Academy Chicago
In the House of My Bibi: Growing Up in Revolutionary Iran (June, $18.95) by Nastaran Kherad reflects on a woman’s childhood, arrest and imprisonment.
Agate Publishing
(dist. by PGW)
God Gave Me Some Bad Advice (May, $15) by Byron Harmon recalls the author’s tough past, his time in the army and his ultimate success as a novelist.
Alyson Books
Loving Emma: A Story of Reluctant Motherhood (July, $15.95) by Carol A. Ortlip illuminates one woman’s struggle to be a parent.
Angel City Press
Don Benito Wilson: From Mountain Man to Mayor, Los Angeles 1840—1878 (Mar., $20) by Nat Read chronicles the life of L.A.’s second mayor, who bought land that became Beverly Hills, Pasadena and other surrounding areas.
Arcade Publishing
Images: My Life in Film (Apr., $22.99) by Ingmar Bergman captures insights from the legendary director.
Berkley
365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy (July, $14) by Charla Muller and Betsy Thorpe describes how a woman revitalizes her 10-year-old marriage through a year of daily sex with her husband.
John Blake
(dist. By Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Lily Allen: Living Dangerously (Apr., $14.95) by Martin Howden serves up the inside scoop on the music star’s life.
Broadway Books
Queen of the Road: The True Tale of 47 States, 22,000 Miles, 200 Shoes, 2 Cats, 1 Poodle, a Husband, and a Bus with a Will of Its Own (June, $13.95) by Doreen Orion details the transformative cross-country journey of a Long Island couch potato.
Checkmark Books
Derek Jeter (Apr., $11.95) by Clifford W. Mills examines the life of the Yankees icon.
Citadel
Outlaw Biker: My Life at Full Throttle (Mar., $13.95) by Richard “Deadeye” Hayes with Mary Gardner. The Los Valientes Motorcycle Club president charts his life of drugs, sex and crime.
Coffee House Press
(dist. by Consortium)
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir (Apr., $14.95) by Kao Kalia Yang traces the author’s family’s journey from Laos to Thailand, then America.
Corgi
(dist. By Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Katey: The Life and Loves of Dickens’s Artist Daughter (Apr., $17.95) by Lucinda Hawksley surveys the life of the young woman who defied Victorian convention to pursue painting, acting and modeling.
Cumberland House
Short and Sweet: The Life and Times of the Lollipop Munchkin (June, $19.95) by Jerry Maren with Stephen Cox follows the life of the actor who debuted in The Wizard of Oz .
ECW Press
Beer, Blood and Cornmeal (May, $19.95) by Bob Calhoun examines San Francisco’s subversive carnival, Incredibly Strange Wrestling.
Feminist Press
(dist. by Perseus)
Dream Homes: From Cairo to Katrina, an Exile’s Journey (Aug., $15.95) by Joyce Zonana revolves around traditions lost and found.
Graywolf Press
Confessions of a Former Child (May, $15) by Daniel J. Tomasulo chronicles the author’s childhood delusions and his life as a parent and psychologist.
Gürze Books
(dist. by PGW)
I’m Still Caroline: My Story of Hope, Health, and Long-Term Recovery from Bulimia (June, $16.95) by Caroline Adams Miller reveals the author’s journey to health.
Harper Perennial
Dandy in the Underworld (Mar., $13.95) by Sebastian Horsley describes the author’s experiences with drug addiction, seedy sex and his attempts to find peace. 50,000 first printing .
Haus Publishing
(dist. by IPM)
Lumumba (June, $16.95) by Leo Zeilig centers on the famed postcolonial African figure and his 1961 assassination.
HCI
Living Jonathan’s Life: A Doctor’s Descent into Darkness & Addiction (Mar., $14.95) by Scott M. Davis, M.D., recounts the author’s struggle with drug addiction after his twin brother’s death. 25,000 first printing .
An Officer and a Junkie: From West Point to the Point of No Return (Mar., $15.95) by Michael Winder charts the author’s battle with drug addiction as a West Point cadet. 25,000 first printing .
Hesperus Press
(dist. By Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Jane Austen (Apr., $13.95) by Fiona Stafford provides insights into Austen’s life as a woman and a writer.
Meredith Books
Finding Angela Shelton (Apr., $14.95) by Angela Shelton collects the often disturbing stories of women who share the author’s name.
NAL
Such a Pretty Fat: One Narcissist’s Quest to Discover if Her Life Makes Her Ass Look Big, or Why Pie Is Not the Answer (May, $14) by Jen Lancaster shares the ups and downs of the author’s six-month diet plan.
Ocean Press
(dist. by Consortium)
The Argentine (Aug., $14.95) by Ernesto “Che” Guevara is published to coincide with the September release of the Steven Soderbergh film. 100,000 first printing.
Old Street Publishing
(dist. by Consortium)
The Toyboy Diaries: Sexploits of an Older Woman (July, $12.95) by Wendy Salisbury. A 62-year-old woman reveals her penchant for younger men.
Quest Books
(dist. by NBN)
City of Secrets: One Woman’s True-Life Journey to the Heart of the Grail Legend (June, $18.95) by Patrice Chaplin recounts the author’s discovery in a Spanish town of secrets pertaining to the Grail.
Reynolds & Hearn
(dist. By Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Pink Floyd (May, $45) by Marcus Hearn showcases the band in its heyday.
Rural Science Institute
(dist. by Chelsea Green)
Farm Friends: From the Late Sixties to the West Seventies and Beyond (May, $19.95) by Tom Fels considers what changed and what stayed the same when ’60s and ’70s rebels rejoined the mainstream.
Seal Press
(dist. by PGW)
Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir (May, $15.95) by Jennette Fulda articulates the challenges and triumphs of losing 186 pounds.
SourceBooks
Embedded: The Naked Truth About Life and Love on the Lusty Side of Cable (June, $14.95) by Ross Dale investigates the author’s experience as a producer of soft-core pornography TV shows.
South End Press
(dist. By CBSD)
Incognegro (Aug., $18) by Frank Wilderson III recalls the author’s experience as an expat in South Africa during the last stages of apartheid.
TalonBooks
(dist. By Northwestern Univ. Press)
Charles Olson at the Harbor (Mar., $19.95) by Ralph Maud dispels myths about the New American poet.
Tempus/Nonesuch
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Before Sunday: The Life Stories of the Bloody Sunday Victims (Apr., $18.95) by Jennifer Faus recalls the lives of the civil rights protesters who were killed in Northern Ireland in 1972.
Texas Christian Univ. Press
A Walk Across Texas (Mar., $19.95) by Jon McConal narrates the 450-mile walk from the Panhandle to Granbury, Tex., by three men in their 70s.
Two Dot
Bud Ballew: Legendary Oklahoma Lawman (Apr., $16.95) by Elmer D. McInnes and Lauretta Ritchie-McInnes evokes the state’s earliest days.
Univ. of Arizona Press
The Oldest We’ve Ever Been: Seven True Stories of Midlife Transitions (May, $17.95), edited by Maud Lavin, collects tales that reflect the challenges and benevolences found in this stage of life.
Univ. of Illinois Press
Circus Queen and Tinker Bell: The Memoir of Tiny Kline (June; $24.95, cloth $65) by Tiny Kline, edited by Janet M. Davis, showcases the life of the circus performer who assumed an unexpected new role at age 71.
Univ. of Missouri Press
The Prodigal Daughter: Reclaiming an Unfinished Childhood (Mar., $19.95) by Margaret Gibson recounts one woman’s reconciliation with the family she left behind.
Univ. of Oklahoma Press
Saving Jack: A Man’s Struggle with Breast Cancer (May, $16.95) by Jack Willis addresses the author’s struggle with a disease typically associated with women.
Univ. Press of Mississippi
Garry Trudeau:Doonesburyand the Aesthetics of Satire (Aug., $22) by Kerry D. Soper focuses on the cartoonist who integrated politics into the comics page.
Véhicule Press
(dist. by IPG)
Robert Weaver: Godfather of Canadian Literature (Aug., $17.95) by Elaine Kalman Naves traces modern Canadian literature through the life of the radio producer, editor and anthologist.
Villard
Have You Found Her (Mar., $13.95) by Janice Erlbaum relates how the author became enmeshed in the life of a disturbed teenage runaway.
Vintage Books
Greetings from Bury Park (Apr., $13.95) by Sarfraz Manzoor considers how Bruce Springsteen’s music has impacted this British-Pakistani journalist.
