Biographies & Autobiographies books

One Family, One State, One People: Renaissance in Mississippi is a family history and memoir which is a tribute...  Read More >>

misunderstood is a raw poetry collection about learning how to live again - it's honest, tender and real.  Read More >>

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Phoebe Apperson Hearst tells the story of Hearst's world and examines the opportunities and challenges she faced...  Read More >>

Elizabeth Lowe charts her journey to becoming a translator through a series of vignettes relating her life as a...  Read More >>

An intimate look at the life and mind of one of America's most fearless investigative journalists and cultural historians...  Read More >>

Mary Ann Bickerdyke led a remarkable life. A widowed mother from Illinois, she became an influential traveling nurse...  Read More >>

""A memoir reclaiming cultural inheritance and exploring connection to and alienation from the land""-- Provided...  Read More >>

A moving memoir about grief, growth and sisterhood from acclaimed poet and author of Promise, Rachel Eliza Griffiths...  Read More >>

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A diary–memoir from a twenty-one-year-old Palestinian journalist, recalling her first-hand experience during the...  Read More >>

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Written for young adults, this biography of Frederick Douglass covers the life of the most famous black abolitionist...  Read More >>

The definitive biography of the founder of the Shaker movement, whose remarkable life is the subject of a new film,...  Read More >>

For over half a century, organizations and individuals promoting ex-gay, conversion and/ or reparative therapy have...  Read More >>

An extraordinary account of James Lawrence’s record-breaking feat of endurance – completing one hundred triathlons...  Read More >>

An unforgettable testament to hope and the bonds of brotherhood, Miracle reveals the untold story of the boys who...  Read More >>

Finding hope in a small farm, an engaged community, and an age-old connection to the earth After half a lifetime...  Read More >>

For readers of House of Glass: the heartwrenching true story of a young Jewish woman coming of age in wartime France...  Read More >>

Rupert García: The Making of an American Artist, a Testimonio is a compelling story of a working-class Mexican American...  Read More >>

One of the most famous autobiographies of the First World War - much filmed, much studied and much loved. Now reissued...  Read More >>

An intimate look at the life and mind of one of America's most fearless investigative journalists and cultural historians...  Read More >>