Fame, Fortune & Fortitude: Biographies
Just click on the title to see if the book is in the library at this
time.
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Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped To Hide the Frank
Family - Miep Gies
- At great risk to their own lives, the Gies family hides the family of Anne
Frank in their attic in Amsterdam, Holland, during WWII.
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Blown Away: The Rolling Stones and the Death of the Sixties - A.E. Hotchner
- This is a book about a rock group like no other -- a burrowing inside the Rolling Stones and the truth about one fateful evening. An indepth look at 5 men who helped shape a generation.
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Born On the Fourth of July - Ron Kovic
- An all-American boy joins the Marines, goes to Vietnam, is gravely wounded and becomes an anti-war activist.
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Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese
Daughter - Adeline Yen Mah
- Wu Mei, the youngest of six children, suffers intense neglect from her
stepmother and even her father. Wu Mei finds a way to escape her horrible
family: a play-writing contest and an education at an English university.
An autobiography of a true life Cinderella.
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Collision at Home Plate: Pete Rose & Bart Giamatti - James Reston
- The 1989 showdown between Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hit leader and
presumed Hall-of-Famer and the late Bart Giamatti, scholar and Yale
president turned baseball commissioner.
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Death Be Not Proud - John Gunther
- A father writes lovingly of his bright and promising 17-year-old son's
long, courageous struggle with a brain tumor.
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Derek Jeter: a biography - Robert Craig - 92 Jeter
- Read all about the life of one of the superstars of
baseball.
Diana: Her True Story - Andrew Morton
A book that paints a shocking portrait of a woman whose troubles have
become international front page news. Diana is a woman trapped in a loveless
marriage, who suffers from chronic illness and depression, yet
courageously struggles to create a happy life for herself.
Dreams Into Deeds: Nine Women Who Dared - Linda Peavy & Ursula
Smith
The lives of nine determined women whose achievements helped reshape the
world.
Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitler's Germany -
Eleanor Ramrath Garner
Eleanor tells what it was like growing up as an American in
Germany during World War II. She explains what it was like for
someone who was neither a Jew nor a Nazi sympathizer.
Every Pitcher Tells a Story: letters gathered by a devoted
baseball fan - Seth Swirsky (ed.) - 796.357
S95
What went through the mind of pitcher Carl Pavano just before
he gave up Mark McGwire's 70th home run? Find out in this book!
Letters from over 100 Major League pitchers are collected and
reproduced exactly as they were sent (some handwritten, others on
official stationary, etc.). Read MLB pitchers' stories in their
own words.
False Glory - Steelers and Steroids: The Steve Courson Story -
Steve Courson
The truth about steroids and the NFL. One of our own Steelers shares his
tragic story.
Fighting Back - Rocky Bleier
Former Pittsburgh Steeler, Rocky Bleier, seriously wounded in Vietnam,
fights against the greatest odds to play pro football.
In My Hands: Memories of a Holocaust Rescuer - Irene
Gut Opdyke
Recounts the experiences of the author who, as a young Polish
girl, hid and saved Jews during the Holocaust.
JFK, the Presidency of John F. Kennedy - Herbert S. Parmet
An insightful depiction of the 35th American President and his times presented in the most objective and auhtoritative terms.
Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid
South Africa - Mark Mathabane
An African teenager comes of age under brutal apartheid in South Africa.
Little Girl Lost - Drew Barrymore with Todd Gold
At 14 she was getting out of drug rehab. This story written from the heart, reflects the minute to minute struggle of her recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.
Prodigal Son: Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic - Edward Vilella with Larry Kaplan
One of America's most celebrated male dancers speaks frankly about the glory and the pain of his career.
Push Comes to Shove - Twyla Tharp
One of the greatest modern dance choreographers of her time tells her own
life story as daughter, wife, love, mother and artist.
Rescues: the Lives of Heroes - Michael Lesy
Examines the extraordinary deeds of nine seemingly ordinary people who are
"heroes."
Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and The Doors - John
Densmore
The drummer of The Doors talks about how the band met, their struggle to
get recorded, playing the bar scene, the effect of taking acid, and Morrison's
bizarre on and off stage antics.
Rocket Boys: A Memoir - Homer H. Hickam, Jr.
The story of how a boy went from being a miner's son in a
dying town to a NASA engineer.
Paul Simon, Still Crazy After All These Years - Patrick Humphries
The story of the singer-songwriter, Paul Simon, whose music spoke to and
for an entire generation.
Stone Alone: The Story of a Rock'n'Roll Band - Bill Wyman with Ray Coleman
Wyman was the oldest, straightest member of the Rolling Stones. Read about his bizarre life and marriages. Stones fans willnot be disappointed in this well-written biography.
Sammy Sosa: a biography - Bill Gutman
Read all about Slammin' Sammy and his homerun race with Mark
MacGuire.
Sir Walter Ralegh and the Quest for El Dorado - Marc Aronson -
92 Ralegh
Recounts the adventurous life of the English explorer and
courtier who spelled his name "Ralegh" and led many expeditions to the New
World.
Terror of the Spanish Main: Sir Henry Morgan and his buccaneers
- Albert Marrin - 910.45 M36
Brave the wild seas with Sir Henry Morgan and his men, true
life "pirates" that sailed, theived, and plundered for England and
against Spain.
Too Young to Fight: Memories from Our Youth During WWII -
Priscilla Galloway (ed.) - 940.43 T65
11 Canadian young adult authors write about what it was like
to grow up during World War II.
Young Superstars of Tennis: the Venus & Serena Williams Story -
Mike Fillon - 796.342
A dual biography of the African American teenaged sisters who
are revolutionizing the world of professional tennis with their colorful
hair beads, fresh personalities, and growing talent for the game.
Woman in the Mists: The Story of Dian Fossey and the Mountain Gorillas of
Africa - Farley Mowat
The turbulent life and mysterious death of a woman who dedicated her life
to the study and survival of endangered mountain gorillas.
Yesterday: The Unauthorized Biography of Paul McCartney - Chet
Flippo
There are certainly enough juicy tidbits here to keep anyone who wants to
relive McCartney's musical times turning the pages.