autobiographies

Sportscaster Jim Gray shares his memories of interviewing the greatest athletes of all time, or GOATs, including Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Kobe Bryant, Tiger Woods, and more.

"Actress and activist Skai Jackson shares her lessons on life and her rise to stardom in this . . . memoir about self-acceptance, girl empowerment, and the classy clapback"--Provided by publisher.

Looks at the life of former professional American football player and businessmen, Edgerrin James.

"Chef and activist Gaby Melian shares her personal journey with food--from growing up in Argentina to her time as a Jersey City street vendor and later, as Bon Appetit's test kitchen manager. Melian explores how we can develop a relationship with food that's healthy, sustainable, and thoughtful"--Provided by publisher.

"[FBI field operative Michael R. McGowan takes] readers through some of his biggest cases, from international drug busts, to the Russian and Italian mobs, to biker gangs and contract killers, to corrupt unions and SWAT work"--Provided by publisher.

"In the days before Homeira Qaderi gave birth to her son, Siawash, the road to the hospital in Kabul would often be barricaded because of the frequent suicide explosions. With the city and the military on edge, it was not uncommon for an armed soldier to point his gun at the pregnant woman's bulging stomach, terrified that she was hiding a bomb. Frightened and in pain, she was once forced to make her way on foot. Propelled by the love she held for her soon-to-be-born child, Homeira walked through blood and wreckage to reach the hospital doors. But the joy of her beautiful son's birth was soon overshadowed by other dangers that would threaten her life. No ordinary Afghan woman, Homeira refused to cower under the strictures of a misogynistic social order. Defying the law, she risked her freedom to teach children reading and writing and fought for women's rights in her theocratic and patriarchal society"--OCLC.

"A . . . memoir that offers a new understanding of suicide as a distinct mental illness. As the sun lowered in the sky one Friday afternoon in April 2006, . . . author Donald Antrim found himself on the roof of his Brooklyn apartment building, afraid for his life. In this . . . memoir, Antrim vividly recounts what led him to the roof and what happened after he came back down: two hospitalizations, weeks of fruitless clinical trials, the terror of submitting to ECT--and the saving call from David Foster Wallace that convinced him to try it--as well as years of fitful recovery and setback . . . reframes suicide--whether in thought or action--as an illness in its own right, a unique consequence of trauma and personal isolation, rather than the choice of a depressed person"--Provided by publisher.

"A Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright tells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse"--Amazon.

"The memoir of Cynthia Beebe's groundbreaking career as one of the first women special agents for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, (ATF). A smart and independent girl growing up in suburban Chicago, she unexpectedly became one of the first women to hunt down violent criminals for the federal government"--Provided by publisher.

An autobiography of Richard Williams, father and trainer of professional tennis players Serena and Venus Williams, with emphasis on his dealing with racism in America.