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Laura's Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder
William Anderson, Laura Ingalls Wilder · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorMarilyn Monroe: Private And Undisclosed
Michelle Morgan · 288 pages
An illustrated biography of actress Marilyn Monroe featuring photographs that have not been previously published.
The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War
Denise Chong · 373 pages
On June 8, 1972, nine-year-old Kim Phuc, severely burned by napalm, ran from her blazing village in South Vietnam and into the eye of history. Her photograph-one of the most unforgettable images of the twentieth century-was seen around the world and helped turn public opinion against the Vietnam War.This book is the story of how that photograph came to be-and the story of what happened to that gir
Swan Song
Charles Spencer
The ninth Earl Spencer shares personal stories about his sister, Diana, from childhood through her untimely death. Read by the author. 9 hours, 47 minutes unabridged.
Ava's Man
Rick Bragg · 265 pages
The Pulitzer Prize--winning author of All Over but the Shoutin' continues his personal history of the Deep South with an evocation of his mother's childhood in the Appalachian foothills during the Great Depression, and the magnificent story of the man who raised her.Charlie Bundrum was a roofer, a carpenter, a whiskey-maker, a fisherman who knew every inch of the Coosa River, made boats out of car
The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee
Marja Mills · 278 pages
This book is one journalist's memoir of her personal friendship with Harper Lee and her sister, drawing on the extraordinary access they gave her to share the story of their lives. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is one of the best loved novels of the twentieth century. But for the last fifty years, the novel's celebrated author, Harper Lee, has said almost nothing on the record. Journalists h
As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling
Anne Serling · 304 pages
The Beatles Were Fab
Kathleen Krull, Paul Brewer
Marilyn: Her Life in Her Own Words
George Barris · 176 pages
Agatha: The Real Life of Agatha Christie
Anne Martinetti, Guillaume Lebeau · 119 pages
The life of Agatha Christie was as mysterious and eventful as her fiction. This beautifully illustrated graphic novel traces the life of the Queen of Whodunnit from her childhood in Torquay, England, through a career filled with success, mischief, and adventure, to her later years as Dame Agatha. Revealing a side to Christie that will surprise and delight many readers,Agatha introduces us to a fre
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Kathleen Krull · 48 pages
A biography of Cesar Chavez, from age ten when he and his family lived happily on their Arizona ranch, to age thirty-eight when he led a peaceful protest against California migrant workers' miserable working conditions.
Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
Deborah Heiligman · 355 pages
This incredible story about brotherly love and the famous artist who was shaped by it is a meticulously researched account of the Van Gogh brothers' intertwined lives.
Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery
Russell Freedman · 203 pages
A photobiography of the first wife of a president to have a public life and career of her own.
The Real James Herriot: A Memoir of My Father
Jim Wight · 384 pages
The Little Princesses
Marion Crawford · 230 pages
Once upon a time, in 1930s England, there were two little princesses named Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Their father was the Duke of York, the second son of King George V, and their Uncle David was the future King of England.We all know how the fairy tale ended: When King George died, “Uncle David” became King Edward VIII---who abdicated less than a year later to marry the scandalous Wallis Simpso
The Private World of Georgette Heyer
Jane Aiken Hodge · 222 pages
The classic biography of Georgette Heyer is, finally, back in print and will delight Heyer fans everywhere. She wrote more than fifty novels, yet her private life was inaccessible to any but her nearest friends and relatives. Lavishly illustrated, and with extracts from her correspondence and references to her work, The Private World reveals a formidable and energetic woman with an impeccable s
Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations on Life with John F. Kennedy
Caroline Kennedy · 368 pages
On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family
Lisa See · 394 pages
In 1867, Lisa See's great-great-grandfather left China in search of riches on the 'Gold Mountain', the Chinese name for the promised land of America. His son Fong See later built a mercantile empire and married a Caucasian woman, in spite of laws that prohibited unions between the races. Through sheer endeavour and entrepreneurial genius he became one of the most successful Chinese men in the coun
Heart Earth
Ivan Doig · 168 pages
Readers will come to appreciate the strength and dignity of Berneta Ringer, a true Western heroine as Doig celebrates his mother's life after finding a cache of her letters, photographs, and childhood writings. It begins with her first winter living in a tent in Montana's Crazy Mountains to the ravages of the Depression on a ranch on Falkner Creek.
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown · 416 pages
Daniel James Brown’s robust book tells the story of the University of Washington’s 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing f
Drawing from Memory
Allen Say · 63 pages
"Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonistDRAWING FROM MEMORY is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's
Chasing The Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World
Samantha Power · 622 pages
Ryszard Kapuscinski: A Life
Artur Domoslawski · 456 pages
"Reporting from such varied locations as postcolonial Africa, revolutionary Iran, the military dictatorships of Latin America and Soviet Russia, the Polish journalist and writer Ryszard Kapuściński was one of the most influential eyewitness journalists of the twentieth century. During the Cold War, he was a dauntless investigator as well as a towering literary talent, and books such as The Emperor
The Ballad of Bob Dylan: A Portrait
Daniel Mark Epstein · 496 pages
Drawn from revelatory interviews, an analysis of lyrics, and lifelong study, an in-depth, original take on one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century delves into his many accomplishments and explores his private life.
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam: An Illustrated Memoir
Ann Marie Fleming · 173 pages