Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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- Wintering, the power of rest and retreat in difficult times, Katherine May
- Fly like a girl, one woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front, Mary Jennings Hegar
- Seven roads to hell, a Screaming Eagle at Bastogne, Donald R. Burgett
- My name is Selma, the remarkable memoir of a Jewish resistance fighter and Ravensbrück survivor, Selma van de Perre ; translated by Alice Tetley-Paul and Anna Asbury
- The many faces of home birth, 25 honest, firsthand accounts from parents around the world, Shantel Silbernagel
- Pale horse, hunting terrorists and commanding heroes with the 101st Airborne Division, Jimmy Blackmon
- The end of your life book club, Will Schwalbe
- Lone survivor, the eyewitness account of Operation Redwing and the lost heroes of SEAL Team 10, Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson
- A child called "it", one child's courage to survive, Dave Pelzer
- Blood and germs, the Civil War battle against wounds and disease, by Gail Jarrow
- Under both flags, a panorama of the great Civil War, as represented in story, anecdote, adventure, and the romance of reality, written by celebrities of both sides ; the men and women who created the greatest epoch of our nation's history ; [this edition] edited by Tim Groff
- Never call me a hero, a legendary American dive-bomber pilot remembers the Battle of Midway, N. Jack "Dusty" Kleiss, with Timothy and Laura Orr
- Delta Force, the Army's elite counterterrorist unit, by Charlie A. Beckwith and Donald Knox ; with an epilogue by C.A. Mobley
- World War II on the air, Edward R. Murrow and the broadcasts that riveted a nation, Mark Bernstein & Alex Lubertozzi ; CD narrated by Dan Rather
- The best of me, David Sedaris
- Operation Pineapple Express, the incredible story of a group of Americans who undertook one last mission and honored a promise in Afghanistan, Lt. Col. Scott Mann (Ret.)
- Into the fire, a first-hand account of the most extraordinary battle in the Afghan War, Dakota Meyer and Bing West
- Brain storms, the race to unlock the mysteries of Parkinson's Disease, Jon Palfreman
- Twist of faith, HBO Documentary Films presents ; a Chain Camera picture ; a film by Kirby Dick ; executive producer for Chain Gang Pictures, Kirby Dick ; executive producer [for Home Box Office], Sheila Nevins ; produced by Eddie Schmidt ; directed by Kirby Dick
- The way forward, master life's toughest battles and create your lasting legacy, Robert O'Neill and Dakota Meyer
- Hitler's forgotten children, Ingrid von Oelhafen & Tim Tate ; with Dr. Dorothee Schmitz-Köster
- Thunder dog, the true story of a blind man, his guide dog, and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero, Michael Hingson with Susy Flory
- Boy from Buchenwald, the true story of a Holocaust survivor, Robert Waisman, with Susan McClelland
- The only plane in the sky, an oral history of 9/11, Garrett M. Graff
- American experience, American Experience Films presents ; a film by Stanley Nelson ; produced by Laurens Grant ; A production of Firelight Films ; WGBH Educational Foundation ; written, produced and directed by Stanley Nelson
- Brighter by the day, waking up to new hopes and dreams, Robin Roberts, with Michelle Burford
- Caught in the revolution, Petrograd, Russia, 1917-- a world on the edge, Helen Rappaport
- Schindler's legacy, true stories of the list survivors, Elinor J. Brecher
- They called us "lucky", the life and afterlife of the Iraq War's hardest hit unit, Ruben Gallego with Jim DeFelice
- Walk in my combat boots, true stories from America's bravest warriors, James Patterson and Matt Eversmann, First Sergeant, USA, Ret. ; with Chris Mooney
- Working stiff, two years, 262 bodies, and the making of a medical examiner, Judy Melinek and T.J. Mitchell
- The nurses, a year of secrets, drama, and miracles with the heroes of the hospital, Alexandra Robbins
- All the gallant men, an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor, Donald Stratton with Ken Gire
- The hiding place, by Corrie ten Boom ; with John and Elizabeth Sherrill
- Five days that shocked the world, eyewitness accounts from Europe at the end of World War II, Nicholas Best
- The diary of a young girl, Anne Frank
- An album of memories, personal histories from the greatest generation, Tom Brokaw
- The gift, 12 lessons to save your life, Edith Eger ; with Esmé Schwall Weigand
- The light of days, the untold story of women resistance fighters in Hitler's ghettos, Judy Batalion ; with Winifred Conkling
- Walk in my combat boots, James Patterson and Matt Eversmann ; with Chris Mooney
- The diary of a young girl, the definitive edition, Anne Frank ; edited by Otto H. Frank and Mirjam Pressler ; translated by Susan Massotty
- We must not forget, Holocaust stories of survival and resistance, Deborah Hopkinson
- Gifts from the enemy, by Trudy Ludwig ; illustrated by Craig Orback
- Buses are a comin', memoir of a freedom rider, Charles Person, with Richard Rooker
- Bend, not break, a life in two worlds, Ping Fu with MeiMei Fox
- The house by the lake, the true story of a house, its history, and the four families who made it home, written by Thomas Harding; illustrated Britta Teckentrup
- Beyond band of brothers, by Dick Winters with Cole C. Kingseed
- Drawn across borders, true stories of human migration, George Butler
- Clanlands, whisky, warfare, and a Scottish adventure like no other, Sam Heughan and Graham McTavish, with Charlotte Reather ; [foreword by Diana Gabaldon]
- Different voices, women and the Holocaust, edited and with introductions by Carol Rittner and John K. Roth
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