Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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Incoming Resources
- Saving justice, truth, transparency, and trust, James Comey
- ER nurses, true stories from America's greatest unsung heroes, James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney
- Darkness visible, a memoir of madness, William Styron
- The light of days, the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos, Judy Batalion
- The secret lives of booksellers and librarians, true stories of the magic of reading, James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney
- The diary keepers, World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it, Nina Siegal
- Write to me, letters from Japanese American children to the Librarian they left behind, Cynthia Grady ; illustrated by Amiko Hirao
- He held radical light, the art of faith, the faith of art, Christian Wiman
- The best of me, David Sedaris
- My brother, my land, a story from Palestine, Sami Hermez, with Sireen Sawalha
- The choice, embrace the possible, Dr. Edith Eva Eger, with Esmé Schwall Weigand
- Topgun, an American story, Dan Pedersen
- Unknown valor, a story of family, courage, and sacrifice from Pearl Harbor to Iwo Jima, Martha MacCallum ; with Ronald J. Drez
- Clanlands, whisky, warfare, and a Scottish adventure like no other, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, with Charlotte Reather ; [foreword by Diana Gabaldon]
- War story, sometimes the real fight starts after the battle, Steven Elliott
- The daughter of Auschwitz, my story of resilience, survival, and hope, Tova Friedman and Malcolm Brabant ; foreword by Ben Kingsley
- The diary keepers, World War II in the Netherlands, as written by the people who lived through it, Nina Siegal
- The fox hunt, a refugee's memoir of coming to America, Mohammed Al Samawi
- Hedy's journey, the true story of a Hungarian girl fleeing the Holocaust, written by Michelle Bisson ; illustrated by El primo Ramón content consulting by Narcisy Vida educational program specialist at Zachor Foundation Hungary
- By the dim and flaring lamps, the Civil War diaries of Samuel McIlvaine, edited by Clayton E. Cramer
- I will protect you, a true story of twins who survived Auschwitz, as told by Eva Mozes Kor ; written by Danica Davidson
- Guts, Raina Telgemeier ; with color by Braden Lamb
- American sniper, the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history, Chris Kyle, with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice
- The prisoner in his palace, Saddam Hussein, his American guards, and what history leaves unsaid, Will Bardenwerper
- Shooting ghosts, a U.S. Marine, a combat photographer, and their journey back from war, Thomas J. Brennan, USMC (Ret.), and Finbarr O'Reilly
- The checklist manifesto, how to get things right, Atul Gawande
- Caught in the revolution, Petrograd, Russia, 1917--a world on the edge, Helen Rappaport
- Finding refuge, real-life immigration stories from young people, Victorya Rouse
- Saved, a war reporter's mission to make it home, Benjamin Hall
- Rescued from ISIS, the gripping true story of how a father saved his son, Dimitri Bontinck
- The operator, firing the shots that killed Osama bin Laden and my years as a SEAL Team warrior, Robert O'Neill
- A dangerous country, an American elegy, Ron Kovic
- No turning back, life, loss, and hope in wartime Syria, Rania Abouzeid
- The unwomanly face of war, an oral history of women in World War II, Svetlana Alexievich ; translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
- Red memory, the afterlives of China's Cultural Revolution, Tania Branigan
- The book of secrets, a personal history of betrayal in Red China, Xinran ; translated by Will Spence
- Together we rise, behind the scenes at the protest heard round the world, the Women's March organizers and Condé Nast
- Counting backwards, a doctor's notes on anesthesia, Henry Jay Przybylo, MD
- Hear my voice, the testimonies of children detained at the southern border of the United States, compiled by Warren Binford for Project Amplify ; foreword by Michael Garcia Bochenek of Human Rights Watch = Escucha mi voz : los testimonios de niños detenidos en la frontera sur de los Estados Unidos / recopilado por Warren Binford para Project Amplify ; prefacio por Michael Garcia Bochenek
- Unsinkable, five men and the indomitable run of the USS Plunkett, James Sullivan
- Do no harm, stories of life, death, and brain surgery, Henry Marsh
- A stranger in your own city, travels in the Middle East's long war, Ghaith Abdul-Ahad
- Sure, I'll be your Black friend, notes from the other side of the fist bump, Ben Philippe
- Walk in my combat boots, true stories from America's bravest warriors, James Patterson and Matt Eversmann, with Chris Mooney
- Little America, incredible true stories of immigrants in America, introduction by Kumail Nanjiani ; edited by Jennifer Swann
- 2020, one city, seven people, and the year everything changed, Eric Klinenberg
- Whistleblower, my journey to Silicon Valley and fight for justice at Uber, Susan Fowler
- Hope wins, a collection of inspiring stories for young readers, edited by Rose Brock
- The annotated memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, edited with an Introduction by Elizabeth D. Samet
- Getting out of Saigon, how a 27-year-old American banker saved 113 Vietnamese civilians, Ralph White
Outgoing Resources
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