Genre search:Biography

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

Washington: A Life

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

Decision Points

by George W. Bush
Paperback, 2011
Status
Checked out

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

The God of the Garden: Thoughts on Creation, Culture, and the Kingdom

by Andrew Peterson
Paperback, 2021
Tags
gardens and gardening, Andrew Peterson, spiritual autobiography
Status
Available

Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus: A Devout Muslim Encounters Christianity

by Nabeel Qureshi
Paperback, 2014
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

Reagan: The Life

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

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

The Story of Charlotte Mason, 1842-1923

by Essex Cholmondeley
Paperback, 2021
Tags
Charlotte Mason, education, parent and child
Status
Available

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

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

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

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

Adorning the Dark: Thoughts on Community, Calling, and the Mystery of Making

by Andrew Peterson
Paperback, 2019
Tags
creative writing, community, spiritual gifts, the arts
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

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

Don't Give Up, Don't Give In: Lessons from an Extraordinary Life

by Louis Zamperini
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Louis Zamperini, Christian conversion, Olympics, track and field, running
Status
Available
Call number
HIST/ZAMPERINI

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation

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

Night

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

Surprised by Oxford: A Memoir

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

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

Confessions of St. Augustine

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

Confessions of Saint Augustine

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

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

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

Fierce Convictions: The Extraordinary Life of Hannah More—Poet, Reformer, Abolitionist

by Karen Swallow Prior
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Hannah More, English authors, 18th century, educators, philanthropists, abolition of slavery
Status
Available
Call number
HIST/PRIOR

Let's Roll: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Courage

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

The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis

by Alan Jacobs
Hardcover, 2005
Status
Available

Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life

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

Girl Meets God : A Memoir

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

Unstoppable: The Incredible Power of Faith in Action

by Nick Vujicic
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
faith, encouragement, success, memoir
Status
Available
Call number
B

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

Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader

by Anne Fadiman
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
books and reading, essays, libraries
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

Crazy Horse: A Life

by Larry McMurtry
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Oglala Indians, Indians of North America, Crazy Horse
Status
Available
Call number
B1842

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

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

Hearts of Fire: Eight Women in the Underground Church and Their Stories of Costly Faith

by Voice of the Martyrs Editor
Paperback, 2015
Tags
persecution of Christians, Voice of the Martyrs
Status
Available

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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

Up From Slavery

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

The God I Love: A Lifetime of Walking with Jesus

by Joni Eareckson Tada
Paperback, 2003
Tags
quadriplegia, Christian life, forgiveness, faith, perseverance
Status
Available
Call number
B1949

Charles Dickens (Penguin Lives)

by Jane Smiley
Paperback, 2002
Tags
charles dickens, victorian literature, authors, B1812-1870
Status
Available

She Is Mine: A War Orphan's Incredible Journey of Survival

by Stephanie Fast
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Korea, orphans, conversion, rescue
Status
Available
Call number
ASIA

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
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