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|  | Dear Benjamin Banneker by Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney
An introduction to the life of Benjamin Banneker, a free African American born in the United States during the time of slavery. Banneker's parents were tobacco farmers in Maryland and when he grew up he followed in their footsteps. In addition to running the farm, Banneker also studied astronomy and mathematics and wrote an almanac--the first ever written by an African American. Although he was free, slavery still frustrated him and so in 1791 he wrote to Thomas Jefferson, then the secretary of state, to protest slavery and bring Jefferson himself to task for owning slaves. Excerpts from this letter and Jefferson's response appear within the story. Oil-and-scratchboard illustrations accompany the text. AUTHOR: Andrea Davis Pinkney, Brian Pinkney
PUBLISHER: Harcourt Children's Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Salinger Biography by Paul Alexander
Description not available.The first full-length account of the life of this most reclusive author is based on careful research, which included both published sources and interviews with other literary figures, and connects Salinger's experiences with his work. Reprint. AUTHOR: Paul Alexander
PUBLISHER: St. Martin's Press, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Einstein Scrapbook by Ze'ev Rosenkranz
Description not available.The curator of the Albert Einstein Archives offers readers a unique inside look inside the life and mind of the great physicist in a concise profile of the scientist, his scientific theories--including the special theory of relativity, Brownian motion, and quantum theory--his role in the international peace movement, and his views on social justice, the state of Israel, music, and more. (Science & Mathematics) AUTHOR: Ze'ev Rosenkranz
PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Jump and the Net Will Appear by Brian S. Tracy, Naomi Judd
Description not available.A motivational speaker recounts how he journeyed from a career as a burned-out musician to a successful entrepreneur, in a guide that counsels readers on how to take risks, overcome limiting beliefs, and focus on dreams. AUTHOR: Brian S. Tracy, Naomi Judd
PUBLISHER: New World Library
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Meister Eckhart by Bernard McGinn, Elvira Borgstadt, Frank Tobin, Kenneth J. Northcott
Eckhart`s ministry as a preacher was an equally important part of the man, and thus his sermons, from both the Latin and the Middle High German manuscripts, are included. What emerges is a comprehensive picture of the works of this great speculative theologian. Together with Meister Eckhart: The Essential Sermons, Commentaries and Treatises, this work forms the most extensive corpus of Eckhart`s writings in English. AUTHOR: Bernard McGinn, Elvira Borgstadt, Frank Tobin, Kenneth J. Northcott
PUBLISHER: Paulist Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Memoir of No. 1 in Particular by Daniel Harris
Many complain that the memoir has overtaken the novel and has become too influential in our current literary scene. But no one has actually done anything about it. There have been no satires or parodies of the genre--until now. In A MEMOIR OF NO ONE IN PARTICULAR, our author approaches his life as if he were a specimen in a biologist's petrie dish. Rather than giving the usual narrative account,NO ONE IN PARTICULAR tells his own personal history as a gay white male by probing the banalities of daily living and the unexplored territory of the commonplace. Dispensing with cliched and romanticized reminiscences, he revels in the minutiae and mundane habits and rituals of modern daily living, and finds his own unique contraption of selfhood amongst this quotidian detritus. AUTHOR: Daniel Harris
PUBLISHER: Basic Books
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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