Biography & Memoir
Books are listed by author's surname.
Little Wonder: The Fabulous Story of Lottie Dod, the World's First Female Sports Superstar by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781617758263Publication Date: 2020
Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781571313829Publication Date: 2021
Sharing a House with the Never-Ending Man: 15 Years at Studio Ghibli by ISBN: 9781611720600Publication Date: 2020
Spirit Run: A 6,000-Mile Marathon Through North America's Stolen Land by Call Number: EBSCO eBooksISBN: 9781948226462Publication Date: 2020
The Book of Awesome Women Writers: Medieval Mystics, Pioneering Poets, Fierce Feminists and First Ladies of Literature by ISBN: 9781642501223Publication Date: 2020
Women of Walt Disney Imagineering: 12 Women Reflect on their Trailblazing Theme Park Careers by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781368021951Publication Date: 2022
Boyz n the Void: a mixtape to my brother by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780807059500Publication Date: 2021
I Came All This Way to Meet You: Writing Myself Home by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780063039810Publication Date: 2022
Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by ISBN: 9781492679011Publication Date: 2019
Art of Resilience: The Refugee State of Mind by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781544521503Publication Date: 2021
Sincerely, Your Autistic Child: What People on the Autism Spectrum Wish Their Parents Knew About Growing Up, Acceptance, and Identity by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780807025697Publication Date: 2021
The Natural Mother of the Child: A Memoir of Nonbinary Parenthood by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781640094390Publication Date: 2021
(Re)born in the USA: An Englishman's Love Letter to His Chosen Home by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062958723Publication Date: 2021
The Other Mothers: Two Women's Journey to Find the Family That Was Always Theirs by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781728222837Publication Date: 2021
If Women Rose Rooted: The Power of the Celtic Woman by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781910463277Publication Date: 2016
Overnight Code: The Life of Raye Montague, the Woman Who Revolutionized Naval Engineering by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781641602594Publication Date: 2021
¡Hola Papi! How to Come Out in a Walmart Parking Lot and Other Life Lessons by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781982141523Publication Date: 2021
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by ISBN: 9781524760854Publication Date: 2018
Unfollow Me: Essays on Complicity by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781635577129Publication Date: 2021
Friend Beloved: Marie Stopes, Gordon Hewitt, and an Ecology of Letters by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9780228005278Publication Date: 2021
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062415820Publication Date: 2015
Finding a Life of Harmony and Balance: A Taoist Master's Path to Wisdom by ISBN: 9780804852746Publication Date: 2020
Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781571317360Publication Date: 2021
The Black President: Hope and Fury in the Age of Obama by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781421441894Publication Date: 2021
Disloyal: A Memoir – The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781510764705Publication Date: 2020
The Way She Feels: My Life on the Borderline in Pictures and Pieces by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781951142605Publication Date: 2021
Serena Williams : Tennis Champion, Sports Legend, and Cultural Heroine by ISBN: 9781538109663Publication Date: 2020
Dragged Off: Refusing to Give Up My Seat on the Way to the American Dream by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781642504019Publication Date: 2021
Dungeons 'n' Durags: One Black Nerd's Comical Quest of Racial Identity and Crisis of Faith by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781642508765Publication Date: 2022
Valley Walls: A Memoir of Climbing and Living in Yosemite by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781930238695Publication Date: 2016
The Cryotron Files: The Untold Story of Dudley Buck, Cold War Computer Scientist and Microchip Pioneer by ISBN: 9781468315776Publication Date: 2018
Uprising: Who the Hell Said You Can't Ditch and Switch? — The Awakening of Diamond and Silk by ISBN: 9781684510924Publication Date: 2020
Heroes & Scoundrels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Nobel Prize in Medicine by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781610353939Publication Date: 2022
Sex/Life: 44 Chapters About 4 Men by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781538718308Publication Date: 2019
Roads Not Taken: An Intellectual Biography of William C. Bullitt by ISBN: 9780822965039Publication Date: 2017
How to Be Human: An Autistic Man's Guide to Life by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781501180514Publication Date: 2021
What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance by ISBN: 9780525560371Publication Date: 2019
Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781640093171Publication Date: 2021
Stutterer Interrupted: The Comedian Who Almost Didn't Happen by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781631526428Publication Date: 2019
A Farewell to Gabo and Mercedes: A Son's Memoir by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780063158320Publication Date: 2021
KG A to Z: An Uncensored Encyclopedia of Life, Basketball, and Everything in Between by ISBN: 9781982170325Publication Date: 2021
The Last American Hero: The Remarkable Life of John Glenn by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781641602136Publication Date: 2020
Not Necessarily Rocket Science: A Beginner's Guide to Life in the Space Age by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781642504118Publication Date: 2020
Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power: a Memoir by ISBN: 9780547867090Publication Date: 2013
Begin Again: James Baldwin's America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by ISBN: 9780525575320Publication Date: 2020
Life on the Line: Young Doctors Come of Age in a Pandemic by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780063073418Publication Date: 2021
Roots: The Saga of an American Family - Thirtieth Anniversary Edition by ISBN: 9781593154493Publication Date: 2007
From Wounded Knee to the Gallows: The Life and Trials of Lakota Chief Two Sticks by ISBN: 9780806164915Publication Date: 2020
Wrestling with Angels: A True Story of Addiction, Resurrection, Hope, Fashion, Training Celebrities, and Man’s Oldest Sport by ISBN: 9781644281147Publication Date: 2020
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780525560722Publication Date: 2019
Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women, and Queer Radicals by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780393285680Publication Date: 2019
Reaching Mithymna: Among the Volunteers and Refugees on Lesvos by ISBN: 9781771963763Publication Date: 2020
One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us by ISBN: 9781419735325Publication Date: 2020
Coco Chanel: The Illustrated World of a Fashion Icon by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781743790663Publication Date: 2015
Once I Was You: A Memoir of Love and Hate in a Torn America by ISBN: 9781982128654Publication Date: 2020
The Light Streamed Beneath It: A Memoir of Grief and Celebration by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781773057880Publication Date: 2021
Rebel Cinderella: From Rags to Riches to Radical, the Epic Journey of Rose Pastor Stokes by ISBN: 9781328866745Publication Date: 2020
Tell Me Your Names and I Will Testify by Call Number: Project MUSEISBN: 9781517907631Publication Date: 2020
Carved in Ebony: Lessons from the Black Women Who Shape Us by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781493433711Publication Date: 2021
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781984820365Publication Date: 2020
The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780063065260Publication Date: 2021
Everyone Versus Racism: A Letter to My Children by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780008443993Publication Date: 2020
The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years As CEO of the Walt Disney Company by ISBN: 9780399592096Publication Date: 2019
The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781982115876Publication Date: 2021
The Last Train Robber: The Life and Times of Willis Newton by ISBN: 9781493046089Publication Date: 2020
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062873071Publication Date: 2020
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780063212442Publication Date: 2021
The Cowshed: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781590179277Publication Date: 2016
Say I'm Dead: A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love by ISBN: 9781641602747Publication Date: 2020
Sex Cult Nun: Breaking Away From the Children of God, a Wild, Radical Religious Cult by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062952462Publication Date: 2021
The Book of Awesome Black Americans: Scientific Pioneers, Trailblazing Entrepreneurs, Barrier-Breaking Activists and Afro-Futurists by ISBN: 9781642501476Publication Date: 2020
The Daring Life and Dangerous Times of Eve Adams by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781641605168Publication Date: 2021
See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780525509103Publication Date: 2020
The Other Madisons: The Lost History of a President's Black Family by ISBN: 9781328604392Publication Date: 2020
Doing Time Like a Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison by ISBN: 9781945572418Publication Date: 2017
Letter to a Young Female Physician: Notes from a Medical Life by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781324007159Publication Date: 2021
Monster, She Wrote: The Women Who Pioneered Horror and Speculative Fiction by ISBN: 9781683691389Publication Date: 2019
American Madness: The Story of the Phantom Patriot and How Conspiracy Theories Hijacked American Consciousness by ISBN: 9781627310963Publication Date: 2020
The Deer Camp : A Memoir of a Father, a Family, and the Land That Healed Them by ISBN: 9781635573480Publication Date: 2019
I Overcame My Autism and All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781771622479Publication Date: 2020
The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson: The Baseball Legend's Battle for Civil Rights during World War II by ISBN: 9780811738644Publication Date: 2020
Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by ISBN: 9781640094154Publication Date: 2022
Bygone Badass Broads: 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed the World by ISBN: 9781419729256Publication Date: 2018
A Boob's Life: How America's Obsession Shaped Me—and You by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781643136233Publication Date: 2021
Patti Smith on Patti Smith: Interviews and Encounters by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780912777009Publication Date: 2020
Sparrin' with Smokin' Joe: Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali by ISBN: 9781538136799Publication Date: 2021
Modern Jungles: A Hmong Refugee's Childhood Story of Survival by ISBN: 9780870209598Publication Date: 2021
Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062938480Publication Date: 2020
The Private Life of Victoria : Queen, Empress, Mother of the Nation by ISBN: 9781788883177Publication Date: 2018
Supergirls: The women who rise above social stigmas to code, build, and dominate tech by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781641378802Publication Date: 2020
My Time Will Come: A Memoir of Crime, Punishment, Hope, and Redemption by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9781524748524Publication Date: 2021
Bookish Broads: Women Who Wrote Themselves into History by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781419746239Publication Date: 2021
The Shaytan Bride: A Bangladeshi Canadian Memoir of Desire and Faith by ISBN: 9781459747678Publication Date: 2021
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9780593189481Publication Date: 2020
The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother by ISBN: 9781594481925Publication Date: 2006
The Deep End of Fatherhood: Lessons From an Unexpected Fatherhood by ISBN: 9781640090392Publication Date: 2018
Safecracker: A Chronicle of the Coolest Job in the World by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781493058525Publication Date: 2021
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope by ISBN: 9781984855022Publication Date: 2020
Man of the Futures: The Story of Leo Melamed and the Birth of Modern Finance by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9780857197481Publication Date: 2021
Chasing Space: An Astronaut's Story of Grit, Grace, and Second Chances by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062496775Publication Date: 2017
Who Says I Can't?: The Astonishing Story of a Fearless Life by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780785239413Publication Date: 2021
Against the Ice: The Classic Arctic Survival Story by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781586423353Publication Date: 2022
Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life by ISBN: 9781501160271Publication Date: 2020
American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781644451168Publication Date: 2020
Disasterology: Dispatches from the Frontlines of the Climate Crisis by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781488077517Publication Date: 2021
Our Revolution: A Mother and Daughter at Midcentury by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780393651805Publication Date: 2020
The Woman They Could Not Silence: One Woman, Her Incredible Fight for Freedom, and the Men Who Tried to Make Her Disappear by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781492696728Publication Date: 2021
Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781487010584Publication Date: 2022
Toni Morrison: The Last Interview and Other ConversationsCall Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781612198743Publication Date: 2020
The Milk Lady of Bangalore: An Unexpected Adventure by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781616207618Publication Date: 2018
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780399588181Publication Date: 2016
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780307394125Publication Date: 2007
One of Them: An Eton College Memoir by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781783529674Publication Date: 2021
The Ministry of Bodies: A Year of Life and Death in a Modern Hospital by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781838931926Publication Date: 2021
This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062954213Publication Date: 2020
Disasterama!: Adventures in the Queer Underground 1977 to 1997 by ISBN: 9781941110829Publication Date: 2019
Lawbreaking Ladies: 50 Tales of Daring, Defiant, and Dangerous Women from History by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781982147099Publication Date: 2021
Hemingway at Eighteen The Pivotal Year That Launched an American Legend by ISBN: 9781613739716Publication Date: 2017
Diamond Doris: The True Story of the World's Most Notorious Jewel Thief by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062918017Publication Date: 2019
A Chance in the World: An Orphan Boy, a Mysterious Past, and How He Found a Place Called Home by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781595554161Publication Date: 2012
Dream with Me: Race, Love, and the Struggle We Must Win by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781493406081Publication Date: 2017
Raised a Warrior: A Memoir of Soccer, Grit, and Leveling the Playing Field by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781948062831Publication Date: 2021
Pop Song: Adventures in Art and Intimacy by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781646220274Publication Date: 2021
Ms. Adventure: My Wild Explorations in Science, Lava, and Life by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781643260563Publication Date: 2021
Math Makers: The Lives and Works of 50 Famous Mathematicians by ISBN: 9781633885202Publication Date: 2020
Saved by Science: The Hope and Promise of Synthetic Biology by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781770415355Publication Date: 2020
Diamonds and Deadlines: A Tale of Greed, Deceit, and a Female Tycoon in the Gilded Age by ISBN: 9781468314502Publication Date: 2022
Dancing in the Mosque: An Afghan Mother's Letter to Her Son by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062970336Publication Date: 2020
Made in China: A Memoir of Love and Labor by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781646220359Publication Date: 2021
Watermelon Snow: Science, Art, and a Lone Polar Bear by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780228003595Publication Date: 2020
Mango Rash: Coming of Age in the Land of Frangipani and Fanta by ISBN: 9781941887066Publication Date: 2020
Open Skies: My Life as Afghanistan’s First Female Pilot by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781641603348Publication Date: 2021
Chief Thunderwater: An Unexpected Indian in Unexpected Places by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9780806167312Publication Date: 2021
Black Water: Family, Legacy, and Blood Memory by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781443457774Publication Date: 2020
I Ain't Studdin' Ya: My American Blues Story by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9780306874802Publication Date: 2021
The Cat I Never Named: A True Story of Love, War, and Survival by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781547604555Publication Date: 2020
The Last Nomad: Coming of Age in the Somali Desert by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781643751740Publication Date: 2021
We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance by ISBN: 9781982105167Publication Date: 2020
Healing Politics: A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Our Political Epidemic by ISBN: 9781419743023Publication Date: 2020
The Chief Witness: Escape from China's Modern-Day Concentration Camps by ISBN: 9781950354528Publication Date: 2021
Rad Women Worldwide: Artists and Athletes, Pirates and Punks, and Other Revolutionaries Who Shaped History by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780399578878Publication Date: 2016
In Pursuit of Disobedient Women: A Memoir of Love, Rebellion, and Family, Far Away by ISBN: 9780399179853Publication Date: 2020
A Farewell to Arms, Legs, and Jockstraps: A Sportswriter's Memoir by Call Number: EBSCO eBooksISBN: 9781684351152Publication Date: 2020
Righteous Troublemakers: Untold Stories of the Social Justice Movement in America by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780369719126Publication Date: 2022
Bad Girls Throughout History: 100 Remarkable Women Who Changed the World by ISBN: 9781452153933Publication Date: 2016
Legendary Ladies: 50 Goddesses to Empower and Inspire You by ISBN: 9781452163413Publication Date: 2018
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062363619Publication Date: 2016
I Probably Should've Brought a Tent: Misadventures of a Wilderness Instructor by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781493060573Publication Date: 2022
Woman, Watching: Louise de Kiriline Lawrence and the Songbirds of Pimisi Bay by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781773059617Publication Date: 2022
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781400052189Publication Date: 2011
From the Bayou to the Bay: The Autobiography of a Black Liberation Scholar by ISBN: 9781438482316Publication Date: 2021
Suppressed: Confessions of a Former New York Times Washington Correspondent by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781493057726Publication Date: 2021
Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by ISBN: 9781517901738Publication Date: 2017
The Queen Next Door: Aretha Franklin, An Intimate Portrait by ISBN: 9780814347287Publication Date: 2019
Dark Horse: General Larry O. Spencer and His Journey From the Horseshoe to the Pentagon by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9781682477021Publication Date: 2021
Black Founder: The Hidden Power of Being an Outsider by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781496739568Publication Date: 2023
Grief Connects Us: A Neurogsurgeon's Lessons on Love, Loss, and Compassion by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781949481518Publication Date: 2021
Chasing the Light: Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780358346234Publication Date: 2020
Permission to Be Black: My Journey with Jay-Z and Jesus by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780830847280Publication Date: 2021
The Answer Is...: Reflections on My Life by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781982158019Publication Date: 2020
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781982141486Publication Date: 2020
My Life in Plants: Flowers I've Loved, Herbs I've Grown, and Houseplants I've Killed on the Way to Finding Myself by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781524866044Publication Date: 2020
Home Baked: My Mom, Marijuana, and the Stoning of San Francisco by ISBN: 9780358006091Publication Date: 2020
Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781400335831Publication Date: 2023
Unabashed Women: The Fascinating Biographies of Bad Girls, Seductresses, Rebels and One-of-a-Kind Women by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781642505825Publication Date: 2021
Hebrew Hammer: A Biography of Al Rosen, All-Star Third Baseman by ISBN: 9781476643939Publication Date: 2021
The Right to Be Cold: One Woman's Fight to Protect the Arctic and Save the Planet from Climate Change by ISBN: 9781517904975Publication Date: 2018
Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons and Dragons by ISBN: 9781632862037Publication Date: 2016
Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Call Number: EBSCO eBooksISBN: 9780525508830Publication Date: 2019
Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Call Number: EBSCOISBN: 9780593315392Publication Date: 2022
Swimming to Freedom: My Escape from China and the Cultural Revolution by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781647001865Publication Date: 2021
Neon Girls: A Stripper's Education in Protest and Power by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9780062971333Publication Date: 2020
The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family by ISBN: 9781551527369Publication Date: 2018
When the Red Gates Opened: A Memoir of China's Reawakening by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781631527517Publication Date: 2020
The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World by Call Number: OverDriveISBN: 9781728215242Publication Date: 2021
Feuding Fan Dancers: Faith Bacon, Sally Rand, and the Golden Age of the Showgirl by ISBN: 9781640091146Publication Date: 2018
