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- "No. 6" : A Few Pages from the Diary of an Ambulance Driver
- true"Smelly" Kelly and his super senses : how James Kelly's nose saved the New York City subway
- "Somewhere in France" : Personal Letters of Reginald NoÌel Sullivan, S.S. U.65 of the American Ambulance Field Serivce
- true1000 years of joys and sorrows : a memoir
- 16 words : William Carlos Williams & "The red wheelbarrow"
- true18 holes with Bing : golf, life, and lessons from Dad
- 42 faith : the rest of the Jackie Robinson story
- true42 today : Jackie Robinson and his legacy
- true4th and goal every day : Alabama's relentless pursuit of perfection
- true83 minutes : the doctor, the damage, and the shocking death of Michael Jackson
- trueA Ben of all trades : the most inventive boyhood of Benjamin Franklin
- A Book About Myself
- A Boys' Life of Booker T. Washington
- A Brief Memoir of Christina G. Rossetti
- A Day With Charles Dickens
- A Friend of Marie-Antoinette (Lady Atkyns)
- A Friend of the Queen : (Marie Antoinette, Count Fersen)
- A Group of Famous Women : Stories of Their Lives
- A Hoosier Holiday
- A Joshua in the Camp : The Life of Booker T. Washington of Tuskegee, Alabama
- A Little Book of Friends
- A Memoir of Maria Edgeworth : With a Selection From Her Letters by the Late Mrs. Edgeworth, Volume 3
- A Miscellany of Men
- A Short History of Molly Pitcher
- A Sister of Marie Antoinette : The Life-Story of Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples
- A Spy called James : the True Story of James Lafayette, Revolutionary War Double Agent
- A Traveler at Forty
- A Tribute to General William Tecumseh Sherman
- A Wheel Within a Wheel : How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle
- A Woman's Wartime Journal : An Account of the Passage Over a Georgia Plantation of Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea, as Recorded in the Diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt
- A World War II flight surgeon's story
- trueA bold and dangerous family : the remarkable story of an Italian mother, her two sons, and their fight against fascism
- A boy from Tupelo : the complete 1953-1955 recordings
- trueA brave and cunning prince : the great chief Opechancanough and the war for America
- A bright and blinding sun : a World War II story of survival, love, and redemption
- A child's Christmas in Wales
- A computer called Katherine : how Katherine Johnson helped put America on the moon
- trueA consequential president : the legacy of Barack Obama
- trueA cure for darkness : the story of depression and how we treat it
- A cure for darkness : the story of depression and how we treat it
- A cure for darkness : the story of depression and how we treat it
- A dangerous woman : American beauty, noted philanthropist, Nazi collaborator : the life of Florence Gould
- trueA disappearance in Damascus : friendship and survival in the shadow of war
- trueA doctor in the house : my life with Ben Carson
- trueA dog called hope : a wounded warrior and the service dog who saved him
- trueA drop of midnight : a memoir
- trueA farewell to Gabo and Mercedes : a son's memoir of Gabriel GarciÌa MaÌrquez and Mercedes Barcha
- trueA forgotten hero : Folke Bernadotte, the Swedish humanitarian who rescued 30,000 people from the Nazis
- trueA garden of marvels : how we discovered that flowers have sex, leaves eat air, and other secrets of plants
- trueA good American family : the Red Scare and my father
- trueA guest of the Reich : the story of American heiress Gertrude Legendre's dramatic captivity and escape from Nazi Germany
- A higher loyalty : truth, lies, and leadership
- A hope more powerful than the sea : one refugee's incredible story of love, loss, and survival
- trueA killer by design : murderers, mindhunters, and my quest to decipher the criminal mind
- trueA kind of mirraculas paradise : a true story about schizophrenia
- trueA lab of one's own : one woman's personal journey through sexism in science
- trueA life discarded : 148 diaries found in the trash
- trueA life electric : the story of Nikola Tesla
- trueA life everlasting : the extraordinary story of one boy's gift to medical science
- trueA life made by hand : the story of Ruth Asawa
- trueA life of Picasso, Volume 2, Painter of modern life, 1907-1917
- trueA life of Picasso, Volume 4, The minotaur years, 1933-1943
- A light in the darkness : Janusz Korczak, his orphans, and the Holocaust
- trueA likkle Miss Lou : how Jamaican poet Louise Bennett Coverley found her voice
- trueA man called Horse : John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
- A man called Horse : John Horse and the Black Seminole Underground Railroad
- trueA man of iron : the turbulent life and improbable presidency of Grover Cleveland
- trueA marvelous life : the amazing story of Stan Lee
- trueA midwife's tale : the life of Martha Ballard, based on her diary, 1785-1812
- trueA mind at play : how Claude Shannon invented the information age
- trueA most clever girl : how Jane Austen discovered her voice
- trueA night at the Sweet Gum Head : drag, drugs, disco, and Atlanta's gay revolution
- trueA perfect union of contrary things
- trueA plague on all our houses : medical intrigue, Hollywood, and the discovery of AIDS
- trueA plan for the people : Nelson Mandela's hope for his nation
- A pope and a president : John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, and the extraordinary untold story of the 20th century
- A president like no other : Donald J. Trump and the restoring of America
- trueA proper drink : the untold story of how a band of bartenders saved the civilized drinking world
- A prophet with honor : the Billy Graham story
- trueA radical faith : the assassination of Sister Maura
- trueA revolution in color : the world of John Singleton Copley
- trueA ride to remember : a civil rights story
- A sacred oath : memoirs of a Secretary of Defense during extraordinary times
- trueA self-made man : the political life of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849
- trueA series of catastrophes & miracles : a true story of love, science, and cancer
- trueA song for everyone : the story of Creedence Clearwater Revival
- trueA splendid intelligence : the life of Elizabeth Hardwick
- trueA splendid savage : the restless life of Frederick Russell Burnham
- trueA sporting chance : how Ludwig Guttmann created the Paralympic Games
- trueA spy in Canaan : how the FBI used a famous photographer to infiltrate the civil rights movement
- trueA spy in plain sight : the inside story of the FBI and Robert Hanssen - America's most damaging Russian spy
- trueA state at any cost : the life of David Ben-Gurion
- A storm of horses : the story of artist Rosa Bonheur
- trueA super sticky mistake
- trueA surprised queenhood in the new Black sun : the life & legacy of Gwendolyn Brooks
- trueA thousand glass flowers : Marietta Barovier and the invention of the rosetta bead
- trueA traitor to his species : Henry Bergh and the birth of the animal rights movement
- trueA truck full of money
- trueA very English scandal : sex, lies and a murder plot in the houses of Parliament
- trueA voice named Aretha
- trueA walk across America
- A woman like her : the story behind the honor killing of a social media star
- trueA woman of no importance : the untold story of the American spy who helped win World War II
- trueA woman on the edge of time : a son investigates his trailblazing mother's young suicide
- trueA woman's place is at the top : a biography of Annie Smith Peck, queen of the climbers
- trueA world on edge : the end of the Great War and the dawn of a new age
- trueAOC : fighter, phenom, change maker
- trueAaron Henry of Mississippi : inside agitator
- Aaron Judge
- Aaron Rodgers
- trueAbandon me : memoirs
- trueAbandoned in hell : the fight for Vietnam's Fire Base Kate
- Abe : Abraham Lincoln in his times
- trueAbe : Abraham Lincoln in his times
- trueAblaze with color : a story of painter Alma Thomas
- trueAbove the rim : how Elgin Baylor changed basketball
- trueAbraham Lincoln
- trueAbraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : the story behind an American friendship
- trueAbused : surviving sexual assault and a toxic gymnastics culture
- Across that bridge : a vision for change and the future of America
- trueAct like you got some sense : and other things my daughters taught me
- Act like you got some sense : and other things my daughters taught me
- trueAda Lovelace
- Ada Lovelace
- trueAdolfo Kaminsky : a forger's life
- trueAfrican samurai : the true story of Yasuke, a legendary black warrior in feudal Japan
- African-American history makers collection : readers that grow with you
- trueAfter Andy : adventures in Warhol land
- trueAfter the miracle : the lasting brotherhood of the '69 Mets
- Agatha Christie : a mysterious life
- trueAgatha Christie : an elusive woman
- trueAgatha Christie : first lady of crime
- Agatha Christie : traveler, archaeologist, and author
- trueAge of Cage : four decades of Hollywood through one singular career
- Agent 110 : an American spymaster and the German resistance in WWII
- trueAgent Josephine : American beauty, French hero, British spy
- Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy
- Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy
- Agent Sonya : Moscow's most daring wartime spy
- trueAgrippina : the most extraordinary woman of the Roman world
- trueAin't that a mother : postpartum, palsy, and everything in between
- Airborne : the combat story of Ed Shames of Easy Company
- trueAl Capone : his life, legacy, and legend
- Alaric the Goth : an outsider's history of the fall of Rome
- trueAlaric the Goth : an outsider's history of the fall of Rome
- Alaric the Goth : an outsider's history of the fall of Rome
- trueAlbert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
- trueAlbert Einstein : a curious mind
- Albert Einstein : a graphic history of the father of modern physics
- Alex Haley's roots : an author's odyssey
- trueAlexander Hamilton
- Alexander Hamilton : the illustrated biography
- trueAlexander Hamilton : the making of America
- trueAlexander the Great
- trueAlexander the Great : his life and his mysterious death
- trueAlexander von Humboldt : explorer, naturalist & environmental pioneer
- trueAlexanderMcQueen : blood beneath the skin
- Alexandre Dumas : His Life and Works
- trueAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez : the life, times, and rise of "AOC"
- Alfred Hitchcock : the master of suspense
- trueAli : a life
- trueAli's knockout punch : how a photograph stunned the boxing world
- trueAlice Paul and the fight for women's rights : from the vote to the equal rights amendment
- trueAlice Waters and the trip to delicious
- Alice Waters and the trip to delicious
- trueAlice Waters cooks up a food revolution
- trueAlice across America : the story of the first women's cross-country road trip
- trueAll blood runs red : the legendary life of Eugene Bullard -- boxer, pilot, soldier, spy
- trueAll in a drop : how Antony van Leeuwenhoek discovered an invisible world
- trueAll star : how Larry Doby smashed the color barrier in baseball
- All that heaven allows : a biography of Rock Hudson
- All that heaven allows : a biography of Rock Hudson
- All that heaven allows : a biography of Rock Hudson
- trueAll that heaven allows : a biography of Rock Hudson
- trueAll that moves us : a pediatric neurosurgeon, his young patients, and their stories of grace and resilience
- trueAll that she carried : the journey of Ashley's sack, a Black family keepsake
- All the frequent troubles of our days : the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler
- All the frequent troubles of our days : the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler
- All the frequent troubles of our days : the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler
- trueAll the powers of Earth : the political life of Abraham Lincoln, 1856-1860
- trueAll the things we never knew
- trueAll the way to the tigers : a memoir
- trueAll the way to the top : how one girl's fight for Americans with disabilities changed everything
- All the way to the top : how one girl's fight for Americans with disabilities changed everything
- All the wild that remains : Edward Abbey, Wallace Stegner, and the American West
- trueAll the young men : a memoir of love, AIDS, and chosen family in the American South
- trueAll things must pass away : Harrison, Clapton, and other assorted love songs
- trueAll-American murder : the rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez, the superstar whose life ended on murderers' row
- All-American murder : the rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez, the superstar whose life ended on murderers' row
- Alla Breve : From Bach to Debussy
- Almost American girl : an illustrated memoir
- trueAlpha : Eddie Gallagher and the war for the soul of the Navy Seals
- trueAlso a poet : Frank O'Hara, my father, and me
- Always faithful : a story of the war in Afghanistan, the fall of Kabul, and the unshakable bond between a Marine and an interpreter
- trueAlways home : a daughter's recipes & stories
- trueAlways smile : Carley Allison's secrets for laughing, loving and living
- trueAmazon unbound : Jeff Bezos and the invention of a global empire
- trueAmbushed! : the assassination plot against President Garfield
- trueAmelia Earhart
- trueAmelia Earhart : beyond the grave
- trueAmelia Earhart : first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic
- Amelia Earhart is on the moon?
- trueAmerica made me a black man : a memoir
- America's reluctant prince : the life of John F. Kennedy Jr
- America's reluctant prince : the life of John F. Kennedy Jr.
- trueAmerican Eden : David Hosack, botany, and medicine in the garden of the early republic
- trueAmerican Pharoah : the untold story of the Triple Crown winner's legendary rise
- American Pharoah : the untold story of the Triple Crown winner's legendary rise
- trueAmerican Sanctuary : Mutiny, Martyrdom, And National Identity In The Age of Revolution
- trueAmerican Ulysses : a life of Ulysses S. Grant
- American heiress : the wild saga of the kidnapping, crimes and trial of Patty Hearst
- trueAmerican oligarchs : the Kushners, the Trumps, and the marriage of money and power
- trueAmerican philosophy : a love story
- trueAmerican predator : the hunt for the most meticulous serial killer of the 21st century
- trueAmerican rascal : how Jay Gould built Wall Street's biggest fortune
- trueAmerican rebels : how the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy families fanned the flames of revolution
- trueAmerican sirens : the incredible story of the Black men who became America's first paramedics
- trueAmerican spirit : profiles in resilience, courage, and faith
- trueAmerican values : lessons I learned from my family
- trueAmerican warlords : how Roosevelt's high command led America to victory in World War II
- trueAmerican witness : the art and life of Robert Frank
- Americans by Adoption : Brief Biographies of Great Citizens Born in Foreign Lands
- trueAmong heroes : a U.S. Navy Seal's true story of friendship, heroism, and the ultimate sacrifice
- An American Crusader at Verdun
- trueAn American marriage : the untold story of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd
- trueAn American odyssey : the life and work of Romare Bearden
- trueAn appetite for wonder : the making of a scientist : a memoir
- An autobiography
- trueAn impeccable spy : Richard Sorge, Stalin's master agent
- trueAn invisible thread
- trueAncestor trouble : a reckoning and a reconciliation
- trueAnd I paint it : Henriette Wyeth's world
- trueAnd a dog called Fig : solitude, connection, the writing life
- And in the end : the last days of the Beatles
- trueAnd then we danced : a voyage into the groove
- trueAnd your daughters shall prophesy : stories from the byways of American women and religion
- trueAndrew Jackson : the making of America
- trueAndrew Jackson and the miracle of New Orleans : the battle that shaped America's destiny
- Andrew Jackson and the miracle of New Orleans : the battle that shaped America's destiny
- trueAndy and Don : the making of a friendship and a classic American TV show
- trueAngela Merkel : Europe's most influential leader
- trueAnna & Samia : the true story of saving a black rhino
- trueAnna : the biography
- Anna : the biography
- trueAnna Strong : a spy during the American Revolution
- Anne Boleyn : A Chapter of English History, 1527-1536, Volume 2
- Anne Boleyn : A Chapter of English History, Volume 1
- trueAnne Frank
- Annie Besant : An Autobiography
- Another gospel? : a lifelong Christian seeks truth in response to progressive Christianity
- trueAntarctica's lost aviator : the epic adventure to explore the last frontier on Earth
- trueAnthony Powell : dancing to the music of time
- Antonio Brown
- trueApostle of Union : a political biography of Edward Everett
- trueApprenticed to Venus : my secret life with AnaiÌs Nin
- trueApproaching Ali : a reclamation in three acts
- trueArbitrary stupid goal
- trueArchitects of an American landscape : Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the reimagining of America's public and private spaces
- Aretha Franklin : legendary singer
- Arlington National Cemetery : trace the path of America's heritage
- Army Life of an Illinois Soldier : Including a Day by Day Record of Sherman's March to the Sea
- trueArnie : the life of Arnold Palmer
- Around the World on a Bicycle, Volume 2
- trueAround the way girl : a memoir
- trueArt is life : the life of artist Keith Haring
- trueArthur Ashe : a life
- trueArthur and Sherlock : Conan Doyle and the creation of Holmes
- Artists : their lives and works
- trueAs it turns out : thinking about Edie and Andy
- trueAstrid Lindgren : the woman behind Pippi Longstocking
- At first light : a true World War II story of a hero, his bravery, and an amazing horse
- At first light : a true World War II story of a hero, his bravery, and an amazing horse
- At first light : a true World War II story of a hero, his bravery, and an amazing horse
- trueAt the strangers' gate : arrivals in New York
- trueAtticus Finch : the biography : Harper Lee, her father, and the making of an American icon
- Aubrey Beardsley
- trueAudrey and Givenchy : a fashion love affair
- Auston Matthews : hockey superstar
- Autobiography : A Collection of the Most Instructive and Amazing Lives, Volume 32
- Autobiography of Countess Tolstoy
- trueBaby girl : better known as Aaliyah
- Back to the Prairie
- trueBack to the prairie : a home remade, a life rediscovered
- Bad Mexicans : race, empire, and revolution in the borderlands
- Bad fat black girl : notes from a trap feminist
- Bad motherfucker : the life and movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the coolest man in Hollywood
- trueBad motherfucker : the life and movies of Samuel L. Jackson, the coolest man in Hollywood
- Bad news for outlaws : the remarkable life of Bass Reeves, deputy U.S. marshal
- Baggage : tales from a fully packed life
- trueBaggage : tales from a fully packed life
- Balderdash! : John Newbery and the boisterous birth of children's books
- Ball four : the final pitch
- trueBallad of the anarchist bandits : the crime spree that gripped Belle EÌpoque Paris
- trueBamboozled by Jesus : how God tricked me into the life of my dreams
- trueBandit : a daughter's memoir
- Barack and Joe : the making of an extraordinary partnership
- Bark Kathleen Sunk by a Whale
- Barnum : an American life
- Barracoon : the story of the last "black cargo"
- trueBartali's bicycle : the true story of Gino Bartali, Italy's secret hero
- trueBattle for the big top : P.T. Barnum, James Bailey, John Ringling, and the death-defying saga of the American circus
- trueBattle of brothers : William and Harry-- the inside story of a family in tumult
- trueBe amazing : a history of pride
- Be bold! Be brave! : 11 Latinas who made U.S. History = ¡SeÌ audaz, seÌ valiente! : 11 Latinas que hicieron historia en Estados Unidos
- trueBe like the fox : Machiavelli in his world
- Be my baby : a memoir
- trueBeast : John Bonham and the rise of Led Zeppelin
- trueBeastie Boys book
- Beatles '66 : the revolutionary year
- trueBeatles '66 : the revolutionary year
- trueBeautiful country : a memoir
- trueBeautiful shades of brown : the art of Laura Wheeler Waring
- Beauty in the broken places : a memoir of love, faith, and resilience
- trueBecause of you, John Lewis : the true story of a remarkable friendship
- trueBecause our fathers lied : a memoir of truth and family, from Vietnam to today
- trueBecome a leader like Michelle Obama
- trueBecoming
- trueBecoming Dr. Seuss : Theodor Geisel and the making of an American imagination
- Becoming Dr. Seuss : Theodor Geisel and the making of an American imagination
- trueBecoming Elisabeth Elliot
- trueBecoming Forrest : one man's epic run across America
- trueBecoming Kareem : growing up on and off the court
- trueBecoming Lincoln
- trueBecoming RBG : Ruth Bader Ginsburg's journey to justice
- Becoming Ronald Reagan : the rise of a conservative icon
- Becoming a hair stylist
- trueBecoming myself : a psychiatrist's memoir
- Beethoven
- Before she was Harriet
- trueBefore they were artists : famous illustrators as kids
- Before they were stars
- trueBefore you judge me : the triumph and tragedy of Michael Jackson's last days
- trueBehind Nazi lines : my father's heroic quest to save 149 World War II POWs
- Behind the Lights
- Behind the Wheel of a War Ambulance
- Behind the lights : the extraordinary adventure of a mum and her family
- trueBeing Berlusconi : the rise and fall from cosa nostra to bunga bunga
- trueBeing Elvis : a lonely life
- trueBeing Nixon : a man divided
- trueBeing Wagner : the story of the most provocative composer who ever lived
- trueBelieve it : my journey of success, failure, and overcoming the odds
- Believe it : my journey of success, failure, and overcoming the odds
- trueBen Hecht : fighting words, moving pictures
- Benjamin Franklin
- trueBenjamin Franklin : the religious life of a founding father
- trueBerenice Abbott : a life in photography
- Bessie Coleman : first female African American and Native American pilot
- trueBetter git it in your soul : an interpretive biography of Charles Mingus
- Between the lines : how Ernie Barnes went from the football field to the art gallery
- trueBetween the mountain and the sky : a mother's story of love, loss, healing, and hope
- trueBetween the world and me
- trueBeyond : the astonishing story of the first human to leave our planet and journey into space
- trueBeyond possible : one man, 14 peaks, and the mountaineering achievement of a lifetime
- trueBeyond the high blue air : a memoir
- Beyond valor : a World War II story of extraordinary heroism, sacrificial love, and a race against time
- Bible characters : visual encyclopedia
- trueBiddy Mason speaks up
- trueBill Clinton
- trueBillie Eilish : the unofficial biography : from e-girl to icon
- trueBillie Jean! : how tennis star Billie Jean King changed women's sports
- Bing Crosby : swinging on a star, the war years, 1940-1946
- Biographical Notes Concerning General Richard Montgomery : Together With Hitherto Unpublished Letters
- Biography Illustrated
- Biz Mackey, a giant behind the plate : the story of the Negro league star and Hall of Fame catcher
- trueBlack Elk : the life of an American visionary
- trueBlack Spartacus : the epic life of Toussaint Louverture
- trueBlack ballerinas : my journey to our legacy
- Black firsts : 500 years of trailblazing achievements and ground-breaking events
- trueBlack ops : the life of a CIA shadow warrior
- trueBlack radical : the life and times of William Monroe Trotter
- Black radical : the life and times of William Monroe Trotter
- Blast off into space like Mae Jemison
- Blaze of light : the inspiring true story of Green Beret medic Gary Beikirch, Medal of Honor recipient
- trueBlaze of light : the inspiring true story of Green Beret medic Gary Beikirch, Medal of Honor recipient
- trueBlood : a memoir
- Blood and treasure : Daniel Boone and the fight for America's first frontier
- trueBlood and treasure : Daniel Boone and the fight for America's first frontier
- trueBlood letters : the untold story of Lin Zhao, a martyr in Mao's China
- Blood orange night : my journey to the edge of madness
- trueBlood orange night : my journey to the edge of madness
- trueBlood runs coal : the Yablonski murders and the battle for the United Mine Workers of America
- trueBlood, bone, and marrow : a biography of Harry Crews
- trueBlood, sweat, & tears : Jake Gaither, Florida A & M, and the history of Black college football
- trueBloomberg : a billionaire's ambition
- trueBlow your house down : a story of family, feminism, and treason
- trueBlue sky kingdom : an epic family journey to the heart of the Himalayas
- trueBoardwalk babies
- trueBobby Kennedy : a raging spirit
- Bobby Kennedy : the making of a liberal icon
- trueBobby Kennedy : the making of a liberal icon
- Bold women of medicine : 21 stories of astounding discoveries, daring surgeries, and healing breakthroughs
- Bon Jovi : the story
- trueBonnie and Clyde : the making of a legend
- Booker T. Washington : Builder of a Civilization
- Booker T. Washington : Five Years After
- Booker T. Washington : The Master Mind of a Child of Slavery
- Booker T. Washington : civil rights leader and education advocate
- trueBoots on the ground : America's war in Vietnam
- trueBorges and me : an encounter
- trueBorn Trump : inside America's first family
- Born Trump : inside America's first family
- trueBorn curious : 20 girls who grew up to be awesome scientists
- Born survivors : three young mothers and their extraordinary story of courage, defiance, and hope