Presents the childhood of Eleanor Roosevelt, who married a president of the United States and became known as a great humanitarian.

A Welsh poet recalls the celebration of Christmas in Wales and the feelings it evoked in him as a child.

"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon," begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction and the diamond-sharp analytical eye of a scientist, Annie Ernaux provides a powerful reflection on experience and the power of violent memory to...

The #1 New York Times Bestseller * Named one of Variety's Best Music Books of 2021 * Included in Audible's Best of The Year list * A Business Insider Best Memoirs of 2021 * One of NME's Best Music Books of 2021

So, I've written a book.

Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ("It's a piece of cake! Just do 4 hours

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This Italian-American Newbery Medalist presents a humorous account of his childhood and youth in Norristown, Pennsylvania.

"Mary Pope Osborne recalls memories and lessons from her childhood side-by-side with quotations from her bestselling Magic Tree House series"--

A look at the life of Elizabeth I before she became queen and the powerful figures which dominated her life, including Henry VIII; her sister Mary; Edward; Thomas Seymour; and the ever-present ghost of her mother, Anne Boleyn, who was executed by Henry. She will learn early that the adult world contains many threats that have to be negotiated if she is to keep her heart and her head.

A biography of the seventeenth-century Mexican poet, learned in many subjects, who became a nun later in life.

A shortened autobiography presenting the early life of the slave who became an abolitionist, journalist, and statesman.