Biography: general books

In 1829, Samuel Wood and Sons, a New York publisher of children's literature, printed and sold the Quaker Abigail...  Read More >>

Presents the remarkable autobiography of a Black woman evangelist - Zilpha Elaw (c. 1793-1873). Blockett's introduction...  Read More >>

Virtually unknown outside of her hometown of Cleveland, Ohio, Jane Edna Harris Hunter was one of the most influential...  Read More >>

Between 1899 and 1908, five long works of fiction by the Nashville-based black Baptist minister Sutton E. Griggs...  Read More >>

This is an exceptional antebellum biography, chronicling Elleanor Eldridge's life from her birth through the first...  Read More >>

Randolph's writings give us a window into a different experience of slavery and freedom than other narratives currently...  Read More >>

Edited and introduced by Tess Chakkalakal and Kenneth W. Warren, this new critical edition offers not only an incisive...  Read More >>

This is the remarkable memoir of Lidia Lukes-Hitchcock, a film production manager who fled communist Prague to forge...  Read More >>

Pressure is messy. It builds in quiet moments and breaks through when you least expect it. Most of the time, no...  Read More >>

In 1990, when only fifty of the thousand annual attempts to climb Denali were made by women, Norma Jean Bowers summited...  Read More >>

The Burn List follows Julie Cruse from an abusive childhood into two decades of escalating academic exploitation,...  Read More >>

In Long River Home, David Kherdian invites readers into the luminous landscape of his youth, a time when the silver...  Read More >>

A Legend in Bookmaking Tells the Story of an Industry and His Career More than fifty-million people in the U.S....  Read More >>

Music reviews and criticism by a long time music critic.  Read More >>

Music reviews and criticism by a long time music critic.  Read More >>

In ""Memoir of a White Sheep: Surviving Trauma, Depression & Anxiety,"" Ina shares an inspiring story about her...  Read More >>

Available again in paperback, Going to Cincinnati takes readers into the Queen City's long-overlooked blues scene....  Read More >>

On November 12, 2021, in recognition of the bicentennials of both Bartholomew County and the city of Columbus, Indiana,...  Read More >>

On November 12, 2021, in recognition of the bicentennials of both Bartholomew County and the city of Columbus, Indiana,...  Read More >>

When longtime indie-publisher and SLG Publishing founder Dan Vado found a carrier full of his childhood diecast...  Read More >>

More than 130 Union regiments that fought at Gettysburg were accompanied by chaplains. This book includes stories...  Read More >>

From award-winning filmmaker and Out100 honoree Jorge Xolalpa comes a powerful, deeply personal memoir about survival,...  Read More >>

What happens when the one sworn to protect others can no longer protect himself? After 24 years in law enforcement,...  Read More >>

Uncover the remarkable journey of Irish convict John Frawley as he blended history and genealogy, in forging a pioneering...  Read More >>

People think that being a drug lord's daughter and growing up in a hustler's world means having it easy. But when...  Read More >>