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This boy's life

a memoir
2010
Wolff's account of his boyhood and the process of growing up includes paper routes, whiskey, scouting, fistfights, friendship, betrayal, and America in the fifties.

Holding on to the air

an autobiography
2002
An autobiography in which Suzanne Farrell tells the story of how she became one of history's leading ballerinas with the New York City Ballet, and discusses her relationship with choreographer George Balanchine.

Bind, torture, kill

the inside story of BTK, the serial killer next door
2008

Across the red line

stories from the surgical life
2002

The country of language

1999
A collection of autobiographical essays in which American author Scott Russell Sanders discusses his goals, concerns, and practices as they relate to the natural world and the human community.

Tobias Wolff

a study of the short fiction
1996
Studies the short fiction of American contemporary author Tobias Wolff, examining the influence of his parentage, schooling, Vietnam service, and academic career on his writings, presenting biographical information, and offering a critical interpretation of his work.

Ground rules

what I learned my daughter's fifteenth year
1997
The author discusses her attempts to understand and deal with her rebellious fourteen-year-old daughter.

To love a child

a reluctant father adopts a "forgotten" child
1996

Confessions of an economic hit man

2006
The author recounts how, as part of the U.S. National Security Agency, he helped blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to U.S. businesses.

They call me "The Big E"

1978
Autobiography of the controversial star player of the Washington Bullets basketball team.

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