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Collection: Biographies & Memoirs

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Why I'm Like This

Why I'm Like This

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Oh the Glory of It All

Oh the Glory of It All

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More Than Words

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Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World

Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World

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I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds

I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds

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She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

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Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish

Stars of David: Prominent Jews Talk About Being Jewish

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Patrick O'Brian : A Life

Patrick O'Brian : A Life

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Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital

Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital

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Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))

Luba: The Angel of Bergen-Belsen (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))

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Orr: My Story

Orr: My Story

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Truman

Truman

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Reporter: A Memoir

Reporter: A Memoir

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Red Azalea

Red Azalea

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Drawing Life: Surviving the Unabomber

Drawing Life: Surviving the Unabomber

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The Rage of a Privileged Class: Why Are Middle-Class Blacks Angry? Why Should America Care?

The Rage of a Privileged Class: Why Are Middle-Class Blacks Angry? Why Should America Care?

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Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (Vintage)

Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India (Vintage)

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Lindbergh

Lindbergh

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A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends & Folklore

A Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends & Folklore

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Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India

Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India

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If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians

If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians

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Post Grad: Five Women and Their First Year Out of College

Post Grad: Five Women and Their First Year Out of College

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My Father's Secret War: A Memoir

My Father's Secret War: A Memoir

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Little Failure: A Memoir

Little Failure: A Memoir

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Hole in My Life

Hole in My Life

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A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning

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The Life of Elizabeth I

The Life of Elizabeth I

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Remembering Ray: A Composite Biography of Raymond Carver

Remembering Ray: A Composite Biography of Raymond Carver

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A Work in Progress: A Memoir

A Work in Progress: A Memoir

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Senior Year: A Father, A Son, and High School Baseball

Senior Year: A Father, A Son, and High School Baseball

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Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story

Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story

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I Believe in ZERO: Learning from the World's Children

I Believe in ZERO: Learning from the World's Children

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Poison

Poison

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Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays

Here for It: Or, How to Save Your Soul in America; Essays

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Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Woody Allen: A Biography

Woody Allen: A Biography

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Abe Lincoln Grows Up

Abe Lincoln Grows Up

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