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|  | This Land Was Made for You and Me by Elizabeth Partridge
This biography of the man who wrote This Land is Your Land among his over 3,000 songs, covers the entire life of one of America's most beloved, political, and tragic musical figures. With 70 b&w photographs. AUTHOR: Elizabeth Partridge
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | The Slate Diaries by Jodi Kantor, Michael Kinsley
The online magazine Slate features a daily diary column in which an invited guest communicates with Slate's readers every day for a week about the goings-on is his or her life. This volume collects some of these journal entries by celebrity diarists Cynthia Ozick, Amy Bloom, David Sedaris, Malcolm Gladwell, Dave Eggers, and others. Postings by some insightful, low-profile diarists are also included, like that of a school nurse, a UPS driver, and an AIDS researcher. AUTHOR: Jodi Kantor, Michael Kinsley
PUBLISHER: PublicAffairs, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | In the Realm of a Dying Emperor by Norma Field
Description not available.Examines Japan's uneasy relationship to its past, the tortuous relations between religion and state, and the role of dissent in a society where freedom has become banal and elusive AUTHOR: Norma Field
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | High Water
Description not available.The Philadelphia-born author describes how he returned to live near the West Virginia birthplace of his father--a difficult, disappointed, and defeated man who had left his home in the mountains in the wake of a family scandal--and discovered a world of great beauty whose inhabitants, despite hardship and exploitation, remain true to a traditional way of life. 15,000 first printing.
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | No Direction Home by Robert Shelton
A biography of Bob Dylan by the New York Times critic whose laudatory review in 1961 helped boost the folk singer`s career. Though the profile chronicles Dylan`s life up through to the mid-1980s, the research and stories are particularly strong in detailing Dylan`s early rise to fame. Shelton, a friend and frequent interviewer of Dylan, is a worthy source of inside information on this musical legend. AUTHOR: Robert Shelton
PUBLISHER: Da Capo Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | His Name Is
Description not available.Chronicles the life and work of the controversial rap star and discusses how his turbulent upbringing affects his lyrics as well as his professional and private lives.
PUBLISHER: Chrome Dreams
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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