Biographies & Autobiographies books

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 >>

My father’s heart, and my mother’s, can still break. In this most essential way, they are still themselves. They...  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 >>

J. C. Raulston, described by the New York Times upon his untimely death as “a generous-spirited giant among horticulturists,”...  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 >>

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 >>

The first in-depth story of the indomitable collaborator, muse, and wife of Andrew Wyeth, and of her lasting creative...  Read More >>

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

In the summer of 1961, Stanley Johnson, accompanied by Tim Severin and Michael de Larrabeiti, set out from Oxford...  Read More >>

A brutally funny memoir set against the Montana landscape, perfect for Gen X men and readers navigating grief, midlife,...  Read More >>

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