Biographies & Autobiographies books

A riveting Texas memoir of childhood on the storied Waggoner Ranch--where wild parties, eccentric characters, and...  Read More >>

A new memoir celebrating food and friendship from one of Australia's most admired writers.  Read More >>

The award-winning author of Stone Yard Devotional and The Natural Way of Things, explores the solitary and shared...  Read More >>

An inspiring work about creativity and resilience from the multi-award-winning author of Stone Yard Devotional....  Read More >>

With inspiring stories and practical advice, Miriam shows how to become more self-reliant and independent. Whether...  Read More >>

A diary of a firefighter’s early journey transforms setbacks into empowering lessons in resilience. Personal struggles...  Read More >>

An irreverent look at the darkly funny experience of getting older from one of Australia's favourite authors.  Read More >>

Women have shaped the field of technical communication for over 50 years. Women in Technical Communication presents,...  Read More >>

What My Wife Taught Me About Life ""Phyllis was one of the most spectacular and magnificent human beings I have...  Read More >>

Gripping the reader at the beginning, Scars and Medals is the journey of Mohanad Alsayed from coming of age during...  Read More >>

Presenting Poepoe’s funerary narrative in Hawaiian and in English, this work features a kanikau (mourning chant)...  Read More >>

A literary collection honoring and memorializing Selena, the Queen of Tejano  Read More >>

An unprecedented picture of the Civil War in the Trans-Mississippi West, Mollie Brumley's Civil War is also a remarkable...  Read More >>

""An irresistibly wry, culturally rich exploration of color and how it shapes our world-from the leading lexicographer...  Read More >>

Insightful musings on the global connections between humans and nature  Read More >>

How Frederick the Great and George Washington embody the competition between liberal democracy and authoritarianism...  Read More >>

How the University of Texas shaped twelve people who changed the world.  Read More >>

John David Gregory did not lose his identity once. He lost it piece by piece. A former University of Kentucky...  Read More >>

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New narratives on the lived experience of the Revolutionary War through five case studies exploring the spectrum...  Read More >>

In a complete collection of works by one of Malaysia’s foundational poets, Wong confronts the struggles of cultural...  Read More >>

On an August evening in 2002, two little girls named Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman set out to buy sweets, but...  Read More >>

""This book examines how America's imagined frontier history shaped the thinking of philosopher John Dewey. It explores...  Read More >>

An internationally acclaimed Grammy and Tony Award–winning conductor, John DeMain has been a fixture of Madison,...  Read More >>