Biography & Autobiography
-
Kant: A BiographyThis is the first full-length biography in more than fifty years of Immanuel Kant, one of the giants among the pantheon of Western philosophers, and one of the most powerful and influential in contemporary philosophy. Taking account of the most recent scholarship, Manfred Kuehn...
- ¥7,975 JPY
- ¥7,975 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Play on: Now, Then, and Fleetwood Mac: The Autobiography"After forty-six years of being on the road, this is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then. This is the story of my life in rock and roll -- and how the band that has...
- ¥8,024 JPY
- ¥8,024 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Companions and CompetitorsNo man is an island, not even Jesus, as John Meier writes in Companions and Competitors, the third installment of his four-part series, A Marginal Jew: Rethinking the Historical Jesus. The first volume, an overview of Jesus' background, chronology, and early years, was followed...
- ¥22,225 JPY
- ¥22,225 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
The Keeper: The Unguarded Story of Tim Howard Young Readers' EditionThe uplifting memoir of U.S. national soccer team goalkeeper Tim Howard, adapted for young readers and now in paperback.In this heartwarming and candid account, Tim Howard opens up about how a hyperactive kid from New Jersey with Tourette Syndrome defied the odds to become...
- ¥2,657 JPY
- ¥2,657 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
SmileRaina Telgemeier's #1 New York Times bestselling, Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir based on her childhood!Raina just wants to be a normal sixth grader. But one night after Girl Scouts she trips and falls, severely injuring her two front teeth. What follows is a long...
- ¥5,892 JPY
- ¥5,892 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Action Presidents: John F. Kennedy!"A delightful, educational spin on history--and plenty of jokes," said School Library Journal. "Sheer joy," praised Booklist in a starred review. Finalist for the 2019 Excellence in Graphic Literature Award in Middle Grade Nonfiction U.S. history comes to life like never before in this...
- ¥5,241 JPY
- ¥5,241 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Bessie Stringfield: Tales of the Talented Tenth, No. 2 Volume 2Winner: Kirkus Reviews, Best Historical Teen Book of 2016 Imagine a five-foot-two-inch-tall woman riding a Harley eight times across the continental United States. Now imagine she is black and is journeying across the country in the pre-Civil Rights era of the 1930s and '40s....
- ¥6,368 JPY
- ¥6,368 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Shedding Our Stars: The Story of Hans Calmeyer and How He Saved Thousands of Families Like MineDuring the German occupation of the Netherlands, 1940 to 1945, all Jews were ordered to register the religion of their grandparents. The Reichskommissar appointed the young lawyer Hans Calmeyer to adjudicate "doubtful cases." Calmeyer used his assignment to save at least 3,700 Jews from...
- ¥3,862 JPY
- ¥3,862 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Hound Dog: The Leiber & Stoller AutobiographyThe hitmakers behind Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog" and "Jailhouse Rock" recount their rise to songwriting stardom while authoring the classic American R&B sound of countless chart-topping singles. In 1950 a couple of rhythm and blues-loving teenagers named Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller met for...
- ¥4,788 JPY
- ¥4,788 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Poder Politico: Volodymyr ZelenskyEx actor y comediante, Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy es actualmente el sexto presidente de Ucrania. En el apogeo de su popularidad en la televisión nacional, cuando interpretó a un presidente en "El Servidor del Pueblo", derrocó al presidente en funciones presentándose en una plataforma anti-corrupción...
- ¥2,277 JPY
- ¥2,277 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Anne Frank: The Biography: Updated and Expanded with New MaterialUPDATED AND FILLED WITH STRIKING NEW REVELATIONS, THE BESTSELLING, SUPERB BIOGRAPHY THAT HONORS IN FULL A LIFE WE THOUGHT WE KNEW (NEWSWEEK) Praised as remarkable, meticulous, and long overdue, Anne Frank: The Biography, originally published in 1998, still stands as the definitive account of...
- ¥5,847 JPY
- ¥5,847 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Praying Hyde, Apostle of Prayer: The Life Story of John HydeJohn Hyde, Apostle of PrayerJohn Hyde's prayer life ranks in a league with the prayer lives of Andrew Murray, George Mueller, Charles Finney, Frank Bartleman, Rees Howells, Evan Roberts and other prayer warriors of church history. If you wish to learn to pray effectively,...
- ¥4,859 JPY
- ¥4,859 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Life ItselfTHE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The best thing Mr. Ebert has ever written." - Janet Maslin, New York Times"To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems,...
- ¥5,102 JPY
- ¥5,102 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Delta Lady: A MemoirThe two-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter bares her heart and soul in this intimate memoir, a story of music, stardom, love, family, heritage, and resilience.She inspired songs--Leon Russell wrote "A Song for You" and "Delta Lady" for her, Stephen Stills wrote "Cherokee." She...
- ¥4,131 JPY
- ¥4,131 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Chasing the Bear: How Bear Bryant and Nick Saban Made Alabama the Greatest College Football Program of All TimeA dual biography of two coaching legends -- Bear Bryant and Nick Saban -- who built the Alabama Crimson Tide into a true football dynasty.Both Bear Bryant and Nick Saban are undeniable kings of college football, two coaches at Alabama who have each won...
- ¥4,519 JPY
- ¥4,519 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Claudette Colvin Refuses to Move: Courageous Kid of the Civil Rights MovementIt's March 2, 1955, and an ordinary 15-year-old girl from Montgomery, Alabama is about to do something extraordinary. When a white bus driver orders Claudette Colvin to give up her seat for a white passenger, she refuses to move. After Claudette is arrested, her...
- ¥2,113 JPY
- ¥2,113 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Shame Pudding: A Graphic MemoirA celebration of the wacky and wonderful Jewish grandmothers who nurtured the author as she grew from a kid struggling with anxiety and insecurity to a teen finding her own voice. Danny Noble grew up in an eccentric family with two weird and wonderful...
- ¥3,872 JPY
- ¥3,872 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in WarMichel Chikwanine was five years old when he was abducted from his school-yard soccer game in the Democratic Republic of Congo and forced to become a soldier for a brutal rebel militia. Against the odds, Michel managed to escape and find his way back...
- ¥2,504 JPY
- ¥2,504 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Can You Ever Forgive Me?: Memoirs of a Literary ForgerNow a major motion picture starring Melissa McCarthy--Lee Israel's hilarious and shocking memoir of the astonishing caper she carried on for almost two years when she forged and sold more than three hundred letters by such literary notables as Dorothy Parker, Edna Ferber, Noel...
- ¥3,872 JPY
- ¥3,872 JPY
- Unit price
- per
-
Inside the Studio of R. H. Ives Gammell: An Artist's Daily Notes, Recorded During the Summer of 1976A Momentous Event When I entered the studio for study with Mr. Gammell in July of 1976, I knew it was a momentous event. I therefore took seriously the time and effort he would invest in my training over the next few months. I...
- ¥18,230 JPY
- ¥18,230 JPY
- Unit price
- per