biography & autobiography / personal memoirs

Madeleine Albright served as America's sixty-fourth secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 and she was part of the generation that lived through World War II. Before she was twelve, her native country, Czechoslovakia, was invaded by the Nazis. As her family fled, Madeleine experienced terror, the art of survival, and the bomb shelters of London. Many decades after the war she found out about her family's Jewish heritage.

Kelsey Osgood describes her decade-long battle with anorexia and explores the physical, internal, and social ramifications of eating disorders and subverts many of the popularly held notions of the illness.

Wrestler Anthony Robles reflects on his life , discussing his success in wrestling despite being born without his right leg, family life, challenges, and more.

"NBA star Dwyane Wade discusses the rewarding responsibilities of being a single dad to his two sons, Zaire and Zion, and highlights of his basketball career"--Provided by publisher.

Robert Lipsyte chronicles his career as a sportswriter, explaining how he became a sports columnist for the "New York Times" despite the fact that he was never a jock and spent most of his childhood and teen years avoiding what he called the Jock Culture.

"Chronicles the author's first year with her Golden Retriever, Scout, based on her blog of the same name from The New York Times"--Provided by publisher.

"A memoir by Doc Hendley, a bartender turned renegade savior, who has supplied clean drinking water to over 30,000 people by rebuilding wells in war-torn and impoverished areas, including Sudan, Northern Uganda, Ethiopia, Cambodia, India, Perus, and most recently, Haiti. Hendley reflects on his experiences--many of which are extremely harrowing--and sounds a call to action"--Provided by publisher.

American cyclist Davis Phinney discusses his cycling career, his battle with Parkinson's disease, and his son's emerging career in bike racing.

Kim Miller grew up in a household that had junk and stacks of newspapers in every room. Her father had a painful and unending struggle with hoarding that affected his entire family. Despite her own personal struggles with her family's lifestyle, Kim maintains a complicated but loving relationship with her parents that has thrived in spite of the odds.

The story of Jim Ziolkowski, the man behind the organization buildOn--which turns inner city teens into community leaders at home and abroad--and his mission to change the world one community at a time. Under Jim's leadership, buildOn volunteers have contributed more than 850,000 hours of community service, and the organization has constructed more than 430 schools worldwide, from the South Bronx, to Detroit, Chicago, and Oakland, to Haiti, Senegal, Nicaragua, and Nepal.