Category: Biography & Memoir

Title: “Hiking Through: One Man’s Journey to Peace and Freedom on the Appalachian Trail” Author: Paul Stutzman Publisher: Revell, A Division of Baker Publishing Group, Grand Rapids, Michigan- 2012 Summary: All his life, Paul Stutzman dreamed of hiking the length of the Appalachian Trail...

Title: Without a Map: A Memoir Author: Meredith Hall Publisher: Beacon, April 2007 Summary:  If you think you had problems as a teen, try finding yourself pregnant at 16, being disowned by your family, and shunned by everyone in your community.  This memoir takes place in...

Title: Wishful Drinking Author:  Carrie Fisher Publisher: Simon & Schuster, December 2008 Summary: Typically, the children of movie stars and celebrities grow up with an unusual lifestyle; one that only you or I could hardly begin to imagine. Carrie Fisher, daughter of Eddie Fisher and Debbie...

Title: Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth Author: Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papademitriou Publisher: Bloomsbury, September 2009 Summary: Bertrand Russell, mathematician, philosopher, pacifist and lightning rod, was one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. This ambitious graphic biography focuses equally on his turbulent personal life and...

Title: The Kids are All Right: A Memoir Authors: Diana, Liz, Dan and Amanda Welch Publisher: Harmony, September 2009 Summary: In 1983, the four Welch children lose their beloved father in a tragic car accident, and within months their still-grieving, soap opera-star mother is diagnosed with...

Title: The Secret Life of Louis XIV: Francoise d’Aubigne, Madame de Maintenon Author: Veronica Buckley Summary: Francoise d’Aubigne was born in a French prison, the youngest child of a minor, rebellious noble. She died over 80 years later as the widow of the King...

Title: Stitches Author: David Small Summary: David Small grew up in a cold house, with distant, nearly silent parents. He was born sickly – and as was par for the course at that time, his radiologist father gave him plenty of x-ray treatments to strengthen...

Title: Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace Author: Ayelet Waldman Publisher: Doubleday, May 2009 Summary: When her essay Motherlove was published, Ayelet Waldman revealed to the world that she loved her husband more than she loves her...

Title: Zeitoun Author: Dave Eggers Publisher: McSweeney’s, August 2009 Summary: In his National Book Critic’s Circle-nominated book What is the What, Dave Eggers deftly told the true story of a Sudanese boy-soldier and refugee as a ‘fictional’ narrative. In his latest, Eggers does the same for the...

Title: American on Purpose: The Improbable Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot Author: Craig Ferguson Publisher: HarperCollins, September 2009 Summary: Craig Ferguson is the hilarious host of TV’s Late Late Show. Craig was born in Glasgow Scotland which he describes as “Detroit on acid” when he...