"An electric, searing memoir by the original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. Hey girlfriend I got a proposition, goes something like this: Dare ya to do what you want. Kathleen Hanna's rallying cry to feminists echoed farand wide through the punk scene of the '90s and beyond. Her band Bikini Kill embodies this iconic time, and today her personal yet feminist lyrics on anthems like "Rebel Girl" and "Double Dare Ya"...

The author of the popular Lemony Snicket books discusses his love of strange literature and reflects on his life experiences in an entertaining memoir that also serves as inspiration for aspiring writers.

Embracing his life roles as a cultural curator, social commentator, job creator and Girl Dad, the cohost of the nationally syndicated morning radio institution The Breakfast Club shares his thoughts on growth, empowerment and evolution in our fast-changing world--in short, it's time to stop lying to each other, and ourselves.

"A passionate musician growing up in the war-torn streets of Kabul takes her forbidden talents abroad in this triumphant memoir from debut author Zarifa Adiba.As an Afghan girl, Zarifa Adiba has big, unfathomable dreams. Her family is poor, her country mired in conflict. Walking to school in Kabul, Zarifa has to navigate suicide bombers.But Zarifa perseveres, nurturing her passion for music despite its "sinful" nature in Afghan culture. At sixteen,...

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date?a brutally honest, surprisingly poignant, and deeply intimate memoir of growing up Black, poor, and queer in a broken home to discovering the power of performance, found family, and self-acceptance. A profound introspection of his life, relationships, and identity,?The House of Hidden Meanings?is a self-portrait of the legendary icon on...

"In the old Hollywood of her childhood, Brigit seems to live in an elite world. But when her parents eventually divorce--her father flees and her mother sends her off to boarding school so she can more easily conduct her decades-long romance with a married California governor--Brigit racks up seven schools and a host of bad decisions before the age of sixteen. Marriage to an Englishman takes her across the pond and to professional cooking school....

Ever thought of moving to a tropical island and reimagining your life? Our stories are lost too soon, and we leave few trails. A curiosity about his family ancestry, prompts a biologist to recount his journey finding the natural world and himself in the 1960's. Inspired by Rachel Carson, Edward O. Wilson, Jaques Cousteau and many others, a hippie by nature and a blue mind early in life, he is attracted to sea islands, their culture, history and ecology....

Cherry Hill is a multimedia memoir of photographic artist Jona Frank's upbringing in--and flight from--a stifling suburban household. Told in words and evocative photographs, Frank's account of her childhood struggles with a repressive mother, mentally ill brother, and overwhelming expectations is leavened with episodes from her rich interior world. Akin to a graphic novel, this hybrid of personal essay and photography breaks open the memoir format,...