A Memoir Of My Former Self

Gates, Bill

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age"A surprisingly candid memoir of the Microsoft mogul's early years...Reading this book feels like watching someone take a well-known black-and-white sketch, fill in the details, and paint it in vivid color." —GeekWireEveryone is...

Mccurdy, Jennette

* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD! A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. Jennette McCurdy wa...

Atwood, Margaret

How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from the author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments, one of our most lauded and influential cultural figures. 'Every writer is at least two beings: the one who lives, and the one who writes. Though everything written must have passed through their minds, or mind, they are not...

Michael J. Fox / Nelle Fortenberry

A poignant, heartfelt, and funny memoir about how, in 1985, Michael J. Fox brought to life two iconic roles simultaneously—Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties and Marty McFly in Back to the Future. An amazing true story as only Michael J. Fox can tell itIn early 1985, Michael J. Fox was one of the biggest stars on television. His world was about to get even bigger, but only if he cou...

Saeed Teebi

A vital, fearless memoir explores what it means to be a Palestinian in this moment, the effects of the genocide on Palestinian art and imagination, and that to even claim a belonging to the land from a country thousands of miles away is an act of subversion—a book that Omar El Akkad says "so perfectly contextualizes and humanizes so much of what has led us to this awful moment,...

Roy, Arundhati

Finalist for the Kirkus Prize A raw and deeply moving memoir from the legendary author of The God of Small Things and The Ministry of Utmost Happiness that traces the complex relationship with her mother, Mary Roy, a fierce and formidable force who shaped Arundhati's life both as a woman and a writer.Mother Mary Comes to Me, Arundhati Roy's first work of memoir, is a soaring ac...

Hilary Mantel

Una colección de relatos de deslumbrante calidad literaria publicada por primera vez en EE. UU, con un nuevo prólogo de Hilary Mantel, meses antes del fallecimiento de la autora. «Su brillantez, finura y humor sagaz me obsesionan», Margaret AtwoodHilary Mantel nos ofrece una deslumbrante colección de relatos de corte autobiográf...

Hilary Mantel

Inglaterra. Mayo de 1536. Ana Bolena ha muerto, decapitada en un abrir y cerrar de ojos, a manos de un verdugo francés. Mientras sus restos descansan bajo tierra, Thomas Cromwell desayuna con los vencedores y continúa su ascenso al poder y a la riqueza. Su maestro, Enrique VIII, se conforma con una felicidad a corto plazo en los brazos de su tercera reina, Jane Seymour. Cromwel...

Hilary Mantel

En 1535, Thomas Cromwell, el hijo del herrero, está ya muy lejos de sus humildes orígenes. Como primer ministro de Enrique VIII, su fortuna ha florecido, como también la de Ana Bolena, segunda esposa del rey por cuyo amor Enrique ha roto con Roma y ha creado su propia Iglesia. Pero las decisiones del rey están provocando un peligroso aislamiento político de Inglaterra, y además...

Hilary Mantel

WINNER OF THE 2012 MAN BOOKER PRIZEThe sequel to Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Bring Up the Bodies delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn.Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and ...

Hilary Mantel

WINNER OF THE 2009 MAN BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTIONA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEREngland in the 1520s is a heartbeat from disaster. If the king dies without a male heir, the country could be destroyed by civil war. Henry VIII wants to annul his marriage of twenty years and marry Anne Boleyn. The pope and most of Europe opposes him. Into ...

Hilary Mantel

The brilliant #1 New York Times bestsellerNamed a best book of 2020 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, TIME, The Guardian, and many more With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy fr...