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|  | Back on the Road by Ernesto Guevara
Description not available.A companion volume to The Motorcycle Diaries continues the late revolutionary's travel diaries as he described his second odyssey through Latin America, detailing his journey to the mountains and deserts of Bolivia, the jungles of Guatemala, the Inca ruins at Machu Picchu, and first meeting with Fidel Castro in Mexico. Original. AUTHOR: Ernesto Guevara
PUBLISHER: Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Henry Rollins by Henry Rollins
Rollins, a singer for the hardcore punk group Black Flag in the '80s, has emerged as a '90s post-punk renaissance man and a prolific writer. This voluminous collection of Rollins' first five books shows the evolution of a man grinding his way through the challenges of the independent music circuit. AUTHOR: Henry Rollins
PUBLISHER: Two Thirteen Sixty-one
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Cesar Chavez by Richard A. Garcia, Richard G. Del Castillo
This biography of Chavez by Richard Griswold del Castillo and Richard A. Garcia is the first to approach Chavez's life - his courageous acts, his turning points, his many perceived personas - in the context of Chicano and American history. It reveals a shy, quiet man who was launched by events into a maelstrom of campesino strikes, religious fervor, and nonviolent battles for justice. Among his friends and supporters he counted Martin Luther King Jr., Robert Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, and millions across America who rallied to his cause. In Griswold del Castillo and Garcia's biography, Chavez's life mirrors major events in Mexican American history: Mexican immigration during the 1920s; forced repatriation in the 1930s; segregation in public schools; Mexican American contributions during World War II; the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles; formation of Mexican American organizations to advance civil and political rights; the Chicano movement of the 1960s and early 1970s; the emergence of a conservative political backlash in the 1980s; and, finally, the new immigration in the 1990s. Cesar Chavez was touched by all these events, and his story is both private and part of a collective experience. AUTHOR: Richard A. Garcia, Richard G. Del Castillo
PUBLISHER: University of Oklahoma Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Ella Fitzgerald by Stuart Nicholson
The life of the very private and media-shy Ella Fitzgerald has long been shrouded in a mixture of half-truths and fiction. What emerges in Stuart Nicholson's groundbreaking biography is a remarkable story of a poor black girl's determination to realize the American Dream in the face of racial and sexual prejudice. She succeeded, and is now the definition of jazz singer to millions, one of the greatest of all jazz musicians. In this fullest account ever of her life, Nicholson draws on fresh research and interviews with Ella's friends and colleagues. Supplemented by Phil Schaap's authoritative discography, Ella Fitzgerald is a rich and revealing portrait of one of the most popular American singers in history. AUTHOR: Stuart Nicholson
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Judy Garland by Scott Schechter
Description not available.A day-by-day account of the classic movie actress's life and career lists performance dates, concert sets, recording sessions, film itineraries, celebrity and critic testimonials, transcripts, interview selections, excerpts from personal and professional letters, and more. AUTHOR: Scott Schechter
PUBLISHER: Cooper Square Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Christopher by Tomie dePaola
The story of Reprobus, the man who eventually became Saint Christopher. Reprobus, a giant, wants to serve the most powerful ruler in the world. He works for a king, and then for the devil, before realizing that it is Christ who he must serve. Folk art style illustrations in a deep and muted palette accompany the text. AUTHOR: Tomie dePaola
PUBLISHER: Holiday House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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