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For fans of When Breath Becomes Air and Wintering.
Phosphorescence
Biographies & Memoirs
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How do we nurture our inner light through life’s darkest storms? In Phosphorescence, Julia Baird explores resilience, awe, and the quiet glow of strength that gets us through. Part memoir, part reflection, this luminous bestseller blends science, nature, and soul with profound grace. For fans of When Breath Becomes Air and Wintering. Click now to find your light.
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How do we keep going when the world goes dark?
In Phosphorescence, acclaimed author and journalist Julia Baird offers a luminous meditation on resilience, wonder, and the quiet light that sustains us through life’s hardest moments. After enduring heartbreak and a brutal battle with cancer, Baird began to seek the sources of her inner glow—not the kind that blazes, but the soft, enduring light we store deep within ourselves.
Through personal memoir, scientific insight, and soulful encounters with jellyfish scientists, forest therapists, and quiet faith leaders, Baird reveals how awe, friendship, nature, and deliberate stillness can help us survive—and even flourish—in darkness.
Praised as “timeless and timely,” Phosphorescence is a gentle, gorgeous guide to finding your glow when you need it most.
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A childhood shaped by ancestral knowledge collides with a world determined to erase it.
We Will Be Jaguars
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A childhood shaped by ancestral knowledge collides with a world determined to erase it. Raised among the Waorani people of the Amazon, Nemonte Nenquimo leaves her homeland as a teenager, only to be drawn back by memory, culture, and responsibility. Her journey from displacement to leadership unfolds alongside a fight to protect her people’s land. We Will Be Jaguars is a memoir about identity, resistance, and the enduring bond between place and survival.
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REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK
Named one of the Best Nonfiction Books of the Year by Library Journal and Kirkus Reviews
“An unforgettable memoir about fighting for your home and your heart.” —Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club November ’24 Pick)
From a fearless, internationally acclaimed activist comes an impassioned memoir about an indigenous childhood, a clash of cultures, and the fight to save the Amazon rainforest
We Will Be Jaguars is an astonishing memoir by an equally astonishing woman. Nenquimo is a winner of TIME magazine’s Earth Award, and MS. magazine named this book among the Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2024.
Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest—one of the last to be contacted by missionaries in the 1950s—Nemonte Nenquimo had a singular upbringing.
She was taught about plant medicines, foraging, oral storytelling, and shamanism by her elders. At age fourteen, she left the forest for the first time to study with an evangelical missionary group in the city. Eventually, her ancestors began appearing in her dreams, pleading with her to return and embrace her own culture. She listened.
Two decades later, Nemonte has emerged as one of the most forceful voices in climate change activism. She has spearheaded the alliance of indigenous nations across the Upper Amazon and led her people to a landmark victory against Big Oil, protecting over a half million acres of primary rainforest. Her message is as sharp as a spear—honed by her experiences battling loggers, miners, oil companies and missionaries.
In We Will Be Jaguars, she partners with her husband, Mitch Anderson, founder of Amazon Frontlines, digging into generations of oral history, uprooting centuries of conquest, hacking away at racist notions of indigenous peoples, and ultimately revealing a life story as rich, harsh, and vital as the Amazon rainforest herself.
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Perfect for fans of A Night to Remember and gripping historical nonfiction.
Sheltering Angel
Biographies & Memoirs · Literary Fiction
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Real lives. Real tragedy. Sheltering Angel tells the riveting true story of Andrew Cunningham and Florence Cumings—two souls connected aboard the Titanic. When the ship sinks, fate pulls them together in a moment that defies the odds. Perfect for fans of A Night to Remember and gripping historical nonfiction. Click now to uncover the Titanic tale history almost forgot.
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Sheltering Angel brings to life the untold stories of real people forever changed by the Titanic disaster.
Andrew Cunningham, a Scottish steward from a working-class family, serves aboard luxury liners but harbors deep resentment toward the wealthy elite—until he meets Florence and Bradley Cumings, a first-class couple whose kindness transcends class. When Titanic begins her descent into history, Florence escapes in a lifeboat… only to witness a familiar figure fighting through the icy waters toward her.
Based on true events and meticulously researched, Sheltering Angel is a moving and immersive narrative that blends historical accuracy with human connection. For fans of A Night to Remember and readers who crave untold voices from history’s most haunting tragedy, this is a Titanic story you’ve never heard—but won’t forget.
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Bob Odenkirk’s career makes absolutely no sense, which is part of the fun.
Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama
Biographies & Memoirs
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Bob Odenkirk’s career makes absolutely no sense, which is part of the fun. Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama follows his path from Chicago comedy clubs to SNL, Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and the deeply confusing but oddly satisfying era where he became an action star. Packed with sharp humor, behind-the-scenes stories, and plenty of self-aware chaos, this memoir is a funny, candid look at reinvention, ambition, and building a career by sheer stubbornness.
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “essential” (Entertainment Weekly), “hilarious” (AV Club) memoir, the star of Mr. Show, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul opens up about the highs and lows of showbiz, his cult status as a comedy writer, and what it’s like to reinvent himself as an action film ass-kicker at fifty.
“I can’t think of another entertainer who has improbably morphed so many times, and all through real genius and determination.”—Conan O’Brien
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The New Yorker, Vulture, Newsweek
Bob Odenkirk’s career is inexplicable. And yet he will try like hell to explicate it for you. Charting a “Homeric” decades-long “odyssey” from his origins in the seedy comedy clubs of Chicago to a dramatic career full of award nominations—with a side-trip into the action-man world that is baffling to all who know him—it’s almost like there are many Bob Odenkirks! But there is just one and one is plenty.
Bob embraced a life in comedy after a chance meeting with Second City’s legendary Del Close. He somehow made his way to a job as a writer at Saturday Night Live. While surviving that legendary gauntlet by the skin of his gnashing teeth, he stashed away the secrets of comedy writing—eventually employing them in the immortal “Motivational Speaker” sketch for Chris Farley, honing them on The Ben Stiller Show, and perfecting them on Mr. Show with Bob and David.
In Hollywood, Bob demonstrated a bullheadedness that would shame Sisyphus himself, and when all hope was lost for the umpteenth time, the phone rang with an offer to appear on Breaking Bad—a show about how boring it is to be a high school chemistry teacher. His embrace of this strange new world of dramatic acting led him to working with Steven Spielberg, Alexander Payne, and Greta Gerwig, and then, in a twist that will confound you, he re-re-invented himself as a bona fide action star. Why? Read this and do your own psychoanalysis—it’s fun!
Featuring humorous tangents, never-before-seen photos, wild characters, and Bob’s trademark unflinching drive, Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama is a classic showbiz tale told by a determined idiot.
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Love arrives with startling clarity just as loss opens beneath it in this intimate memoir of grief and devotion.
Lost & Found
Biographies & Memoirs · LGBTQIA+
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Love arrives with startling clarity just as loss opens beneath it in this intimate memoir of grief and devotion. In Lost & Found, Kathryn Schulz traces the collision of falling in love with losing her father, turning private upheaval into a meditation on family, absence, and meaning. It suits readers drawn to memoirs that hold joy and sorrow in the same breath with tenderness and intellectual depth.
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “profound and beautiful” (Marilynne Robinson) account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
“I will stake my reputation on you being blown away by Lost & Found.”—Anne Lamott, author of Dusk, Night, Dawn and Bird by Bird
WINNER OF THE LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD • LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL • AN OPRAH DAILY BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE PAST TWO DECADES
ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: People
ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR, Oprah Daily, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Esquire, Vulture, She Reads, Book Riot, Publishers Weekly
One spring morning, Kathryn Schulz went to lunch with a stranger and fell in love. Having spent years looking for the right relationship, she was dazzled by how swiftly everything changed when she finally met her future wife. But as the two of them began building a life together, Schulz’s beloved father—a charming, brilliant, absentminded Jewish refugee—went into the hospital with a minor heart condition and never came out. Newly in love yet also newly bereft, Schulz was left contending simultaneously with wild joy and terrible grief.
Those twin experiences form the heart of Lost & Found, a profound meditation on the families that make us and the families we make. But Schulz’s book also explores how disappearance and discovery shape us all. On average, we each lose two hundred thousand objects over our lifetime, and Schulz brilliantly illuminates the relationship between those everyday losses and our most devastating ones. Likewise, she explores the importance of seeking, whether for ancient ruins or new ideas, friends, faith, meaning, or love. The resulting book is part memoir, part guidebook to sustaining wonder and gratitude even in the face of loss and grief. A staff writer at The New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, and humor about the connections between joy and sorrow—and between us all.
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Ideal for readers interested in firsthand accounts of midwifery, community, and everyday life in postwar London.
Call the Midwife
Biographies & Memoirs
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In this memoir, Jennifer Worth recounts her work as a midwife in London’s East End during the 1950s, caring for mothers and babies in their homes. Ideal for readers interested in firsthand accounts of midwifery, community, and everyday life in postwar London.
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The highest-rated drama in BBC history, Call the Midwife will delight fans of Downton Abbey
Viewers everywhere have fallen in love with this candid look at post-war London. In the 1950s, twenty-two-year-old Jenny Lee leaves her comfortable home to move into a convent and become a midwife in London's East End slums. While delivering babies all over the city, Jenny encounters a colorful cast of women—from the plucky, warm-hearted nuns with whom she lives, to the woman with twenty-four children who can't speak English, to the prostitutes of the city's seedier side.
An unfortgettable story of motherhood, the bravery of a community, and the strength of remarkable and inspiring women, Call the Midwife is the true story behind the beloved PBS series, which will soon return for its sixth season.
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At twelve, Sarah Perry’s mother was murdered.
After the Eclipse
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At twelve, Sarah Perry’s mother was murdered. It took twelve years to find the killer, but closure never came. Now, she’s on a journey to uncover not just the truth of that night—but of her mother’s life before tragedy struck. After the Eclipse is a haunting, beautifully written memoir of love, loss, and resilience.
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A daughter searching for answers. A mother lost too soon. A past that refuses to stay buried.
At twelve years old, Sarah Perry’s life was shattered. Days after they witnessed an eclipse together, her mother was brutally murdered in their small Maine town. It took twelve years to find the killer. But closure never came.
Sarah’s search for justice soon became a quest to know the woman she lost. What was her mother’s life before the headlines? What were her dreams, her fears? In returning to the past, Sarah uncovers not only her mother’s story but the truth of her own resilience.
A haunting, lyrical memoir of grief, love, and the long shadow of trauma, After the Eclipse is a powerful exploration of a daughter’s determination to remember and to heal.
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A good pick for readers interested in honest, funny memoirs about sobriety, motherhood, and changing long-established habits.
The Sober Diaries
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In this candid and humorous memoir, Clare Pooley chronicles her decision to quit drinking after years of consuming more than a bottle of wine a day. Through her first year of sobriety, she shares the challenges, personal discoveries, and changes that come with building a life without alcohol. A good pick for readers interested in honest, funny memoirs about sobriety, motherhood, and changing long-established habits.
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THE FUNNY, INSPIRATIONAL MEMOIR THAT SHOWS YOU HOW TO STOP DRINKING AND START LIVING - BY THE AUTHOR OF THE AUTHENTICITY PROJECT
'An excellent book. It will help a lot of people' - Lorraine Kelly
With a highly successful career in advertising, Clare Pooley never expected to find herself an overweight, depressed, middle-aged mother of three who was drinking more than a bottle of wine a day, and spending her evenings Googling, 'Am I an alcoholic?'
This is the bravely honest and hilariously funny story of a year in Clare's life. A year that started with her quitting booze and then being given the devastating diagnosis of breast cancer. By the end of the year she is booze and cancer-free, two-stone lighter and with a life that is richer and more rewarding than ever before.
Interwoven with Clare's story is research and answers to questions such as: How do I know if I'm drinking too much? How will I cope at parties? What do I say to friends and family? How do I cope with cravings? What if my partner still drinks?
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With 4.7 stars on Amazon, Hunger is required reading for anyone learning to live unapologetically in their own skin.
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
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In Hunger, Roxane Gay lays bare the complex truth of living in a body that defies society’s expectations. Raw, powerful, and deeply personal, this bestselling memoir is a reckoning with trauma, desire, and self-acceptance. With 4.7 stars on Amazon, Hunger is required reading for anyone learning to live unapologetically in their own skin. Click now to read.
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In Hunger, New York Times bestselling author Roxane Gay delivers a raw, unflinching memoir of food, trauma, and living in a body that doesn’t conform.
With searing honesty, Gay explores how a devastating act of violence shaped her relationship with her body, and how she used food to protect herself from the world. She reflects on the tension between self-comfort and self-care, and the complexity of existing in a society that punishes bodies it deems too much.
This isn’t a weight-loss journey—it’s a reckoning.
A bracing meditation on trauma, resilience, and self-worth, Hunger is a powerful testament to survival and a body reclaimed. It will challenge everything you think you know about shame, desire, and the simple, radical act of taking up space.
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From bubblegum pop to the darkest depths of addiction, Go-Go’s frontwoman Belinda Carlisle lays it all bare in Lips Unsealed.
Lips Unsealed
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From bubblegum pop to the darkest depths of addiction, Go-Go’s frontwoman Belinda Carlisle lays it all bare in Lips Unsealed. This New York Times bestseller is a brutally honest, wry, and deeply personal memoir of fame, friendship, recovery, and redemption. With 4.6 stars on Amazon, it’s a rock memoir that hits all the right notes. Click now to dive in.
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Before the fame, before the hits, and far behind the bubble baths and champagne smiles—Belinda Carlisle was fighting for her life.
In Lips Unsealed, the lead singer of the Go-Go’s delivers a raw, no-holds-barred memoir tracing her wild rise to ‘80s pop stardom, her decades-long struggle with addiction, and the personal rebirth that brought her back from the edge. With unflinching honesty and biting humor, Carlisle opens up about life in the fast lane—from hotel room chaos to heartbreaking relationships, and finally, to a hard-won sobriety.
More than a rock-star tell-all, Lips Unsealed is a candid, deeply human portrait of a woman who refused to stay down—and found strength in the music, the mess, and the people she loved most.
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From ramen slinger to culinary disruptor, David Chang’s Eat a Peach is a brutally honest, surprisingly funny chef’s memoir about failure, fame, and fighting inner demons.
Eat a Peach
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From ramen slinger to culinary disruptor, David Chang’s Eat a Peach is a brutally honest, surprisingly funny chef’s memoir about failure, fame, and fighting inner demons. A New York Times bestseller with 4.7 stars on Amazon, it’s a raw, riveting journey through food and identity. Click now to read the story behind Momofuku—and the man who almost walked away from it all.
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Before Momofuku became a global sensation and David Chang redefined modern cuisine, he was just another aimless twenty-something grappling with identity, mental illness, and failure. In Eat a Peach, Chang tells his story with raw honesty, sharp wit, and zero pretension.
From ramen joints in Japan to explosive kitchen meltdowns in New York, Chang explores the messy, high-pressure world of professional kitchens and his unlikely rise to chef superstardom. Along the way, he confronts racism, depression, and the toxic culture that fueled his success—and nearly broke him.
A New York Times bestseller, Eat a Peach is more than a chef’s memoir—it’s a brutally candid, often hilarious meditation on food, family, purpose, and the chaos of becoming. For anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider: this one’s for you.
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Bold, brash, and brutally honest, Troublemaker is Leah Remini’s explosive #1 New York Times bestselling memoir about her life inside—and dramatic exit from—the Church of Scientology.
Troublemaker: Surviving Hollywood and Scientology
Biographies & Memoirs
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Bold, brash, and brutally honest, Troublemaker is Leah Remini’s explosive #1 New York Times bestselling memoir about her life inside—and dramatic exit from—the Church of Scientology. With 4.7 stars on Amazon and a fearless voice, Remini reveals the cost of speaking out and the freedom it brings. Click now to read the book Entertainment Weekly calls “the most raw and revealing Scientology memoir to date.”
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Leah Remini doesn’t do quiet. Not in Brooklyn, not in Hollywood—and definitely not when it comes to Scientology.
In Troublemaker, the King of Queens star delivers an unflinching, sharply funny, and emotionally raw account of her life inside (and after) the Church of Scientology. Indoctrinated as a child, elevated to celebrity status alongside figures like Tom Cruise, and ultimately cast out as a “Suppressive Person,” Remini reveals what really happens when you dare to question the Church’s inner workings.
From A-list encounters to soul-deep crises of faith, Remini pulls no punches as she chronicles her journey toward freedom, family, and the kind of truth Scientology tried to silence.
If you thought you knew Leah Remini, think again. She’s just getting started.
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