autobiographies

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.

"Author Shelley Gill tells the story of surviving on her own in the early seventies--and of finding a best friend, home, and family"--Dust jacket.

Zora O'Neill shares her experiences of learning Arabic while traveling through the Middle East and discovering local culture in the region.

The author describes her life as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but absent father and explores the consequences of a psychologically damaging childhood.

"The author shares his experiences of a late Asperger's diagnosis and a lifetime of not quite fitting in..."--NoveList.

A candid memoir from English singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist Phil Collins, lead singer of the rock band Genesis, and his time spent on the drums as a child through his seedy years as a teen in the 1960s London bar scene to a drum seat in the band Genesis, which catapulted him to global fame.

The autobiography of women's soccer player Alex Morgan from her childhood in California through her role in the 2015 Women's World Cup.

Retired WWE superstar AJ Mendez Brooks reflects on escaping her childhood of poverty, addiction, and mental illness to the world of professional wrestling and what it took to gain control of her life.

"As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil. She would use it to make everyone happy, to erase the smell of garbage from her city, to sleep an extra hour in the morning. But as she grew older, Malala saw that there were more important things to wish for. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true"--OCLC.

An autobiography of Jazz Jennings in which she shares her experiences of transitioning for male to female and becoming an advocate for transgender youth.