Biography & Autobiography
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Garbage Bag Suitcase: A MemoirGarbage Bag Suitcase is the true story of Shenandoah Chefalo's wholly dysfunctional journey through a childhood with neglectful, drug-and alcohol addicted parents. She endured numerous moves in the middle of the night with just minutes to pack, multiple changes in schools, hunger, cruelty, and...
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James Dean: Tomorrow Never ComesAmerica s most enduring and legendary symbol of young rebellion, James Dean continues into the 21st Century to capture the imagination of the world. In recognition of his enduring appeal as Hollywood's most visible symbol of unrequited male rage, bars from California to Nigeria...
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The Girl Who Rode a Shark: And Other Stories of Daring WomenAn inspiring biographical collection celebrating the adventurousness and ingenuity of girls and women around the world.Now more than ever, the world is recognizing how strong women and girls are. How strong? In the early 1920s, Inuit expeditioner Ada Blackjack survived for two years as...
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Unsolved Arizona: A Puzzling History of Murder, Mayhem & MysteryAre inscriptions on lead crosses found on the banks of the Santa Cruz River remnants of Freemasons or a hoax? How did famous evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson arrive in Douglas weeks after she went missing in Los Angeles and was presumed dead? Did the...
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An American Caddie in St. Andrews: Growing Up, Girls, and Looping on the Old CourseA hilarious and poignant memoir of a Harvard student who comes of age as a caddie on St. Andrews's fabled Old Course. In the middle of Oliver Horovitz's high school graduation ceremony, his cell phone rang: It was Harvard. He'd been accepted, but he...
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Jonathan Goforth: An Open Door in ChinaAs a poor Canadian farm boy, Jonathan Goforth had no idea that he would spend most of his life braving disaster, danger, and disease to share God's love with the people of China. But when God led him to do just that, nothing, not...
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No Ivy League"No Ivy League gracefully delivers a messy truth behind the essential process of questioning and reckoning." -- Nate Powell, artist of the March trilogy When 17-year-old Hazel takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in Portland, Oregon, the only plan is to...
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When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow WilsonThe poignant true story of an American president struck by tragedy at the height of his glory. This New York Times bestseller vividly chronicles the stunning decline in Woodrow Wilson's fortunes after World War I and draws back the curtain on one of the...
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Florida Made: The 25 Most Important Figures Who Shaped the StateOnce considered just an insect-ridden swampland, Florida is now a top destination for tourism, business, agriculture and innovation thanks to these 25 individuals.Florida is in many ways both the oldest and newest of the megastates. The ideas and actions of a colorful cast of...
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Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen KellerThe Center for Cartoon Studies presents a wholly original take on the story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller as part of their award-winning series of graphic novel biographies, available for the first time in paperback. Helen Keller lost her ability to see and...
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Thoreau at Walden"I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain one's self on this earth is not a hardship, but a pastime, if we will live simply and wisely." So said Henry David Thoreau in 1845 when he began his famous experiment of...
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Life Among the QallunaatLife Among the Qallunaat is the story of Mini Aodla Freeman's experiences growing up in the Inuit communities of James Bay and her journey in the 1950s from her home to the strange land and stranger customs of the Qallunaat, those living south of...
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Courageous Christians: Devotional Stories for Family ReadingMost Christian parents dream of raising children who love God with their whole being and seek to serve Christ with their very lives. However, sometimes parents feel they lack solid Christian role models for their children outside of their family. Our kids need Christian...
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STEP RIGHT UP!...I'm Gonna Scare the Pants Off AmericaNostalgia vies with rollicking good fun in these anecdote-studded memoirs of legendary horror director William Castle. Remember the Lloyds of London life insurance policy that protected moviegoers if they were frightened to death by "Macabre"? Or the theatre seats that buzzed when "The Tingler"...
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Noisemakers: 25 Women Who Raised Their Voices & Changed the World - A Graphic Collection from KazooThoughtful, timely and Super-Engaging. So glad the powerhouse young people coming up have Kazoo as a blueprint, a roadmap, and a glimpse into history. -Jacqueline Woodson Astonishing comics about world-changing women. What could possibly be better?--Neil Gaiman All the women in this book were...
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I Am Gandhi: A Graphic Biography of a HeroTwenty-five exceptional comic book creators join forces to share the heroic story of Gandhi in this inspiring graphic novel biography. As a young man in India, Gandhi saw firsthand how people were treated unfairly. Refusing to accept injustice, he came up with a brilliant...
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The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars" . . . sparkles with wit, intelligence and bold characterization." --Women's Review of Books" . . . a ripping yarn . . . admirable translation . . . sensitive introductory essay." --Times Literary Supplement" . . . a remarkable journal worthy of the...
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Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet MattersWho was Muhammad? What do we know historically, and does that differ from how he is seen by his followers and venerated today? Memories of Muhammad presents Muhammad as a lens through which to view both the genesis of Islamic religion and the grand...
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Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping WaiterWarning: May contain material offensive to vegans, pharmaceutical lobbyists, and those on a low-sodium diet. Animals were harmed during the writing of this book.While Phoebe Damrosch was waiting for life to happen, she supported herself by working as a waitress. Before long she was...
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C. S. LewisThis is the true story of C.S. Lewis - one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century - whose books for children and adults have become much-loved classics.Part of the story of C.S. Lewis has been made famous through the film 'Shadowlands'. Here...
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