B&N Reads
An ancient art ofrecollection, rediscovered by modern "memory athletes."
From the author of House of Sand and Fog, a self-portrait of the novelist as a young tough.
Novelist Mark Richard (Fishboy)proves with this hypnotic memoir that his own life possesses the SouthernGothic allure of any tale by Faulkner or O'Connor. Crippled andostracized as a...
An ingenious writer reconfigures his ownpast.
An Israeli artist'sadventures in the heyday of bohemian Manhattan.
The author of The Woman Warrior savors each "scrapof moment" in this fiery memoir.
Does yoga make us more virtuous? Does virtue make us more nimble? Can we "pose" our way to a better life? Claire Dederer's engaging memoir of motherhood, exercise, and self-discovery finds...
A natural and domestic history of an author's love affair with a rugged corner of Wyoming.
His body failing due to the ravages of a degenerative motor neuron disease, his prodigious mind still intact, Tony Judt, in the months before his death on August 6, revisited his past to...
A memoir of growing up ingritty 1970s Manhattan, shadowed by the tragic tale of a musician's rise andpremature fall.
A memoir of the celebratedauthor's explosive, enduring partnership with the Nobel Laureate.
A "Don't try this athome" memoir from the man who wrote "Satisfaction" in his sleep.