Genre search:Biography & Memoir

The Wright Brothers

by David McCullough
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
nonfiction, history, american history, 20th century history, aviation history
Series
Great Achievements in American History
Status
Available
Call number
TL540 .

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Paperback, 2006
Tags
19th century, biography, cabinet, history, Lincoln, nonfiction, presidential powers, us civil war, us history, bestseller
Status
Available
Call number
E457.45

Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 1

by Mark Twain
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
nonfiction, american literature, autobiography, 19th century
Series
Autobiography of Mark Twain (1)
Status
Available
Call number
PS1331 .A2

Truman

by David McCullough
Paperback, 1993
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, american history, presidential history, 20th century, missouri, democratic party, cold war, World War II
Status
Available
Call number
E814 .M26

The Autobiography of Malcolm X (As Told to Alex Haley)

by Malcolm X
Paperback, 1992
Tags
nonfiction, history, autobiography, civil rights movement, american history, 1960's, 20th century
Status
Available
Call number
E185.L5 A3

Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction

by Lynne Olson
Hardcover, 2023
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, french history, egyptology, 20th century history
Status
Available
Call number
PJ1064.D47 O47

Lincoln

by David Herbert Donald
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Lincoln, american history, biography, history, nonfiction, us civil war, 19th century
Status
Available
Call number
E457 .D66

I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv

by Illia Ponomarenko
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
nonfiction, history, 21st century history, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War, journalism
Status
Available

The Undoing Project: A Friendship That Changed Our Minds

by Michael Lewis
Ebook, 2016
Tags
nonfiction, science journalism, psychology, economics, biography, biased thinking
Status
Available
Call number
QP360 .L49

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Paperback, 2005
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, Russian history, stalin, 20th century, russian front, soviet era
Collections
Russian History, Russian Front
Series
Stalin (1)
Status
Available
Call number
DK268.S8 M573

Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self

by Claire Tomalin
Paperback, 2003
Tags
biography, history, Great Britain, restoration, 17th century, diarist, navy
Status
Available
Call number
DA447.P4 T66

In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin

by Erik Larson
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, journalism, german history, interwar period, nazi era
Status
Available
Call number
E748.D6

At the existentialist café : freedom, being, and apricot cocktails with Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Albert Camus, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and others

by Sarah Bakewell
Paper Book, 2016
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, philosophy, 20th century, existentialism
Status
Available
Call number
B819.B313 2016

How to Win an Information War: The Propagandist Who Outwitted Hitler

by Peter Pomerantsev
Hardcover, 2024
Tags
nonfiction, biography, history, second world war, 20th century history, German History, British History, propaganda
Status
Available
Call number
D810.P7 G3624

The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon (Vintage Departures)

by David Grann
Paperback, 2010
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, archeology, amazon
Status
Available
Call number
F2546 .G747

The Path to Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Volume 1)

by Robert A. Caro
Paperback, 1990
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, american history, presidential history, 20th century, politics
Series
The Years of Lyndon Johnson (1)
Status
Available
Call number
E847.C34

Madame Fourcade's Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France's Largest Spy Network Against Hitler

by Lynne Olson
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Nonfiction, history, french history, World War II, french resistance
Status
Available
Call number
D810.S8

Testament of Youth

by Vera Brittain
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
nonfiction, autobiography, english literature
Series
Vera Brittain's Testament (1)
Status
Available
Call number
PR6003.R385 Z479

Stalin: Volume I: Paradoxes of Power, 1878-1928

by Stephen Kotkin
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, russian history, soviet era, stalinism, 20th century, biography
Series
Kotkin's Stalin (1)
Status
Available
Call number
DK268.S8 K65

Homage to Catalonia

by George Orwell
Paperback, 1980
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, spanish history, spanish civil war, memoir, interwar period
Status
Available
Call number
DP269 .O713

All Things Bright and Beautiful

by James Herriot
Paperback, 1998
Tags
nonfiction, bestseller, memoir, veterinarian, Great Britain
Series
All Creatures Great and Small - UK (3-4), All Creatures Great and Small - US (2)
Status
Available
Call number
SF613.H44 A283

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

by Masha Gessen
Paperback, 2013
Tags
nonfiction, journalism, current affairs, russia, 21st century
Status
Available
Call number
DK510.P87

Andrew Jackson: His Life and Times

by H.W. Brands
Paperback, 2006
Tags
nonfiction, history, 19th century, politics, populism, us history, us presidents
Status
Available
Call number
E382 .B83

Hitler: 1889-1936 Hubris

by Ian Kershaw
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, european history, german history, nazi era, 20th century
Series
Kershaw's Hitler (1)
Status
Available
Call number
DD247.H5 K462

The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics)

by Suetonius
Paperback, 2003
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, roman history, 2nd century, ancient history, classical history, latin
Series
The Twelve Caesars (1-12)
Status
Available
Call number
DG277 .S83

Putin's People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took On the West

by Catherine Belton
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, Russian history, post soviet era, 21st century history, Putin
Collection
Russian History
Status
Available
Call number
DK510.763

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

by E.B. Long
Paperback, 1982
Tags
nonfiction, history, autobiography, american history, us civil war, military history
Status
Available
Call number
E672 .A3

Peter The Great: His Life and World

by Robert K. Massie
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, Russian history, biography, 17th century, 18th century
Series
The Romanovs (1), Warrior Kings
Status
Available
Call number
DK131

The Fight of Our Lives: My Time with Zelenskyy, Ukraine's Battle for Democracy, and What It Means for the World

by Iuliia Mendel
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
nonfiction, history, 21st century history, Ukraine, Russo-Ukrainian War
Status
Available
Call number
DK508.852 M435

I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941

by Victor Klemperer
Paperback, 1999
Tags
nonfiction, history, german history, nazi era, european history, autobiography
Series
The Diaries of Victor Klemperer (1), Ich will Zeugnis ablegen bis zum letzten. 2 Bd. (1)
Status
Available
Call number
PC2064.K5 A3

Inside The Third Reich Memoirs By Albert Speer

by Albert (Richard & Clara Winston Speer, Trans.) (Eugene Davidson, Intro)
Book, 1970
Tags
nonfiction, history, autobiography, european history, german history, World War II
Status
Available
Call number
DD247.S63 A313

DIARY OF AN INVASION

Hardcover
Tags
nonfiction, diary, history, 21st century history, Russo-Ukrainian War
Status
Available
Call number
DK508.852 .K87

Bismarck: A Life

by Jonathan Steinberg
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, german history, prussian history, 19th century
Status
Available
Call number
DD218 .S795

Life on the Mississippi (Signet Classics)

by Mark Twain
Paperback, 2001
Tags
fiction, novel, literature, american literature, humor
Status
Available
Call number
PS1314 .A1

Storm of Steel (Penguin Classics)

by Ernst Jünger
Paperback, 2004
Tags
fiction, literature, european literature, german literature, 20th century, world war I
Status
Available
Call number
D640 .J69313

Albert Speer: His Battle With Truth

by Gitta Sereny
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, european history, german history, World War II
Status
Available
Call number
DD247.S63 S47

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom

by Conrad Black
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
nonfiction, history, 20th century, american history, biography, FDR, great depression, politics, World War II
Status
Available
Call number
E807 .B58

Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World

by Evan Thomas
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
nonfiction, history, american history, 20th century, cold war
Status
Available
Call number
E835 .T44 2012

Liar's Poker: Rising Through the Wreckage on Wall Street

by Michael Lewis
Paperback, 1990
Tags
nonfiction, journalism, finance
Status
Available
Call number
HG4928.L48

Churchill: A Life

by Martin Gilbert
Paperback, 1992
Tags
nonfiction, biography, churchill, history, World War II
Status
Available
Call number
DA566.9.C5G4435

Heinrich Himmler: A Life

by Peter Longerich
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
nonfiction, history, military history, european history, german history, World War II
Status
Available
Call number
DD247.H46 L65

I Will Bear Witness 1942-1945: A Diary of the Nazi Years

by Victor Klemperer
Paperback, 2001
Tags
nonfiction, history, german history, nazi era, european history, autobiography
Series
The Diaries of Victor Klemperer (2), Ich will Zeugnis ablegen bis zum letzten. 2 Bd. (2)
Status
Available
Call number
DS135.G3315 K54513

Hitler And Stalin: Parallel Lives

by Alan Bullock
Paperback, 1992
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, biography, german history, 20th century, russian front, Russian history, soviet era
Collections
Russian History, Russian Front
Status
Available
Call number
DD247.H5 B79

Goebbels: A Biography

by Peter Longerich
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, german history, 20th century history, nazi era, World War II
Status
Available
Call number
DD247.G6 L6513

Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time

by Joseph Frank
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, literary biography, european history, Russian history, 19th century
Collection
Russian History
Status
Available
Call number
PG3328 .F75

Isaac's Storm: A Man, a Time, and the Deadliest Hurricane in History

by Erik Larson
Paperback, 2000
Tags
nonfiction, history, biography, meteorology, science, hurricanes, disaster, Galveston, texas
Status
Available
Call number
F394.G2

South (Unabridged)

by Ernest Shackelton
Paperback, ?
Tags
nonfiction, autobiography, adventure, exploration, Great Britain, antarctica, 20th century
Status
Available
Call number
G850 .S53

Stalin's General: The Life of Georgy Zhukov

by Geoffrey Roberts
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
nonfiction, history, european history, Russian history, soviet era, military history, World War II, russian front
Collections
Russian History, Russian Front
Status
Available
Call number
DK268.Z52 R63

Space Odyssey: Stanley Kubrick, Arthur C. Clarke, and the Making of a Masterpiece

by Michael Benson
Hardcover, 2018
Status
Available
Call number
PN1997.T86 B46

A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist with the Red Army, 1941-1945

by Vasily Grossman
Paperback, 2007
Tags
nonfiction, history, Russian history, World War II, journalism, russian front, soviet era
Collections
Russian History, Russian Front
Status
Available
Call number
D764 .G772
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