Genre search:Biography & Memoir

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
world war 2, Pacific Ocean, japan biography, prison camp
Status
Available

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Henrietta Lacks, HeLa cells, cancer research, human experimentation, medical ethics
Status
Available

The Wright Brothers

by David McCullough
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright, airplanes, inventors and inventions
Series
Great Achievements in American History
Status
Available

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank
Paperback, 1993
Tags
B1942-1944, Anne Frank, Jewish Holocaust
Status
Available
Call number
B1942

Night

by Elie Wiesel
Paperback, 1982
Tags
world war 2, holocaust
Series
The Night Trilogy (1)
Status
Available
Call number
WIESEL

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

by Doris Kearns Goodwin
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
U.S. civil war, Abraham Lincoln, cabinet, U.S. history
Status
Available

Washington: A Life

by Ron Chernow
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
George Washington, U.S. presidents, B1732-1799
Status
Available
Call number
B1732

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character

by Ralph Leighton
Paperback, 1986
Tags
richard feynman, physics, biography
Series
Feynman Memoirs
Status
Available

Confessions of Saint Augustine

by St. Augustine
Paperback, 1960
Tags
augustine, theology
Status
Available

Confessions of St. Augustine

by Saint Augustine
Paperback, 1977
Tags
Saint Augustine, Christian conversion, B354-430
Status
Available
Call number
B354

Decision Points

by George W. Bush
Paperback, 2011
Status
Checked out

I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition)

by Malala Yousafzai
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
women's education, Pakistan history, Malala Yousafzai
Status
Available
Call number
ASIA

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

by Benjamin Franklin
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Benjamin Franklin, B1706-1790
Status
Available

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer
Paperback, 1998
Tags
Mount Everest, mountain climbing
Status
Available

The Hiding Place: An Engaging Visual Journey (Visual Journey Series)

by Corrie ten Boom
Paperback, 2022
Tags
World War 2, Netherlands, Jewish Holocaust, B1892-1983, Ravensbruck, prisons and prisoners
Status
Available
Call number
B1892

The Hiding Place

by Corrie Ten Boom
CD audiobook, 2009
Tags
audiobook, world war 2, Netherlands, Corrie Ten Boom, Betsie Ten Boom
Status
Available
Call number
AUDIO

The Hiding Place

by Corrie Ten Boom
Paperback, 1974
Tags
world war 2, prison camp, prisoners, Holland, B1892-1983
Status
Available

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

by Frederick Douglass
Paperback, 1995
Tags
B1818-1895, educators, slavery, us history reconstruction
Status
Available
Call number
B1818

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

by C.S. Lewis
Paperback, 1966
Tags
autobiography, conversion
Status
Checked out

Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time

by Dava Sobel
Paperback, 1996
Tags
navigation, longitude, John Harrison, time measurement, B1693-1776
Status
Available
Call number
B1693

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

by Nabeel Qureshi
Paperback, 2014
Status
Available

Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

by Ron Hall
Paperback, 2008
Status
Available

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

by Joseph J. Ellis
Paperback, 2002
Tags
american revolution, biography, us history
Status
Available

All Creatures Great and Small

by James Herriot
Hardcover, 1972
Series
All Creatures Great and Small - UK (1-2), All Creatures Great and Small - US (1)
Status
Available

All Creatures Great and Small

by James Herriot
Paperback, 1981
Tags
veterinarians, animal stories, yorkshire
Series
All Creatures Great and Small - UK (1-2), All Creatures Great and Small - US (1)
Status
Available

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Defender of the Realm, 1940-1965

by William Manchester
Paperback, 2013
Series
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill (Volume III)
Status
Available

Every Living Thing

by James Herriot
Paperback, 1993
Tags
veterinarians, animal stories, yorkshire
Series
All Creatures Great and Small - UK (8), All Creatures Great and Small - US (5)
Status
Available

The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams

by Philip Zaleski
Hardcover, 2015
Status
Available

Up From Slavery

by Booker T. Washington
1967
Tags
slavery, autobiography, black americans, B1858-1915
Status
Available
Call number
B1858

Kisses from Katie: A Story of Relentless Love and Redemption

by Katie J. Davis
Paperback, 2012
Tags
orphans, Uganda, orphanages, social work, adoption
Status
Available

The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio: How My Mother Raised 10 Kids on 25 Words or Less

by Terry Ryan
Paperback, 2005
Tags
large families, Evelyn Ryan, prize contests
Status
Available

What Do You Care What Other People Think: Further Adventures of a Curious Character

by Richard P. Feynman
Hardcover, 1988
Tags
space shuttle, essays
Series
Feynman Memoirs
Status
Available

Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert An English Professor's Journey into Christian Faith

by Rosaria Champagne Butterfield
Paperback, 2012
Tags
conversion, homosexuality
Status
Available

The Lord God Made Them All

by James Herriot
Paperback, 1982
Tags
animal stories, veterinarians, yorkshire
Series
All Creatures Great and Small - UK (7), All Creatures Great and Small - US (4)
Status
Available

Reagan: The Life

by H. W. Brands
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Ronald Reagan, U.S. presidents, B1911-2004
Status
Available
Call number
B1911

All Things Bright and Beautiful

by James Herriot
Paperback, 1981
Tags
animal stories, veterinarians, yorkshire
Series
All Creatures Great and Small - UK (3-4), All Creatures Great and Small - US (2)
Status
Available

All Things Wise and Wonderful

by James Herriot
Paperback, 1981
Tags
veterinarians, yorkshire, animal stories
Series
All Creatures Great and Small - UK (5-6), All Creatures Great and Small - US (3)
Status
Available

Let's Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage

by Lisa Beamer
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
9/11, todd beamer, terrorism, biography
Status
Available

Chinese Cinderella : The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter

by Adeline Yen Mah
Paperback, 2001
Tags
China, autobiography
Status
Available

Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson and the Opening of the American West

by Stephen Ambrose
Paperback, 1997
Tags
ALA Notable book, Lewis and Clark, Thomas Jefferson, US exploration, US history, H1803
Status
Available

God's Smuggler

by Brother Andrew
Paperback, 2015
Tags
smugglers, Bible distribution, missionaries, Netherlands, Eastern Europe, AmblesideOnline
Status
Available
Call number
H1957

84 Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff
Paper Book
Tags
letters, bookstores, books and reading
Series
84 Charing Cross Road (1)
Status
Available
Call number
HANFF

Through Gates of Splendor

by Elisabeth Elliot
Paperback, 1981
Tags
Jim Elliot, Indians of South America, Waodani Indians, Auca Indians
Status
Available
Call number
SA

Through Gates of Splendor

by Elisabeth Elliot
Paperback, 1965
Tags
Jim Elliot, Nate Saint, B1956
Status
Checked out
Call number
B1956

The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill, Alone 1932-1940

by William Manchester
Hardcover, 1988
Series
The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill (Volume II)
Status
Available

Peter the Great: His Life and His World

by Robert K. Massie
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
Russian history, Peter the Great, kings and rulers, B1672-1725
Series
The Romanovs (1), Warrior Kings
Status
Available
Call number
B1672

Girl Meets God : A Memoir

by Lauren F. Winner
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Judaism, conversion
Status
Available

Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History (No Series)

by S. C. Gwynne
Paperback, 2011
Tags
Indians of North America, Comanche Indians, Texas history, Quanah Parker, Cynthia Ann Parker, frontier and pioneer life, Ranald Slidell Mackenzie
Status
Available
Call number
H1871

Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir

by Carolyn Weber
Paperback, 2013
Tags
Oxford fiction, Christian conversion, B1971
Status
Available
Call number
B1971

A Severe Mercy

by Sheldon Vanauken
Hardcover, 1980
Tags
cs lewis, marriage, autobiography
Series
A Severe Mercy (1)
Status
Available
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