At first glance, Josh Hanagarne seems an improbable librarian. He stands 6'7", competes in strongman contests, and was diagnosed in high school with Tourette's syndrome. But books are his first love. Everything in Josh's life--from his...
Biographies and autobiographies
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Author:Hanagarne, JoshuaSummary: - Author:Rowe, BillSummary:
Part memoir, part history, The Worst and Best of the Premiers and Some We Never Had is Bill Rowe’s most ambitious work of non-fiction to date. The book observes with a critical and humorous eye the landscape of Newfoundland and...
- Author:Cherry-Garrard, ApsleySummary:
This gripping story of courage and achievement is an account of Robert Falcon Scott's last fateful expedition to the Antarctic, as told by surviving expedition member Apsley Cherry-Garrard. Cherry-Garrard tells of the journey from...
- Author:McCullough, DavidSummary:
Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize David McCullough tells the dramatic story-behind-the-story about the courageous brothers who taught the world how to fly: Wilbur and Orville Wright. On December 17, 1903 at Kitty Hawk, North...
- Author:Dolnick, EdwardSummary:
The surprising and compelling story of two rival geniuses in an all-out race to decode one of the world's most famous documents--the Rosetta Stone--and their twenty-year-long battle to solve the mystery of ancient Egypt's...
- Author:Sharman, LindseySummary:
The Writing on the Wall tells the story of artist, curator, writer and activist Dr. Joane Cardinal-Schubert, RCA. Although never claiming to be political and rejecting a feminist label, Cardinal-Schubert's work recognizes that the...
- Author:Flanders, CaitSummary:
In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old...
- Author:Didion, JoanSummary:
In this intensely personal, deeply moving account, the author exposes the layers and facets of her life over a year of dramatic and unexpected events. Her daughter's serious illness and her husband's sudden death "cut loose any fixed...
- Author:Ernaux, AnnieSummary:
This is Annie Ernaux's account of her passionate love affair with A., a man some thirty years younger, when she was in her fifties. The relationship pulls her back to memories of her own youth and, at the same time, leaves her...
- Author:Thomas, LewisSummary:
Presents a discussion of the evolution of medicine and the autobiographical notes of a medicine-watcher.
- Author:Epstein, MarkSummary:
"A warm, profound and cleareyed memoir. . . this wise and sympathetic book's lingering effect is as a reminder that a deeper and more companionable way of life lurks behind our self-serious stories."--Oliver Burkeman, New...
- Author:Sedaris, DavidSummary:
For nearly four decades, David Sedaris has faithfully kept a diary in which he records his thoughts and observations on the odd and funny events he witnesses. Anyone who has attended a live Sedaris event knows that his diary readings...
- Author:Roosevelt, TheodoreSummary:
The firsthand account of the life of adventurer, scholar, war hero, and twenty-sixth president of the United States Theodore Roosevelt.There must be the keenest sense of duty, and with it must go the joy of living. Here, in his own...
- Author:Robinson, LisaSummary:
An influential music columnist for "The New York Post" presents an insider's assessment of major rock-and-roll personalities while tracing her career and the genre's evolution throughout the past four decades.
- Author:Lane, PatrickSummary:
Lane is not only an accomplished writer, he is also an avid gardener; and he is an alcoholic. In 1999, he went into rehab, then returned to his beloved garden, shaky but alive. For a year, he stayed close to home, gardening and slowly...
- Author:Godin, M. LeonaSummary:
From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation, M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing...
- Author:MacKenzie, John T.Summary:
The memoirs of John T. MacKenzie reveal a truly remarkable man: a highly respected authority on highland piping with a commitment to tradition and excellence in performance. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, John T. was a student of piping...
- Author:Andersen, Christopher P.Summary:
They were the original power couple--outlandishly rich, impossibly attractive, and endlessly fascinating. Now, in this rare behind-the-scenes portrait of the Kennedys in their final year together, Christopher Andersen shows us a side...
- Author:Patchett, Ann.Summary:
The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. "Any story that starts will also end." As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the...
- Author:Rodgers, SugarSummary:
Sugar Rodgers describes growing up in dire poverty, being homeless, struggling with academics, and clinging to basketball to keep focused and sane and then becoming an all-star in the Women's National Basketball Association.
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