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The divide The divide Michael Bédard Unhappy when her family firstmoves out to the plains of Nebraska, the young Willa Cather comes to appreciate the beauty of her new home. OL11287008W
Kensington gardens Kensington gardens Rodrigo Fresán "A children's writer unreels a shocking confession in Rodrigo Fresan's English-language debut. Known to millions by his pen name, Peter Hook, Fresan's hero has survived the death of his rock-star par… OL11640666W
Prairie-town boy Prairie-town boy Carl Sandburg An autobiographical account of the author's boyhood in the Midwest. OL1164717W
Step by Step Step by Step Bertie Bowman A great American story of an ordinary man who is living an extraordinary life, Step by Step is the inspiring personal account of Bertie Bowman's remarkable rise from farmer's son in the Jim Crow Sout… OL11782823W
Under a starless sky Under a starless sky Banafsheh Serov From the streets and bazaars of Tehran to the moonlit Turkish mountains, Under A Starless Sky is a beautiful memoir about one family's extraordinary journey. Banafsheh is eight when the revolution be… OL11984892W
As I walked out one midsummer morning As I walked out one midsummer morning Laurie Lee It was 1934 and a young man walked to London from the security of the Cotswolds to make his fortune. He was to live by playing the violin and by labouring on a London building site. Then, knowing one… OL1209547W
Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor Elizabeth I, red rose of the House of Tudor Kathryn Lasky,Josephine Bailey In a series of diary entries, Princess Elizabeth, the eleven-year-old daughter of King Henry VIII, celebrates holidays and birthdays, relives her mother's execution, revels in her studies, and agoniz… OL121818W
Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Marie Antoinette, princess of Versailles Kathryn Lasky A book about Queen Marie Antoinette's youth written in diary format. Makes you feel very close to little Antonia as she has doubts, and excitement, too about her upcoming marrige and journey to Franc… OL121829W
An American childhood An American childhood Annie Dillard A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in t… OL14857922W
My Early Times My Early Times Charles Dickens,Peter Rowland A piece of literary reconstruction charting Dickens' childhood and early adulthood. Peter Rowland draws on *David Copperfield* and other Dickens novels and autobiographical fragments of his journalis… OL14870066W
Lost in the meritocracy Lost in the meritocracy Walter Kirn Percentile is destiny in America."So says Walter Kirn, a peerless observer and interpreter of American life, in this whip-smart memoir of his own long strange trip through American education. Working… OL14912980W
Closing Time Closing Time Joe Queenan A deeply funny and affecting memoir about a great escape from a childhood of povertyJoe Queenans acerbic riffs on movies, sports, books, politics, and many of the least forgivable phenomena of pop cu… OL14951996W
The good lion The good lion Beryl Markham An account of the time in the pilot Beryl Markham's childhood in Kenya when she was attacked by a lion that her neighbors kept as a pet. OL15051830W
Torn Apart Torn Apart James Patterson,Andrew Lang The Heartbreaking True Story of a Childhood LostCory Friedman was an ordinary fun-loving little boy. That fateful March morning in 1989 started just like any other but later that day, he started to f… OL15176291W
A Girl From Yamhill A Girl From Yamhill Beverly Cleary Generations of children have grown up with Henry Huggins, Ramona Quimby, and all of their friends, families, and assorted pets. For everyone who has enjoyed the pranks and schemes, embarrassing momen… OL151977W
Young Michelangelo Young Michelangelo John T. Spike This biography of Michelangelo covers the years in which he was striving for public recognition of his artistic genius, so should be of interest not only to all those interested in Renaissance art, b… OL15508011W
Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness Alexandra Fuller Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness tells the story of the author's mother, Nicola Fuller. Nicola Fuller and her husband were a glamorous and optimistic couple and East Africa lay before th… OL16086757W
An invisible thread An invisible thread Laura Schroff He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But something made her turn around and go back. They met nearly every week for years, and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spa… OL16485637W
The girl who survived The girl who survived Bronia Brandman Bronia helped her family survive during the occupation of Poland by smuggling goods to trade for food. Then Bronia and her sisters were deported to Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp and with … OL16527595W
What the grown-ups were doing What the grown-ups were doing Michele Hanson Michele Hanson grew up an 'oddball tomboy disappointment' in a Jewish family in Ruislip during the 1950s - a Metroland of neat lawns, bridge parties and Martini socials. Yet this shopfront of respect… OL16593261W
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