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- "21" : the story of Roberto Clemente : a graphic novel
- "All-American monster" : the unauthorized biography of Timothy McVeigh
- "And I was there" : Pearl Harbor and Midway--breaking the secrets
- "How can you defend those people?" : the making of a criminal lawyer
- "I'd love to kiss you-- " : conversations with Bette Davis
- "Sarah" - multiple personality rape victim
- "Shakespeare" by another name : the life of Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, the man who was Shakespeare
- "Son" : a psychopath and his victims
- "To the best of my ability" : the American presidents
- "We are Lincoln men" : Abraham Lincoln and his friends
- "What'd I say?" : the Atlantic story : 50 years of music
- 'Scuse me while I kiss the sky : Jimi Hendrix : voodoo child
- 'Scuse me while I whip this out : reflections on country singers, presidents, and other troublemakers
- 'Tis : a memoir
- 'Tis herself : a memoir
- 'You must remember this--' : popular songwriters 1900-1980
- (Re)Born in the USA : an Englishman's love letter to his chosen home
- 1,000 dollars and an idea : entrepreneur to billionaire
- 10 inventors who changed the world
- 100 artists who changed the world
- 100 greatest TV stars of our time
- 100 most important women of the 20th century
- 100 scientists who shaped world history
- 100 years in titletown : celebrating a century of Green Bay Packers football
- 100% official Justin Bieber : first step 2 forever, my story
- 100,000 first bosses : my unlikely path as a 22-year-old lawmaker
- 1001 things everyone should know about women's history
- 109 East Palace : Robert Oppenheimer and the secret city of Los Alamos
- 1185 Park Avenue : a memoir
- 12 years a slave
- 12 years a slave : [the extraordinary true story of Solomon Northup]
- 12 years a slave : a true story of betrayal, kidnap and slavery
- 13 American artists children should know
- 14 cows for America
- 14 minutes : a running legend's life and death and life
- 15 stars : Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall : three generals who saved the American century
- 150 glimpses of the Beatles
- 1791 : Mozart's last year
- 18 tiny deaths : the untold story of Frances Glessner Lee and the invention of modern forensics
- 1868-1911 birth and death records, Liverpool, Onondaga County : birth and death records of Dr. John Young
- 1876 : year of the gun : the year Bat, Wyatt, Custer, Jesse and the two Bills (Buffalo and Wild) created the Wild West, and why it's still with us
- 1912 : the year the world discovered Antarctica
- 20 feet from stardom
- 20 soccer superstars
- 22,477 big macs
- 23 days in July : inside Lance Armstrong's record-breaking Tour de France victory
- 26 Fairmount Avenue
- 27 : a history of the 27 club through the lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse
- 28 days : moments in Black history that changed the world
- 33 men : inside the miraculous survival and dramatic rescue of the Chilean miners
- 41 : a portrait of my father
- 41 : a portrait of my father
- 42 faith : the rest of the Jackie Robinson story
- 42 is not just a number : the odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American hero
- 5 elephants
- 5 giraffes
- 50 American heroes every kid should meet
- 50 artists you should know
- 50 contemporary photographers you should know
- 50 paintings you should know
- 50 trailblazers of the 50 states : celebrate the lives of inspiring people who paved the way from every state in America!
- 501 great artists
- 56 : Joe DiMaggio and the last magic number in sports
- 700 Sundays
- 703 : how I lost more than a quarter ton and gained a life
- 75th anniversary of North Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
- 8 seconds of courage : a soldier's story from immigrant to the medal of honor
- 81 days below zero : the incredible survival story of a World War II pilot in Alaska's frozen wilderness
- 82 days on Okinawa : one American's unforgettable firsthand account of the Pacific war's greatest battle
- 88 days to Kandahar : a CIA diary
- 99 : stories of the game
- 9:02 a.m., April 19, 1995 : the official record of the Oklahoma City bombing
- A Caldecott celebration : seven artists and their paths to the Caldecott medal
- A Carlin home companion : growing up with George
- A Chinese life
- A German tale : a girl surviving Hitler's legacy
- A History of the community and its people -- Redgranite, Wisconsin
- A Kim Jong-Il production : the extraordinary true story of a kidnapped filmmaker, his star actress, and a young dictator's rise to power
- A Little House sampler
- A Mormon in the White House? : 10 things every American should know about Mitt Romney
- A Parkinson's primer : an indispensable guide to Parkinson's disease for patients and their families
- A Standard history of Portage County, Wisconsin : an authentic narrative of the past, with particular attention to the modern era in the commercial, industrial, educational, civic and social development
- A Tolkien treasury : stories, poems, and illustrations celebrating the author and his world
- A WASP among Eagles : a woman military test pilot in World War II
- A baby panda is born
- A barn in New England : making a home on three acres
- A beautiful mind
- A beautiful mind
- A being so gentle : the frontier love story of Rachel and Andrew Jackson
- A big life in advertising
- A body of work : dancing to the edge and back
- A bold and dangerous family : the remarkable story of an Italian mother, her two sons, and their fight against fascism
- A bold fresh piece of humanity
- A bold fresh piece of humanity
- A bold fresh piece of humanity : [a memoir]
- A bookshop in Berlin : the rediscovered memoir of one woman's harrowing escape from the Nazis
- A bowl full of peace : a true story
- A boy I once knew : what a teacher learned from her student
- A boy called Slow : the true story of Sitting Bull
- A boy named Beckoning : the true story of Dr. Carlos Montezuma, Native American hero
- A boy named FDR : how Franklin D. Roosevelt grew up to change America
- A boy, a mouse, and a spider : the story of E.B. White
- A brave heart : the Lizzie Velasquez story
- A broken hallelujah : rock and roll, redemption, and the life of Leonard Cohen
- A brother's journey : surviving a childhood of abuse
- A brotherhood betrayed : the man behind the rise and fall of Murder, Inc.
- A cancer in the family : take control of your genetic inheritance
- A captain's duty : Somali pirates, Navy SEALs, and dangerous days at sea
- A castle in wartime : one family, their missing sons, and the fight to defeat the Nazis
- A celebration of birds : the life and art of Louis Agassiz Fuertes
- A century of wisdom : lessons from the life of Alice Herz-Sommer, the world's oldest living Holocaust survivor
- A child called "It" : one child's courage to survive
- A child called "it" : an abused child's journey from victim to victor
- A child's war : World War II through the eyes of children
- A coach's life
- A colonial Quaker girl : the diary of Sally Wister, 1777-1778
- A common struggle : a personal journey through the past and future of mental illness and addiction
- A compendium of Irish biography : comprising sketches of distinguished Irishmen, and of eminent persons connected with Ireland by office or by their writings
- A complicated man : the life of Bill Clinton as told by those who know him
- A consequential president : the legacy of Barack Obama
- A country between : making a home where both sides of Jerusalem collide
- A country doctor's casebook : tales from the north woods
- A country of vast designs : James K. Polk, the Mexican War, and the conquest of the American continent
- A covered wagon girl : the diary of Sallie Hester, 1849-1850
- A cure for darkness : the story of depression and how we treat it
- A curious man : the strange & brilliant life of Robert "Believe it or not" Ripley
- A daughter of the middle border
- A day in the life of a colonial doctor
- A day on the farm : finding hope in a hopeless situation
- A deed of death : the story behind the unsolved murder of Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor
- A deeper blue : the life and music of Townes Van Zandt
- A defiant life : Thurgood Marshall and the persistence of racism in America
- A delayed life : the true story of the Librarian of Auschwitz
- A devil to play : one man's year-long quest to master the orchestra's most difficult instrument
- A different drummer : my thirty years with Ronald Reagan
- A different drummer : my thirty years with Ronald Reagan
- A difficult par : Robert Trent Jones Sr. and the making of modern golf
- A dinosaur named Ruth : how Ruth Mason discovered fossils in her own backyard
- A disappearance in Damascus : friendship and survival in the shadow of war
- A distant mirror : the calamitous fourteenth century
- A dog named Beautiful : a Marine, a dog, and a long road trip home
- A door in the ocean : a memoir
- A dream about lightning bugs : a life of music and cheap lessons
- A dream is a wish your heart makes : my story
- A dream of flight : Alberto Santos-Dumont's race around the Eiffel Tower
- A drinking life
- A drinking life : a memoir
- A face for Picasso : coming of age with Crouzon syndrome
- A family sketch : with autobiography of Elma Lowd Gilkey
- A father first : how my life became bigger than basketball
- A father's story : the story of a son's battle with AIDS
- A fighting chance
- A fighting chance
- A final arc of sky : a memoir of critical care
- A fine old conflict
- A fine romance
- A forever family : fostering change one child at a time
- A fort of nine towers : an Afghan family story
- A fractured mind : my life with multiple personality disorder
- A fragile stone : the emotional life of Simon Peter
- A friend called Anne : one girl's story of war, peace, and a unique friendship with Anne Frank
- A friend of the flock : tales of a country veterinarian
- A full life : reflections at ninety
- A funny thing happened on the way to Cooperstown
- A funny thing happened on the way to the future : twists and turns and lessons learned
- A garden gallery : the plants, art, and hardscape of Little and Lewis
- A girl named Helen : the true story of Helen Keller
- A girl named Rosita : the story of Rita Moreno: actor, singer, dancer, trailblazer!
- A girl named Zippy : [growing up small in Mooreland, Indiana]
- A girl's guide to missiles : growing up in America's secret desert
- A glorious freedom : older women leading extraordinary lives
- A good and perfect gift : faith, expectations, and a little girl named Penny
- A good enough daughter : a memoir
- A good man : rediscovering my father, Sargent Shriver
- A governor's story : the fight for jobs and America's economic future
- A great and glorious romance
- A great and terrible king : Edward I and the forging of Britain
- A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
- A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
- A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
- A heritage history of beautiful Green Lake, Wisconsin
- A hero and the Holocaust : the story of Janusz Korczak and his children
- A higher call
- A higher call : an incredible true story of combat and chivalry in the war-torn skies of World War II
- A higher calling : pursuing love, faith, and Mount Everest for a greater purpose
- A higher loyalty : truth, lies, and leadership
- A history of African-American artists : from 1792 to the present
- A history of Columbia County, Wisconsin : a narrative account of its historical progress, its people, and its principal interests
- A history of Jefferson County in the state of New York from the earliest period to the present time
- A history of Lake Mills : creating a society
- A history of histories : epics, chronicles, romances, and inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the twentieth century
- A history of the Town of Freedom
- A homemade life : stories and recipes from my kitchen table
- A hopeful heart : Louisa May Alcott before Little Women
- A house full of daughters : a memoir of seven generations
- A house in the sky : a memoir
- A hundred and one days : a Baghdad journal
- A hunt for justice : the true story of a woman undercover wildlife agent
- A is for Abigail : an almanac of amazing American women
- A kangaroo loose in Scotland : one memorable summer
- A kids' guide to America's first ladies
- A killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind
- A knock at midnight : a story of hope, justice, and freedom
- A land so strange : the epic journey of Cabeza de Vaca : the extraordinary tale of a shipwrecked Spaniard who walked across America in the sixteenth century
- A leg to stand on
- A legacy of Hope : the wisdom of a childlike faith
- A legacy of love : autobiographical notes
- A lesson for Martin Luther King Jr.
- A liberal in city government : my experiences as mayor of Milwaukee
- A life discarded : 148 diaries found in the trash
- A life electric : the story of Nikola Tesla
- A life in focus : the photography of Graham Nash
- A life in letters
- A life in light : meditations on impermanence
- A life in parts
- A life in parts
- A life in school : what the teacher learned
- A life in the balance : the Billy Wayne Sinclair story : a journey from murder to redemption inside America's worst prison system
- A life of Barbara Stanwyck
- A life of Picasso
- A life of Sir Francis Galton : from African exploration to the birth of Eugenics
- A life of discovery : Michael Faraday, giant of the scientific revolution
- A life of my own
- A life of service : the story of Senator Tammy Duckworth
- A life that matters : the legacy of Terri Schiavo-- a lesson for us all
- A life well played : my stories
- A life with animals : Jane Goodall
- A lion called Christian
- A lion's tale : around the world in spandex
- A little bit wicked : (life, love, and faith in stages)
- A little closer to home : how I found the calm after the storm
- A little history of my forest life : an Indian-white autobiography
- A little me
- A little thing called life : on loving Elvis Presley, Bruce Jenner, and songs in between
- A long way from home : growing up in the American heartland
- A long way from home : growing up in the American heartland
- A long way gone : [memoirs of a boy soldier]
- A long way gone : memoirs of a boy soldier
- A long way home
- A long way home
- A long way home : a memoir
- A loss for words : the story of deafness in a family
- A lotus grows in the mud
- A lowcountry heart : reflections on a writing life
- A lucky life interrupted : a memoir of hope
- A man for all seasons : the life of George Washington Carver
- A man most driven : Captain John Smith, Pocahontas and the founding of America
- A man named Dave : a story of triumph and forgiveness
- A man of iron : the turbulent life and improbable presidency of Grover Cleveland
- A man without a country
- A man without a country
- A marvelous life : the amazing story of Stan Lee
- A measureless peril : America in the fight for the Atlantic, the longest battle of World War II
- A midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812
- A mighty heart : the brave life and death of my husband Danny Pearl
- A mighty heart : the brave life and death of my husband, Danny Pearl
- A million little pieces
- A million little pieces
- A mind of her own : Helen Connor Laird and family, 1888-1982
- A mind unraveled : a memoir
- A moment in time : an American story of baseball, heartbreak, and grace
- A mother's reckoning : living in the aftermath of tragedy
- A mountain of crumbs : a memoir
- A moveable feast
- A moveable feast : the restored edition
- A nation's hope : the story of boxing legend Joe Louis
- A natural woman : a memoir
- A new model : what confidence, beauty, and power really look like
- A nineteenth-century schoolgirl : the diary of Caroline Cowles Richards, 1852-1855
- A nun on the bus : how all of us can create hope, change, and community
- A paper life
- A parrot in the painting : the story of Frida Kahlo and Nonito
- A passion for leadership : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service
- A passion for nature ; the life of John Muir
- A passionate journey : a memoir
- A people's history of American empire : a graphic adaptation
- A perfect childhood : growing up in the 1960s with baseball, The Beatles, and Beaver Cleaver
- A personal stand : observations and opinions from a freethinking roughneck
- A picture book of Alexander Hamilton
- A picture book of Amelia Earhart
- A picture book of Anne Frank
- A picture book of Benjamin Franklin
- A picture book of Cesar Chavez
- A picture book of Daniel Boone
- A picture book of Davy Crockett
- A picture book of Dolley and James Madison
- A picture book of George Washington Carver
- A picture book of Harriet Tubman
- A picture book of Harry Houdini
- A picture book of John F. Kennedy
- A picture book of John Hancock
- A picture book of John and Abigail Adams
- A picture book of Lewis and Clark
- A picture book of Louis Braille
- A picture book of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- A picture book of Patrick Henry
- A picture book of Paul Revere
- A picture book of Robert E. Lee
- A picture book of Rosa Parks
- A picture book of Samuel Adams
- A picture book of Simón BolÃvar
- A picture book of Thomas Alva Edison
- A pioneer farm girl : the diary of Sarah Gillespie, 1877-1878
- A pioneer's legacy : the story of Sheldon Brooks
- A place called Waco : a survivor's story
- A plan for the people : Nelson Mandela's hope for his nation
- A poem for Peter : the story of Ezra Jack Keats and the creation of The snowy day
- A political history of Wisconsin
- A portrait of Bowie : a tribute to Bowie by his artistic collaborators & contemporaries
- A portrait of Jesus
- A prairie girl's faith : the spiritual legacy of Laura Ingalls Wilder
- A pride of tigers : a fen family and its fortunes
- A private wilderness : the journals of Sigurd F. Olson
- A promise fulfilled : Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weitzmann, and David Ben-Gurion, and the creation of the state of Israel
- A promised land
- A promised land
- A prophet with honor : the Billy Graham Story
- A pure drop : the life of Jeff Buckley
- A question of character : a life of John F. Kennedy
- A random act : an inspiring true story of fighting to survive and choosing to forgive
- A really good day : how microdosing made a mega difference in my mood, my marriage, and my life
- A recipe for success : Lizzie Kander and her cookbook
- A revolution in color : the world of John Singleton Copley
- A ride to remember : a civil rights story
- A river in darkness : one man's escape from North Korea
- A river of words
- A romance in research; : the life of Charles F. Burgess, student, teacher, researcher, industrialist.
- A rope and a prayer : a kidnapping from two sides
- A rose named Peace : how Francis Meilland created a flower of hope for a world at war
- A round-heeled woman : my late-life adventures in sex and romance
- A royal affair : George III and his scandalous siblings
- A royal experiment : the private life of King George III
- A rumor of war
- A sacred oath : memoirs of a secretary of defense during extraordinary times
- A salute to the people who made Oshkosh what it is today
- A savage business : the comeback and comedown of Mike Tyson
- A sea otter to the rescue
- A season on the mat : Dan Gable and the pursuit of perfection
- A secret gift : how one man's kindness-- and a trove of letters-- revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression
- A secret sisterhood : the literary friendships of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, and Virginia Woolf
- A sense of place : great travel writers talk about their craft, lives, and inspiration
- A sense of the world : how a blind man became history's greatest traveler
- A series of catastrophes & miracles : a true story of love, science, and cancer
- A shining city : the legacy of Ronald Reagan
- A simple Christmas : twelve stories that celebrate the true holiday spirit
- A simple path
- A singular woman : the untold story of Barack Obama's mother
- A skating life
- A slave no more : two men who escaped to freedom : including their own narratives of emancipation
- A sliver of light : three Americans imprisoned in Iran
- A son of the middle border
- A song flung up to heaven
- A song for you : my life with Whitney Houston
- A special education : one family's journey through the maze of learning disabilities
- A special fate : Chiune Sugihara, hero of the Holocaust
- A speck in God's eye : a compelling memoir, heartwarming and humorous
- A splash of red : the life and art of Horace Pippin
- A spoonful of sugar : a nanny's story
- A sporting chance : how Ludwig Guttmann created the paralympic games
- A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal
- A spy among friends : Kim Philby and the great betrayal
- A spy at the heart of the Third Reich : the extraordinary story of Fritz Kolbe, America's most important spy in World War II
- A spy called James : the true story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War double agent
- A step from death : a memoir
- A storm of horses : the story of artist Rosa Bonheur
- A story lately told : coming of age in Ireland, London, and New York
- A street cat named Bob
- A street cat named Bob : and how he saved my life
- A street cat named Bob : and how he saved my life
- A summer up North : Henry Aaron and the legend of Eau Claire baseball
- A tangled web : Mata Hari : dancer, Courtesan, spy
- A teenager's journey : overcoming a childhood of abuse
- A thorn in my pocket : Temple Grandin's mother tells the family story
- A thousand naked strangers : a paramedics' wild ride to the edge and back
- A thousand trails home : living with caribou