Biography: general books

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A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill Music Scene: 1989-1999

A Really Strange and Wonderful Time: The Chapel Hill...

Author: Tom Maxwell
ISBN: 9780306830587
Format: Hardback
$55.00

The first biography of the thriving and influential rock scene in Chapel Hill, which gave the world artists like...  Read More >>

Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories

Jelly Roll Blues: Censored Songs and Hidden Histories...

Author: Elijah Wald
ISBN: 9780306831409
Format: Hardback
$55.00

Bestselling music historian Elijah Wald follows Jelly Roll Morton on a journey through the hidden worlds and forbidden...  Read More >>

Storm’s Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney

Storm’s Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of...

Author: Peter Marshall
ISBN: 9780008394394
Format: Hardback
$45.00

'A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details' THE TIMES 'If...  Read More >>

The Wide Wide Sea

The Wide Wide Sea

Author: Hampton Sides
ISBN: 9780241437339
Format: Hardback
$59.99

From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides comes an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age...  Read More >>

Tales from the Dancefloor: Manchester / the Warehouse Project / Parklife / Sankeys / the HaçIenda

Tales from the Dancefloor: Manchester / the Warehouse...

Author: Sacha Lord
ISBN: 9780008656317
Format: Hardback
$45.00

Like most Mancunians of his age, Sacha Lord's life has been a tale of two cities. Then and now.  Read More >>

Contemporary African Philosophers: A Critical Appraisal

Contemporary African Philosophers: A Critical Appraisal...

Author: Wilfred Lajul
ISBN: 9789970611034
Format: Paperback
$100.32

While contemporary African philosophy is clearly the work of modern African philosophers, this work also took interest...  Read More >>

The Meaning of Fyfe: An India Story

The Meaning of Fyfe: An India Story

Author: John Fyfe
ISBN: 9781639459308
Format: Paperback
$44.85

It's the late 1990's. John has come to India searching for inner peace, truth and purpose. He revisits the ashram...  Read More >>

Bull in a China Shop: Iowa Farm Boy Grows Up During the Depression and Becomes a Cattle Buyer in the West from the 1950's - 1980's

Bull in a China Shop: Iowa Farm Boy Grows Up During...

Author: Mike Toyne ,  Merritt Toyne
ISBN: 9781977271839
Format: Paperback
$52.67

"""Bull In A China Shop,"" is a true story about an Iowa farm boy growing up during the Depression and dreaming...  Read More >>

Martial Valor: From Beowulf To Vietnam

Martial Valor: From Beowulf To Vietnam

Author: Alfredo Bonadeo ,  Barbara Bates Bonadeo
ISBN: 9798894190006
Format: Paperback
$31.65

In the popular mind valor is a shining word replete with ethical values; it is associated with daring, strength...  Read More >>

From the Dead to You

From the Dead to You

Author: Carol Lee
ISBN: 9798886921885
Format: Paperback
$21.09

A forensic pathologist/autopsy specialist tells real life stories of the dead to inspire and teach life lessons,...  Read More >>

Mike Connors - A Life of Integrity in Film and Television (hardback)

Mike Connors - A Life of Integrity in Film and Television...

Author: Bill Taylor
ISBN: 9798887713922
Format: Hardback
$105.60

"""Mike was a very kind soul; he was a wonderful friend and I loved him.""-Robert Wagner Mike Connors was best...  Read More >>

Where the Grass Grows Greener

Where the Grass Grows Greener

Author: Bob Stoltzfus
ISBN: 9781601269096
Format: Paperback
$34.32

Dr. Bob has provided large animal veterinary services to his community in rural Pennsylvania for many years. While...  Read More >>

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

Author: Harriet a Jacobs ,  Lydia Marie Child
ISBN: 9798869301574
Format: Paperback
$31.65

Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl is a poignant narrative by Harriet A. Jacobs, recounting her harrowing experiences...  Read More >>

Affective Memories: How Chance and the Theatre Saved My Life

Affective Memories: How Chance and the Theatre Saved...

Author: Laurence Luckinbill
ISBN: 9781620065921
Format: Paperback
$92.27

The autobiography of actor Laurence Luckinbill, husband of Lucie Arnaz, son-in-law of Lucille Ball.  Read More >>

From Appalachia to South of the Border: ...in search of a life

From Appalachia to South of the Border: ...in search...

Author: Judy Gray Johnson ,  Alison Mills Newman
ISBN: 9781665747028
Format: Paperback
$44.85

"The initial reaction after reading this book is to feel sorry for Judy Carol, a little 5 year old black child growing...  Read More >>

Jacob Zuma, the Pioneering Visionary Leader

Jacob Zuma, the Pioneering Visionary Leader

Author: Chris Kanyane
ISBN: 9798224391240
Format: Paperback
$73.89

"This book dives into Zuma's life story, showing how he faced tough times but never gave up. It's like watching...  Read More >>

You Carry the Tent, I'll Carry the Baby: One Family's Journey on the Pacific Crest Trail

You Carry the Tent, I'll Carry the Baby: One Family's...

Author: Jack McClure ,  Cody Markelz
ISBN: 9798989906109
Format: Paperback
$42.21

Following the birth of their daughter, Jack McClure and his wife Alana had every intention of continuing their life...  Read More >>

In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story

In Search of Fatima: A Palestinian Story

Author: Ghada Karmi
ISBN: 9781804297094
Format: Paperback
$34.99

An intimate memoir of the 1948 Nakba, exile and the dispossession of Palestinian lands  Read More >>

Low Country: A Southern Memoir

Low Country: A Southern Memoir

Author: J. Nicole Jones
ISBN: 9781646221233
Format: Paperback
$32.99

"J. Nicole Jones is the only daughter of a prominent South Carolina family, a family that grew rich building the...  Read More >>

The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who...

Author: Leta McCollough Seletzky
ISBN: 9781640096417
Format: Paperback
$35.00

A gripping, intimate and unique view of the civil rights era, as a daughter uncovers the heartbreaking story of...  Read More >>

Without a Map: A Memoir

Without a Map: A Memoir

Author: Meredith Hall
ISBN: 9780807016312
Format: Paperback
$36.99

Meredith Hall's moving but unsentimental memoir begins in 1965, when she becomes pregnant at sixteen. Shunned by...  Read More >>

The Bullet at the Town Hall, 7th edition

The Bullet at the Town Hall, 7th edition

Author: Haydn Thomas
ISBN: 9781068613616
Format: Paperback
$35.64

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ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth: The incredible story of Australian drag racing and land speed legend Rosco McGlashan's life

ROSCO The Fastest Aussie on Earth: The incredible story...

Author: Mark J Read ,  Peter Beck
ISBN: 9780645627343
Format: Paperback
$47.49

Rosco McGlashan is a legend of Australian drag racing and motorsport. He is also the current Australian land speed...  Read More >>

Arthur Miller: American Witness

Arthur Miller: American Witness

Author: John Lahr
ISBN: 9780300276794
Format: Paperback
$26.95

A great theater critic brings twentieth-century playwright Arthur Miller’s dramatic story to life with bold and...  Read More >>

Orbit: Rush

Orbit: Rush

Author: Todd Matthy ,  Martin Gimenez
ISBN: 9781962404969
Format: Hardback
$52.77

Rush, the Canadian band, takes center stage in a captivating comic book biography. With record-breaking sales, chart-topping...  Read More >>

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