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We will be jaguars : a memoir of my people
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Be not afraid of my body : a lyrical memoir
by Stewart, Darius, 1979- author.
BIO STEWART
Chapel perilous : the life & thought crimes of Robert Anton Wilson
by Kennedy, Gabriel, author.
BIO WILSON
Tasting life twice
by Buswell, Stephany Jane, author.
BIO BUSWELL
A miracle within you : paddling through cancer
by Litchfield, Mary Letitia, author.
BIO LITCHFIELD
Too good to get married : the life and photographs of Miss Alice Austen
by Yochelson, Bonnie, author.
OVERSIZE BIO AUSTEN
Company coming : six decades of hospitality
by Stout, Ruth.
BIO STOUT
Yet here I am : lessons from a Black man's search for home
by Capehart, Jonathan, author.
BIO CAPEHART
Perseverance : life and death in the subarctic
by Kesting, Stephan, author.
BIO KESTING
Things in nature merely grow
by Li, Yiyun, 1972- author.
BIO LI
The spinach king : the rise and fall of an American dynasty
by Seabrook, John, author.
BIO SEABROOK
The last empress of France : the rebellious life of Euge?nie De Montijo
by Kladstrup, Petie, author.
BIO EUGENIE
Becoming Baba : fatherhood, faith, and finding meaning in America
by Ismail, Aymann, 1989- author.
BIO ISMAIL
A marriage at sea : a true story of love, obsession, and shipwreck
by Elmhirst, Sophie, author.
BIO BAILEY
The aviator and the showman : Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the marriage that made an American icon
by Shapiro, Laurie Gwen, author.
BIO EARHART
Cleavage : men, women, and the space between us
by Boylan, Jennifer Finney, 1958- author.
BIO BOYLAN
Accidentally on purpose : a memoir
by Kish, Kristen, 1983- author.
BIO KISH
Class clown : the memoirs of a professional wiseass: how I went 77 years without growing up
by Barry, Dave, author.
BIO BARRY
Mark Twain
by Chernow, Ron, author.
BIO TWAIN
Wild thing : a life of Paul Gauguin
by Prideaux, Sue, author.
BIO GAUGUIN
The loves of my life : a sex memoir
by White, Edmund, 1940-2025, author.
BIO WHITE
Not my type : one woman vs. a president
by Carroll, E. Jean, author.
BIO CARROLL
L.A. coroner : Thomas Noguchi and death in Hollywood
by Choi, Anne Soon, author.
BIO NOGUCHI
John Lewis : a life
by Greenberg, David, 1968-
LARGE TYPE BIO LEWIS
Thomas Harriot : a life in science
by Arianrhod, Robyn, author.
BIO HARRIOT
Boat baby : a memoir
by Nguyen, Vicky, author.
LARGE TYPE BIO NGUYEN
A matter of complexion : the life and fictions of Charles W. Chesnutt
by Chakkalakal, Tess, author.
BIO CHESNUTT
Saving five : a memoir of hope
by Nguyen, Amanda, 1991- author.
BIO NGUYEN
Stranger on a train : daydreaming and smoking around America with interruptions
by Diski, Jenny.
BIO DISKI
Clint : the man and the movies
by Levy, Shawn, author.
BIO EASTWOOD
Mailman : my wild ride delivering mail in Appalachia and finallyfinding home
by Grant, Stephen Starring, author.
BIO GRANT
Latin America diaries
by Guevara, Che, 1928-1967, author.
BIO GUEVARA
Kissing girls on Shabbat : a memoir
by Glass, Sara Dr, author.
BIO GLASS
The dry season : a memoir
by Febos, Melissa, author.
BIO FEBOS
The impossible man : Roger Penrose and the cost of genius
by Barss, Patchen, author.
BIO PENROSE
Attention is discovery : the life and legacy of astronomer Henrietta Leavitt
by Von Mertens, Anna, 1973- author.
BIO LEAVITT
Hunger like a thirst : from food stamps to fine dining, a restaurant critic finds her place at the table
by Rodell, Besha, author.
BIO RODELL
Raising hare : a memoir
by Dalton, Chloe, author.
BIO DALTON
How to lose your mother : a daughter's memoir
by Jong-Fast, Molly, 1978- author.
BIO JONG-FAST
Trailblazer : perseverance in life and politics
by Moseley-Braun, Carol, 1947- author.
BIO MOSELEY BRAUN
The small and the mighty : twelve unsung Americans who changed the course of history, from the founding to the civil rights movement
by McMahon, Sharon, 1949- author.
920.073 MCM
The salt path
by Winn, Raynor, author.
BIO WINN
How I found myself in the Midwest : a memoir of reinvention
by Grove, Steve, 1978- author.
BIO GROVE
Angelica : for love and country in a time of revolution
by Beer, Molly, author.
BIO CHURCH
Buckley : the life and the revolution that changed America
by Tanenhaus, Sam, author.
BIO BUCKLEY
A physical education : how I escaped diet culture and gained the power of lifting
by Johnston, Casey, author.
BIO JOHNSTON
A different kind of power : a memoir
by Ardern, Jacinda, 1980- author.
BIO ARDERN
Summers in Squid Tickle : a Newfoundland odyssey.
by Finch, Robert, 1943- author.
BIO FINCH
Claire McCardell : the designer who set women free
by Dickinson, Elizabeth Evitts, author.
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