Biographies & Memoirs

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Most people assume that the world has been explored and true adventure is dead: This book is one man’s rebuttal. Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie shares his incredible life in the Amazon rainforest—and what we can learn from the people fighting to...

* #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...

Matilda Boseley's adult ADHD diagnosis was a massive, earth-shattering event. She was given a prescription but had no idea what ADHD meant for her identity, her relationships or her future....

Hugh van Cuylenburg was a primary school teacher volunteering in northern India when he had a life-changing realisation: despite the underprivileged community the children were from, they were remarkably positive....

An instant #1 New York Times bestseller—Jaycee Dugard’s raw and powerful memoir, her own story of being kidnapped in 1991 and held captive for more than eighteen years. In the summer of June of 1991, I was a normal kid. I did normal things. I had friends and a mother that loved me. I was...

The incredible true story of a Galilean stonemason who changed the course of the world forever, beautifully told through the eyewitness accounts of those who knew him best. This real-life story will never leave you. He lived and died over 2,000 years ago, fulfilling expectations that existed...

The extraordinary story of the heroic doctor whose courage and leadership were a lifeline for thousands of Australian prisoners-of-war on the infamous Thai-Burma Railway of World War II - brilliantly told by Australia's favourite storyteller, Peter FitzSimons In September 1939, young Australian...

"Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up," Charles T. Munger advises in Poor Charlie’s Almanack. Originally published in 2005, this compendium of 11 talks, delivered by the legendary Berkshire Hathaway....

Brought to you by Penguin. Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights into celebratory Friday nights. It made household names of presenters Clarkson, Hammond and May, their unique chemistry and buddy movie antics proving irresistible to a vast global audience. With these three at the helm, Top Gear...

Your boss asked you for a chat, and you just knew you were going to be fired You didn't sleep all weekend, and you weren't fired Someone answered your message with a thumbs-up emoji and you just knew they hated you. So you stopped talking to them, they eventually stopped texting, and now you...

#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER President Donald J. Trump lays out his professional and personal worldview in this classic work—a firsthand account of the rise of America’s foremost businessman. “Donald Trump is a deal maker. He is a deal maker the way lions are carnivores and water is wet...

In this instant and tenacious New York Times bestseller, Nike founder and board chairman Phil Knight “offers a rare and revealing look at the notoriously media-shy man behind the swoosh” (Booklist, starred review), illuminating his company’s early days as an intrepid start-up and its...

WINNER OF THE 2025 ABIA BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE 2025 ABIA AUDIOBOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE 2025 ABIA BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR At last, the unflinching and unforgettable memoir of music and life from the much-loved Australian legend. The Voice, in his own voice. Growing up in London and...

FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE PODCAST EPISODE HOSTED BY THE AUTHOR A murdered young woman; a missing wife; a forty-year mystery. In 1986 on Phillip Island, a young woman called Beth Barnard was savagely murdered and her boyfriend’s wife, Vivienne Cameron, went missing. The police immediately jumped...

Brought to you by Penguin. THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Packed with hard-won wisdoms and gentle truths, this is Miranda’s honest exploration of the lessons she has learned on her journey from illness to recovery. Hello to you, I am with news. I have a new book: I Haven’t Been Entirely...

In August of 1914, the British ship Endurance set sail for the South Atlantic. In October 1915, still half a continent away from its intended base, the ship was trapped, then crushed in the ice

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From TikTok and The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star Mayci Neeley, a deeply personal story of love, grief, motherhood, and resilience. Mayci Neeley and the women of MomTok burst into the center of pop culture when Hulu’s The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives took...

In Forging the Will to Fight, retired Special Forces Major Heston Russell delivers a raw and deeply personal memoir that cuts through the mythology of war to reveal the real human cost — and courage — of leadership in combat and beyond.

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this explosive, wildly entertaining memoir, Spencer Pratt charts his rise and fall as America’s most notorious reality TV villain on The Hills—and how, from the ashes of the Pacific Palisades fires, he’s finally ready for his redemption arc. Spencer...

Their names echo through true crime history like dark legends: John Wayne Gacy, the Zodiac Killer, Richard Ramirez, Aileen Wuornos, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, and the Golden State Killer. Their infamous deeds have been exhaustively chronicled across every medium imaginable.

Shortlisted for the the 2025 Walkley Book Award Winner of the 2025 ABIA Awards, General Nonfiction Book of the Year Shortlisted for the 2025 Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year Shortlisted for 2025 Australian Political Book of the Year From the must-read journalist on how power, money...

This is a story of Jelena Dokic's survival. How she survived as a refugee twice. How she survived on the tennis court to become world number four. But, most importantly, how she survived her father, Damir Dokic, the tennis dad from hell....

Astrid Jorgensen is on a mission to teach the world to sing. But she’s not promising to make anybody better at singing – she simply wants people to feel less ashamed of whatever voice they have. Why only just listen to a story when you can also hear the author break into song. Original music...

Winner of BEST NEW AUTHOR at THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2025 Highly commended for BOOK OF THE YEAR at THE TRUE CRIME AWARDS 2025 Shortlisted for THE ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION at the 2025 CWA DAGGERS 'Diligent and absorbing' Gaby Hinsliff, Guardian 'Meticulous and unexpectedly gripping' Janice...

Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon - a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land....

Toni Morrison has touched an enormous swath of our national and global society through her writing. She has attained the highest heights in literature—including the Nobel Prize—and has earned her place in the literary canon, ranking among the most important American writers of all time. In Reading Toni Morrison, Professor A.J. Verdelle of Morgan State University will bring new insight and context to the work of an American literary master, one whose project was ultimately to write about Black people and their experiences through their own eyes.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Most people assume that the world has been explored and true adventure is dead: This book is one man’s rebuttal. Explorer and conservationist Paul Rosolie shares his incredible life in the Amazon rainforest—and what we can learn from the people fighting to...

FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE PODCAST EPISODE HOSTED BY THE AUTHOR A murdered young woman; a missing wife; a forty-year mystery. In 1986 on Phillip Island, a young woman called Beth Barnard was savagely murdered and her boyfriend’s wife, Vivienne Cameron, went missing. The police immediately jumped...

A Universityのテーマは「複雑な世界で、より善く生きる」タイパ・コスパと言った、いかに効率よく生きるかを競うことばかりに注目が集まる時代。

A Universityのテーマは「複雑な世界で、より善く生きる」タイパ・コスパと言った、いかに効率よく生きるかを競うことばかりに注目が集まる時代。

UWFインターナショナル、キングダム、全日本プロレス、プロレスリング・ノア、PRIDE、新日本プロレス、DDT、TAKAYAMANIA EMPIRE……。“プロレス界の帝王”の偉大なる足跡にレスラー、家族、関係者の証言から迫る！

Sarah Wynn-Williams, ancienne diplomate devenue cadre dirigeante chez Facebook, révèle l'envers du décor de l'entreprise qui a bouleversé nos vies. De l'intérieur, elle décrit la toute-puissance capricieuse de Mark Zuckerberg, obsédé par la croissance à tout prix, et l'ambition calculatrice de Sheryl Sandberg, son bras droit. Entre compromissions politiques, tolérance des campagnes de désinformation et exploitation cynique des failles psychologiques des utilisateurs, Wynn-Williams raconte comment Meta a trop souvent fermé les yeux face aux dérives.

Marina nunca quiso contar los cientos de historias que vivieron juntas, pero ahora ha decidido rendirle homenaje. Mi vida con Christina Onassis revela los secretos mejor guardados de una de las herederas más importantes del siglo XX, la hija del magnate Aristóteles Onassis.

Francesca's parents represented opposing world-views. Her mother always slid her way out of questions about the past, saying only “My life started when you were born.” Her dad, an absent bodybuilder, loved telling stories about his seemingly larger-than-life past. He said he would tell her anything she wanted to know. But more often than not, it was a total lie. When Francesca was 9, he went to prison, and her mother, the grounding center of Francesca's world, moved her half a continent away...

Isabel Clara Eugenia (1566-1633) fue la hija favorita de Felipe II, el rey más poderoso de su tiempo, y de Isabel de Valois. Tras su matrimonio con su primo el archiduque Alberto, Felipe II los nombró príncipes soberanos de los Países Bajos, misión que llevaron a cabo con prudencia y acierto en medio de graves dificultades. Y donde fueron mecenas de muchos artistas, en especial de Pedro Pablo Rubens. Esta nueva novela de Magdalena Velasco Kindelán recupera la memoria de otra gran mujer de la Casa de Austria.

A Universityのテーマは「複雑な世界で、より善く生きる」タイパ・コスパと言った、いかに効率よく生きるかを競うことばかりに注目が集まる時代。

Al Mennie, internationaler Big-Wave-Surfer und Mental Health Advocate, teilt seine Reise durch die Gewässer des Nordatlantiks, sein Wissen über die gesundheitlichen Vorteile nächtlichen Schwimmens und wie er seinen „Mond" fand – etwas, das hell in seinem Leben leuchtet. Al kombiniert motivierende Texte mit eindrucksvoller Erzählkunst und gibt den Leser:innen Werkzeuge an die Hand, um selbst durch die Dunkelheit zu navigieren – buchstäblich und metaphorisch.

「我武者羅」よりも、「１人１人が考える」チームへ――。学歴も人脈もナシ！「野球に力を入れるつもりなら、あなたのような無名な人を呼ばない」とまで言われた無名の監督が、「思考と言語化」で、ゼロから強いチームを作り上げた！

大学卒業と同時にＮＰＯに就職しウガンダに駐在した筆者は、深刻な飢えに苦しむ住民たちの命の危機に直面。絶望的な状況を前に、住民たちがこの荒野で農業を営めば、胃袋を満たすことができるのではないかと思い立つ。

戦争は、忘れられたとき、再び始まる。その地を歩くことでしか見えない、悲劇の真実と平和の重さ。第三次世界大戦前夜を生きる日本人へ。太平洋戦争終結から80年。戦争の記憶が継承されなくなったとき、悲劇は繰り返される。

In questo momento cruciale della sua storia, Endgame alza il sipario su una famiglia divisa e su un'istituzione in crisi. Omid Scobie ha passato più di dodici anni al seguito dei reali, raccontando la vita e il lavoro della Royal Family e costruendo una fitta rete di relazioni all'interno del Palazzo, che gli hanno permesso di entrare nei suoi ingranaggi profondi.

"Não sei exatamente em que ano conheci Anderson, não sei onde eu estava, mas acho que trabalhava na Folha de S.Paulo como colunista da “Ilustrada” e Anderson já estava no comando da Arezzo. Também não acho que esse tipo de data seja tão relevante para uma história como a que nos une. Anderson, profissional como poucos nesse país, é um empresário com um olhar lá na frente e com os pés bem no chão. Tenho a impressão de que qualquer coisa que ele fizesse na vida daria muito certo, mas o fato é que ele escolheu fabricar sapatos, para minha alegria e de tantas mulheres brasileiras.

El célebre tenor Ian Bostridge pasó casi dos años sin poder pisar los escenarios a causa de la pandemia, hecho que lo llevó a reflexionar sobre el valor irrenunciable del contacto directo con el público, a la vez que le permitió ahondar en el amplio catálogo de clásicos que ha interpretado a lo largo de su carrera.

Em um relato tocante e profundamente inspirador, João Adibe Marques, CEO da Cimed, nos convida a percorrer as páginas de sua jornada, entrelaçando histórias de superação pessoal, legado familiar e uma trajetória empresarial de sucesso no competitivo mercado farmacêutico.

La edad solo es un número y nunca puede ser un límite. Pino Montesdeoca tenía 53 años y toda una vida por delante cuando, después de estar al borde de la muerte, le propusieron hacerle unas fotos y enviarlas a una agencia de representación. Aquellas fotos fueron el comienzo de un viaje apasionante con destino a las pasarelas de moda, a las portadas de las revistas más prestigiosas, al reconocimiento como una de las mejores modelos españolas y al inicio de su carrera como actriz.

ベストセラー作家にして、100年つづく企業(カンパニー)を創ったベンチャー起業家、菊池寛。彼を支え、そして彼に支えられた仲間(カンパニー)たちとの友情、そして別離……。

起訴した事件の有罪率は99%以上、巨悪を暴く「正義の味方」というイメージがある検事。しかしその日常は、捜査に出向き、取り調べをして、調書を作成する、意外に地味な作業ばかりだ。

すべての新しい達成には初めに熱狂が、それも人知れない孤独な熱狂が必ずある。「癒着に染まれ」「野心なんか豚に食われろ」「一撃必殺のキラーカードをつかめ」「人たらしになるな。『人さらい』になれ」「結果が出ない努力に意味はない」など

We are in the era of the Pauls. Love them or hate them, you can't ignore them. Welcome to our Universe. I’ve never personally said the words “F*** the Pauls”... but plenty of people have. My sons have spun this mantra into multimillion dollar empires. To me, it captures the wild and often chaotic era we live in, and how my sons turned some of their biggest losses into their most legendary wins. Before they were stepping into boxing rings, wrestling in the WWE, and breaking the internet with viral stunts, Jake and Logan Paul were just two kids from Ohio with big dreams and a camcorder.

Escritor extraordinariamente popular y testigo de excepción de los cambios que convulsionaron la Europa del siglo XX entre las dos guerras mundiales, Zweig recuerda, desposeído y en tierra extraña—en unas circunstancias personales de insospechado dramatismo—, los momentos fundamentales de su vida, paralela en mucho a la desintegración de aquella Europa central que se quería más libre y segura, al abrigo de la locura y la tormenta. El resultado es un libro capital, uno de los mejores de Zweig y referencia inexcusable para entender los desvaríos de un siglo devastador.