Genre search:Biography

Liberating Lomie: memoir of an Amish childhood

by Saloma Miller Furlong
Paperback, 2022
Tags
Memoirs, Amish women, Mothers and daughters
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Recent additions
Status
Available
Call number
921 F985l

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

Wholehearted faith

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rosanna's boys

by Joseph W. Yoder
Paper Book, 1987
Collection
Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
J YOD

Tobias of the Amish : a true story of tangled strands in faith, family, and community

by Ervin R. Stutzman
Paper Book, 2001
Collection
Adult Fiction
Status
Checked out
Due 2024-01-18
Call number
813.6

There have to be six; a true story about pioneering in the Midwest

by Amelia Mueller
Paper Book, 1966
Collection
Adult Fiction
Status
Available

My heart's in the heather

by Seon Manley
Paper Book, 1968
Collection
Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
818.54

Emma: A Will to Surrender

by Becky McGurrin
Hardcover, 2014
Collection
Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.54

Oogy: The Dog Only a Family Could Love

by Larry Levin
Paperback, 2011
Collection
Junior Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
636.700929

The Swedish nightingale: Jenny Lind

by Elisabeth Kyle
Paper Book, 1964
Collection
Adult Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
F D922s

The God who sees: immigrants, the Bible, and the journey to belong

by Karen González
Paperback, 2019
Tags
Emigration & immigration, Immigrants, Hispanic American women - Biography
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
277.3 G643g

Saigon to Singers Glen: one hundred moments in the life of a Mennonite farm boy

by Jim Bowman
Paperback, 2017
Tags
Mennonites - Virginia - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
298.7 B787s

The cloister walk

by Kathleen Norris
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
Liturgy - Catholic church, Monastic life, Spiritual life, Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
255 N856c LP

Why I left the Amish : a memoir (c.2)

by Saloma Miller Furlong
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Amish - Ohio - Biography, Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
977.1 F985w copy 2

Bonnet strings : an Amish woman's ties to two worlds (c.4)

by Saloma Miller Furlong
Paperback, 2014
Tags
Amish women, Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
289.7 F985b c.4

Bonnet strings : an Amish woman's ties to two worlds (c.3)

by Saloma Miller Furlong
Paperback, 2014
Tags
Amish women, Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
289.7 F985b c.3

Bonnet strings : an Amish woman's ties to two worlds (c.2)

by Saloma Miller Furlong
Paperback, 2014
Tags
Amish women, Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
289.7 F985b c.2

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

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

My loyalist origins

by Herb Swartz
Paperback, 2015
Tags
Historical fiction, North America - History - Military history
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
813.6 S973m

Laura : the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder

by Donald Zochert
Paper Book, 1976
Collection
Junior Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
J 813 W84z

Metamorphosis : Johnny meets John

by John Dewey Stahl
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Mennonites - Biography - Virginia, Growing up, Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
920 S781m c.2

Blush : a Mennonite girl meets the glittering world

by Shirley Hershey Showalter
Paperback, 2013
Tags
Educators - U.S., College presidents - U.S., Mennonite women - Autobiography, Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
370.92 S559b c.1

Passing on the comfort : the war, the quilts, and the women who made a difference

by An Keuning-Tichelaar
Paperback, 2005
Tags
World War II 1939-45 - Netherlands, World War II - Women, Netherlands, Quilting - U.S., Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 K95p c. 1

Bless the Lord, O my soul; a biography of Bishop John Fretz Funk, 1835-1930, creative pioneer for Christ and Mennonite leader

by Helen Litchfield Kolb Gates
Paper Book, 1964
Tags
John Fretz Funk, Mennonites - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
922 F98g

A whisper in a dry land; a biography of Merlin Grove, martyr for Muslims in Somalia

by Omar Eby
Paper Book, 1968
Tags
Merlin Grove, Missions - Somalia
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
922 G88e

To live again

by Catherine Marshall
Hardcover, 1957
Tags
Christian life, Grief
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
922 M367t

Kisare, a Mennonite of Kiseru : an autobiography

by Z. Marwa Kisare
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Mennonites - Tanzania - Biography, Missions - Africa
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
922.87 K61k

Nightingale nursing chronicles : Korea odyssey

by F. Arline Zimmerman
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Korea, Orphans, Nursing - Relief service
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
922.87 Z73n

The Mike King story

by Mike King
Paper Book, 1985
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
927 K54

Limbo : a memoir

by A. Manette Ansay
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Pianists, Writers
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
928 A616l

Kinship concealed: Amish Mennonite--African American family connections

by Sharon Cranford
Paperback, 2013
Tags
Amish Mennonites, African Americans, Slavery, Family
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
929 C891k

Having our say : the Delany sisters' first 100 years

by Sarah Louise Delany
Paperback, 1993
Tags
African-Americans - Biography
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
929 D337h

Lenten lands : my childhood with Joy Davidman and C.S. Lewis

by Douglas H. Gresham
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
Joy Davidman - Biography, C.S. Lewis - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
929 G831l

Mama Maggie : the untold story of one woman's mission to love the forgotten children of Egypt's garbage slums

by Marty Makary
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Nuns - Egypt - Cairo - Biography, Maggie Gobran
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
305 M235m

Almost everything : notes on hope

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

Seven thousand ways to listen : staying close to what is sacred

by Mark Nepo
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Spiritual life, Listening - Religious aspects
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
204 N441s

The Amish in their own words : Amish writings from 25 years of Family Life magazine

by Brad Igou
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Amish - Social life and customs
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
289.7 I24a

Why I left the Amish : a memoir (c.1)

by Saloma Miller Furlong
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Amish - Ohio - Biography, Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
977.1 F985w copy 1

Oogy : the dog only a family could love

by Larry Levin
Paper Book, 2010
Collection
Junior Fiction
Status
Available
Call number
J L665o

Alicia : my story

by Alicia Appleman-Jurman
Paperback, 1988
Tags
Jews - Ukraine - Persecution, Holocaust
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 A648a

Passing on the comfort : the war, the quilts, and the women who made a difference

by An Keuning-Tichelaar
Paperback, 2005
Tags
World War II 1939-45 - Netherlands, World War II - Women, Netherlands, Quilting - U.S., Extra copies available
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 K95p c.2

In the lion's den : the life of Oswald Rufeisen

by Nechama Tec
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Oswald Rufeisen, Jews - Poland - Biography, Converts from Judaism
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 R255t

A life displaced : a Mennonite woman's flight from war-torn Poland

by Edna Schroeder Thiessen
Paperback, 2000
Tags
World War II - Poland, Mennonites - World War II - Poland, Refugees - Women
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 T439l

Fragments : memories of a wartime childhood

by Binjamin Wilkomirski
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Jewish children - Poland - Autobiography, Holocaust
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
940.53 W687f
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