Explore Biography and Memoirs that spotlight courage, reinvention, and hard-earned wisdom. These life stories examine the turning points that transformed ordinary beginnings into remarkable journeys. Ideal for readers drawn to inspirational and thought-provoking nonfiction.
It’s A Grate Life
by Bobbi Mastrangelo
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It’s A Grate Life is artist Bobbi Mastrangelo’s reflection on a life filled with creativity, humor, family, and inspiration. Through stories, photographs, and images of her artwork, including her acclaimed manhole cover art, she celebrates the moments that matter most: life, love, art, and music. Bobbi survived a hemorrhagic stroke in 2017.
Ghost Girl: Surviving the Black Swan Murder
by Eva Benefield
Release Date: July 21, 2026
Eva was still in high school when her mother died suddenly of a heart attack. Within a year, her father marries Ashley Byers, a twenty-four-year-old former bikini model he has only known for a few weeks.
The Traveler
by Andrea Wulf
Release Date: June 9, 2026
From an early age, it was clear that George Forster possessed a brilliant mind. At just ten years old, he became a botanist when he accompanied his irascible father, Reinhold, on a wild expedition to Russia. By the time he was twelve, they had moved to London, and the young boy soon became the breadwinner by publishing translations of the most popular travel accounts of the day.
Our Knives Will Save Us: Dispatches from a White Mountain Apache Chef
by Nephi Craig
Release Date: July 14, 2026
At just eighteen years old, Nephi Craig was facing a felony charge that could have put him in prison for years. Having struggled with substance abuse throughout his teens, his life had come to a dizzying halt. So when a judge ordered three years of probation instead—on the condition he attend work or school—Craig took it as an opportunity for a new lease on life.
The Renoir Girls
by Catherine Ostler
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Three sisters, the daughters of a prominent French Jewish family, all painted as children by Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In the turbulent years from the Belle Epoque to World War II, one would marry an English aristocrat and escape; one would become a collaborator with the Nazis; one would die in Auschwitz. This is the remarkable hidden history of the lives behind Renoir’s beguiling portraits.
By the River’s Edge
by Gregg Olsen
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In 1990 in Washington state, the bodies of Yolanda Sapp, Nickie Lowe, and Kathy Brisbois were found on the banks of the Spokane River. They were part of a close-knit alliance of sex workers whose oath to protect each other was, in the end, hopeless. For twenty-two years, their brutal murders went unsolved.