Boundless - A Wayward Entrepreneur's Search for Peace by Greg Hopkinson
Category: Biography
When Greg Hopkinson experienced profound peace in a near-death experience in an avalanche, it made him think that it must be possible to achieve the same thing above the snow. Believing money would help him accomplish this, he started to do business in the Soviet Union during the collapse of communism. ...Show more
Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness by Sasha Martin
Category: Biography
It was a culinary journey like no other: Over the course of 195 weeks, food writer and blogger Sasha Martin set out to cook - and eat - a meal from every country in the world. As cooking unlocked the memories of her rough-and-tumble childhood and the loss and heartbreak that came with it, Martin became ...Show more
Shepherd of Another Flock by David Wilbourne
Category: Biography
The enchanting story of a Yorkshire rural community seen through the eyes of its young vicar.As the newly appointed Vicar of Helmsley, David was looking forward to working in this picturesque market town, set in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside. Admittedly the vicarage, which dated back to the twelft ...Show more
Carbon Under Pressure by MEG HEART
Category: Biography
A mother wakes to a nightmare and is thrust into a race to save three lives. Rose thought she had it all, then she discovered her husband's hidden life. The revelation crushed Rose, and the breakup shattered her family. Battling through heartbreak and betrayal, she thought the worst was behind her, but ...Show more
Ayesha's Gift: A daughter's search for the truth about her father by Martin Sixsmith
Category: Biography
**FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BESTSELLING PHILOMENA, MADE INTO THE AWARD-WINNING FILM STARRING STEVE COOGAN AND JUDI DENCH**Ayesha's Gift is the true story of a young woman, born in Pakistan, living in Britain, whose life is thrown into desperate turmoil by the violent death of her father. The Pakistani auth ...Show more
Telling Tales: The Fabulous Lives of Anita Leslie by Penny Perrick
Category: Biography
Anita Leslie (1914-85), best known for the popular biographies of her extraordinary relatives, including Jennie Churchill (Winston's mother) and sculptor Clare Sheridan, was also a most unlikely war heroine. In 1940 Anita volunteered for active service, and by the end of the war she had been awarded the ...Show more
Chekhov : A Life in Letters by A.P. Chekhov
Category: Biography | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germany in 1904, Chekhov wrote over 4,500 letters to a range of correspondents, including family and friends, his publisher and fellow writers - not to mention actresses. These letters tell the story of Chekhov's life as a man and ...Show more
After A Funeral by Diana Athill
Category: Biography
The story of Diana Athill's relationship with Didi - a gifted writer and an Egyptian in exile - and a remarkably honest, poignant look at love and grief. This is the story of how and why a talented writer came to take his own life. When Diana Athill met the man she calls Didi, an Egyptian in exile, she ...Show more
The Choice - Embrace the Possible by Edith Eva Eger
Category: Biography
A New York Times Bestseller "I'll be forever changed by Dr. Eger's story...The Choice is a reminder of what courage looks like in the worst of times and that we all have the ability to pay attention to what we've lost, or to pay attention to what we still have."--Oprah "Dr. Eger's life reveals o ...Show more
Rilke : the Last Inward Man by Lesley Chamberlain
Category: Biography
An incisive and intimate account of the life and work of the great poet Rilke, exploring the rich interior world he created in his poetry. When Rilke died in 1926, his reputation as a great poet seemed secure. But as the tide of the critical avant-garde turned, he was increasingly dismissed as apolitic ...Show more
Marilyn in Manhattan: Her Year of Joy by Elizabeth Winder
Category: Biography
In Manhattan, the most famous woman in the world can wander the streets unbothered, spend hours at the Met getting lost in art, and afternoons buried in the stacks of the Strand. Marilyn begins to live a life of the mind in New York; she dates Arthur Miller, dances with Truman Capote and drinks with Car ...Show more
Size Zero: My Life as a Disappearing Model by Victoire Dauxerre
Category: Biography
Scouted in the street when she was 17, Victoire Dauxerre's story started like a teenager's fantasy: within months she was strutting down the catwalks of New York's major fashion shows. But when fashion executives and photographers forced her to become ever thinner, Victoire's dream became a nightmare. ...Show more