Published in the early 1950s, C. S. Lewis's seven Chronicles of Narnia were proclaimed instant children's classics and have been …
The decades between 1970 and the end of the twentieth century saw the disciplines of history and anthropology draw closer …
This book investigates the various reasons behind the elevation of the memoir, previously categorized as a marginalized form of life …
Nelson Mandela is widely considered to be one of the most inspiring and iconic figures of our age. Now, after …
Written in 1894 and recently recovered from the archives of the University of Minnesota, this incredible autobiography tells the story …
"Oh, screw it, let's do it."That's the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, in slightly more than twenty-five years, to …
For a generation or more, literary theorists have used the metaphor of "the death of the author" in considering the …
The essays in Tracing the Autobiographical work with the literatures of several nations to reveal the intersections of broad agendas …
William Zinsser's journey to all the places where he has done his writing and his teaching begins in 1946, with …
By taking account of the ways in which early modern women made use of formal and generic structures to constitute …
This collection of essays by nationally known poet Julia Kasdorf "probe," in her own words, "the tangled threads of gender …
Victorian women's autobiography emerged at a historical moment when the field of life writing was particularly rich. Spiritual autobiography was …
Anyone undertaking the project of writing a memoir knows that the events, memories, and emotions of the past often resist …
This book presents the Nobel Laureate Vitaly Ginzburg's views on the development in the field of superconductivity. It contains a …
Disturbing the Universe is a passionate testament, one of the most remarkable self-portraits of a scientist I have ever read...
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLERFar more than a superb memoir about the highest levels of professional tennis, Open is the engrossing story …
The Age Of Turbulence is Alan Greenspan’s incomparable reckoning with the contemporary financial world, channeled through his own experiences working …
Ministry is a memoir both ugly and captivating, revealing Al Jourgensen as a man who lived a hard life his …
