biography

Rich Cohen chronicles the experiences he had while growing up in the suburbs of Chicago, focusing on how the friendships he had during that time impacted his life both then and now.

A memoir in which the author, one of the first African-American women at Yale, shares the story of her life growing up poor in Chicago in the 1960s, and tells how the welfare system saved the family by enabling her and her siblings to receive a good education.

An autobiography in which the author discusses his early life in a small corner of East Texas known as the Big Thicket, and tells stories of the relatives who made those years so interesting.

Examines the life and times of Alexander the Great, describing his military triumphs, personal tragedies, good fortune, and eventual ruin.

Follows the Whitten family and their neighbors as they try to find ways to deal with the encroaching desert in their small ranching community of Colorado's San Luis Valley, a condition created by the diversion of water to cities throughout the West.

Presents the memoirs of Jean and Bill Cousins, telling about their life together in the trading business during the 1930s and 1940s, focusing on their twelve years at Wide Ruins Trading Post on a corner of the Navajo Indian Reservation in Arizona, where they were instrumental in developing the Wide Ruins-style natural dye rugs.

Journalist Jill Nelson's memoir of her four turbulent years as the first black woman to write for the Washington Post's Sunday magazine.

Presents a series of interviews with the children of prominent Nazis and how they judge the sins of their fathers.

A 14-year old girl flees Poland and becomes a member of the Resistance.