Breaking Night is the stunning memoir of a young woman who, at the tender age of fifteen, found herself living on the streets. Yet, against all odds, she eventually made her way to Harvard. Liz Murray was born to loving but drug-addicted parents in the Bronx. Her early life was a struggle, taunted in school for her dirty clothing and lice-infested hair.

Eventually, she skipped so many classes that she was placed in a girls' home. At age fifteen, when her family finally unraveled, Murray found herself on the streets. She learned to scrape by, foraging for food and riding subways all night to have a warm place to sleep.

Determined to change her fate, Murray decided to take control of her destiny. She went back to high school, often completing her assignments in hallways and subway stations where she slept. She squeezed four years of high school into two, while homeless; won a New York Times scholarship; and made her way into the Ivy League.

Breaking Night is an unforgettable and beautifully written story of one young woman's indomitable spirit to survive and prevail, against all odds.

Lit is Mary Karr's unforgettable memoir about the tumultuous journey from addiction to sobriety. As a self-proclaimed blackbelt sinner, Karr delves into her descent into the inferno of alcoholism and madness, and her astonishing resurrection.

This compelling narrative is not just about getting drunk and getting sober; it is about becoming a mother by letting go of a mother, and learning to write by learning to live. With relentless honesty, unflinching self-scrutiny, and irreverent, lacerating humor, Karr offers an electrifying story of personal growth.

Lit reminds us of the power of personal stories, transforming them into the highest art. It's a master class on the art of the memoir and a vivid portrayal of what it means to be a woman in America.

Widely acknowledged as the best hockey book ever written, The Game is a reflective and thought-provoking look at a life in hockey.

Intelligent and insightful, former Montreal Canadiens goalie and former President of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ken Dryden captures the essence of the sport and what it means to all hockey fans. He gives us vivid and affectionate portraits of the characters—Guy Lafleur, Larry Robinson, Guy Lapointe, Serge Savard, and coach Scotty Bowman—that made the Canadiens of the 1970s one of the greatest hockey teams in history.

Beyond that, Dryden reflects on life on the road, in the spotlight, and on the ice, offering up a rare inside look at the game of hockey and an incredible personal memoir.

Take a journey to the heart and soul of the game with this timeless hockey classic.

Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhyming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long passages that were as stimulating and intriguing to me as any songwriting I had ever done.

And so Broken Music began to take shape. It is a book about the early part of my life, from childhood through adolescence, right up to the eve of my success with the Police. It is a story very few people know.

I had no interest in writing a traditional autobiographical recitation of everything that’s ever happened to me. Instead, I found myself drawn to exploring specific moments, certain people and relationships, and particular events which still resonate powerfully for me as I try to understand the child I was, and the man I became.

With the startling emotional immediacy of a fractured family photo album, Jennifer Lauck's incandescent memoir is the story of an ordinary girl growing up at the turn of the 1970s and the truly extraordinary circumstances of a childhood lost.

Wrenching and unforgettable, Blackbird will carry your heart away.

To young Jenny, the house on Mary Street was home — the place where she was loved, a blue-sky world of Barbies, Bewitched, and the Beatles. Even her mother's pain from her mysterious illness could be patted away with powder and a kiss on the cheek.

But when everything that Jenny had come to rely on begins to crumble, an odyssey of loss, loneliness, and a child's will to survive takes flight...

Rocket Boys is an extraordinary memoir by Homer "Sonny" Hickam Jr., detailing his life in the hard-scrabble mining town of Coalwood, West Virginia. Until he began to build and launch rockets, he was unaware of the town's silent war against its own future and the unspoken conflict between his parents about his and his brother's lives.

In 1957, inspired by the sight of the Soviet satellite Sputnik crossing the Appalachian sky, Sonny and his friends, Roy Lee Cook, Sherman O'Dell, and Quentin Wilson, embarked on a journey to design and launch homemade rockets. Their journey was not just about rocket science; it was about daring to dream beyond the borders of their town.

With a cast of unforgettable characters, the boys learned to transform scrap into sophisticated rockets, sustaining their dreams in a town left behind by the postwar boom. Hickam's memoir is a powerful story of growing up, getting out, a mother's love, and a father's fears.

This uniquely endearing book captures universal themes of class, family, coming of age, and the thrill of discovery, all wrapped in vivid storytelling. Rocket Boys is evocative, magical, and a testament to the power of dreams.

At an early age, Ruth Reichl discovered that food could be a way of making sense of the world. If you watched people as they ate, you could find out who they were. Her deliciously crafted memoir, Tender at the Bone, is the story of a life determined, enhanced, and defined in equal measure by a passion for food, unforgettable people, and the love of tales well told.

Beginning with Reichl's mother, the notorious food-poisoner known as the Queen of Mold, Reichl introduces us to the fascinating characters who shaped her world and her tastes, from the gourmand Monsieur du Croix, who served Reichl her first soufflé, to those at her politically correct table in Berkeley who championed the organic food revolution in the 1970s.

Spiced with Reichl's infectious humor and sprinkled with her favorite recipes, Tender at the Bone is a witty and compelling chronicle of a culinary sensualist's coming-of-age.