by Stacey O’Brien
A memoir of a likable young woman, a biologist at CalTech, and the baby owl she takes under her wing for the next 19 years. This book provides remarkable insights into the intelligence of animals and their ability to communicate with us.
June 12th, 2009
by Jennifer Finney Boylan
In She’s Not There: A Life in Two Genders, Boylan, an English professor at Colby College, wrote eloquently about the transition from James to Jennifer. This equally compelling memoir of her growing up years in Main Line Philadelphia will resonate with anyone who felt “invisible” growing up.
June 8th, 2009
by Tedy Bruschi with Michael Holley
An inspiring chronicle of Tedy Bruschi’s comeback from suffering a stroke to his return to the playing fields of the NFL for the New England Patriots.
February 16th, 2009
by Wangari Mathaai
Maathai, founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement and winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, starts a campaign to restore the indigenous forests of her country. Over the course of three decades, she accomplishes this by mobilizing women to plant over 30 million trees.
February 10th, 2009
by J. R. Moehringer
Award-winning journalist Moehringer’s unconventional upbringing–much of which took place in a local bar-is full of colorful characters, great dialogue, and a lack of sentimentality.
February 10th, 2009
by Ibtisam Barakat
A telling memoir beginning as a three-year-old Palestinian refugee in Israel, and continuing through childhood, the Six-Day War and its aftermath.
February 10th, 2009
by Davar Ardalan
Davar Ardalan recalls her young life in suburban Boston and later in the turbulent post-revolutionary streets of Tehran. Initially torn between her two identities, Davar must learn to balance her Iranian heritage with her American upbringing.
February 10th, 2009
by Barbara Milberg Fisher
Fisher captures the spirit of her youth spent as a member of the New York City Ballet, the premier American ballet company of the twentieth century.
February 9th, 2009
by Edwidge Danticat
Told with tremendous feeling, this is a true-life epic on an intimate scale of two men’s lives and deaths, and of a daughter’s great love for them both.
February 9th, 2009
by Ishmael Beah
An innocent visit to a neighboring village begins Ishmael’s life-altering journey. Follow his harrowing survival story from child-soldier in Sierra Leone to a graduate of Oberlin College.
February 9th, 2009
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