Biography & Autobiography
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Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone MagazineA New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year (Dwight Garner)A New York Times Top 10 Book of the Year (Janet Maslin)A New York Magazine Top 10 Book of the Year A USA Today Top 10 Book We Loved Reading in 2017An Amazon...
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What Ever Happened to Mommie Dearest?With the 50th anniversary of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? comes a new look behind the legendary film and Joan Crawford's foray into the horror genre that would make up the bulk of her later work. After the death of her husband Joan...
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The New Chic: French Style from Today's Leading Interior DesignersThe next generation of Parisian interior designers curated by the editors of French Architectural Digest. From Vincent Darr and Joseph Dirand to India Mahdavi, a new wave of design talent has emerged in Paris. Combining nonchalant elegance with the French capital's perennial chic flair,...
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Hooray for Inventors!"Pages bustle with activity, often marked with a certain zany humor." -- Booklist In her trademark vivacious comic- book style, Marcia Williams honors the fine folks who brought us the printing press, the steam train, the electric light, the TV, and more. Interspersed are...
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Nathan Hale: Revolutionary SpyA biography telling the life story of Revolutionary War hero and spy Nathan Hale. Written in graphic-novel format.Author: Nathan OlsonPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.21lbsSize: 7.56h x 6.86w x 0.10dISBN: 9780736861991Audience: Young AdultAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle GradeQuiz #/Name:...
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An Academic Life: A MemoirA compelling memoir by the first woman president of a major American university Hanna Holborn Gray has lived her entire life in the world of higher education. The daughter of academics, she fled Hitler's Germany with her parents in the 1930s, emigrating to New...
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Katie Luther, First Lady of the Reformation: The Unconventional Life of Katharina Von BoraKatharina von Bora. Defiant and determined, refusing to be intimidated. . . In many ways, it was this astonishing woman (not even her husband, Martin Luther, could stop her) who set the tone of the Reformation movement.In this compelling historical account of a woman...
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Cleopatra: A BiographyFew personalities from classical antiquity are more famous--yet more poorly understood--than Cleopatra VII, queen of Egypt. In this major biography, Duane Roller reveals that Cleopatra was in fact a learned and visionary leader whose overarching goal was always the preservation of her dynasty and...
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Madam Bessie Jones: Her Life and TimesIn Madam Bessie Jones, Her Life and Times, Jones emerges from the shadows of Carlisle (PA) history, first turning tricks in her mother Cora Andrews' "bawdy house" and then running her brothel from the Roaring Twenties to through chaotic sixties until her murder on...
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Mend: A Story of DivorceMend: A Story of Divorce is the first in a series of graphic novels written by young adults for their peers. Sophia, the fourteen-year-old author and protagonist, tells the heart-wrenching story of her parents' divorce. She was just nine years old, happy and enjoying...
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The Magician of ViennaWe can read The Magician of Vienna not just as a work of literature but as one of the Holy Books in which we store humanity's imaginary." -- Mario Bellatin, author of Beauty SalonThe heartbreaking final volume in Sergio Pitol's groundbreaking memoir-essay-fiction-hybrid Trilogy of...
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Adam Thielen: From Small Town to Football StarThe Inspiring Biography of a Minnesota Football Star Adam Thielen grew up in rural Minnesota, cheering on the state's beloved purple-and-gold football team. He dreamed of one day playing in the pros, but no one could imagine the path that awaited him. Adam experienced...
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Story of P!nk: Split PersonalitySplit Personality is a pop biography that makes for a truly exciting read that's worthy of its electrifying subject, P!NK.Paul Lester traces the extra-ordinary career of Alecia Beth Moore from Pennsylvania through her stint in the girl group Choice, to her present incarnation as...
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Quien Fue Nelson Mandela?As a child he dreamt of changing South Africa; as a man he changed the world. Nelson Mandela spent his life battling apartheid and championing a peaceful revolution. He spent twenty-seven years in prison and emerged as the inspiring leader of the new South...
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Cub"Raina Telgemeier fans will lap this up." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books A laugh-out-loud funny and empowering graphic memoir about growing up and finding your voice. Twelve-year-old Cindy has just dipped a toe into seventh-grade drama--with its complicated friendships, bullies, and...
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Truth in Nonfiction: EssaysEven before the controversy that surrounded the publication of A Million Little Pieces, the question of truth has been at the heart of memoir. From Elie Wiesel to Benjamin Wilkomirski to David Sedaris, the veracity of writers' claims has been suspect. In this fascinating...
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John Muir: America's NaturalistThis book brings the world and words of John Muir to readers. This book is part of an illustrated series of books by Thomas Locker introducing the young and old to great Americans who loved and wrote about the land.Author: Thomas LockerPublisher: Fulcrum PublishingPublished:...
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The Hunt for the Last Public Enemy in Northeastern Ohio: Alvin Creepy Karpis and His Road to AlcatrazThe last Public Enemy No. 1 of the Depression era, Alvin Creepy Karpis reportedly compiled a record of fifty-four aliases, fifteen bank robberies, fourteen murders, three jailbreaks and two kidnappings.His criminal career came to an end when J. Edgar Hoover and his famed G-Men...
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Chinese Girl in the GhettoAs China opens itself to the world and undertakes historic economic reforms, a little girl in the southern city of Guangzhou immerses herself in a world of fantasy and foreign influences while grappling with the mundane vagaries of Communist rule. She happily immigrates to...
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Jackie Robinson: Baseball's Great PioneerA biography telling the personal life and baseball career of the legendary player, Jackie Robinson. Written in graphic-novel format.Author: Jason GlaserPublisher: Capstone PressPublished: 01/01/2006Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.15lbsSize: 8.80h x 6.70w x 0.10dISBN: 9780736861977Audience: 08 - 14Accelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3.8Point Value: 0.5Interest Level: Middle...
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