{"title":"Memoirs","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover memoirs filled with personal stories, life lessons, resilience, identity, family, travel, creativity, faith, success, struggle, and transformation. Browse powerful true stories from unique voices that help readers connect, reflect, and see life from new perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-hipster-s-legacy-a-memoir-of-dreams-jazz-and-family-in-1960s-cali-9798990845626-new","title":"The Hipster's Legacy: A memoir of dreams, jazz and family in 1960s Cali","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe coming of age of a late bloomer and quiet dreamer set in a small beach town community of southern California during the early 1960s.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn into a musical family and raised on dreams of fame and glory, twenty-two-year-old Lorraine is finding it tough going on her own when she moves to Hollywood in the early 1960s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer Associate of Art's degree from the local junior college does not help her get a job in the art field. And if that isn't enough, her longtime boyfriend has broken up with her. The job she does have as a receptionist is also a disaster, so when she comes down with severe laryngitis, she is ready to call it quits. Accepting defeat, she takes the twenty-mile ride home to Hermosa Beach.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut home isn't quite the same at 230 Culper Court. In her absence, her usually sensible mother has moved out to live \"in sin\" with a used car salesman named Bob. Replacing her at the cottage is Lorraine's older sister, Arlene, her three children and Lorraine's younger brother, Jeff. Arlene is an artist-of what kind, she is not always sure. She is talented but erratic and seems almost mystified by the fact that she has three children to raise. Jeff is a budding jazz saxophonist, a shy boy who somehow draws people around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLorraine's life takes a different turn as she learns to fit in with her newly re-arranged family and all the strange and talented people who pass through the little red cottage by the sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn intriguing and often humorous memoir of a unique family influenced by a hard-working mother who just missed being a saint and a father, the wild jazz pianist and entertainer known in the 1940s as Harry the Hipster Gibson whose amazing abilities and crazy style influenced the evolution of Rock and Roll.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncludes 15 illustrations by the author and a collection of 37 family photos in black and white.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INDEPENDENT CAT","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49633316536610,"sku":"9798990845626-new","price":35.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798990845626.jpg?v=1739128084"},{"product_id":"no-margin-for-error-a-surgeon-s-struggle-repairing-hypospadias-9798989423507-new","title":"No Margin for Error: A Surgeon's Struggle Repairing Hypospadias","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"A Fascinating Account of Hypospadias Surgery.\" - a hypospadias mother\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery 90 seconds a boy is born somewhere in the world with hypospadias. That is more often than cleft lip or Down's syndrome or spina bifida, yet neither the parents nor grandparents have likely ever heard of hypospadias before - because it affects the penis. Most of these boys will have surgery to make the penis look and function normally. For many this will be successful, but others will have complications that can last a lifetime, and a few have such a severe problem that surgeons may despair of ever making things right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNo Margin for Error\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e, internationally renowned surgeon Dr. Warren Snodgrass tells his story of discovery and innovation working to improve hypospadias repair. His memoir begins in the operating room when he develops the TIP procedure, the operation that would soon be known worldwide as the \"Snodgrass.\" The story continues with his search for the limits of TIP repair, and the best way to correct hypospadias when TIP cannot be done, while chronicling his success and failures teaching other surgeons what he was learning. Throughout this journey he is driven by the premise that every boy with hypospadias wants to grow into a man with a normal penis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is surprising to learn from this memoir that most surgeons do not know their own results for the operations they do. And that specialists may not do an operation often enough to get the best results. Because of this, and comments from his patients, Dr. Snodgrass gradually realized that treating hypospadias involves much more than refining surgical techniques. His story also describes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow hypospadias affects not only the patient, but everyone in his family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when hypospadias is not repaired, or not repaired right.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe 3Ps he advocates surgeons use to reduce complications.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow difficult it is to raise public awareness about a birth defect of the penis.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe need for specialized hypospadias care.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INDEPENDENT CAT","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49633318666530,"sku":"9798989423507-new","price":31.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798989423507.jpg?v=1739128212"},{"product_id":"just-like-a-soldier-a-memoir-9798986178042-new","title":"Just Like a Soldier: A True Story of Family, Farming, and Finding Hope in Ordinary Folk","description":"\u003cp\u003eBob Stark wanted to be a farmer. The seed was planted while chasing a man with a gun through a farmer's field in Iraq. Nine years later, he and his brother bought property in rural Alaska to start the arduous work of turning a forest into a field. After their agreement falls through, Bob is left to work the land alone. With struggles piling high and no resolutions in sight, he withdraws every dollar he has to embark on a motorcycle journey to either save himself or destroy himself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust Like a Soldier is a memoir about accepting the past, building a better future, and appreciating the present. A story of grit, forgiveness, and hope. Campfires, fresh apples, and strengthening family ties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INDEPENDENT CAT","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49633321025826,"sku":"9798986178042-new","price":26.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798986178042.jpg?v=1739128390"},{"product_id":"finding-the-light-within-charting-a-path-to-resilience-charting-a-path-to-resilience-9798897055548-new","title":"Finding The Light Within: Charting a Path to Resilience","description":"\u003cp\u003eFinding The Light Within: Charting a Path to Resilience is a profound examination of the human spirit's extraordinary ability to overcome the most difficult obstacles in life. Tanner Bergsma integrates his personal experiences with profound insights to provide readers with a comprehensive understanding of the tumultuous moments of life. He demonstrates that even the most formidable obstacles can be surmounted through the application of fortitude, determination, and a change in perspective, as evidenced by his transformative journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is not merely a memoir; it is also a practical guide that provides readers with actionable strategies and coping mechanisms to navigate adversity. Tanner recounts his journey of triumph over adversity, offering relatable anecdotes that offer solace and comprehension to those who are experiencing comparable challenges. \"Beyond the Storm\" encourages readers to reframe their challenges as opportunities for growth, healing, and transformation with each chapter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTanner encourages his readers to confront life's challenges with optimism and fortitude by employing proven resilience-building strategies and reflective anecdotes. This book is a source of optimism for those who are facing emotional, financial, or personal challenges, demonstrating that it is feasible to emerge more self-aware and resilient in the aftermath of adversity. \"Finding The Light Within\" motivates readers to trust in their inner fortitude and equips them with the resources necessary to forge their path toward a more promising, brighter future.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INDEPENDENT CAT","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49633321845026,"sku":"9798897055548-new","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798897055548.jpg?v=1739128414"},{"product_id":"the-sweetest-light-9798823026451-new","title":"The Sweetest Light","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat if the life you built with love and devotion vanished in a single, heartbreaking moment?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Sweetest Light\u003c\/em\u003e, memoirist Gerry Becker recounts the true story of unimaginable loss and the quiet, determined path back to hope. In 2005, a tragic plane crash in the mountains of central Idaho claimed the lives of her husband, Bill, and their two sons, Ben and Andy. In the aftermath, Gerry and her daughter Emily were left to navigate the weight of grief, the silence of an empty home, and the long road toward healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending vivid family memories, reflections on motherhood, and heartfelt stories of resilience, \u003cem\u003eThe Sweetest Light\u003c\/em\u003e honors not just those who are lost but the enduring legacy they leave behind. Gerry shares moments of love, parenting, building a home, and outdoor adventure, illuminating how the deepest sorrow can coexist with the richest joy. Through shared meals, quiet hikes, and bittersweet milestones, she paints a portrait of family that is unshakable, even in absence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis grief memoir resonates with anyone who has faced personal tragedy and still dares to find light on the other side. A tribute to love, loss, resilience, and remembrance, The Sweetest Light is both a heartfelt family memoir and a powerful story of healing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRead it and rediscover the light in your own story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AUTHORHOUSE","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49633348026658,"sku":"9798823026451-new","price":47.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798823026451.jpg?v=1739130015"},{"product_id":"broken-hearts-butterflies-a-grief-memoir-from-a-z-9798822957619-new","title":"Broken Hearts \u0026 Butterflies: A Grief Memoir from A-Z","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExperience the raw emotions of grief's deep abyss, its torment and beauty. Absorb the absolute truth within each word, seeking connecting and hope. Embrace the significance of small things. You're not alone. Let these honest words bring you calm and light.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBroken Hearts \u0026amp; Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e delves fearlessly into the seemingly unending chasm of profound sorrow. It unmasks every facet of grief: the hideousness, the pain, the mental anguish, the unexpected splendor, and the inherent teachings it carries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat sets this book apart, though, is its structure and flow. Each chapter - running A to Z through emotions such as anger, guilt, and survival - beautifully encapsulates the myriads of emotions that come with grief, allowing the reader to engage with the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther, it provides the reader with some practical guidance and advice for navigating the grief process, while also offering a helping hand to those who might be looking for resources regarding what to say - and not say - to those around them who are experiencing grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBroken Hearts \u0026amp; \u003c\/em\u003eButterflies is more than just a book; it's a must read for anyone who has lost a loved one, or for those who simply want to better understand and support the people around them who may be going through a difficult time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VERTEL PUB","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49633348223266,"sku":"9798822957619-new","price":29.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798822957619.jpg?v=1739130016"},{"product_id":"broken-hearts-butterflies-a-grief-memoir-from-a-z-9798822957602-new","title":"Broken Hearts \u0026 Butterflies: A Grief Memoir from A-Z","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExperience the raw emotions of grief's deep abyss, its torment and beauty. Absorb the absolute truth within each word, seeking connecting and hope. Embrace the significance of small things. You're not alone. Let these honest words bring you calm and light.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBroken Hearts \u0026amp; Butterflies\u003c\/em\u003e delves fearlessly into the seemingly unending chasm of profound sorrow. It unmasks every facet of grief: the hideousness, the pain, the mental anguish, the unexpected splendor, and the inherent teachings it carries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat sets this book apart, though, is its structure and flow. Each chapter - running A to Z through emotions such as anger, guilt, and survival - beautifully encapsulates the myriads of emotions that come with grief, allowing the reader to engage with the author.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFurther, it provides the reader with some practical guidance and advice for navigating the grief process, while also offering a helping hand to those who might be looking for resources regarding what to say - and not say - to those around them who are experiencing grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBroken Hearts \u0026amp; \u003c\/em\u003eButterflies is more than just a book; it's a must read for anyone who has lost a loved one, or for those who simply want to better understand and support the people around them who may be going through a difficult time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VERTEL PUB","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49633348288802,"sku":"9798822957602-new","price":38.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798822957602.jpg?v=1739130017"},{"product_id":"the-flight-path-to-resilience-a-flight-attendant-story-9798343178104-new","title":"The Flight Path to Resilience: A Flight Attendant Story","description":"This memoir chronicles the extraordinary life of a woman who has traveled the world as a flight attendant, working for prestigious airlines such as Emirates and Qatar Airways before transitioning to private aviation, where she worked for royal families, politicians and people with an ultra-high net worth. However, beyond her glamorous career, she faced a deeply personal battle: living with bipolar disorder. \u003cp\u003eThe book explores her journey to confront mental health challenges while developing her career in different countries, including her home country the Dominican Republic and Spain, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain. It sheds light on the ups and downs of her life, both professionally and personally, as she learns to cope with her condition. With the support of her family, friends, and medical professionals, she discovers the importance of self-confidence, resilience, and finding inner strength. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer story is an inspiring testament to overcoming internal struggles, managing mental health, and finding hope even in the most difficult circumstances. This book offers insight into the realities of living with bipolar disorder and encourages others to bravely embark on their own mental health journeys.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49633384595746,"sku":"9798343178104-new","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798343178104.jpg?v=1739131335"},{"product_id":"dear-bode-what-the-fire-gave-me-9798338509289-new","title":"Dear Bode: What the Fire Gave Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn a series of personal letters, Laraba unpacks various traumas and their consequences on her life and relationships as she makes sense of her place in the world. Dear Bode tackles various defining issues including personal and collective trauma, living as a queer woman in Nigeria, love, shame, resentment, rage, violence, and spiritual transcendence, etc. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs she grapples with yet another traumatic incident, she is finally faced with the choice to stay the same or rise above. What she chooses and how she arrives at this choice make this a compelling read for the radically honest and introspective\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INDEPENDENTLY PUBLISHED","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":49633390002466,"sku":"9798338509289-new","price":22.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9798338509289.jpg?v=1739131448"},{"product_id":"too-hurt-stay-true-story-troubled-boys-desperate-search-loving-home-9780007436620-new","title":"Too Hurt to Stay: The True Story of a Troubled Boy's Desperate Search for a Loving Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fourth title from Sunday Times bestselling author Casey Watson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEight-year-old Spencer takes himself to social services and demands to be taken into care. It's a desperate act, a cry for help, but his parent's reaction - good riddance - speaks volumes. Casey's hackles are immediately up for this poor child.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpencer is the middle child of four siblings. His parents claim all their other kids are 'normal' and that Spencer was born 'vicious and evil'. Casey and her family are disgusted - kids aren't born evil, they get damaged. Although when vigilante neighbours start to take action and their landlord threatens eviction, Casey is stretched to the limits, trying desperately to hold on to this boy who causes so much pain and destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCasey is determined to try and understand what Spencer is going through and help him find the loving home he is so desperately searching for. But it's only when Spencer's mother gets in touch with social services for the first time that gradually everything starts to make sense.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"COLLINS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194573951266,"sku":"9780007436620-new","price":11.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007436620.jpg?v=1754265016"},{"product_id":"forever-my-heart-story-my-battle-against-cancer-9780007339334-new","title":"Forever in My Heart: The Story of My Battle Against Cancer","description":"\u003cp\u003eJade's heart-breaking diary of her fight against terminal cancer and her final precious months with her beloved family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn August 2008 Jade Goody received the shattering news that she had cervical cancer. She was only 27 years old. But with her usual strength of character, Jade was determined to beat the disease and carry on with life as normal with her two little boys Bobby and Freddy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNeither the chemotherapy, which left her weak and bald, or the hysterectomy that crushed her dreams of having a little girl, could break Jade's sunny personality or her fierce refusal to be a victim. But in February 2009, Jade received the tragic news that any mother dreads to hear: she was going to be torn from her beloved sons. The cancer had spread and was untreatable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFully updated with new material from her family, Forever In My Heart is Jade's final 'love letter' to her two little boys. Covering her initial diagnosis while appearing on Celebrity Big Brother in India, their emotional last Christmas as a family, her magical wedding to her partner Jack Tweed and her dying wish to see be christened with her boys, Jade's heart-breaking diary of her final months is set against a backdrop of flashbacks to her difficult early years, her rise to fame in the Big Brother house and those moments of joy and laughter as the nation's darling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the powerful story of a young mother's brave fight against a terminal disease, her unique humour, her determination to provide for her sons and her fierce desire to leave a legacy which might prevent other young women being torn from their families in the prime of life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA percentage of profits from the book will be donated to Marie Curie Cancer Care.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS 360","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194573984034,"sku":"9780007339334-new","price":12.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007339334.jpg?v=1754265017"},{"product_id":"speckled-people-memoir-half-irish-childhood-9780007156634-new","title":"The Speckled People: A Memoir of a Half-Irish Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A terrific achievement, thoughtful and compelling, smart and original, beautifully written.\" --Nick Hornby\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Astonishing. . . a landmark in Irish nonfiction. . . a masterpiece.\" -- \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deeply moving and critically acclaimed memoir about a young boy growing up in 1950's Dublin with a German mother and fiercely republican Irish father.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to an Irish father and German mother, Hugo Hamilton and his brother and sister grew up being just about the only children in 1950's Dublin wearing Aran sweaters and Lederhosen. Their father, a Gaelic speaking Irish nationalist, forbid them from talking to their friends in English. And their mother, a soft-spoken immigrant who escaped late 1930s Nazi Germany, baked German cakes and told wistful stories of a country that no longer existed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Hugo, childhood seemed like an ongoing struggle to understand what it meant to be \"one of the speckled people\"--his father's phrase to describe \"the New Irish, partly from Ireland and partly from somewhere else.\" A rare and shockingly honest account of a child's attempt to make sense of his family, language and identity, \u003cem\u003eThe Speckled People\u003c\/em\u003e stands among the most fiercely original memoirs to emerge this decade.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"FOURTH ESTATE","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574016802,"sku":"9780007156634-new","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007156634.jpg?v=1754265017"},{"product_id":"my-dreams-i-dance-story-prejudice-perseverance-pushing-change-9780008703011-new","title":"In My Dreams I Dance: A Story of Prejudice, Perseverance and Pushing for Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe inspirational memoir from Paralympian and disability advocate Anne Wafula Strike, updated for 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeft partially paralysed below the rib cage by polio, Anne Wafula Strike was forced to flee her native Kenyan village, moving across the country with her family. After overcoming additional adversity, including the loss of her mother and ableist prejudice, Anne moved to the UK, where she discovered her talent for wheelchair racing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first East African to compete in her sport, representing Kenya in the 2004 Paralympics before joining Paralympics GB, Anne is now a fierce advocate for the promotion of the games around the world, and a champion of disabled rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 2010, and fully updated with Anne's passionate activism - including her campaign for more accessibility on public transport - \u003cem\u003eIn My Dreams I Dance \u003c\/em\u003eis an incredibly inspiring story about why you should never let others slow you down.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574049570,"sku":"9780008703011-new","price":17.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780008703011.jpg?v=1754265018"},{"product_id":"helpless-are-riley-his-two-little-siblings-danger-9780008663667-new","title":"Helpless: Are Riley and His Two Little Siblings in Danger?","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe 32nd fostering memoir from international bestseller Cathy Glass\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStruggling to cope with three young children, Janie turns to experienced foster carer Cathy Glass. Helping the family each morning, Cathy soon uncovers how dangerous their situation has truly become.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiley and his two little siblings, Jayden and Lola, are not safe at home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith all three children in her care, will Cathy be able to rebuild their lives - and Janie's?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574082338,"sku":"9780008663667-new","price":13.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780008663667.jpg?v=1754265020"},{"product_id":"confessions-recovering-slut-other-love-stories-9780060834388-new","title":"Confessions of a Recovering Slut: And Other Love Stories","description":"The next \"screamingly hilarious\"(Miami Herald) installment in the wild ride that is the life of Hollis Gillespie.\u003cbr\u003eConfessions of a Recovering Slut is the hilarious and often heartrending sequel to Bleachy–Haired Honky Bitch, which concludes with Hollis Gillespie, the daughter of a missile scientist and an alcoholic traveling trailer salesman, at last finding a home of her own. Unfortunately that home just happens to be in one of Atlanta's most dangerous crack neighborhoods–but the place is bound to improve, right?\u003cbr\u003eWrong. In Confessions, Gillespie is plagued by missing human torsos, murdered policeman, and a drug dealer who keeps setting fire to her neighbor's house–and all this after Hollis discovers that she is inexplicably (except, maybe, for all that acrobatic sex) pregnant. While the neighborhood might have been fine when she was a child–free urban pioneer, it's a nightmare for a mother with nothing but cake pans to bulletproof the baby's room. Gillespie must depend on her three best friends, Daniel, Grant, and Lary, to help her–although Lary makes it no secret that he hopes the paint fumes she inhaled early in her pregnancy will cause the baby to be born inside out–\"that way it'll be easier to sell for parts.\"\u003cbr\u003eWill Gillespie ever feel safe? No matter, she's still Hollis at heart–and, as Lary points out, if not safe, at least \"safe from ever being normal.\"","brand":"REGAN BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574115106,"sku":"9780060834388-new","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060834388.jpg?v=1754265020"},{"product_id":"lit-9780060596996-new","title":"Lit","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e The New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e Entertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e Time \u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e San Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e Chicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e Christian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e Slate\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e St. Louise Post-Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e Cleveland Plain Dealer \u003c\/i\u003e -\u003ci\u003e Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e - NBCC Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Karr's unforgettable sequel to her beloved and bestselling memoirs \u003ci\u003eThe Liars' Club\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCherry\u003c\/i\u003e \"lassos you, hogties your emotions and won't let you go\" (Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLit\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting story of addiction and recovery about getting drunk and getting sober; becoming a mother by letting go of a mother; learning to write by learning to live. Written with Karr's relentless honesty, unflinching self-scrutiny, and irreverent, lacerating humor, this literary memoir is a truly electrifying story of how to grow up--as only Mary Karr can tell it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e calls \u003ci\u003eLit\u003c\/i\u003e a book that \"reminds us not only how compelling personal stories can be, but how, in the hands of a master, they can transmute into the highest art.\" \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e calls it \"a master class on the art of the memoir\" and Susan Cheever states, simply, that \u003ci\u003eLit\u003c\/i\u003e is \"the best book about being a woman in America I have read in years.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA landmark memoir about motherhood, faith, and the writer's life, \u003ci\u003eLit\u003c\/i\u003e explores: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJourney to Sobriety: \u003c\/b\u003e From drunken nights on a back porch to the church basement meeting that changes everything, Karr chronicles her escape from alcoholism with unflinching candor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMemoir about Motherhood: \u003c\/b\u003e The story of becoming a mother by letting go of a mother--a powerful look at breaking the cycle of family dysfunction and finding a new way to love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Writer's Life: \u003c\/b\u003e A poet's transformation, this is a master class on how learning to live--and get sober--is essential to learning how to write.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFinding Faith: \u003c\/b\u003e The raw, unexpected, and often hilarious story of a reluctant convert finding her way from the Ivy League to a Catholic church, discovering a spiritual life she never thought possible.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574246178,"sku":"9780060596996-new","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060596996.jpg?v=1754265023"},{"product_id":"not-fade-away-short-life-well-lived-9780060737313-new","title":"Not Fade Away: A Short Life Well Lived","description":"Some people are born to lead and destined to teach by the example of living life to the fullest, and facing death with uncommon honesty and courage. Peter Barton was that kind of person.\u003cbr\u003eDriven by the ideals that sparked a generation, he became an overachieving Everyman, a risk-taker who showed others what was possible. Then, in the prime of his life—hugely successful, happily married, and the father of three children—Peter faced the greatest of all challenges. Diagnosed with cancer, he began a journey that was not only frightening and appalling but also full of wonder and discovery.\u003cbr\u003eWith unflinching candor and even surprising humor, Not Fade Away finds meaning and solace in Peter's confrontation with mortality. Celebrating life as it dares to stare down death, Peter's story addresses universal hopes and fears, and redefines the quietly heroic tasks of seeking clarity in the midst of pain, of breaking through to personal faith, and of achieving peace after bold and sincere questioning.","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574278946,"sku":"9780060737313-new","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060737313.jpg?v=1754265064"},{"product_id":"my-fathers-houses-memoir-family-9780060739942-new","title":"My Fathers' Houses: Memoir of a Family","description":"From Steven V. Roberts comes My Fathers' Houses, a memoir of growing up in Bayonne, New Jersey, an immigrant community in the shadow of the Statue if Liberty, and the story of how his father and his grandfather's dreams–and their own passion for writing and ideas–influenced Steven's future, and inspired him to seek his fortune in New York City, the media capital of the world.\u003cbr\u003eThis is a story of a town and a time and a boy who grew up there, a boy who became a New York Times correspondent, TV and radio personality, and best–selling author. The town was Bayonne, New Jersey, a European village so close to New York that Steve could see the Statue of Liberty from his bedroom window. The time was the forties and fifties, when children of immigrants were striving to become American and find a place in a booming post–war world. The core of Steve's world was one block, where he lived in a house his grandfather, Harry Schanbam, had built with his own hands.\u003cbr\u003eBut the story starts back in Russia, where the family business of writing and ideas began. Steve's other grandfather, Abraham Rogowsky, stole money to become a Zionist pioneer in Palestine before moving to America. The tale continues through the Depression, when Steve's parents lived one block apart in Bayonne, wrote letters to each other and married in secret.\u003cbr\u003eDuring the war years, Steve's father wrote children's books and based one of his best sellers on outings he took with his twin sons to the local train station. As his byline, he used his boys' middle names–Jeffrey Victor–so Steve got his first writing credit before he was two. The story concludes with the boy leaving Bayonne, going on to Harvard, meeting the Catholic girl who became his wife, and starting work at the New York Times–across the river, and worlds away, from where he began. Now a grandfather of five, Steve Roberts looks in the mirror and sees his own father and grandfather looking back at him–a family chain that started in 19th century Russia and thrives today in 21st century America.","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574311714,"sku":"9780060739942-new","price":15.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060739942.jpg?v=1754265064"},{"product_id":"pursuit-happyness-naacp-image-award-winner-9780060744878-new","title":"The Pursuit of Happyness: An NAACP Image Award Winner","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe red Ferrari was a symbol of everything he'd never had: freedom, options, a way out. For Chris Gardner, a bright but struggling man trying to keep himself and his toddler son afloat on the streets of San Francisco, it was the spark that ignited an impossible dream.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this powerful, inspirational memoir, Gardner recounts the true story of his stunning transformation from a homeless father to a Wall Street legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile pushing a rickety stroller that held his most precious cargo--and all their worldly possessions--Gardner faced a reality that would have broken most people. He and his son slept in public transit stations, in parks, and even in a locked public bathroom. Every day was a battle for survival, a desperate search for food, and a constant fight to maintain his dignity while pursuing an unpaid internship as a stockbroker. This gripping tale of overcoming adversity is a testament to the strength of a father's love and the relentless spirit of a man who refused to let his circumstances define him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the true story of a man who never gave up on his dream, or his son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Rags to Riches True Story: \u003c\/b\u003e From sleeping in a public bathroom at a BART station with his toddler to reaching the heights of Wall Street, Gardner's journey is an unforgettable testament to the power of self-belief.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnbreakable Father-Son Bond: \u003c\/b\u003e At the heart of this memoir is the powerful relationship between a father fighting for a future and the young son who became his reason for everything.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOvercoming Homelessness: \u003c\/b\u003e Experience the raw, unfiltered reality of being a working poor, homeless father in San Francisco, navigating shelters, soup kitchens, and the kindness of strangers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Ultimate Underdog: \u003c\/b\u003e With no college degree and no connections, see how a chance encounter with a man in a red Ferrari ignited a relentless drive to become a successful stockbroker against all odds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"AMISTAD PR","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574344482,"sku":"9780060744878-new","price":15.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060744878.jpg?v=1754265065"},{"product_id":"face-it-memoir-9780060749583-new","title":"Face It: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFilled with never-before-seen photos and art throughout, the much-anticipated autobiography from rock icon and lead singer of Blondie, Debbie Harry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBRAVE, BEAUTIFUL AND BORN TO BE PUNK \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMusician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the frontwoman of Blondie, a band that forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae and hip-hop to create some of the most beloved pop songs of all time. As a muse, she collaborated with some of the boldest artists of the past four decades. The scope of Debbie Harry's impact on our culture has been matched only by her reticence to reveal her rich inner life--until now in this landmark music memoir. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an arresting mix of visceral, soulful storytelling and stunning visuals, \u003ci\u003eFace It\u003c\/i\u003e upends the standard music memoir while delivering a truly prismatic portrait. With all the grit, grime, and glory recounted in intimate detail, \u003ci\u003eFace It\u003c\/i\u003e re-creates the legendary punk rock scene of 1970s New York City, where Blondie played at venues like CBGB's alongside the Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Aesthetically dazzling, and including never-before-seen photographs, bespoke illustrations and fan art installations, \u003ci\u003eFace It\u003c\/i\u003e brings Debbie Harry's world and artistic sensibilities to life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing her path from glorious commercial success to heroin addiction, the near-death of partner Chris Stein, a heart-wrenching bankruptcy, and Blondie's breakup as a band to her multifaceted acting career in more than thirty films, a stunning solo career and the triumphant return of her band, and her tireless advocacy for the environment and LGBTQ rights, \u003ci\u003eFace It\u003c\/i\u003e is a cinematic story of a woman who made her own path, and set the standard for a generation of female rock singers who followed in her footsteps--a memoir as dynamic as its subject. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I was saying things in songs that female singers didn't really say back then. I wasn't submissive or begging him to come back, I was kicking his ass, kicking him out, kicking my own ass too. My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side. I was playing it up yet I was very serious.\"--From \u003ci\u003eFace It \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eFace It\u003c\/i\u003e, Harry recounts it all with the grit and grace that defined an era: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe New York Scene: \u003c\/b\u003e From the grime of legendary clubs to collaborations with Andy Warhol and David Bowie, Harry provides a backstage pass to the coolest, most creative moment in modern music history.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA New Wave Sound: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover the story of Blondie's unique fusion of punk, disco, reggae, and hip-hop that changed the sound of pop music forever.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eRadical Honesty: \u003c\/b\u003e Harry holds nothing back, recounting her journey through heroin addiction, a near-fatal illness for partner Chris Stein, and a devastating bankruptcy with unflinching detail.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBeyond the Music: \u003c\/b\u003e Explore her multifaceted career in over thirty films, her stunning solo work, and her tireless advocacy for the environment and LGBTQ rights.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eStunning Visuals: \u003c\/b\u003e A true collector's item, the book is filled with never-before-seen personal photos, bespoke illustrations, and fan art that bring her world to life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"DEY STREET BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574377250,"sku":"9780060749583-new","price":29.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060749583.jpg?v=1754265065"},{"product_id":"playground-childhood-lost-inside-playboy-mansion-9780060761578-new","title":"Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the vein of \u003cem\u003eRunning with Scissors\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlayground\u003c\/em\u003e is the glitzy, glamorous, and surreal true story of a young girl who grew up inside the Playboy Mansion and never learned where the party stopped and the real world began. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou are six years old. Every day after school your father takes you to a sprawling castle filled with exotic animals, bowls of candy, and half-naked women catering to your every need.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou have your own room. You have new friends. You have an uncle Hef who's always there for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the world of Playground, the true story Jennifer Saginor who grew up inside the Playboy Mansion. By the time she was fourteen, she'd done countless drugs, had a secret affair with Hef's girlfriend, and was already losing her grip on reality. Schoolwork, family, and \"ordinary people\" had no meaning behind the iron gates of the Mansion, where celebrities frolicked, pool parties abounded, and her own father--Hugh Hefner's personal physician and best friend, the man nicknamed \"Dr. Feel Good\"--typically held court.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery day was a party, every night was an adventure, and through it all was a young girl falling faster and faster down the rabbit hole--trying desperately hard not to get lost. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e","brand":"DEY STREET BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574410018,"sku":"9780060761578-new","price":16.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060761578.jpg?v=1754265065"},{"product_id":"harbor-boys-memoir-9780060784690-new","title":"The Harbor Boys: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In navigating such turbulent emotional waters, Hamilton proves himself yet again a writer able to touch thousands of hearts as he delves deep into his own.\" -- \u003cem\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Speckled People\u003c\/em\u003e, one of the most lyrical and affecting memoirs of recent times, comes a powerful, deeply moving, and well-observed account of a young man's determined struggles to place himself in a world of his own making.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a boy, Hugo Hamilton felt a strong desire to be rid of the confused identity he had inherited from his German mother and Irish father. Yet history's determined grip tightened its hold. A job at the harbor, rather than offering him respite, entangled him in a bitter feud between two fishermen--one Catholic, one Protestant. Against the background of the spiraling Troubles in the North, Hugo listened to the missing persons bulletins going out on the radio for his German cousin who mysteriously vanished somewhere on the west coast of Ireland and watched as the unfolding harbor duel moved toward a tragic end.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Harbor Boys\u003c\/em\u003e brilliantly charts a young man as he battles his emotional inheritance and struggles to forge an identity of his own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574475554,"sku":"9780060784690-new","price":15.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060784690.jpg?v=1754265066"},{"product_id":"alligators-old-mink-new-money-one-womans-adventures-vintage-clothing-9780060786687-new","title":"Alligators, Old Mink \u0026 New Money: One Woman's Adventures in Vintage Clothing","description":"Alligators, Old Mink \u0026amp; New Money is a celebration of the clothes that capture our memories and imaginations, that leave their indelible stamp on each of our lives. Alison Houtte—a former fashion model who runs the beloved Brooklyn, New York, boutique Hooti Couture—knows that every article of vintage clothing has a story behind it, and she uses these items as a springboard to explore such universal topics as relationships, self-image, the bond between mothers and daughters, and that elusive thing called style.\u003cbr\u003eWhether you're a flea market veteran who savors the thrill of the hunt, a couture shopper with a Vogue budget, or are simply drawn to the de rigueur world of vintage, Alligators, Old Mink \u0026amp; New Money offers a shopping adventure—through auctions, estate sales, flea markets, and clothing racks all over the world—to be savored, and inspired by!","brand":"AVON BOOKS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574508322,"sku":"9780060786687-new","price":15.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060786687.jpg?v=1754265066"},{"product_id":"counselor-life-edge-history-9780060798727-new","title":"Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History","description":"In this extraordinary memoir, John F. Kennedy's closest advisor recounts in full for the first time his experience counseling Kennedy through the most dramatic moments in American history. Illuminating, revelatory, and gripping, Counselor is the brilliant, long-awaited memoir from the remarkable man who shaped the presidency and the legacy of one of the greatest leaders America has ever known.","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194574541090,"sku":"9780060798727-new","price":17.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060798727.jpg?v=1754265066"},{"product_id":"i-am-not-myself-these-days-memoir-9780060817329-new","title":"I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A glittering, bittersweet vision of an outsider who turned himself into the life and soul of the party. Kilmer-Purcell's cast is part freak-show, part soap-opera, but his prose is graced with such insight and wit that the laughter is revelatory, and the tears--and there are tears to be shed along this extraordinary journey--are shed for people in whom everybody will find something of themselves. In a word, wonderful.\" -- Clive Barker\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Absolutely hilarious and heartbreaking and heartfelt.\" --Armistead Maupin, author of \u003cem\u003eTales of the City\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling, darkly funny memoir of a young New Yorker's daring dual life--advertising art director by day, glitter-dripping drag queen and nightclub beauty-pageant hopeful by night--was a smash literary debut for Josh Kilmer-Purcell, now known for his popular Planet Green television series \u003cem\u003eThe Fabulous Beekman Boys\u003c\/em\u003e. His story begins here--before the homemade goat milk soaps and hand-gathered honeys, before his memoir of the city mouse's move to the country, \u003cem\u003eThe Bucolic Plague\u003c\/em\u003e--in \u003cem\u003eI Am Not Myself These Days\u003c\/em\u003e, with \"plenty of dishy anecdotes and moments of tragi-camp delight\" (\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575065378,"sku":"9780060817329-new","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060817329.jpg?v=1754265067"},{"product_id":"best-seat-house-how-i-woke-up-one-tuesday-was-paralyzed-life-9780060825294-new","title":"The Best Seat in the House","description":"One Tuesday afternoon Allen Rucker, Hollywood comedy writer and family man, wakes from a nap to find himself paralyzed from the waist down. Shocking? Yes. Unfair? Absolutely. Reality? Inescapably. Rucker is shaken up and angry, but soon realizes he's stuck in a wheelchair forever. He begins to reevaluate everything in his life, from the simplest bodily functions to the mysteries of the universe. Luckily, he's invited us along on the bumpy, poignant, and often hilarious road to recovery that leads him to completely redefine his life.\u003cbr\u003eThe Best Seat in the House is Rucker's unpretentious, unapologetic, refreshingly comic, and powerfully heartfelt paean to life and its fragility, and to the resilience and adaptability of a single, normal, very funny human being.","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575098146,"sku":"9780060825294-new","price":15.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060825294.jpg?v=1754265068"},{"product_id":"not-that-kind-girl-memoir-9780060840556-new","title":"Not That Kind of Girl: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[A] stunning new memoir... thick with contemplation, packed with ideas and images rendered in exacting, evocative prose.... Brave and startlingly beautiful.\" --Time Out New York \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Truthful, intelligent, and engrossing. This may become a generation's definitive account of books and the city.\" --Jeff Sharlet, New York Times bestselling author of The Family \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA loving and literate, honest and insightful look into the heart of that unsung heroine: the good girl. Fans of the strong narrative voices of such writers as Donna Tartt (The Secret History, The Little Friend), Nell Freudenberger (Lucky Girls, The Dissident), and Amy Bloom (Come to Me, A Blind Man Can See How Much I Love You), as well as books such as The Nanny Diaries, Prep, and The Devil Wears Prada, will love Not That Kind of Girl: Carlene Bauer's hilarious and touching memoir of God, books, and rock and roll.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does a girl raised on Bible verses and praise songs find her own voice in the static of punk rock and the pages of Sylvia Plath?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEvangelical Upbringing: \u003c\/b\u003e From Christian school and \"dying to self\" to discovering a world of music and literature her church warned her against.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFaith and Doubt: \u003c\/b\u003e A raw and honest exploration of what it means to question the only truth you've ever known, trading childhood certainty for the complexities of a life lived on your own terms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGen X Coming-of-Age: \u003c\/b\u003e Set against a backdrop of 80s and 90s culture, this is a story of finding your identity through The Smiths, Sylvia Plath, and the seismic shift from suburban South Jersey to New York City.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Good Girl's Rebellion: \u003c\/b\u003e An intelligent, witty, and heartfelt look at a quiet rebellion--not against rules, but for a bigger, more complicated life than the one she was offered.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575163682,"sku":"9780060840556-new","price":16.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060840556.jpg?v=1754265068"},{"product_id":"but-enough-about-me-how-small-town-girl-went-shag-carpet-red-carpet-9780060843656-new","title":"But Enough about Me: How a Small-Town Girl Went from Shag Carpet to the Red Carpet","description":"New Jersey in the 1980s had everything Jancee Dunn wanted: trips down the shore, Bruce Springsteen, a tantalizing array of malls. To music lover Jancee, New York City was a foreign country. So it was with bleak expectations that she submitted her résumé to Rolling Stone magazine. And before she knew it, she was backstage and behind the scenes with the most famous people in the world—hiking in Canada with Brad Pitt, snacking on Velveeta with Dolly Parton, dancing drunkenly onstage with the Beastie Boys—trading her good-girl suburban past for late nights, hipster guys, and the booze-soaked rock 'n' roll life.\u003cbr\u003eRiotously funny and tremendously touching, But Enough About Me is the amazing true story of an outsider who couldn't quite bring herself to become an insider.","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575196450,"sku":"9780060843656-new","price":18.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060843656.jpg?v=1754265068"},{"product_id":"working-stiff-misadventures-accidental-sexpert-9780060876128-new","title":"Working Stiff: The Misadventures of an Accidental Sexpert","description":"A twenty-two-year-old perennial virgin, Englishman Grant Stoddard didn't know what to do with his life in America—until he won an X-rated online contest, the prize being intercourse with an infamous married sex columnist. He consequently wound up delivering mail at Nerve.com but accidentally found his calling as a gonzo sex reporter who would try any and every lurid activity his crafty coworkers devised—from offering himself up as man-bait at a hard-core gay bar to attending an elite orgy, to being a hapless participant in a sexual home invasion—all the while wishing he could be safely tucked in bed.\u003cbr\u003eWorking Stiff is the humble, hilarious, and delightfully salacious fish-into-water story of a young man who followed his heart—and other organs—into places where few would dare to venture.","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575261986,"sku":"9780060876128-new","price":15.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060876128.jpg?v=1754265069"},{"product_id":"queen-oddballs-other-true-stories-life-unaccording-plan-9780060878832-new","title":"Queen of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life Unaccording to Plan","description":"A hilariously offbeat memoir about an adventurous young woman's escapades as she defies conventions and transforms an ordinary Los Angeles life into a star-studded, extraordinary miracle of self-discovery.\u003cbr\u003eQueen of the Oddballs forms a chronology of Hillary Carlip's habitual straying from roads more traveled -- from a wisecracking third-grader suspended from school for smoking (while imitating Holly Golightly) to a headline-making teen activist, juggler and fire eater, friend (NOT \"fan\") of Carly Simon and Carole King, grand prize-winning Gong Show contestant, cult rock star, and seeker of spiritual and romantic truths that definitely defy expectations.\u003cbr\u003eIllustrated with ephemera -- from diary entries and photographs to a handwritten letter from Carly Simon -- Queen of the Oddballs presents a virtual time capsule of pop culture's last four decades and celebrates a creative life lived to the hilt.","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575294754,"sku":"9780060878832-new","price":15.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060878832.jpg?v=1754265069"},{"product_id":"dishwasher-one-mans-quest-wash-dishes-all-fifty-states-9780060896423-new","title":"Dishwasher: One Man's Quest to Wash Dishes in All Fifty States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDishwasher\u003c\/em\u003e is Public Radio favorite and underground celebrity Pete Jordan's amusing memoir of his dishwashing extravaganza. Part adventure, part parody, and part miraculous journey of self-discovery, it is the unforgettable account of Jordan's transformation from itinerant seeker into \"Dishwasher Pete\"--unlikely folk hero, writer, publisher of his own cult zine, and the ultimate professional dish dog--and how he gave it all up for love.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For 12 years, I was the most prolific dishlicker of them all. From 1989 to 2001, I dished my way around the country, unwittingly searching for direction. From a bagel joint in New Mexico to a Mexican joint in Brooklyn; from a dinner train in Rhode Island to the Lawrence Welk Resort in Branson, Missouri; from an upper-crust ladies' club to a crusty hippie commune--I washed the nation's dishes. Whether it was a gig so lousy that I walked out within an hour or one where I toiled 120 hours a week, I remained a man on a mission: to bust suds in every state in the union.\"--Pete Jordan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA smart, funny, and surprising look at life, \u003cem\u003eDishwasher\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to appeal to fans of Nick Hornby and Tom Perotta.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575327522,"sku":"9780060896423-new","price":17.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060896423.jpg?v=1754265070"},{"product_id":"weve-always-had-paris-provence-scrapbook-our-life-france-9780060898588-new","title":"We've Always Had Paris... and Provence: A Scrapbook of Our Life in France","description":"For more than a quarter century, Patricia Wells, who has long been recognized as the leading American authority on French food, and her husband, Walter, have lived the life in France that many of us have often fantasized about. In this delightful memoir they share in two voices their experiences—the good, the bad, and the funny—offering a charming and evocative account of their beloved home and some of the wonderful people they have met along the way.","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575393058,"sku":"9780060898588-new","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060898588.jpg?v=1754265071"},{"product_id":"american-childhood-9780060915186-new","title":"An American Childhood","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eAn American Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e more than takes the reader's breath away. It consumes you as you consume it, so that, when you have put down this book, you're a different person, one who has virtually experienced another childhood.\u003c\/strong\u003e\" -- \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, \u003cem\u003eAn American Childhood\u003c\/em\u003e is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s and 60s. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDedicated to her parents--from whom she learned a love of language and the importance of following your deepest passions--Dillard's brilliant memoir will resonate with anyone who has ever recalled with longing playing baseball on an endless summer afternoon, caring for a pristine rock collection, or knowing in your heart that a book was written just for you. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575425826,"sku":"9780060915186-new","price":16.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060915186.jpg?v=1754265071"},{"product_id":"eating-my-words-appetite-life-9780060501105-new","title":"Eating My Words: An Appetite for Life","description":"As one of the country's foremost restaurant reviewers, Mimi Sheraton set the standard for food writing and criticism. In this engrossing memoir, the doyenne of food criticism explains how she developed her passion for writing about food and wine, sharing the secrets of her career, including her years at the New York Times. Witty and honest, she talks openly about the importance of anonymity, her battle with weight, and the demands of juggling work with the needs of a husband and son. From fine dining to lunch in New York City public schools, Mimi Sheraton gives readers the big dish on a life in food.","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575458594,"sku":"9780060501105-new","price":14.36,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060501105.jpg?v=1754265072"},{"product_id":"land-green-ghosts-burmese-odyssey-9780060505233-new","title":"From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A page-turner...deeply moving, beautifully written, and most inspiring. When I reached the last page, my heart was filled with joy and gratitude.\" -- Nien Chang, author of Life and Death in Shanghai\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn emotionally charged and lyrically written memoir about a remarkable odyssey from a Burmese hill tribe and a land torn by civil war to Cambridge University.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt was during a tour on a trip through Burma that John Casey, a Cambridge don, first met Pascal Khoo Thwe, who was moonlighting in a Chinese restaurant to support himself as a student at Mandalay University. Thwe was born a member of the Padaung tribe in Burma where political turmoil and poverty are ever-present realities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThwe left school to join the student rebels during the great insurrection of 1988, but remained in touch with Casey. He was forced to flee the country. It was his connection to Casey that enabled him to emigrate to England where he was admitted to Cambridge University. Despite his humble beginnings and the oppression he faced, Pascal Khoo Thwe brings us into a world forgotten by the West, but one that readers will not soon forget.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575491362,"sku":"9780060505233-new","price":18.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060505233.jpg?v=1754265123"},{"product_id":"my-life-middle-ages-survivors-tale-9780060955984-new","title":"My Life in the Middle Ages: A Survivor's Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003eStriving children, aging parents, job pressures, financial anxieties, physical ailments, generalized hope and dread--a memoir of middle age that is both literary and confessional\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What is the most baffling period in our lives? Not childhood, not old age, but the decades of our forties and fifties, the period now generously known as middle age. Of all the challenges that face us in this time of reckoning, the effort to accept the limits of our character, the dwindling of possibilities, and the gap between our aspirations and reality is perhaps the most daunting. It's both an occasion for regret and an opportunity for coming to terms, the moment when we come up against our limits and discover--for better and worse--who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e My Life in the Middle Ages is a portrait, in 12 chapters, of what that unnerving experience is like. A collection of unified essays about the pleasures and pathos that haunt us on the threshold of old age, it charts an original course between reportage and confession. Drawn from the author's own life, from the testimony of parents, children, teachers, and friends, from the books he's read and the life that he chose (and that chose him), My Life in the Middle Ages is a comic and poignant memoir that's both personal and generational.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575524130,"sku":"9780060955984-new","price":16.45,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780060955984.jpg?v=1754265123"},{"product_id":"it-all-changed-instant-more-six-word-memoirs-writers-famous-obscure-9780061719431-new","title":"It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous \u0026 Obscure","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"A perfect distraction and inspiration, and a collection that begs to be shared. Be warned, though. If you plan to lend out your copy, start out with two. Once it leaves your hands you'll never see it again.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e--Denver Post (on Not Quite What I Was Planning)\u003cp\u003eThe editors of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning are back with its much-anticipated sequel, It All Changed in an Instant. With contributions from acclaimed authors like Malcolm Gladwell, Frank McCourt, Wally Lamb, Isabel Allende, Junot Diaz, Amy Tan, and James Frey, and celebrities like Sarah Silverman, Suze Orman, Marlee Matlin, Neil Patrick Harris, Ann Coulter, and Chelsea Handler, It All Changed in an Instant presents a thousand more glimpses of humanity. . . six words at a time. In the vein of the popular Post Secret books, It All Changed in an Instant, in the words of Vanity Fair, \"will thrill minimalists and inspire maximalists.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCelebrity Contributions: \u003c\/b\u003e Discover the six-word life stories of stars like Neil Patrick Harris, Sarah Silverman, and Suze Orman.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLiterary Superstars: \u003c\/b\u003e Read miniature masterpieces from literary giants including Malcolm Gladwell, Junot Diaz, and the late Frank McCourt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSix-Word Memoirs: \u003c\/b\u003e Explore the addictive world of flash nonfiction, where everyday people share their lives with wit, candor, and unbelievable brevity.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Inspiring Anthology: \u003c\/b\u003e The perfect sequel to the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eNot Quite What I Was Planning\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection is ideal for writers, readers, and anyone who loves a great story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575556898,"sku":"9780061719431-new","price":13.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780061719431.jpg?v=1754265123"},{"product_id":"mummys-little-soldier-troubled-child-absent-mum-shocking-secret-9780007595143-new","title":"Mummy's Little Soldier: A troubled child. An absent mum. A shocking secret.","description":"\u003cp\u003eCasey's Unit is, as ever, full of troubled, disaffected pupils, and new arrival Leo is something of a conundrum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThirteen year old Leo isn't a bad lad - in fact, he's generally polite and helpful, but he's in danger of permanent exclusion for repeatedly absconding and unauthorised absences. Despite letters being sent home regularly, his mother never turns up for any appointments, and when the school calls home she always seems to have an excuse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough Casey has her hands full, she offers to intervene for a while, to try get Leo engaged in learning again and remaining in school. The head's sceptical though and warns her that this is Leo's very last chance. But Casey's determined, because there's something about Leo that makes her want to fight his corner, and get to the bottom of whatever it is that compels this enigmatic boy to keep running away. With Leo so resolutely tight-lipped and secretive, Casey knows that if she's going to keep this child in education, she's going to have to get to the bottom of it herself...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPER ELEMENT","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575589666,"sku":"9780007595143-new","price":18.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007595143.jpg?v=1754265124"},{"product_id":"two-boat-marital-rite-passage-9780007120642-new","title":"Two in a Boat: A Marital Rite of Passage","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her forties Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis decided to trade in her landlubber life - a nice house in Cardiff and a sensible job at the BBC - for life aboard a small yacht with her husband Leighton, a former bosun with the Merchant Navy and now in his mid-sixties.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"We bought our first sailing boat by accident... She was a twenty-three-foot Intro class racer called Nitro, had a yellow hull and was totally unsuitable for beginners, so we bought her and started to learn how to sail in the Bristol Channel. Not long afterwards we were talking about renting out the house and sailing around the world.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter buying a yacht - Jameeleh - and teaching themselves to sail it (a process not without its fair share of disasters, from psychotic seas off St. Govan's Head to broken ribs off Ballycotton), Gwyneth and Leighton set out to cross the Atlantic. Unfortunately Gwyneth's incessant seasickness and Leighton's daily deterioration into a moody Captain Bastard were not the only catastrophes with which they had to contend. This strange, stirring and often hilarious account of their voyage is as much a beginner's guide to sailing as it is a portrait of a marriage under the pressure of depression, both medical and meteorological.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGwyneth Lewis's training as a poet and film-maker lends her prose a wonderfully visual quality, and her contagious optimism in the face of inconceivable adversity - not much more could possibly have gone wrong - makes this unique book both touchingly witty and incredibly wise.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575622434,"sku":"9780007120642-new","price":18.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007120642.jpg?v=1754265124"},{"product_id":"out-frying-pan-scenes-my-life-9780007122813-new","title":"Out of the Frying Pan: Scenes from My Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eKeith Floyd's exuberant personality, as much as his cooking skills, has made him a favourite both as bestselling author and as television presenter. But here, for the first time, he tells his own story - and it is full of surprises.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories from his childhood in Somerset are vivid and moving: his grandfather with his tin leg, his mother at the mills, and his uncle, the ferret keeper, and the black sheep of the family for 'carrying on' with married women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKeith Floyd spent a short spell on a local newspaper, and then, in a hilarious episode, joined the army. After he and the Ministry of Defence decided that they did not suit each other, he took his first cooking job as an assistant vegetable cook in a Bristol hotel. The great period of bistros and cafes had dawned and Keith Floyd was in the forefront, cooking in an open kitchen, with Pink Floyd blaring from the speakers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is wonderful about this book is the vividness of the scenes he paints and the deftness with which he draws the characters - including his several wives. Those who have admired Keith Floyd's way with a whisk will now be impressed to discover and enjoy his remarkable skill with words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575655202,"sku":"9780007122813-new","price":18.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007122813.jpg?v=1754265125"},{"product_id":"hannahs-gift-lessons-life-fully-lived-9780007155675-new","title":"Hannah's Gift: Lessons from a Life Fully Lived","description":"\u003cp\u003eTransformative lessons in life learnt through a remarkable three-year-old girl's battle with cancer. From Hannah's story emerge five profound lessons - of truth, joy, faith, compassion and wonder - that have the power to change our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery once in a while a book comes along that can change your life - a book so special, it is destined not just to be read but to be cherished, to be passed from one reader to another as a precious gift. Filled with wisdom and grace, tears and laughter, Hannah's Gift is one such book. Maria Housden shares the transformative lessons in living she received from her three-year-old daughter Hannah, who brought courage, honesty and joy to her struggle with cancer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the last year of her short life, Hannah was fearless in the way she faced death - and irrepressibly joyful in the way she approached living. The little girl who wore her favourite red shoes into the operating theatre changed the life of everyone who came in contact with her. Now, in a book that preserves Hannah's indomitable spirit, Maria Housden offers the gift of her daughter's last year to all of us. In a lyrically told narrative, both moving and unforgettable, Housden recounts Hannah's battle with cancer in simple, straightforward language that transcends grief and fear to become a celebration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHannah's Gift nourishes the soul with an ageless wisdom all the more invaluable for having come from someone so young. A remarkable story, remarkably told, it will bring comfort to anyone touched by loss and renewed faith in the power of love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS 360","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575687970,"sku":"9780007155675-new","price":11.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007155675.jpg?v=1754265125"},{"product_id":"blood-roses-one-familys-struggle-triumph-during-tumultuous-wars-roses-9780007162222-new","title":"Blood and Roses: One Family's Struggle and Triumph During the Tumultuous Wars of the Roses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A gripping family saga. . . . Page-turners are rarely written by scholars of the 15th century, but Castor wears her learning admirably lightly. \u003cem\u003eBlood and Roses\u003c\/em\u003e is nothing less than a ripping yarn.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe Indepedent\u003c\/em\u003e (London)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Wars of the Roses tore England asunder. Over the course of thirty years, four kings lost their thrones, countless men lost their lives on the battlefield or their heads on the block, and others found themselves suddenly flush with gold. Yet until now, little has been written about the ordinary people who lived through this extraordinary time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood and Roses\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping, intimate story of one determined family conducting everyday business against the backdrop of a disintegrating society and savage civil war. Drawing on a rare trove of letters discovered in a tumbledown stately home, historian Helen Castor reconstructs the turbulent affairs of the Pastons through three generations of births, marriages, and deaths as they single-mindedly worked their way up from farmers to landed gentry. It is a remarkable chronicle of devotion, ambition, and survival that brings a remote and hazy era to vibrant new life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PERENNIAL","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575720738,"sku":"9780007162222-new","price":17.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007162222.jpg?v=1754265126"},{"product_id":"still-spitting-sixty-60s-my-sixties-sort-autobiography-9780007182503-new","title":"Still Spitting at Sixty: From the 60s to My Sixties, a Sort of Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Puppet Master is back with the inside story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by one half of the Fluck and Law partnership, which produced Spitting Image for many years, this book will catch up with creative spirit Roger Law to investigate life at sixty through the eyes of the puppet master.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoger Law, the evil genius behind the mocking, caricature puppets of Spitting Image - which lampooned Margaret Thatcher, ridiculed the Royal Family and gave birth to 'The Chicken Song' - unburdens his tormented soul and tells the awful truth of how it all came about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe award-winning series ran for eight years, with Law masterminding the corruption and undermining of an entire generation's respect for authority and institutions, and giving voice to such comedic reprobates as Harry Enfield, Pamela Stephenson and Rory Bremner. He subjected the British public to political outrages - to a reception of delight and indignation in equal measure - every Sunday evening from 1984 to 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen the satire bubble finally burst, Law found himself too young for retirement, too old to be retrained and without any discernable talent for domesticity or addressing a golf ball. In short, very thoroughly rinsed up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConfronted with 'one day off after another as far as the eye can see, ' Law did what some people thought was the only decent thing he could do, possibly had ever done - he transported himself to Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTILL SPITTING AT SIXTY is Roger Law's account of his life in retirement down-under, filled with all the lunacy and flare that one would expect from the co-producer and creator of Spitting Image.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS 360","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575753506,"sku":"9780007182503-new","price":12.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007182503.jpg?v=1754265126"},{"product_id":"barefoot-mullyneeny-boys-journey-towards-belonging-9780007220885-new","title":"Barefoot in Mullyneeny: A Boy's Journey Towards Belonging","description":"\u003cp\u003eBryan Gallagher's reminiscences of the Ireland of his youth, first heard on Radio 4's 'Home Truths', transport you to a world of boyhood pranks, playground politics and the confusion of growing up in a land that is every bit as magical and captivating as the stories he has to tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarefoot in Mullyneeny is Bryan Gallagher's evocative tale of a childhood remembered through the people and landscape of Fermanagh, near the beautiful shores of Lough Erne in Ireland. Bryan chronicles a time when all the big boys went to school in bare feet and secretly watched the Saturday night bands and dances in halls lit by Tilley lamps; where it was known to be nothing less than the biblical truth that if you put a horse-hair across the palm of your hand when you were about to be punished at school, the cane would split in two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGallagher's writing will touch the hearts of those who long for the innocence of childhood and the simplicity of an era long past. Whether relating tales of murderous bicycle chases through the darkened streets of Cavan, of ghosts and fairy forts or the anguish of emigration, this remarkable memoir vividly recreates life in rural Ireland in the 1940s and 50s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those who thought that life in Ireland was one of poverty and misery, Barefoot in Mullyneeny offers a view of the Ireland of yesteryear that combines the touching, homely nostalgia of Nigel Slater's Toast and Laurie Lee's Cider with Rosie with a humorous optimism that is unmistakably Ireland at its best.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS 360","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575786274,"sku":"9780007220885-new","price":11.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007220885.jpg?v=1754265127"},{"product_id":"my-fathers-watch-story-child-prisoner-70s-britain-9780007242146-new","title":"My Father's Watch: The Story of a Child Prisoner in 70s Britain","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe intensely moving memoir of Patrick Maguire, one of the 'Maguire Seven', wrongly imprisoned as a teenager for making bombs for the IRA.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the night of October 5 1974, an IRA unit left bombs in two Guildford pubs: five people were killed. On the night of December 3 1974, on the strength of fabricated testimony extracted under duress from Paul Hill and Gerard Conlon (whom the police mistakenly believed had planted the Guildford bombs), Anne and Paddy Maguire, two of their four children, Vincent and Patrick, plus other family members and friends, a total of seven in all, were arrested at their home in West London. On 22 October 1975, the Guildford Four were wrongfully convicted of bombing the two pubs in Guildford. On 4 March 1976, the Maguire Seven, as they had become known, were found guilty of possession of the nitro-glycerine used in those bombings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn 19 October 1989, the verdicts on the Guildford Four were quashed. On 26 June 1991, the convictions against the Maguire Seven of handling explosives were quashed and just over a year later, Sir John May, after producing a report on the Maguire Seven case, described it as the worst miscarriage of justice he had ever seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind these dates lie human stories - 'My Father's Watch' tells that of Patrick, who was the youngest of the accused, at fourteen years old. He was sentenced to four years and when he came out he had no home and no family, as both of his parents were still in jail. This book takes us through Patrick's entire life, from his working-class childhood in West London to the difficult life he has led since prison, the roots of which go back to the wrongful convictions and the destruction of the family that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePatrick Maguire and the novelist Carlo G\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS 360","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575851810,"sku":"9780007242146-new","price":12.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007242146.jpg?v=1754265127"},{"product_id":"cry-myself-sleep-he-had-escape-they-would-never-hurt-him-again-9780007275045-new","title":"Cry Myself to Sleep: He Had to Escape. They Would Never Hurt Him Again.","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe next book from the number one bestselling author of Cry Silent Tears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoe was only five years old when he lost his voice. Only five years old when he was first beaten by his mother and raped by her boyfriend. And only nine years old when his mother sold him to a paedophile ring.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt sixteen, Joe finally found the courage to escape and headed for Charing Cross station with no money in his pocket, no friends and nowhere to turn to. But the nightmare was far from over.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaunted by his harrowing past, Joe's life spiralled out of control. Living on the lonely streets of London, Joe turned down a dark path of crime and self-destruction and it seemed that he was bound for prison. Until the love of a good woman set him free...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the ultimate story of triumph over evil, of survival and redemption. Heartbreaking, but unbelievably inspiring, it is a testament to the unbreakable resilience of a little boy who grew up into a remarkable man. Now that he has found his voice again, Joe speaks out against child abuse and helps support and protect other children whose lives have been blighted by it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS 360","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575917346,"sku":"9780007275045-new","price":12.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007275045.jpg?v=1754265127"},{"product_id":"cut-true-story-abandoned-abused-little-girl-who-was-desperate-be-part-family-9780007280995-new","title":"Cut: The True Story of an Abandoned, Abused Little Girl Who Was Desperate to Be Part of a Family","description":"\u003cp\u003eMillion-copy bestselling author Cathy Glass tells the story of Dawn, a sweet and seemingly well-balanced girl whose outward appearance masks a traumatic childhood of suffering at the hands of the very people who should have cared for her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDawn was the first girl Cathy Glass ever fostered. Sweet and seemingly well balanced girl, Dawn's outward appearance masked a traumatic childhood so awful, that even she could not remember it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDuring the first night, Cathy awoke to see Dawn looming above Cathy's baby's cot, her eyes staring and blank. She sleepwalks - which Cathy learns is often a manifestation in disturbed children. It becomes a regular and frightening occurrence, and Cathy is horrified to find Dawn lighting a match whilst mumbling it's not my fault in her sleep one night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCathy discovers Dawn is playing truant from school, and struggling to make friends. More worryingly she finds her room empty one night, and her pillow covered in blood. Dawn has been self-harming in order to release the pain of her past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Dawn attempts suicide, Cathy realises that she needs more help than she can give. Dawn's mother eventually confides in her that Dawn was sent away to live with relatives in Ireland between the ages of 5 and 9, and Cathy soon realises that the horrors Dawn was exposed to during this time have left her a very disturbed little girl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS 360","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575950114,"sku":"9780007280995-new","price":11.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007280995.jpg?v=1754265128"},{"product_id":"mummys-little-helper-heartrending-true-story-young-girl-secretly-caring-her-severely-disabled-mother-9780007479597-new","title":"Mummy's Little Helper: The heartrending true story of a young girl secretly caring for her severely disabled mother","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fifth book from bestselling author and specialist foster carer Casey Watson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recent census shows that there are at least 175,000 child carers in the UK, 13,000 of whom care for more than 50 hours a week. Many remain invisible to a system that would otherwise help them. Abigail is one of those children. This is her story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTen-year-old Abigail has never known her father. Her mother, Sarah, has multiple sclerosis, and Abigail has been her carer since she was a toddler - shopping, cooking, cleaning and attending to her personal needs. When Sarah is rushed to hospital, suddenly this comes to the attention of the social services, and Abigail has nowhere to go.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThough she doesn't fit the usual profile of a child that specialist foster carers Casey and Mike Watson would take on, they are happy to step in and look after Abigail. It's an emergency, after all - and all that's needed is a loving temporary home, while social services look into how to support the family so that they can be reunited.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it soon becomes clear that this isn't going to happen. Sarah's MS is now at a very advanced stage, and the doctors are certain that there will no longer be periods of remission. Abigail's emotional state starts to spiral out of control as she struggles to let go of the burden of responsibilities she has carried for so long.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSarah and Abigail insist that they do not need help, but with no other family to contact, social services are left with no choice but to find long-term care for Abigail, against their wishes. But Casey never gives up on a child in need, and she knows there must be another solution...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS 360","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194575982882,"sku":"9780007479597-new","price":13.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007479597.jpg?v=1754265128"},{"product_id":"param-9780007492510-new","title":"Param","description":"Around the world by ambulance.\u003cbr\u003eParamédico is a brilliant collection of adventures by Australian paramedic Benjamin Gilmour as he works and volunteers on ambulances around the world. From England to Mexico, and Iceland to Pakistan, Gilmour takes us on an extraordinary thrill-ride with his wild coworkers. Along the way he learns a few things, too, and shows us not only how precious life truly is, but how to passionately embrace it.\u003cbr\u003eNow an acclaimed feature-length documentary movie.","brand":"HARPERCOLLINS 360","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194576179490,"sku":"9780007492510-new","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780007492510.jpg?v=1754265129"},{"product_id":"my-kenya-days-9780006383925-new","title":"My Kenya Days","description":"Following on from the author's autobiography, The Life of My Choice, this book provides a record of Thesiger's 30 years in Kenya. Since his first visit to Kenya in 1960, Thesiger has made a series of long journeys on foot with camels to Lake Turkana, Marsabit and other remote areas.","brand":"FLAMINGO","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":50194576212258,"sku":"9780006383925-new","price":18.54,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0893\/4755\/5618\/files\/9780006383925.jpg?v=1754265129"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.albakireads.com\/collections\/biography-memoirs.oembed?page=16","provider":"AlbakiReads","version":"1.0","type":"link"}