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1	Open: An Autobiography more books like this by Andre Agassi add to wishlist A stunning memoir by one of the world's most beloved athletes, "Open" offers a nuanced self-portrait, an intensely candid account of a remarkable life, and a thrilling inside view of the pro tennis tour. see all copies from $16.92! new only from $17.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	True Compass: A Memoir more books like this by Edward M Kennedy, Senator add to wishlist In this landmark autobiography, five years in the making, Senator Edward M. Kennedy tells his extraordinary personal story--of his legendary family, politics, and 50 years at the center of national events. see all copies from $14.00! new only from $14.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Year of Magical Thinking more books like this by Joan Didion add to wishlist In THE YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING, Joan Didion writes an account of her life since the 2003 death of her husband, John Gregory Dunne. Didion's grief was profound and debilitating; she and Dunne had been married for nearly 40 years, during which they were hardly ever apart. But in the course of her mourning period, she also gained crucial insights ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia more books like this by Elizabeth Gilbert (Read by) add to wishlist A celebrated writer pens an irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Three Weeks with My Brother more books like this by Nicholas Sparks, Micah Sparks add to wishlist When the Sparks brothers--bestselling writer Nicholas and his older brother Micah--set off on a trip around the world, they saw it as an opportunity not only to see temples and ruins but to talk about their childhood and the fate of their family, in a fraternal bonding experience that would enlarge both their lives. As they traveled, they also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Infidel more books like this by Ayaan Hirsi Ali add to wishlist In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of "The Caged Virgin," Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia to her intellectual awakening in the Netherlands to her life under armed guard in the West. see all copies from $2.07! new only from $7.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot more books like this by Craig Ferguson (Read by) add to wishlist To numb the pain of failure, Ferguson found comfort in drugs and alcohol, addictions that eventually led to an aborted suicide attempt. (He forgot to do it when someone offered him a beer). But his story has a happy ending: in 1993, the washed up Ferguson washed up in the United States, which from the age of 7 he had always seen as a beacon of ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Losing It: And Gaining My Life Back One Pound at a Time more books like this by Valerie Bertinelli add to wishlist Losing It is popular actress, Jenny Craig spokeswoman, and America's sweetheart Valerie Bertinelli's headline-making account of her complicated past and how she took control of her own life to gain self-esteem and happiness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Teacher Man: A Memoir more books like this by Frank McCourt add to wishlist Frank McCourt, the author of ANGELA'S ASHES and 'TIS, wraps up his trilogy of memoirs with this account of the 30 years he spent teaching in New York public high schools, from his rocky beginning as a young man teaching English in a vocational school to his eventual destination--the rarefied halls of the elite Stuyvesant School. Throughout, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.90! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines more books like this by Nic Sheff add to wishlist In this unflinching chronicle of life as an addict" ("U.S. News & World Report"), Sheff spares no detail in telling the compelling, heartbreaking, and true story of addiction to drugs, his relapse, and the road to recovery. It is a harrowing portrait--but not one without hope. see all copies from $2.99! new only from $5.87! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Official Book Club Selection: A Memoir According to Kathy Griffin more books like this by Kathy Griffin add to wishlist Refreshingly candid, unflinchingly honest, and full of hilarious Did she really say that? moments, "Official Book Club Selection" dishes about what really happens on the road, away from the cameras, and at the star party after the show. see all copies from $8.84! new only from $14.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters more books like this by Dick Winters, Cole C Kingseed add to wishlist Winters' memoir, based on his wartime diary, includes the untold stories of his comrades--the Band of Brothers who suffered unimaginable casualties while liberating Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Time of My Life more books like this by Patrick Swayze (Read by), Lisa Niemi add to wishlist Veteran actor Swayze recounts much more than his struggle with stage IV pancreatic cancer. In vivid detail, he describes his Texas upbringing, his personal struggles, his commercial success, and the soul mate who's stood by his side through it all: his wife, writer and director Lisa Niemi. see all copies from $15.14! new only from $15.39! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Resilience: Reflections on the Burdens and Gifts of Facing Life's Adversities more books like this by Elizabeth Edwards add to wishlist The bestselling author of "Saving Graces" shares her inspirational message on the challenges and blessings of coping with adversity. see all copies from $2.64! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Unforgiving Minute: A Soldier's Education more books like this by Craig M Mullaney add to wishlist A West Point grad, Rhodes scholar, and Army Ranger recounts his unparalleled education in the art of war and reckons with the hard wisdom that only battle itself can bestow. see all copies from $4.95! new only from $9.29! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Tender Bar: A Memoir more books like this by J R Moehringer add to wishlist This warmhearted but clear-eyed memoir by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist J.R. Moehringer spotlights the somewhat unorthodox location that served as his refuge in childhood and early adulthood. After Moehringer's mother left his abusive, alcoholic DJ father, the two lived with his grandparents in Manhasset, Long Island. As his grandfather was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Banker to the Poor: Micro-Lending and the Battle Against World Poverty more books like this by Muhammad Yunus add to wishlist A founder of a bank in rural Bangladesh shows how he combated poverty through microlending, the practice of making small loans to the poor in order to provide for basics and to encourage small scale private enterprise. The result was the breaking of the cycle of poverty and improved living standards. Yunus has been doing this since 1976 with ... see all copies from $2.62! new only from $3.85! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Night more books like this by Elie Wiesel add to wishlist Wiesel's account of his own experiences in the camps during World War II has become a classic of the genre. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.15! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting Butcher in Tuscany more books like this by Bill Buford add to wishlist From Bill Buford, one of our most interesting literary figures--eight years as fiction editor at "The New Yorker"--comes a sharp, funny, exuberant, close-up account of his headlong plunge into the life of a professional cook. A marvelous hybrid, "Heat" offers a memoir of Buford's kitchen adventure as well as an illuminating exploration of why food ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Middle Place more books like this by Kelly Corrigan add to wishlist Corrigan's beautifully written memoir intertwines her own story with that of her larger-than-life, Irish-American, born-salesman father's, and illustrates both an unbelievably powerful and healing father/daughter relationship and the unbreakable bonds of family. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, Indiana more books like this by Haven Kimmel add to wishlist Kimmel, aka "Zippy" because of her propensity as a toddler to race around like a monkey, shares the details of her quirky childhood in the Midwest, where the cast of family characters includes her beauty-queen sister, deeply religious brother, wise mother, and gambling father. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.30! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Glass Castle: A Memoir more books like this by Jeannette Walls add to wishlist Jeannette Walls's memoir revolves around her parents, who give the concept of bad parenting a whole new meaning. Her irresponsible romantic of a father was an inventor of outlandishly useless devices, and her mother, an artist, was his abettor. As the two of them dragged the family around the country on the run from creditors and from one bad idea ... see all copies from $2.12! new only from $6.73! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman more books like this by Yvon Chouinard add to wishlist The founder and owner of Patagonia, Inc., one of the world's most inspiring companies, now relates his story and the core philosophies that have sustained his company, renowned for its maverick innovation and long-term responsibility to the environment. see all copies from $5.75! new only from $8.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Against Medical Advice: A True Story more books like this by James Patterson, Hal Friedman add to wishlist In this nonfiction work with the pace of a thriller, Patterson tells the extraordinary and dramatic true story of one family's struggle with an agonizing medical mystery that began when the Friedmans' five-year-old son began having irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances.Little, Brown and Company see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Reminiscences of a Stock Operator more books like this by Edwin Lefevre add to wishlist Critical Praise. "In my interviews with over 30 of the best traders of our time, there were some questions that I raised in each conversation. One of these was: Are there any books that you found particularly valuable and would recommend to aspiring traders? By far, the most frequent response was Reminiscences of a Stock Operator-a book that was ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS

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