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|  | Booker T. Washington by Margo McLoone
Description not available.A brief biography of the man who was born a slave and worked in salt mines as a youth but went on to become a national leader for the education of African-Americans and founder of Tuskegee Institute. AUTHOR: Margo McLoone
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Silent Woman by Janet Malcolm
Malcolm uses Sylvia Plath to examine the formerly unchallenged conventions of the biography as a literary form. Excerpts originally appeared in The New Yorker. New afterword by the author. AUTHOR: Janet Malcolm
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Queen Eleanor by Polly S. Brooks
A biography of the 12th-century Queen of France and, after her marriage to Henry II, of England. AUTHOR: Polly S. Brooks
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | A Boy's Own Story by Edmund White
This novel revolves around a gay adolescent boy coming of age in the 1950s and is based, in part, on Edmund White's own life. AUTHOR: Edmund White
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Marlon Brando by Patricia Bosworth
As part of the Penguin Lives series, this short volume provides an introduction to the life and career of Marlon Brando, one of the most influential (if not always consistent) actors of his generation. A New York Times Notable Book for 2001. AUTHOR: Patricia Bosworth
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | My Losing Season by Pat Conroy
Description not available.The author reflects on the place of sports in his life, describing his love of basketball, the role of the athlete for young men searching for their own identity, his education at the Citadel, and his journey to best-selling writer. AUTHOR: Pat Conroy
PUBLISHER: Random House, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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