Biography & Autobiography
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Art of Jack DavisTaking an early look at the work of one of comicdom's most esteemed artists, Jack Davis. This chronology of his earliest work reveals the incredible diversity of a master cartoonist. Here is a chance to see many rare pieces of art from Jack's early...
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Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at WarThe winner of the Nobel Peace Prize shares her inspirational, powerful story of how a group of women working together created an unstoppable force that brought peace to Liberia. As a young woman, Leymah Gbowee was broken by the Liberian civil war, a brutal...
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Attempting NormalNATIONAL BESTSELLER Marc Maron is "a master of spinning humor out of anguish" (Bookforum), even when that anguish is pretty clearly self-inflicted. In Attempting Normal, he threads together twenty-five stories from his life and near-death, from his first comedy road trips (with a fugitive...
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Patrick Henry: Liberty or DeathA biography telling the life story of Patrick Henry, who is known as the Voice of the American Revolution. Written in graphic-novel format.Author: Jason GlaserPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.22lbsSize: 7.66h x 6.86w x 0.10dISBN: 9780736862004Audience: Young AdultAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 4.3Point Value:...
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I Could Tell You StoriesIn this timely gathering, Patricia Hampl, one of our most elegant practitioners, weaves personal stories and grand ideas into shimmering bolts of prose (Minneapolis Star Tribune) as she explores the autobiographical writing that has enchanted or bedeviled her. Subjects engaging Hampl's attention include her...
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Chuck Taylor, All Star: The True Story of the Man Behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in HistoryIn 1921, Converse hired 20-year-old Chuck Taylor as a salesman, sparking a nearly 50-year career that defined the Converse All Star basketball shoe. Although his name is on the label of the legendary All Stars, which have been worn by hundreds of millions, little...
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Set the Boy Free: The AutobiographyThe long-awaited memoir from the legendary guitarist and cofounder of the seminal British band The Smiths.An artist who helped define a period in popular culture, Johnny Marr tells his story in a memoir as vivid and arresting as his music. The Smiths, the band...
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Female Force: Amy Coney BarrettWife. Mother. Professor. Clerk. Judge. Few people are as accomplished as Amy Coney Barrett. A law professor and protege of Antonin Scalia, Amy Coney Barrett's controversial nomination to replace Ruth Bader Ginsberg on the Supreme Court put religion's effect on public policy in the...
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Letter to Grandson Jun: I Found Myself HikingRaised on a farm near Changi (visited by Albert Einstein in the 1920s), Anthony Teo attended Singapore's 19th century St Anthony's Boys School and St Joseph's Institution. Having completed a course at the 330-year-old Harvard at new Cambridge in Massachusetts, USA, Anthony then went...
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HaugheyWith exclusive access to the Haughey archives, Gary Murphy presents a reassessment of Charles Haughey's life and legacy.Saint or sinner? He was the most talented and influential politician of his generation, and his presence still looms over the Irish body politic, yet the very...
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Fame: One Direction #2The sequel to the popular comic book in the "Fame" series. One Direction is one of the biggest sensations in the world today and this issue has documented their Fame in since they formed. See what One Direction is a British-Irish boy band consisting...
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Prison Island: A Graphic MemoirMcNeil Island in Washington state was the home of the last prison island in the US, accessible only by air or sea. It was also home to about fifty families, including Colleen Frakes' when she was growing up. Colleen's parents--like nearly everyone else on...
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Unmasking What Matters: 10 Life Lessons from 10 Years on Broadway#1 International Best Seller Living a meaningful, satisfying life is an enigma for most people today. We feel stuck, small, without the self-confidence to move in the direction of what we really want. Or, if we do muscle through our fear in pursuit of...
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George Washington's 1790 Grand Tour of Long IslandAfter being elected president, George Washington set out to tour the new nation, which was desperate for a unifying symbol. He spent five days on Long Island in April 1790, an area recovering from seven years of devastating British occupation. Washington saw it all,...
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A Miraculous Life: True Stories of Supernatural Encounters with GodOne man's extraordinary encounters with God. God wants us to stay plugged into Him so that we can live a supernatural life of victory. We should expect this to be "normal" Christianity. This book is filled with stories of what the miraculous looks like...
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Simone Biles (Simone Biles) (Spanish Version)Kids will be delighted to learn all about this amazing athlete's achievements. This title will cover Simone Biles's early years, how she got started in gymnastics, and her four gold medals she earned in just one Olympics Colorful full-bleed photographs, extra fun facts about...
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Choose Your Own DisasterAhilarious and heartbreaking (Jo Piazza) and unflinchingly honest memoir about one young woman's terrible and life-changing decisions while hoping--and sometimes failing--to find herself, in the style of Never Have I Ever and Adulting. Join Dana Schwartz on a journey revisiting all of the awful...
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Jheronimus Bosch: The Road to Heaven and HellIn his illuminating and always original text, Gary Schwartz, an art historian with an abiding interest in the cultural context of art and its reception, provides concise interpretations of every work, including commentary on many of the most extraordinary details for which Bosch is...
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Naperville: A Brief HistorySince Naperville sprang from the northern Illinois prairie, it has maintained an unmistakably fascinating heritage.The settlers who followed the Napers to the DuPage River had to endure the hardships of felling trees and plowing prairies to make a place to call home. The campuses...
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Born Broken: An Adoptive JourneyThere is no need to struggle alone or in isolation. Other families know what you are going through. Find strength in not only your faith, but in the community of others who understand your heartache and disappointment, and the desperate need to help these...
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