biography & autobiography / personal memoirs

"A former Border Patrol agent's haunting experience of an unnatural divide and the lives caught on either side, struggling to cross or to defend it"--Provided by publisher.

"In 2012, after the overthrow of Qaddafi, the acclaimed novelist Hisham Matar journeys to his native Libya after an absence of thirty years. When he was twelve, Matar and his family went into political exile. Eight years later, Matar's's father, a former diplomat and military man turned brave political dissident, was kidnapped from the streets of Cairo by the Libyan government and is believed to have been held in the regime's most notorious prison. Now, the prisons are empty and little hope remains that Jaballah Matar will be found alive..."--Provided by publisher.

Daphne Merkin delves into what it feels like to suffer from a lifetime's worth of clinical depression, beginning in her childhood and stetching into the present, where Merkin lives a high-functioning life.

Kelly Clark draws on her experiences with parenting, marriage, career, friendship, illness, aging, and mortality to explore how people interact with others and conduct of life.

"A ... humorous memoir ... about a woman overcoming dramatic loss and finding reinvention, as well as a portrait of a generation used to assuming they're entitled to everything."--Publisher.

"...The true, poignant story of one woman's spiritual journey as she recovers from anorexia, eases the emotional pain of her hunger through yoga and Buddhism, and finally becomes full..."--Provided by publisher.

"Born to a small-town California ranching family, the youngest of eight, Vernon "Lefty" Gomez rode his powerful arm and jocular personality right across America to the dugout of the New York Yankees. Lefty baffled hitters with his blazing fastball, establishing himself as the team's ace."--Provided by publisher.

Comedian W. Kamau Bell writes about a wide range of issues including race relations, fatherhood, the state of law enforcement today, politics, his interracial marriage, his struggle early in his comedy career, and other topics.

"From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood, and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory"-- Provided by publisher.

Mara Wilson, a former child actress best known for her starring roles in "Matilda" and "Mrs. Doubtfire," reflects on her childhood on sets inLos Angeles, and her journey into relative, but happy, obscurity as an adult in New York City.