Genre search:Biography

Through gates of splendor

by Elisabeth Elliot
Paperback, 1981
Tags
Indians of South America - Auca, Missionaries
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
266 E46t

Downstairs the queen is knitting

by Dorcas Smucker
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Farm life - Oregon - Willamette River Valley, Family anecdotes, Mennonites - Oregon
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
306.874 S666d

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

Mighty be our powers : how sisterhood, prayer, and sex changed a nation at war : a memoir

by Leymah Gbowee
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Liberia, War, Women's protest movements, Peacemaking
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
324 G291m

Iran awakening : one woman's journey to reclaim her life and country

by Shirin Ebadi
Paperback, 2008
Tags
Women lawyers - Iran - Biography, Nobel prizewinners - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
323.3 E15i

Quiet strength : the faith, the hope, and the heart of a woman who changed a nation

by Rosa Parks
Hardcover, 1994
Tags
African Americans, Civil rights
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
323 P252q

The women of the Bible

by Herbert Lockyer
Paper Book, 1967
Tags
Bible - Biography - Dictionaries
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Series
Herbert Lockyer's "All" Series
Status
Available
Call number
220 L81w

All the men of the Bible; a portrait gallery and reference library of more than 3000 Biblical characters

by Herbert Lockyer
Paper Book, 1958
Tags
Bible - Biography - Dictionaries
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Series
Herbert Lockyer's "All" Series
Status
Available
Call number
220 L81m

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

The faith club : a Muslim, a Christian, a Jew-- three women search for understanding

by Ranya Idliby
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Interfaith relationships, Religions, Study guide
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources for small groups
Status
Available
Call number
201 I19f

True love

by Robert Fulghum
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Love, Friendship
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
152.4 F963t

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

From jihad to Jesus: an ex-militant's journey of faith

by Jerry Rassamni
Paperback, 2006
Tags
Conversion from Islam, Islam & Christianity - Relations
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
291 R228f

Mother of my mother : the intricate bond between generations

by Hope Edelman
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Grandmothers, Granddaughters, Intergenerational relations
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
306.874 E21m

Haiti after the earthquake

by Paul Farmer
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Disaster recovery, Humanitarian aid
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
361 F234h

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

Plain and simple : a woman's journey to the Amish

by Sue Bender
Paperback, 1989
Tags
Amish - Social life and customs, Simplicity
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Series
Plain and Simple (1)
Status
Available
Call number
305.6 B458p

Incidents in the life of a slave girl

by Harriet A. Jacobs
Paperback, 1973
Tags
Slavery - U.S.
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
305.5 B839i

The secrets of Mariko: a year in the life of a Japanese woman and her family

by Elisabeth Bumiller
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Women - Japan, Family - Japan, Japan - Social conditions
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
305.4 B941s

Old friends

by Tracy Kidder
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Aged - U.S., Nursing homes
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
305.26 K46o

The desegregated heart; a Virginian's stand in time of transition

by Sarah-Patton Boyle
Hardcover, 1962
Tags
African Americans - Segregation, African Americans - Southern States
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
301 B71

Pitching my tent : on marriage, motherhood, friendship, and other leaps of faith

by Anita Diamant
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Jewish women - U.S. - Anecdotes
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
296.7 D537p

The dance of the dissident daughter : a woman's journey from Christian tradition to the sacred feminine

by Sue Monk Kidd
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Spiritual biography, Feminism - Religious aspects
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
291.2 K46d

A Mennonite woman's life

by Phyllis Pellman Good
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Mennonites - Pennsylvania - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
289.7092 H646g

Ambassador to his people : C.F. Klassen and the Russian Mennonite refugees

by Herbert Klassen
Paperback, 1990
Tags
Mennonites - Canada, C.F. Klassen
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
289.709 K63a

You never gave me a name: one Mennonite woman's story

by Katie Funk Wiebe
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Mennonites - Kansas, Widows
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
289.7 W642y

Climbing down the ladder

by Linden M. Wenger
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Mennonites - U.S. - Clergy - Biography, Aging - Religious aspects
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
289.7 W474c

Something meaningful for God: The Mennonite Central Committee Story, Vol. 4, Biographies

by Cornelius J. Dyck
Paperback, 1981
Tags
Mennonites - Biography, Mennonites - Mennonite Central Committee
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Checked out
Due 2024-04-04
Call number
361 DYC

On Troublesome Creek : a true story about Christian service in the mountains of Kentucky

by Melodie M. Davis
Paperback, 1983
Tags
Volunteer service, Appalachian region, Mennonites - Biography
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
361.7 D263o

A way was opened : a memoir

by Ruth Brunk Stoltzfus
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Mennonites - U.S. - Clergy, Women - Church leadership
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Checked out
Due 2024-02-28
Call number
289.7 S876w

Doing life : reflections of men and women serving life sentences

by Howard Zehr
Paperback, 1996
Tags
Life imprisonment - Pennsylvania, Prisoners
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
365.6 Z44d

The monster within : overcoming bulimia

by Cynthia Rowland McClure
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Bulemia - Biography, Eating disorders
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
616.8 R883m

Alfalfa to ivy : memoir of a Harvard Medical School dean

by Joseph B. Martin
Paper Book, 2011
Tags
Neurobiologists - Boston, MA., Harvard Medical School, Mennonites
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
616.8 M381a

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

Reason for hope : a spiritual journey

by Jane Goodall
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Chimpanzees, Spiritual journey
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
590 G646r

Scratching the woodchuck : nature on an Amish farm

by David Kline
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Natural history - Ohio, Farm life
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
577.5 K65s

A school for my village : a promise to the orphans of Nyaka

by Twesigye Jackson Kaguri
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Nyaka AIDS Orphans School, Orphans, AIDS, Uganda
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
372 K11s

Just another kid

by Torey L. Hayden
Paperback, 1988
Tags
Emotionally disturbed children, Teachers
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
371.94 H415j

Stones into schools : promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan

by Greg Mortenson
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Schools for girls, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Peace building
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
371.823 M887s

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

Lanterns : a memoir of mentors

by Marian Wright Edelman
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Mentors, African-American women, Social reformers, Conduct of life
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
371.102 E21l

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
Checked out
Due 2023-02-19
Call number
370.92 S559b c.2

Joys, sorrows, and shadows

by Emma King
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Amish - Lancaster County - Biography, Death - Murder, Justice and nonresistance, Grief
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
364 K52j

The hammer rings hope : photos and stories from fifty years of Mennonite Disaster Service

by Lowell Detweiler
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
Mennonite Disaster Service, Disaster relief
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
361.7 D483h

The house that love built : the story of Millard and Linda Fuller, founders of Habitat for Humanity and the Fuller Center for Housing

by Bettie B Youngs
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Millard Fuller, Linda Fuller, Habitat for Humanity, Housing for poor
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
363.5 F81y

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

A princess found: an American family, an African chiefdom, and the daughter who connected them all

by Sarah Culberson
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Adopted children, Africa - Sierra Leone, Racially mixed people, Identity
Collections
Adult Nonfiction, ~Resources on race, racism and privilege; BIPOC authors
Status
Available
Call number
362.734 C967p

Kisses from Katie

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

Wish you happy forever : what China's orphans taught me about moving mountains

by Jenny Bowen
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Adoption - China, Orphans - China
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
362.73 B786w

Trevor's place : the story of the boy who brings hope to the homeless

by Frank Ferrell
Hardcover, 1985
Tags
Trevor Ferrell - Biography, Youth volunteers, Homelessness - PA - Philadelphia - Case studies
Collection
Adult Nonfiction
Status
Available
Call number
362.5 F383t
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