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|  | An American Childhood by Alexandra O'Karma, Annie Dillard
Dillard's autobiography is an exuberant account of growing up in 1950s Pittsburgh in a wealthy and accomplished family. Dillard conveys in polished prose the sheer joy of being young, smart, and passionately observant in a world she sees as endlessly fascinating. AUTHOR: Alexandra O'Karma, Annie Dillard
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Chasing the Hawk by Andrew Sheehan
Description not available.In a poignant memoir, an investigative journalist describes how his struggle to reconnect and rebuild a relationship with his father, George Sheehan, the best-selling author of Running and Being, helped him to come to terms with his father's absence during his childhood and adolescence and with the anger and alcoholism that nearly destroyed his life. Reprint. AUTHOR: Andrew Sheehan
PUBLISHER: Dell Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Carolyn L. Karcher, Harriet Jacobs, John S. Jacobs, L. Maria Child, Nell Irvin Painter
This classic memoir of slave life, written by a highly-literate North Carolina slave, was first published at the beginning of the Civil War when Jacobs had escaped to the North and begun campaigning for abolition. Her narrative focused especially clearly on the ways that slavery degraded women through sexual abuse and the separation of mothers from their children. AUTHOR: Carolyn L. Karcher, Harriet Jacobs, John S. Jacobs, L. Maria Child, Nell Irvin Painter
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Washington by Katharine Graham, Meg Greenfield, Michael Beschloss
This trenchant analysis of how things work in Washington, D.C., politics was written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning editor for the Washington Post just prior to her death. Greenfield sees the capital as a high school, and reveals its pettiness, cliques, and power politics. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Katharine Graham, Meg Greenfield, Michael Beschloss
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | My Land & My People by Melissa Mathison Ford
My Land and My People tells the story of the Dalai Lama's life, as well providing a history of the shocking subjugation of the Tibetan people by the Chinese government. Rather than being an angry indictment, however, the book instead issues a gentle appeal for understanding and peace. AUTHOR: Melissa Mathison Ford
PUBLISHER: Warner Books, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Cruise of the Snark by Jack London
In this classic by a master of the adventure story, Jack London writes of a true adventure-his own voyage across the Pacific in the Snark. Knowing little about navigation, he set out from San Francisco with his wife and two crew in a schooner whose defects included a tendency to leak and a refusal to face up tot he wind. AUTHOR: Jack London
PUBLISHER: Sheridan House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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