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TitleThree Girls from Bronzeville
AuthorTurner, Dawn
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781982107710
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages336
Title StatusAS
A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book
A Best Book of 2021 by BuzzFeed and Real Simple

An “unmissable” (Vogue), “exceptional” (The Washington Post), and “evocative” (Chicago Tribune) memoir about three Black girls from the storied Bronzeville section of Chicago that offers a penetrating exploration of race, opportunity, friendship, sisterhood, and the powerful forces at work that allow some to flourish…and others to falter.
TitleBrain on Fire (10th Anniversary Edition)
AuthorCahalan, Susannah
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781451621389
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages288
Title StatusAS
An anniversary edition of the award-winning memoir and instant New York Times bestseller that goes far beyond its riveting medical mystery, Brain on Fire is the powerful account of one woman’s struggle to recapture her identity—with a new note to readers by the author.
TitleThe Buddhist on Death Row
AuthorSheff, David
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN-139781982128487
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages272
Title StatusAS
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Boy explores the transformation of Jarvis Jay Masters who has become one of America’s most inspiring Buddhist practitioners while locked in a cell on death row.
TitleHave Dog, Will Travel
AuthorKuusisto, Stephen
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781451689808
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages256
Title StatusBO
In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence.
TitleHow to Be Human
AuthorFleming, Jory
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781501180521
US Price$16.99
CDN Price$22.99
Pages192
Title StatusAS
A “beautiful and astonishing” (Walter Isaacson, # 1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker) narrative that examines the many ways to be fully human, told by the first young adult with autism to attend Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar.
TitleI'm Glad My Mom Died
AuthorMcCurdy, Jennette
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatHardcover
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781982185824
US Price$27.99
CDN Price$36.99
Pages320
Title StatusAS
* #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * MORE THAN 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!

A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
TitleA Stitch of Time
AuthorMarks, Lauren
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781451697605
US Price$23.99
CDN Price$32.99
Pages384
Title StatusBO
“Readers will be compelled by this illuminating debut memoir…a captivating” (Kirkus Reviews) account of one woman’s journey to regain her language and identity after a brain aneurysm steals her ability to communicate.
TitleSurviving The White Gaze
AuthorCarroll, Rebecca
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781982116279
US Price$18.99
CDN Price$25.99
Pages320
Title StatusAS
An Esquire Best Book of 2021

A “gorgeous and powerful” (The New York Times Book Review) memoir from cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful struggle to overcome a completely white childhood to forge her identity as a Black woman in America.
TitleThe Terrorist's Son
AuthorEbrahim, Zak
Sub-ImprintTED Conferences LLC
FormatHardcover
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781476784809
US Price$16.99
CDN Price$21.99
Pages112
Title StatusAS
An extraordinary story, never before told: The intimate, behind-the-scenes life of an American boy raised by his terrorist father—the man who planned the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
TitleThis Will All Be Over Soon
AuthorStrong, Cecily
Sub-ImprintSimon & Schuster
FormatPaperback
Category 1Biography & Autobiography
ISBN-139781982168353
US Price$17.99
CDN Price$24.99
Pages272
Title StatusAS
A powerful memoir from the Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong about grieving the death of her cousin—and embracing the life-affirming lessons he taught her—amid the coronavirus pandemic.