 | 100 Cigarettes and a Bottle of Vodka: A Memoir
list: $18.95
by Raincoast Books
Hardcover
(01 December, 1998)
(3 reviews) 
Customer Review: I couldn't put it down: I'm not a reader, and I was working one day and started reading this book. If it's not a good book, I'll put it down and never pick it up again. |
 | 360 Degrees of Verklemptitude: The Living Legend of Dr. Impossible
list: $17.15 - our price: $17.15
by Authorhouse
Paperback
(01 December, 1999)
(3 reviews) 
Customer Review: super reading: An excellent and inspirational account of Dennis Hollman's life. A must read! |
 | 44 Dublin Made Me
list: $12.95 - our price: $10.36
by Penguin Books
Paperback
(01 May, 2000)
(13 reviews) 
Customer Review: Irish yarn unravels into beautiful story: As if drawn by a gravitational pull, Irish yarns seem to center on the relationship of children with their mothers. |
 | 47 Roses
list: $14.00 - our price: $10.50
by Penguin Books
Paperback
(24 June, 2003)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Not the Typical Irish Tale: "44 Dublin Made Me", was the first book written Peter Sheridan. Mr. Sheridan is also a noted playwright, |
 | A Bag of Marbles
list: $15.00 - our price: $10.20
by University of Chicago Press
Paperback
(15 January, 2001)
(8 reviews)
Customer Review: what does a bag of marbles have to do with the story?: A bag of marbles was pretty good. If you are looking for an educational book about wwII and want to escape the gore, |
 | A Blessing over Ashes: The Remarkable Odyssey of My Unlikely Brother
list: $13.00 - our price: $9.75
by Perennial
Paperback
(05 June, 2001)
(31 reviews)
Customer Review: A Blessing Over Ashes Book Review: I really enjoyed the book A Blessing Over Ashes because it was a different kind of book that I normally would not read. |
 | A Boy Called H: A Childhood in Wartime Japan (Kan Yamaguchi Series)
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by Kodansha International (JPN)
Paperback
(01 April, 2003)
(8 reviews) 
Customer Review: Yes, this book was proven a sort of forgery in Japan: I warrant the quality of Hitoshi Noguchi,MD's Review. It is also good summary of the criticisms in Japan. |
 | A Child's Christmas in Wales
list: $16.95 - our price: $11.53
by Holiday House
Hardcover
(01 July, 1985)
(16 reviews)
Customer Review: Part of a Christmas tradition.: Every Christmas Eve, I set aside a few minutes to listen to my CD of Dylan reading "A Child's Christmas" in Wales, |
 | A Daughter of the Samurai
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by University Press of the Pacific
Paperback
(04 August, 2003)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: A Daughter of the Samurai: A great book if you are interested in old Japanese ways. Well written, but not hard to understand. Would |
 | A Different World: Tales of an Idyllic Existence
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by 1stBooks Library
Paperback
(01 December, 2003)
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 | A Himalayan Odyssey
list: $15.95 - our price: $15.95
by Authorhouse
Paperback
(01 June, 2002)
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 | A Hole in the World: An American Boyhood
list: $16.95 - our price: $11.53
by University Press of Kansas
Paperback
(01 April, 2000)
(5 reviews)
Customer Review: powerful autobio of abuse and growth: This is a moving memoire of Rhodes' abusive childhood and how he grew out of it but still carries much of it with him. |
 | A Nearly Normal Life : A Memoir
list: $12.95 - our price: $10.36
by Back Bay Books
Paperback
(09 February, 2000)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: Five stars are not enough...: I don't write many reviews anymore, who has time? However, this book stood out so much above the rest I've read lately that I just had to share. |
 | A Place at the Table: The True Story of Two Men -- Best Friends in Their Youth, Reunited
list: $28.00 - our price: $28.00
by Cherokee Publishing Company (GA)
Hardcover
(01 November, 2002)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: How Refreshing!: This is a tale of two young boys, one caucasion and one African-American, who were unlikely friends in North Carolina farmland in the late 40's and early 50's. |
 | A Tuscan Childhood
list: $13.00 - our price: $9.75
by Vintage
Paperback
(08 February, 2000)
(10 reviews)
Customer Review: Charming story of one woman's love for all things Italian: The only book Kinta Beevor ever wrote, it was perhaps the only book she could have written. |
 | A Twig Grows in Springdale
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by PublishAmerica
Paperback
(02 February, 2004)
(9 reviews)
Customer Review: A Good Read: Reading Al Michaud's book of reminiscences, A Twig Grows in Springdale, is like taking a trip backward in time. The time was the Great Depression, |
 | A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne: A Memoir, 19171918
list: $34.95 - our price: $23.07
by University of Missouri Press
Hardcover
(01 August, 2000)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Excellent Book: This is not only an excellent soldiers account of small unit action in WW1 but is also a very entertaining story. |
 | Among Friends
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by Shoemaker & Hoard
Paperback
(01 May, 2004)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: One of my favorite books: Some people think of MFK Fisher as simply a food writer. This book reveals the flaw in that way of thinking, |
 | Bad Blood: A Memoir
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by William Morrow & Company
Hardcover
(19 March, 2002)
(10 reviews)
Editorial Review: Nobody's unhappy family was ever quite like that of Lorna Sage, whoseruthlessly funny, excruciating, inspiring memoir Bad Blood won England'sWhitbread Biography Award. She grew up in the '40s on the Welsh border, |
 | Beauty Before Comfort
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by Knopf
Hardcover
(29 April, 2003)
(19 reviews)
Customer Review: Beauty Before Comfort: Glock, a writer-at-large for GQ, makes her book debut with this memoir of her maternal grandmother, Aneita Jean Blair (1920-92). |
 | Because of Romek: A Holocaust Survivor's Memoir
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by Vincent Press Publishing
Paperback
(01 January, 2003)
(22 reviews)
Customer Review: Excellent: I have a had the privilege of not only reading Mr. Faber's book, "Because of Romek", I also had the great privilege of meeting him in person and discussing his heart wrenching experiences. |
 | Better Than Sane: Tales from a Dangling Girl
list: $23.00 - our price: $15.64
by Knopf
Hardcover
(04 May, 2004)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: A BOOK THAT I LOVE: As a longtime admirer of Alison Rose's pieces in The New Yorker, her Talk of the Town stories and profiles, over many years, I am so happy she has written Better than Sane: Tales from a Dangling Girl, a book that I love. |
 | Blackbird : A Childhood Lost and Found
list: $14.00 - our price: $10.50
by Washington Square Press
Paperback
(01 September, 2001)
(88 reviews)
Customer Review: Had me standing and cheering for her at the end!: After seeing Jennifer Lauck on Oprah I began my search for this book. Once in hand, |
 | Boathouse Days
list: $21.99 - our price: $21.99
by Xlibris Corporation
Paperback
(01 December, 2001)
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 | Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy
list: $13.95 - our price: $10.46
by Dover Publications
Paperback
(01 April, 1989)
(12 reviews)
Customer Review: For Fischer Games, look elsewhere: As one of the reviews says, this can be a good book for some interested in the life of one of the most famous players of all the time. |
 | Change Me into Zeus's Daughter: A Memoir
list: $14.00 - our price: $11.20
by Scribner
Paperback
(07 August, 2001)
(41 reviews)
Customer Review: Character Will Prevail: This wonderful book has so many surprises. First among them is the undaunted spirit and strength of a girl who suffers through a hellish childhood and can write beautifully about it without wallowing in regret and elegiac gloom. |
 | Charred Souls: A Story of Recreational Child Abuse
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by Oberpark Publishing Inc.
Paperback
(04 October, 2002)
(32 reviews)
Customer Review: A Heartbreaking Story: "Mommy, if I died, would you miss me? Would you cry?" She said: "What would I have to cry about? I'd have one less mouth ta feed!" |
 | Child No More: A Memoir
list: $23.95
by Regan Books
Hardcover
(04 June, 2002)
(2 reviews)
Customer Review: Interesting story: Great read, incredible life story, my only criticism is towards the end, Ms. Hollander just kind of glosses over things quickly and the book ends abruptly. |
 | City of One
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by Plume Books
Paperback
(04 July, 2000)
(5 reviews)
Customer Review: moving and brave: This book moved and enlightened me. Cournos' story of surviving what every child fears most--the loss of both her parents--is raw, |
 | Clear Springs : A Family Story
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by Perennial
Paperback
(25 April, 2000)
(16 reviews)
Customer Review: The way it was, for some of us, in childhood...: When writing a memoir, authors are advised to write the first draft as if everyone is dead - and then to prune the damaging parts in subsequent rewrites. |
 | Colors of the Mountain
list: $13.00 - our price: $10.40
by Anchor
Paperback
(16 January, 2001)
(57 reviews)
Customer Review: This is why I love reading books: History nuts don't seem to like this book. But let's forget whether or not Da Chen's memoir is historically accurate, |
 | Counting My Chickens . . .: And Other Home Thoughts
list: $20.00 - our price: $13.60
by Farrar Straus Giroux
Hardcover
(15 October, 2002)
(6 reviews)
Customer Review: Delightful: For someone who claims to be the "illiterate" Mitford, this charming little book is a well-crafted lark into the world of a 21st century Duchess. |
 | Cowboy Princess: Life With My Parents, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
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by Taylor Trade Publishing
Hardcover
(01 October, 2003)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Highly recommended for fans of Roy Rogers: Cowboy Princess: Life With My Parents Roy Rogers And Dale Evans is Cheryl Rogers-Barnett's true story of growing up as the daughter of "the King of Cowboys" and "the Queen of the West", |
 | Crazy in the Kitchen: Food, Feuds, and Forgiveness in an Italian American Family
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by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Hardcover
(01 January, 2004)
(4 reviews)
Customer Review: Not what I expected---far MORE than I expected: I picked up this book to read thinking it was like so many other books I have read about Italian-Americans in an attempt to better understand my husband's family---a light-hearted look at the "crazy" antics of a close knit, |
 | Creeker: A Woman's Journey (Women in Southern Culture)
list: $17.00 - our price: $11.56
by University Press of Kentucky
Paperback
(01 April, 2002)
(33 reviews)
Customer Review: Some books must be read, Creeker is one of them*****: If you've ever thought about the consequences and significance of your life, |
 | Daddy's Apprentice: Incest, Corruption, and Betrayal-A Survivor's Story
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by Writer's Showcase Press
Paperback
(01 October, 2000)
(1 reviews)
Customer Review: Appreciating Daddy's Apprentice: Sandy Wilson's "Daddy's Apprentice" is an account that deserves serious attention. One of the many profound issues that this work addresses is that of the devices employed by abusers to intimidate their victims into silent compliance. |
 | Danger Close
list: $19.00
by Apple Pie Publishers
Hardcover
(01 April, 2000)
(58 reviews)
Editorial Review: In 1982, one month after graduating from high school, Florida native Mike Yon joined the Army to earn tuition money for college.At that time, President Reagan had begun channeling massive amounts of funds into Special Operations units such as the Navy SEALS, |
 | Daughter of the Saints: Growing Up In Polygamy
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by W. W. Norton & Company
Paperback
(11 October, 2004)
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 | Displaced Persons : Growing Up American After the Holocaust
list: $26.00 - our price: $17.16
by Scribner
Hardcover
(24 April, 2001)
(7 reviews)
Customer Review: superb read: i loved this book. i felt as though i was right there with him and his family through every phase of their lives. this book had everything going for it, |
 | Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight : An African Childhood
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by Random House Trade Paperbacks
Paperback
(11 March, 2003)
(106 reviews)
Customer Review: A different perspective: It was interesting to read a book about life in Africa, from the perspective of a white woman brought up in a family who clung fiercely to the notion of white supremacy with every last bit of their strength. |
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