The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

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A Chinese American woman tells of the Chinese myths, family stories and events of her California childhood that have shaped her identity.Amazon.com Review
The Woman Warrior is a pungent, bitter, but beautifully written memoir of growing up Chinese American in Stockton, California. Maxine Hong Kingston (China Men) distills the dire lessons of her mother's mesmerizing "talk-story" tales of a China where girls are worthless, tradition is exalted an... More >>

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts

The Making of a Royal Romance

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Katie Nicholl, Royal Correspondent for the "Mail on Sunday", has been at the centre of royal reporting since she joined the newspaper in 2001. There is no one who is more intimately acquainted with the lives and loves of Princes William and Harry. Katie has spoken to a wealth of contacts close to William and Catherine Middleton and reveals how their love affair really started at St Andrews, the hurdles the pair overcame and the challenges they still face. Originally... More >>

The Making of a Royal Romance

Children of Terror

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Two very young girls, one a Catholic from Poland, the other a Jew from Germany, are caught in a web of terror during World War II. These are their unforgettable true stories. "War does not spare the innocent. Two young girls, one a Catholic from Poland, the other a Jew from Germany, were witnesses to the horror of the Nazi occupation and Hitler's terror in Germany. As children they saw their homes and communities destroyed and loved ones killed. They survived de... More >>

Children of Terror

Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy

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The author of the National Book Award winner Waiting for Snow in Havana returns with this beguilingly beautiful memoir of exile and assimilation in an alluring and alarming new land called America.... More >>

Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy

My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging

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From the New York Times bestselling author comes the wisdom to heal ourselves and those around us.

With Kitchen Table Wisdom, Dr. Remen established herself as an important new voice bringing hope and healing to a difficult world. Her book spent more than three months on the New York Times bestseller list, and maintained even longer runs on the Boston, San Francisco, and Denver lists.

Now she has written My Grandfather's Blessings, a work that further ... More >>

My Grandfather's Blessings: Stories of Strength, Refuge, and Belonging

Certain Personal Matters: A Collection of Material, Mainly Autobiographical

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Originally published in 1898. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.... More >>

Certain Personal Matters: A Collection of Material, Mainly Autobiographical

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

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"I have no wish to play the pontificating fool, pretending that I've suddenly come up with the answers to all life's questions. Quite that contrary, I began this book as an exploration, an exercise in self-questing. In other words, I wanted to find out, as I looked back at a long and complicated life, with many twists and turns, how well I've done at measuring up to the values I myself have set."
—Sidney Poitier In this luminous memoir, a true American icon... More >>

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography