Biographies and autobiographies

  • What I ate in one year : and related thoughts

    Creator

    Tucci, Stanley

    Abstract

    From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author – a deliciously unique memoir chronicling a year's worth of meals. "Sharing food is one of the purest human acts." Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's life: from stracciatella soup served in the shadow of the Pantheon, to marinara sauce cooked between scene rehearsals and costume fittings, to home-made pizza eaten with his children before bedtime.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Gallery Books

    New York

    Gallery Books

    Not specified
  • That librarian : the fight against book banning in America

    Creator

    Jones, Amanda

    Abstract

    National bestseller. "Amanda Jones started getting death threats, all for standing up for our right to read...but she's not stopped fighting against book bans, or stopped advocating for access to diverse stories." – Oprah Winfrey, in a speech at the 2023 National Book Awards. Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivity on the front lines of our vicious culture wars. One of the things small town librarian Amanda Jones values most about books is how they can affirm a young person's sense of self.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Bloomsbury Publishing

    New York

    Bloomsbury Publishing

    Not specified
  • The widow's guide to dead bastards

    Creator

    Waite, Jessica

    Abstract

    After the sudden death of her husband, a woman unearths surprising revelations about the man she was married to for seventeen years. A compulsively readable, darkly funny, posthumous love story about loss, grief, and unresolved relationships. Jessica Waite's successful, charismatic husband, Sean, is on his way home from a business trip when he collapses in a Houston airport. Having begun the day as a wife, by noon she is a widow and the sole living parent to their nine-year-old son.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster

    Toronto

    Simon and Schuster Canada

    Not specified
  • Lettres à sa mère

    Creator

    de Saint-Exupéry, Antoine

    Abstract

    Tout écrivain, tout grand homme a entretenu des relations épistolaires avec sa famille. Mais Saint-Exupéry était lié à la sienne par une affection et une tendresse de chaque instant.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Paris

    Editions Gallimard

    Paris

    Editions Gallimard

    Not specified
  • Oath and honor : a memoir and a warning

    Creator

    Cheney, Liz.

    Abstract

    Instant #1 bestseller. A gripping first-hand account of the January 6th, 2021, insurrection from inside the halls of Congress—from origins to aftermath—as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Little, Brown and Company

    New York

    Little, Brown and Company

    Not specified
  • The war we won apart : the untold story of two elite agents who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII

    Creator

    Ayed, Nahlah

    Abstract

    Instant #1 national bestseller. Love, betrayal, and a secret war: the untold story of two elite agents, one Canadian, one British, who became one of the most decorated couples of WWII. On opposite sides of the pond, Sonia Butt, an adventurous young British woman, and Guy d'Artois, a French-Canadian soldier and thunderstorm of a man, are preparing for war. From different worlds, their lives first intersect during clandestine training to become agents with Winston Churchill's secret army, the Special Operations Executive.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Viking

    Toronto

    Viking, an imprint of Penguin Canada, a division of Penguin Random House Canada Limited

    Not specified
  • On call : a doctor's journey in public service

    Creator

    Fauci, Anthony

    Abstract

    #1 New York Times Bestseller. The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents. "An eventful autobiography [and] a classic American story...Gripping." – The Washington Post. "One of the most consequential and most prominent [careers] in American medicine in the past fifty years." – Jerome Groopman, The New Yorker. Anthony Fauci is arguably the most famous – and most revered – doctor in the world today.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Viking

    [New York, New York]

    Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC

    Not specified
  • Some people need killing : a memoir of murder in my country

    Creator

    Evangelista, Patricia

    Abstract

    Time's #1 Nonfiction Book of the Year – A New York Times Book Review Top 10 Best Book of the Year – Winner of the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Book Award – Finalist for the Chautauqua Prize and the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing – Longlisted for the Women's Prize – A Best Book of the Year: The New York Times – The New Yorker – The Economist – Chicago Public Library – CrimeReads – The Mary Sue.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Random House

    New York

    Random House

    Not specified
  • Challenger : a true story of heroism and disaster on the edge of space

    Creator

    Higginbotham, Adam

    Abstract

    Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize – Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction – Finalist for the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction – A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 – New York Times Bestseller. "Stunning...A heart-pounding thriller... Challenger is a remarkable book." – The Atlantic. "Devastating...A universal story that transcends time." – The New York Times. "Dramatic...a moving narrative." – The Wall Street Journal.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster

    New York

    Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC

    Not specified
  • The mango tree : a memoir of fruit, Florida, and felony

    Creator

    Tometich, Annabelle

    Abstract

    The Washington Post's Best Books of 2024—Eater's Best Food Books to Read This Spring. This "witty, humorous, and heartfelt" (Cinelle Barnes) memoir navigates the tangled branches of Annabelle Tometich's life, from growing up in Florida as the child of a Filipino mother and a deceased white father to her adult life as a med-school-reject-turned-food-critic. When journalist Annabelle Tometich picks up the phone one June morning, she isn't expecting a collect call from an inmate at the Lee County Jail.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Little, Brown and Company

    New York

    Little, Brown and Company

    Not specified