Biographies and autobiographies

  • Being Henry : the Fonz ... and beyond

    Creator

    Winkler, Henry

    Abstract

    Instant New York Times Bestseller. From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. Henry Winkler, launched into prominence as "The Fonz" in the beloved Happy Days, has transcended the role that made him who he is.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Celadon Books

    New York

    Celadon Books

    Not specified
  • Behind the door : the dark truths and untold stories of the Cecil Hotel

    Creator

    Price, Amy.

    Abstract

    The disturbing true story of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown LA, by its general manager for a decade and star of the controversial Netflix documentary series Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel. When Amy Price took a temporary design job at an Art Deco hotel in Los Angeles to help a friend, she had no idea the path it would lead her down.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    William Morrow Cookbooks

    New York

    William Morrow

    Not specified
  • Becoming

    Creator

    Obama, Michelle

    Abstract

    An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States. #1 New York Times bestseller • Watch the Emmy-nominated Netflix original documentary • Oprah’s Book Club pick • NAACP Image Award winner • One of Essence’s 50 most impactful Black books of the past 50 years. In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Crown

    New York

    Crown

    Not specified
  • Becoming free indeed : my story of disentangling faith from fear

    Creator

    Vuolo, Jinger

    Abstract

    New York Times bestseller on disentangling faith but keeping your belief in Jesus intact. Jinger Vuolo, the sixth child in the famous Duggar family of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting and Counting On, recounts how she began to question the unhealthy ideology of her youth and learned to embrace true freedom in Christ. When Jinger Duggar Vuolo was growing up, she was convinced that obeying the rules was the key to success and God's favor.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Grand Rapids

    Thomas Nelson

    Nashville, Tennessee

    W Publishing Group, an imprint of Thomas Nelson

    Not specified
  • Beautiful boy : a father's journey through his son's addiction

    Creator

    Sheff, David

    Abstract

    #1 New York Times bestseller With a New Afterword "A brilliant, harrowing, heartbreaking, fascinating story, full of beautiful moments and hard-won wisdom. This book will save a lot of lives and heal a lot of hearts." — Anne Lamott What had happened to my beautiful boy? To our family? What did I do wrong? Those are the wrenching questions that haunted David Sheff's journey through his son Nic's addiction to drugs and tentative steps toward recovery.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Mariner Books

    Boston

    Mariner Books, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin

    Not specified
  • Bandit : a daughter's memoir

    Creator

    Brodak, Molly

    Abstract

    One woman's "raw, poetic and compulsively readable" account of growing up with a bank robber for a father (Kathryn Stockett, author of The Help). In the summer of 1994, when Molly Brodak was thirteen years old, her father robbed eleven banks, until the police finally caught up with him. Dubbed the "Mario Brothers Bandit" by the FBI, he served seven years in prison and was released, only to rob another bank several years later and end up back behind bars.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Grove Press, Black Cat

    New York, NY

    Black Cat

    Not specified
  • Arrested adolescence : the secret life of Nathan Leopold

    Creator

    Rebain, Erik

    Abstract

    Nathan Leopold seemed to live a charmed life: a published, polyglot college graduate by the time he was 19 and from a prominent, wealthy Chicago family.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Lanham

    Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

    Lanham

    Rowman & Littlefield

    Not specified
  • A woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II

    Creator

    Purnell, Sonia

    Abstract

    A New York Times bestseller. Chosen as a best book of the year by NPR, the New York Public Library, Amazon, the Seattle Times, the Washington Independent Review of Books, PopSugar, the Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookBrowse, the Spectator, and the Times of London. Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography. “Excellent…This book is as riveting as any thriller, and as hard to put down.” — The New York Times Book Review. "A compelling biography of a masterful spy, and a reminder of what can be done with a few brave people — and a little resistance." — NPR.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Penguin Books

    New York

    Penguin Publishing Group

    Not specified
  • A very punchable face : a memoir

    Creator

    Jost, Colin

    Abstract

    New York Times bestseller • In these hilarious essays, the Saturday Night Live head writer and Weekend Update co-anchor learns how to take a beating. “I always wanted to punch his face before I read this book. Now I just want to kick him in the balls.”—Larry David. Named one of the best books of the year by Cosmopolitan, Vulture, and Parade. If there’s one trait that makes someone well suited to comedy, it’s being able to take a punch—metaphorically and, occasionally, physically.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Crown

    New York

    Crown

    Not specified
  • A sucky love story : overcoming unhappily ever after

    Creator

    Taylor, Brittani Louise

    Abstract

    Where does a moderately popular internet star who never leaves her house look for potential suitors? Online. Tinder, Bumble, Match.com, OkCupid—I tried them all. My thirty-one-year-old self clicked and swiped her little heart out, leading to more dates than I could count, and more disappointment than I was prepared for. Maybe you can relate. Maybe you know all too well the perils of modern dating. But let's say, eventually, you meet someone. You think to yourself, "Wow, they're perfect!

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Post Hill Press

    Not specified