Genre search:Biography

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Hardcover, 2015
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
305.800973

Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo"

by Zora Neale Hurston
Paperback, 2020
Tags
Clotilda, slavery, slave ship, Middle Passage, black mc, biography, Cudjo
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
306.3

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot
Paperback, 2011
Tags
medicine, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination, Black history, black mc
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
616.02774092

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race

by Margot Lee Shetterly
Paperback, 2017
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
510.92

Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story

by Jacob Tobia
Hardcover, 2019
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
305.30973

Ida B. the Queen: The Extraordinary Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells

by Michelle Duster
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
biography, Black history, Black author, Events and Eras, women's history, Women and Girls
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Checked out
Call number
323.092

See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love

by Valarie Kaur Auteur
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
love, culture, acceptance, community, diverse community, diversity, hate crimes, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
177.7

Humans

by Brandon Stanton
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
humans, photos, stories, diversity, everyone matters
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
779.2

Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance

by Barack Obama
Paperback, 2004
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
973.04960730092

Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Asperger's

by John Elder Robison
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Asperger's, memoir, autism, Bodies Minds and Abilities, embracing differences
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
362.1968588320092

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

by Daniel James Brown
Paperback, 2014
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
797.12

Becoming Nicole: The inspiring story of transgender actor-activist Nicole Maines and her extraordinary family

by Amy Ellis Nutt
Paperback, 2016
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride
Paperback, 2006
Tags
memoir, biography, family, black mc
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
974.71004960730092

Pastrix: The Cranky, Beautiful Faith of a Sinner & Saint

by Nadia Bolz-Weber
Paperback, 2014
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
284.135

I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced

by Nujood Ali
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Yemen, child marriage, World Peoples Cultures and Traditions, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination, Women and Girls, women's history, asian mc, Middle East
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
306.8723092

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Paperback, 2015
Tags
botany, flowers, plants, health, Potawatomi, Native American, cultural traditions, ecology, earth, climate care, essays
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
305.897

A Child Called It: One Child's Courage to Survive

by Dave Pelzer
Paperback, 1995
Collection
Adult Circulating
Series
Dave Pelzer (1)
Status
Available
Call number
362.76092

Night

by Elie Wiesel
Paperback, 2006
Collection
Adult Circulating
Series
The Night Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318092

Night

by Elie Wiesel
Paperback, 2006
Collection
Adult Circulating
Series
The Night Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318092

Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America

by Firoozeh Dumas
Paperback, 2004
Tags
memoir, humor, autobiography, Iran, Iranian-American, immigrant, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination, cultural traditions, asian mc
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
979.4900491550092

Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching: A Young Black Man's Education

by Mychal Denzel Smith
Paperback, 2017
Tags
memoir, black mc, black history
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
305.242

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou
Hardcover, 1970
Collection
Children's Circulating
Series
Maya Angelou's Autobiographies (1)
Status
Available
Call number
818.54092

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron
Paperback, 1992
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
616.85270092

Peggy Flanagan: Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor (Minnesota Native American Lives)

by Jessica Engelking
Paperback, 2020
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
352.23

Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina

by Misty Copeland
Paperback, 2014
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
792.802

The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass
Paperback, 2018
Tags
autobiography, slavery, Black history, Historical Figures and Leaders, black mc
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
973.8092

The Bookseller of Kabul

by Asne Seierstad
Paperback, 2004
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
958.10922

Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism

by Ron Suskind
Hardcover, 2014
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
618.92

The Empathy Exams (Essays)

by Leslie Jamison
Paperback, 2014
Tags
empathy, essays, caring, understanding
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
814.6

The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story (Movie Tie-in Edition)

by Diane Ackerman
Paperback, 2017
Tags
WWII, Poland, zoo, animals, animal rescue, based on a true story
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318350943841

Obsessive Genius: The Inner World of Marie Curie (Great Discoveries)

by Barbara Goldsmith
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
biography, Women and Girls, women's history, science, Historical Figures and Leaders, white mc
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
540.92

Mighty Be Our Powers: How Sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War

by Leymah Gbowee
Paperback, 2013
Tags
Liberia, Women and Girls, war, domestic violence, protest, black mc, Leymah Gbowee
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
966.62033

The Hiding Place

by Corrie with John & Elizabeth Sherrill Ten Boom
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
biography, Holland, Nazi, WWII, Jewish, Holocaust, classic, white mc
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
940.53492092

Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement

by John Lewis
Paperback, 1999
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
328.73092

Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now

by Maya Angelou
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
poetry, women's history, Black history, Women and Girls, Historical Figures and Leaders, autobiography, black mc
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
814.54

Angry Conversations with God: A Snarky but Authentic Spiritual Memoir

by Susan E. Isaacs
Paperback, 2011
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
277.3083092

The Female Lead: Women Who Shape Our World

by Edwina Dunn
Paperback, 2017
Tags
photos, women's history, Women and Girls, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
920.72

Tesla For Beginners

by Robert I. Sutherland-Cohen
Paperback, 2016
Tags
STEM, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders, science, engineering, white mc
Collections
Children's Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography
Status
Available
Call number
621.3

Abraham: A Journey to the Heart of Three Faiths

by Bruce Feiler
Hardcover, 2002
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
222.11092

Different . . . Not Less: Inspiring Stories of Achievement and Successful Employment from Adults with Autism, Asperger's, and ADHD

by Temple Grandin
Paperback, 2012
Tags
biography, autism, Asperger's, disability, Bodies Minds and Abilities
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
618.9285

The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew-- Three Women Search for Understanding (English, Arabic and Hebrew Edition)

by Ranya Idliby
Paperback, 2007
Tags
faith and religion, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Women and Girls, cultural traditions, interfaith, embracing differences
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
201.5

Travels in a Gay Nation: Portraits of LGBTQ Americans (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog)

by Philip Gambone
Paperback, 2010
Tags
LGBTQ, biography, Historical Figures and Leaders
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
306.76

Coming of Age in Mississippi: The Classic Autobiography of a Young Black Girl in the Rural South

by Anne Moody
Paperback, 2004
Tags
autobiography, Mississippi, American South, civil rights, biography, black mc
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction, Biography, Government, Justice, and Civic Responsibility, Racism, Prejudice, and Discrimination
Status
Available
Call number
917.62250360924

Walking the Bible: A Journey by Land Through the Five Books of Moses

by Bruce Feiler
Paperback, 2002
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Checked out
Call number
915.604

The Accidental Asian: Notes of a Native Speaker

by Eric Liu
Paperback, 1999
Tags
memoir, asian mc, China, essays, identity
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
305.8951073

Under the Overpass: A Journey of Faith on the Streets of America

by Mike Yankoski
Paperback, 2005
Collection
Adult Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
305.5692092

Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder

by Kent Nerburn
Paperback, 2002
Collection
Adult Circulating
Series
Lakota Trilogy (book1)
Status
Available
Call number
978.0049752

Country of My Skull: Guilt, Sorrow, and the Limits of Forgiveness in the New South Africa

by Antjie Krog
Paperback, 2000
Tags
South Africa, apartheid, Racism Prejudice and Discrimination
Collections
Adult Circulating, Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
900

Island of Hope, Island of Tears: The Story of Those Who Entered the New World through Ellis Island - In Their Own Words

by David M. Brownstone
Hardcover, 2003
Collection
Children's Circulating
Status
Available
Call number
325.10973
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