Explore the Human Experience with These Nonfiction Books
Biographies and memoirs offer a unique opportunity to explore the human experience through the eyes of others. These books give us a glimpse into the lives of people from all walks of life, sharing their struggles, triumphs, and lessons learned. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, insight, or just a good story, these new biography and memoir releases are perfect for you!
Facebook’s Oldest Intern: How a 60-year-old Fitness Trainer Reinvented Himself With the Most Unlikely of Companies
by Howard Waldstreicher
Release Date: March 6, 2023
Was I a test case to see if Facebook could actually incorporate a sixty-year-old man twenty years out of technology into the company? The thought crossed my mind.
Buy on AmazonBreaking Midnight: A True Story
by Lynn Walker
Release Date: January 13, 2023
John Walker was a Miami undercover narcotics agent in the 1970s. Ten years later, he was in prison for smuggling 12,000 pounds of marijuana. Breaking Midnight shines a light on the gritty underbelly of the Miami drug trade. Written by John’s daughter, Lynn, this is an uncensored, up-close-and-personal true story of how a good cop goes bad.
Buy on AmazonDid I Ever Tell You This?
by Sam Neill
Release Date: March 21, 2023
In this unexpected memoir, written in a creative burst of just a few months in 2022, Sam Neill tells the story of how he became one of the world’s most celebrated actors, who has worked with everyone from Meryl Streep to Isabel Adjani, from Jeff Goldblum to Sean Connery, from Steven Spielberg to Jane Campion.
Buy on AmazonThe Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History’s Most Astonishing Murder Ring
by Patti McCracken
Release Date: March 14, 2023
The Angel Makers is a true-crime story like no other—a 1920s midwife who may have been the century’s most prolific killer leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 men.
Buy on AmazonUntold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson
by Rebecca Boggs Roberts
Release Date: March 7, 2023
A nuanced portrait of the first acting woman president, written with fresh and cinematic verve by a leading historian on women’s suffrage and power.
Buy on AmazonMadame Restell: The Life, Death, and Resurrection of Old New York’s Most Fabulous, Fearless, and Infamous Abortionist
by Jennifer Wright
Release Date: February 28, 2023
“This is the story of one of the boldest women in American history: self-made millionaire, a celebrity in her era, a woman beloved by her patients and despised by the men who wanted to control them.”
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