As and When: Intro to Biographies, Memoirs and Autobiographies - hosted by joemkl

A professional memoir
Read a professional memoir. A professional memoir is a memoir about someone's job. Examples could be Adam Kay's This is Going to Hurt or Lori Gottlieb's Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.
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The Glamour Years of Flying as a Stewardess by Heddy Frosell Da Ponte

The Glamour Years of Flying as a Stewardess

Heddy Frosell Da Ponte

154 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir adventurous informative medium-paced
The World on a Plate: 40 Cuisines, 100 Recipes, and the Stories Behind Them by Mina Holland

The World on a Plate: 40 Cuisines, 100 Recipes, and the Stories Behind Them

Mina Holland

384 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction travel informative slow-paced
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music by Dave Grohl

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music

Dave Grohl

10 hours, 35 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

nonfiction memoir music funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
What was I Thinking by Paul Henry

What was I Thinking

Paul Henry

360 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography reference challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly by Anthony Bourdain

Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly

Anthony Bourdain

302 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction memoir funny informative reflective fast-paced
The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal by Brian H. Williams

The Bodies Keep Coming: Dispatches from a Black Trauma Surgeon on Racism, Violence, and How We Heal

Brian H. Williams

7 hours, 54 minutes • first pub 2023 (editions) user-added

nonfiction memoir race science challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

304 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction health race science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D by Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

Your Table Is Ready: Tales of a New York City Maître D

Michael Cecchi-Azzolina

9 hours, 20 minutes • first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction memoir reflective sad medium-paced
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

Simon Winchester

237 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

All Creatures Great and Small

All Creatures Great and Small #1-2

James Herriot

437 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction classics memoir funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced