recounts Carolyn Jessop’s life inside the FLDS church and her 2003 flight with her eight children. With a 4.5-star rating from more than 5,300 Amazon reviewers, this memoir is for readers who want true stories about coercive control, survival, and the fight for freedom.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• The dramatic true story of one woman’s life inside the ultra-fundamentalist American religious sect featured in Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey—and her courageous flight to freedom with her eight children
With a new epilogue by the author • “Escape provides an astonishing look behind the tightly drawn curtains of the FLDS church, one of the most secretive religious groups in the United States. A courageous, heart-wrenching account.”—Jon Krakauer
When she was eighteen years old, Carolyn Jessop was coerced into an arranged marriage with a total stranger: a man thirty-two years her senior. Merril Jessop already had three wives. But arranged plural marriages were an integral part of Carolyn’s heritage: She was born into and raised in the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS), the radical offshoot of the Mormon Church. Over the next fifteen years, Carolyn had eight children and withstood her husband’s psychological abuse and the watchful eyes of his other wives, who were locked in a constant battle for supremacy. Carolyn was miserable for years and wanted out, but she knew that if she tried to leave and got caught, her children would be taken away from her. In 2003, Carolyn chose freedom over fear and fled her home with her eight children. She had $20 to her name.
Escape exposes a world tantamount to a prison camp, created by religious fanatics who, in the name of God, deprive the followers the right to make choices, brainwash children in church-run schools, and force women to be totally subservient to men. Against this background, Carolyn’s flight takes on an extraordinary, inspiring power.
Not only did Carolyn manage a daring escape from a brutal environment, she became the first woman ever granted full custody of her children in a contested suit involving the FLDS. And in 2006, her reports to the Utah attorney general on church abuses formed a crucial part of the case that led to the arrest, and later the conviction and sentence, of their notorious leader, Warren Jeffs.
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Ideal for readers looking for hiking memoirs about independence, difficult family relationships, and connections made outdoors.
In My Boots
Biographies & Memoirs
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At twenty-three, Amanda K. Jaros leaves a sheltered life dominated by a volatile father to spend six months backpacking the Appalachian Trail alone. Expecting solitude, she instead finds a hiking community while confronting the physical challenges of the trail and the effects of her childhood. Ideal for readers looking for hiking memoirs about independence, difficult family relationships, and connections made outdoors.
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“Amanda K. Jaros's In My Boots does what some of the best works of nonfiction do: it takes the reader on a journey—in this case, a journey that is as much mental and emotion as it is physical.” –Amy Butcher, author of Visiting Hours: A Memoir of Friendship and Murder
When Amanda K. Jaros learns about the 2,160-mile Appalachian Trail after college, she walks away from a sheltered life dominated by an angry and volatile father and does something unexpected: spends six months backpacking. Alone. She expects to pass the time in the solitary and peaceful wilderness, reflecting on her life's direction. Instead, she finds herself part of a community ripe with stinky socks, buckets of ice cream, and trail magic. What matters on the trail is not a hiker's past or parents, her fears or failures, but rather, what matters is the connections we make with each other.
In My Boots recounts a challenging physical journey following the trail over the windy balds of the South, through snowstorms in the Smoky Mountain National Park, and above the tree line to the alpine zones of the White Mountains of New Hampshire. The journey is also emotionally transformative as this twenty-three-year-old leaves behind the compliant and scared girl she once was. With each step away from her damaged childhood, each new friend, each stop in another rural trail town, she comes to understand that to succeed on the trail, and in life, it turns out, the path she walks must be her own.
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Kelly Corrigan explores twelve essential phrases that anchor connection, weaving candid stories about uncertainty, boundaries, listening, apology, and the daily negotiations of family life.
Tell Me More
Biographies & Memoirs
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Kelly Corrigan explores twelve essential phrases that anchor connection, weaving candid stories about uncertainty, boundaries, listening, apology, and the daily negotiations of family life. With warmth, humor, and unflinching honesty, she reflects on love, loss, and the language that carries us through both. A New York Times bestseller praised by Real Simple and Bustle as one of the year’s best books.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A story-driven collection of essays on the twelve powerful phrases we use to sustain our relationships, from the bestselling author of Glitter and Glue and The Middle Place
“Kelly Corrigan takes on all the big, difficult questions here, with great warmth and courage.”—Glennon Doyle
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE AND BUSTLE
It’s a crazy idea: trying to name the phrases that make love and connection possible. But that’s just what Kelly Corrigan has set out to do here. In her New York Times bestselling memoirs, Corrigan distilled our core relationships to their essences, showcasing a warm, easy storytelling style. Now, in Tell Me More, she’s back with a deeply personal, unfailingly honest, and often hilarious examination of the essential phrases that turn the wheel of life.
In “I Don’t Know,” Corrigan wrestles to make peace with uncertainty, whether it’s over invitations that never came or a friend’s agonizing infertility. In “No,” she admires her mother’s ability to set boundaries and her liberating willingness to be unpopular. In “Tell Me More,” a facialist named Tish teaches her something important about listening. And in “I Was Wrong,” she comes clean about her disastrous role in a family fight—and explains why saying sorry may not be enough. With refreshing candor, a deep well of empathy, and her signature desire to understand “the thing behind the thing,” Corrigan swings between meditations on life with a preoccupied husband and two mercurial teenage daughters to profound observations on love and loss.
With the streetwise, ever-relatable voice that defines Corrigan’s work, Tell Me More is a moving and meaningful take on the power of the right words at the right moment to change everything.
Praise for Tell Me More
“It is such a comfort just knowing that Kelly Corrigan exists: she is somehow both wise and self-deprecating; funny but unafraid of pain; frank but gentle. She is the sister/mother/best friend we all wish we could have—and because of this big-hearted book, we all get to.”—Ariel Levy, author of The Rules Do Not Apply
“With full-bodied humor and radical sensitivity, Kelly Corrigan transforms the mundane pain of life into a necessary spiritual text of sorts, one that reminds us that we have the right to grieve but the obligation to be grateful. This book will remind you that you are human—and of the fragile loveliness of being so.”—Lena Dunham
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Sammy Hagar recounts a life built on raw ambition, a landmark voice, and the chaos of four decades inside rock’s inner circle.
Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock
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Sammy Hagar recounts a life built on raw ambition, a landmark voice, and the chaos of four decades inside rock’s inner circle. From early days with Montrose to multiplatinum success and the storm of Van Halen, he offers an unfiltered look at fame, excess, and reinvention. Praised by the Associated Press for its candid, unforgettable storytelling.
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The former Van Halen front man recounts his life, from his childhood to his wild days in rock 'n' roll, in this one-of-a-kind memoir.
For almost forty years, Sammy Hagar has been a fixture in rock music. From breaking into the industry with the band Montrose to his multiplatinum solo career to his ride as the front man of Van Halen, Sammy's powerful and unforgettable voice has set the tone for some of the greatest rock anthems ever written—songs like "I Can't Drive 55," "Right Now," and "Why Can't This Be Love."
In Red, Sammy tells the outrageous story of his tear through rock 'n' roll. From the decadence of being one of the world's biggest rock stars to the unfiltered story of being forced out of Van Halen, Sammy's account spares no one, least of all himself. His is a tale of a true rock 'n' roller—someone who's spent decades bringing the party with wherever he goes but always headin' back to Cabo for más tequila.
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"There are tell-all books, and then there are tell-all books written by Sammy Hagar. The ex-Van Halen front man holds back nothing—and I mean absolutely nothing. . . . Red is jam-packed with great anecdotes . . . and other tidbits that take fans of music and pop culture to places they normally wouldn't get to go." —Associated Press
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Growing up in Indiana, Ashley Ford longs for her incarcerated father while navigating poverty, adolescence, and a volatile bond with her mother.
Somebody’s Daughter
Biographies & Memoirs · People of Color
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Growing up in Indiana, Ashley Ford longs for her incarcerated father while navigating poverty, adolescence, and a volatile bond with her mother. After an assault she hides from her family, the truth about her father’s imprisonment shatters what she thought she knew. Somebody’s Daughter is a powerful, widely acclaimed memoir about identity, pain, and the enduring pull of family.
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INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
NBCC John Leonard Prize Finalist
Indie Bestseller
“This is a book people will be talking about forever.” —Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Untamed
“Ford’s wrenchingly brilliant memoir is truly a classic in the making. The writing is so richly observed and so suffused with love and yearning that I kept forgetting to breathe while reading it.” —John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author
One of the most prominent voices of her generation debuts with an extraordinarily powerful memoir: the story of a childhood defined by the looming absence of her incarcerated father.
Through poverty, adolescence, and a fraught relationship with her mother, Ashley C. Ford wishes she could turn to her father for hope and encouragement. There are just a few problems: he’s in prison, and she doesn’t know what he did to end up there. She doesn’t know how to deal with the incessant worries that keep her up at night, or how to handle the changes in her body that draw unwanted attention from men. In her search for unconditional love, Ashley begins dating a boy her mother hates. When the relationship turns sour, he assaults her. Still reeling from the rape, which she keeps secret from her family, Ashley desperately searches for meaning in the chaos. Then, her grandmother reveals the truth about her father’s incarceration . . . and Ashley’s entire world is turned upside down.
Somebody’s Daughter steps into the world of growing up a poor Black girl in Indiana with a family fragmented by incarceration, exploring how isolating and complex such a childhood can be. As Ashley battles her body and her environment, she embarks on a powerful journey to find the threads between who she is and what she was born into, and the complicated familial love that often binds them.
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Margaret Fuller rises from Boston’s literary circles to become a pioneering journalist, feminist, and foreign correspondent.
Finding Margaret Fuller
Literary Fiction · Biographical Fiction · Women's Fiction
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Margaret Fuller rises from Boston’s literary circles to become a pioneering journalist, feminist, and foreign correspondent. Crossing paths with Emerson, Thoreau, Douglass, Poe, and Europe’s great artists, she forges a life of purpose and passion. Finding Margaret Fuller offers a sweeping portrait of a woman who defied every boundary placed before her.
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Margaret Fuller enters history as a brilliant force in a world determined to confine her. Surrounded by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and the thinkers who shape America’s literary spirit, she becomes the vibrant heart of the Transcendentalist movement. Yet her restless intellect and fierce independence push her far beyond Boston salons and philosophical debates.
As she defies expectations, Margaret becomes the first woman to access Harvard’s library, a champion for women’s rights, and a reporter chronicling injustice on the streets of New York. Her journey carries her across Europe as a foreign correspondent, where she mingles with artists, writers, and revolutionaries, and finds love in a city on the brink of change.
Praised for its sweeping scope, Finding Margaret Fuller honors a trailblazer whose courage reshaped history.
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At a Michigan nursing home, caregiver Cathy Wood grows convinced that her frail residents deserve release from suffering.
Forever and Five Days
True Crime
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At a Michigan nursing home, caregiver Cathy Wood grows convinced that her frail residents deserve release from suffering. With her lover, Gwen Graham, she turns that belief into a deadly pact that hides in plain sight. As guilt deepens and secrets strain their bond, the truth becomes impossible to contain. A chilling and acclaimed true crime account.
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In a quiet Michigan nursing home, life drifts by in slow routines, unnoticed by the outside world. Cathy Wood moves through these halls every day, tending to residents who can no longer care for themselves. To her troubled mind, their frailty becomes a burden no one else will acknowledge. When she confides these thoughts to her lover, Gwen Graham, the two women form a pact that twists caregiving into something far darker.
As bodies begin to accumulate without suspicion, the line between mercy and manipulation dissolves. The secrecy that once bound Cathy and Gwen grows heavy, and the truth threatens to surface in ways neither can control.
A critically acclaimed debut in true crime, Forever and Five Days offers a disturbing, meticulously reported account of the Alpine Manor murders.
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From an idealistic Indiana preacher to the architect of a devastating tragedy, Jim Jones built a movement rooted in charisma and control.
The Road to Jonestown
Biographies & Memoirs · True Crime
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From an idealistic Indiana preacher to the architect of a devastating tragedy, Jim Jones built a movement rooted in charisma and control. Jeff Guinn traces Jones’s rise, secret abuses, and the fateful relocation of his followers to Guyana. Based on FBI files and survivor accounts, this Edgar Award finalist offers a definitive portrait of a leader whose power turned deadly.
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Long before the tragedy in Guyana shocked the world, Jim Jones built his influence through conviction, charisma, and a talent for drawing people into his orbit. What began as an idealistic ministry in 1950s Indianapolis grew into a movement that blended faith, politics, and social activism, masking a darkness that deepened with every passing year.
As Peoples Temple rose in power, Jones cultivated a private world defined by manipulation, drugs, and staged miracles. His ambition ultimately carried nearly a thousand followers into the Guyanese jungle, where hope collapsed into fear and obedience became catastrophe.
Drawing on extensive research, FBI files, survivor testimony, and firsthand travel to key locations, The Road to Jonestown delivers a comprehensive account of the man behind the largest murder suicide in American history. An Edgar Award finalist for Best Fact Crime.
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Peter Tunstall’s memoir captures a pilot whose courage in the sky was matched only by his defiance in captivity.
The Last Escaper
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Peter Tunstall’s memoir captures a pilot whose courage in the sky was matched only by his defiance in captivity. From daring bombing missions to inventive escape attempts, his story blends humor, grit, and the stark realities of war. Praised by Kirkus Reviews and the New York Post, it stands as a memorable World War II account.
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His war began in the sky long before he ever faced a prison wall. Courage brought him into combat, but defiance carried him far beyond it.
As a young pilot in the British Royal Air Force, Peter Tunstall learned to fly with equal parts skill and mischief. He wanted to serve and protect his crew, never imagining he would become one of the war’s most determined prisoners.
Bombing missions tested his nerve, yet captivity challenged him even more. Tunstall pursued each escape with bold creativity, revealing the thin line between playful resistance and life altering danger.
Praised by Kirkus Reviews, the New York Post, and other outlets, The Last Escaper offers a vivid, human account that stands out among World War II memoirs.
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