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|  | In My Place by Charlayne Hunter-Gault
The award-winning correspondent for the MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour gives a moment-by-moment account of her walk into history when, as a 19-year-old, she challenged Southern law--and Southern violence--to become the first black woman to attend the University of Georgia. A powrful act of witness to the brutal realities of segregation. AUTHOR: Charlayne Hunter-Gault
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Blood-Dark Track by Joseph O'Neill
In this family memoir, O'Neill explores the lives of both his maternal and paternal grandfathers, each of whom was imprisoned during World Was II for allegedly aiding the Germans. Here he describes the situation of each, documenting each man's experience and pondering the long-term emotional consequences the harrowing events of that period held for the future of his family. AUTHOR: Joseph O'Neill
PUBLISHER: Granta
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, Andrew Skinner, D. D. Raphael, Edwin Cannan, Laurence Dickey
It is in Books IV and IV of THE WEALTH OF NATIONS that Adam Smith offers his considered response to the French Physiocrats, perhaps the first great school of economic theorists, and assesses the nature of the mercantile system, particularly the colonial relationship with America, whose achievements could have been even more spectacular if conditions of free trade and economic union had existed. Even on the eve of the Declaration of Independence, Smith famously predicted that America will be one of the foremost nations of the world. It is also here that he develops the case for a limited state role in economic planning, notably to combat market failure and induce efficiency in areas such as education, public works, justice, and defense. His pioneering analysis still provides many subtle and penetrating insights into one of today's most vital and controversial policy debates. AUTHOR: Adam Smith, Andrew Skinner, D. D. Raphael, Edwin Cannan, Laurence Dickey
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Rock & a Hard Place by Anthony G. Johnson, Fred Rogers, Paul Monette
Written with maturity and wisdom, this book gives voice to the most eloquent and tragic young writer since Ann Frank. Johnson's story of AIDS, abuse, and hope received extensive media coverage. Foreword by Paul Monette; Afterword by Fred Rogers, with a new Afterword by the author. AUTHOR: Anthony G. Johnson, Fred Rogers, Paul Monette
PUBLISHER: N A L
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Memoir by Bill Bradley
A memoir by a Senator, scholar, and athlete--revealing a man of both reflection and action. AUTHOR: Bill Bradley
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | When the Air Hits Your Brain by Frank T. Vertosick
This book chronicles one man's evolution from a naive and ambitious young intern into a member of that singular breed of doctor--the neurosurgeon. Told through intimate portraits of the author's patients and detailed descriptions of surgical procedure, this title is a poignant, fascinating, and sometimes shockingly funny account of the mysteries of the mind and the operating room. AUTHOR: Frank T. Vertosick
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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