From one of the 20th century's great writers comes one of the finest autobiographies of our time. Speak, Memory was first published by Vladimir Nabokov in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised and republished in...
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- Author:NABOKOV, Vladimir VladimirovichSummary:
- Author:McPhee, JohnSummary:
A WONDROUS BOOK OF MCPHEE'S PROSE PIECES-IN MANY ASPECTS HIS MOST PERSONAL IN FOUR DECADES. The brief, brilliant essay "Silk Parachute," which first appeared in The New Yorker over a decade ago, has become John McPhee's most...
- Author:Fisher, CarrieSummary:
Carrie Fisher shares more of her life stories in a laugh-out-loud memoir--including how she's borderline addicted to her shock therapy treatments.
- Author:Lightman, Alan P.Summary:
From the acclaimed author of the international bestseller Einstein's Dreams comes a lyrical memoir of Memphis from the 1930s through the 1960s: the music and the racism, the early days of the movies, and a powerful grandfather whose...
- Author:Twain, MarkSummary:
Two American originals, Mark Twain and the West, come together in this documentary of the author's seven-year "pleasure trip" to the silver mines of Nevada. Twain had originally planned the trip to be a three-month "...
- Author:Fraser, CarolineSummary:
The first comprehensive historical biography of Laura Ingalls Wilder, the beloved author of the Little House on the Prairie book series Millions of readers of Little House on the Prairie believe they know Laura Ingalls-the pioneer girl...
- Author:Vidal, GoreSummary:
In Point to Point Navigation, novelist, essayist, critic, and controversialist Gore Vidal ranges freely over his remarkable life with the signature wit and literary elegance that is uniquely his. The title refers to a form of navigation...
- Author:Monroe, DebraSummary:
In this memoir, the soon-to-be divorced Debra buys a dilapidated Texas cabin miles from her teaching job. While waiting to adopt a child, she refurbishes and expands the rude dwelling. She soon finds herself in the strange new world of...
- Author:BRAIGHWAITE, MaxSummary:
As the first book in an autobiographical trilogy, Never Sleep Three in a Bed offers an exuberant and nostalgic recollection of author Max Braithwaite's life in western Canada during the first quarter of the 20th century. Combining...
- Author:Tuten, FredericSummary:
Novelist, essayist, and critic Frederic Tuten recalls his personal and artistic coming-of-age in 1950s New York, a defining period that would set him on the course to becoming a writer.
- Author:HOWELLS, William DeanSummary:
William Dean Howells (1837-1920) became fast friends with Mark Twain from the moment in 1869 when Twain strode into the office of The Atlantic Monthly in Boston to thank Howells, then its assistant editor, for his favorable review of...
- Author:Berg, ElizabethSummary:
This is a collection of Elizabeth Berg's most-loved Facebook posts. She was asked by many to put these short essays into book form, to create, as one reader said, something to "take to the beach, or bed, or on an airplane." Elizabeth...
- Author:Shteyngart, GarySummary:
Traces the author's experiences as a young bullied Jewish-Russian immigrant in Queens, his haphazard college pursuits, and his initial forays into a literary career.
- Author:McMurtry, LarrySummary:
Larry McMurtry opens up about the triumphs and trials of his abundant literary career. Relaying his early interest in writing that began with a creative writing class at Rice University, to a career that boasts over 40 novels and an...
- Author:Twain, MarkSummary:
Twain grew up on the river, achieved his boyhood dream of being a river pilot, and then had the good sense to write about it.
- Author:Gary, AmySummary:
Drawing on newly discovered personal letters and diaries, Amy Gary reveals the eccentric and exceptional life of Margaret Wise Brown, author of the popular children's books Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny.
- Author:Chee, AlexanderSummary:
Alexander Chee presents a manifesto on the entangling of life, literature, and politics, and how the lessons learned from a life spent reading and writing fiction have changed him. In these essays, he grows from student to teacher,...
- Author:Jones, HettieSummary:
Hettie Jones presents an intimate memoir of her life--from her middle-class Jewish family in Queens to her marriage to the controversial black poet LeRoi Jones and her search for her own artistic voice. Infused with the passion of the...
- Author:Richard, MarkSummary:
Author Mark Richard tells his story of growing up physically challenged in the American South with a mix of racial tension and religious fervor.
- Author:Quindlen, AnnaSummary:
"The life of a good dog is like the life of a good person, only shorter and more compressed." So writes Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anna Quindlen about her beloved black Labrador retriever, Beau. With her trademark wisdom and humor,...