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|  | My Life As a Man by Philip Roth
Philip Roth's thinly disguised autobiographical novel about growing up in New Jersey and becoming a writer marks the first appearance of Nathan Zuckerman, Roth's alter ego--a creation of the Jewish writer Peter Tarnopol. AUTHOR: Philip Roth
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies 
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 | Jaco by Bill Milkowski
Jaco Pastorius is perhaps best known for his revolutionary contributions to the 1970s fusion band Weather Report. His virtuoso work with the electric bass rendered melodies, chords, harmonics, and percussive elements simultaneously; created solos that have been called adventures ; and boldly explored the unities of jazz, classical, rock, reggae, R&B, pop, and punk. Jaco looks inside the life and music of a genius, who wrestled with unparalleled artistry, mental illness, and substance abuse--the tragic combination that led to his violent death in 1987 at age 35. AUTHOR: Bill Milkowski
PUBLISHER: Backbeat Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Charles Lindberg by Lucile Davis
Description not available.A biography of the aviator and environmental activist who became the first person to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean AUTHOR: Lucile Davis
PUBLISHER: Capstone Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | West with the Night by Beryl Markham, Donada Peters
In this moving autobiography, Beryl Markham describes growing up in East Africa with her horse-breeder father, who taught her to care and train the animals for racing. In her 20s, Markham discovered flying, working as an airborne deliverer of supplies and mail. In 1936, she became the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Ernest Hemingway called the memoir a bloody wonderful book. With photographs AUTHOR: Beryl Markham, Donada Peters
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | Oleander, Jacaranda by Penelope Lively, Sheila Mitchell
This memoir from the acclaimed Booker Prize-winning writer, Penelope Lively details her childhood as an English girl in Egypt during the 1930s and 1940s. Captured in Lively`s fine prose are a visit to a fellaheen village, summers on the beach at Alexandria, and a harrowing sojourn in Palestine during wartime. AUTHOR: Penelope Lively, Sheila Mitchell
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Biographies
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 | The Holocaust by Robert S. Wistrich
A scholar of Jewish history examines the Holocaust and its contexts: European history and antisemitism; the rise of Hitler and his plans for genocide; the role of the German citizenry; the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th century; the lessons to be drawn from the Holocaust. AUTHOR: Robert S. Wistrich
PUBLISHER: Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Biographies
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