Biographies

Try these books if you're looking for:

• Biographies
• Books on CD (each of these books is available as a Book on CD, with the same call number as the book version)
  

A Girl Named Zippy
By Haven Kimmel
BIO Kimmel
The author offers a chronicle of growing up in a small town in America's heartland, offering portraits of her family and her encounters with the complexities of the adult world, romance, and small-town life during the 1960s and 1970s.

Last Lecture
By Randy Pausch
BIO Pausch
The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Team of Rivals
By Doris Goodwin
BIO Lincoln
An analysis of Abraham Lincoln's political talents identifies the character strengths and abilities that enabled his successful election, in an account that also describes how he used the same abilities to rally former opponents in winning the Civil War.

Open: An Autobiography
By Andre Agassi
BIO Agassi
A candid memoir by the tennis champion covers his Grand Slam wins, establishment of a charitable foundation for underprivileged children, and marriage to Stefanie Graf.

Charles and Emma: The Darwins’ Leap of Faith
By Deborah Heiligman
BIO Darwin
Provides an account of Charles Darwin's life and evolutionary theory, examining how his personal life affected his work and vice versa because of his wife's strong religious beliefs.