Genre search:Biography

Between the world and me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Race discrimination - United States, African Americans - Social conditions, United States - Race relations
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
305.8 C652b

I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban

by Malala Yousafzai
Paperback, 2013
Tags
Pakistan, Education for girls, Large print
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
371.8 Y82i

How to be an antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Racism - Psychological aspects, United States - Race relations
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
305.8 K33h

The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Henrietta Lacks 1920-1951 - Health, Cancer patients - Virginia, African-American women, Human experimentation, HeLa cells, Cell culture
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
616 L141s

The year of magical thinking

by Joan Didion
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Novelists - American - Family relationships, Mothers and daughters, Grief, Marriage
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
813 D556y

Disarmed: the radical life and legacy of Michael "MJ" Sharp

by Marshall V. King
Paperback, 2022
Tags
Central African history, Social activism
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Recent additions
Status
Checked out
Due 2023-01-22
Call number
289.7092 K54d

The last lecture

by Randy Pausch
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Death - Attitude towards, Cancer, Dreams - Achievement, Life lessons
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
170 P334l

Wholehearted faith

by Rachel Held Evans
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Personal essays, Faith, Theology
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
248.4 E92w

Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption

by Bryan Stevenson
Paperback, 2015
Tags
Social reformers - U.S. - Biography, Administration of criminal justice - U.S.
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
353.48 S847j

Three cups of tea : one man's mission to promote peace, one school at a time

by Greg Mortenson
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Girls' schools - Pakistan/Afghanistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Humanitarian aid
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
371.8 M887t

Dewey : a small-town library cat who touched the world

by Vicki Myron
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Cats, Libraries
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Series
Dewey (1)
Status
Available
Call number
636.809 M998d

The year of living biblically : one man's humble quest to follow the Bible as literally as possible

by A. J. Jacobs
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Bible - Criticism and interpretation
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
220 J17y

Animal, vegetable, miracle : a year of food life

by Barbara Kingsolver
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Farm life - Appalachians, Food habits
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
641 K55a

The sound of gravel : a memoir

by Ruth Wariner
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Mormons, Abuse, Family
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
920 W276s

Prague winter : a personal story of remembrance and war, 1937-1948

by Madeleine Korbel Albright
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Czechoslovakia - History 1938-1945, World War II - Czechoslovakia, Jewish families - Czech Republic
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
943.71 A342p

Tuesdays with Morrie : an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson

by Mitch Albom
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Morris Schwartz, Amytrophic lateral sclerosis, Teacher - Student relationships, Death
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
378.1 A339t

Proof of heaven: a neurosurgeon's journey into the afterlife

by Eben Alexander
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Near-death experiences, Faith, Neurosurgeons
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
231.7 A375p

Cousins: connected through slavery, a Black woman and a White woman discover their past―and each other

by Betty Kilby Baldwin
Paperback, 2021
Tags
Autobiographies, Virginia - Race relations - History - Biography
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
975.5209 B181c

Mountains beyond mountains: the quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a man who would cure the world

by Tracy Kidder
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Paul Farmer, Physicians - Biography, Missionaries - Medical, Health care rights
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
610.92 F234k

My stroke of insight : a brain scientist's personal journey

by Jill Bolte Taylor
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Strokes, Personality, Brain function (left/right)
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
616.8 T243s

The blistering morning mist: a memoir

by Kathleen Weaver Kurtz
Paperback, 2021
Tags
Mennonites - Virginia - Biography, Eastern Mennonite University - Biographies
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
921 K96

Wild swans : three daughters of China

by Jung Chang
Paperback, 1991
Tags
China - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
920.05 C456w

Strength in what remains

by Tracy Kidder
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Burundian Americans - Biography, Genocide - Burundi, Refugees, Medical students
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Checked out
Due 2022-06-19
Call number
305.896 K46s

An invisible thread : the true story of an 11-year-old panhandler, a busy sales executive, and an unlikely meeting with destiny

by Laura Schroff
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Maurice Mazyck, Friendship, Mentors
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
974.7 S382i

Kisses from Katie

by Katie Davis
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Orphans - Uganda, Christian life
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
362.73 D262k

Just as I am : the autobiography of Billy Graham

by Billy Graham
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Evangelists - US - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
269.2 G738j

Searching for Sunday : loving, leaving, and finding the church

by Rachel Held Evans
Paperback, 2015
Tags
Women - Religious aspects - Christianity, Christian women - Religious life, Church membership
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
265 E92s

Almost everything : notes on hope

by Anne Lamott
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Spirituality, Hope - Religious aspects
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
170 L235a

Inspired : slaying giants, walking on water, and loving the Bible again

by Rachel Held Evans
Paperback, 2018
Tags
Bible, Christian life
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
248 E92i

Traveling mercies : some thoughts on faith

by Anne Lamott
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Christian biography, Novelists, Spiritual life
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54 L235t

Have a little faith : a true story

by Mitch Albom
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Faith, Henry Covington, Albert Lewis
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
920 A339h

Traveling with pomegranates : a mother and daughter journey to the sacred places of Greece, Turkey & France

by Sue Monk Kidd
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Travel, Mothers and daughters
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
818 K46t

Leaving church : a memoir of faith

by Barbara Brown Taylor
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Faith, Clergy - Episcopal, Church as institution
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Series
Leaving Church Trilogy (1)
Status
Checked out
Due 2023-08-30
Call number
283 T238l

An hour before daylight: memories of a rural boyhood

by Jimmy Carter
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Jimmy Carter - Childhood and youth, Presidents - U.S. - Biography, Farmers - Georgia
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
973.7 C323h

Unbowed : a memoir

by Wangari Maathai
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Green Belt Movement, Tree planters - Kenya, Conservationists, Women politicians - Kenya - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
333.72 M111u

The translator: a memoir

by Daoud Hari
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Darfur - Biography, Sudan - History
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
962.404 H281t

The soloist : a lost dream, an unlikely friendship, and the redemptive power of music

by Steve Lopez
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Nathaniel Anthony Ayers, Violinists, Homeless persons - Los Angeles
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
787.2 L864s

The reading promise : my father and the books we shared

by Alice Ozma
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Books and reading, Fathers and daughters
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
028.9 O99r

Called out of darkness : a spiritual confession

by Anne Rice
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Spiritual biography, Women novelists - U.S. - biography, Spiritual life - Catholic Church
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54 R495c

The boy who harnessed the wind : creating currents of electricity and hope

by William Kamkwamba
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Malawi, Wind power, Inventors
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
920 K15b

A man named Dave : a story of triumph and forgiveness

by David J. Pelzer
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Foster homes, Abuse of children, Family violence, Alcoholism
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Series
Dave Pelzer (3)
Status
Available
Call number
362.76 P373m

Be the bridge : pursuing God's heart for racial reconciliation

by LaTasha Morrison
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Racism - Religious aspects - Christianity, Reconciliation - Religious aspects
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
241 M879b

Here if you need me : a true story

by Kate Braestrup
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Biography, Search and rescue operations - Maine, Chaplains - Women
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54 B812h

God's hotel : a doctor, a hospital, and a pilgrimage to the heart of medicine

by Victoria Sweet
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Physicians - Biography, Laguna Honda Hospital - History, Hospital care
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
610.92 S974g

Plan B : further thoughts on faith

by Anne Lamott
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Novelists - American - 20th century - Biography, Christian biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
813 L233p

A prairie girl's faith: the spiritual legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder

by Stephen W. Hines
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
Women pioneers - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.52 W673p

In the presence of my enemies

by Gracia Burnham
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Martin Burnham, Hostages - Philippines, Abu Sayyaf - Terrorists, Missionaries - Phillippines
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
959.904 B966i

Three weeks with my brother

by Nicholas Sparks
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Brothers, Travel, Loss
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
920 S736t

Gathering of sisters: a year with my Old Order Mennonite family

by Darla Weaver
Paperback, 2018
Tags
Mennonite women - Biography, Old Order Mennonites
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
289.7092 W363g

Girl meets God : on the path to a spiritual life

by Lauren F. Winner
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
Christian converts from Judism - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
248.2 W776g
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