Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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Personal narratives
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Incoming Resources
- 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
- Bloods, an oral history of the Vietnam War, by Black veterans ; [edited by] Wallace Terry
- Dear Bob ..., Bob Hope's wartime correspondence with the G.I.s of World War II, written and compiled by Martha Bolton with Linda Hope
- 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.)
- One hundred Saturdays, Stella Levi and the search for a lost world, Michael Frank ; [artwork by Maira Kalman]
- The ragged edge, a US Marine's account of leading the Iraqi Army Fifth Battalion, Michael Zacchea and Ted Kemp
- 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
- 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 nurses, a year of secrets, drama, and miracles with the heroes of the hospital, Alexandra Robbins
- The checklist manifesto, how to get things right, Atul Gawande
- Just eat, one reporter's quest for a weight-loss regimen that works, Barry Estabrook
- GI Jews., Jewish Americans in World War II, produced by Amanda Bonavita ; written by Maia Harris ; produced & directed by Lisa Ades ; a production of Turquoise Films, Inc. ; in association with Thirteen Productions LLC for WNET, Widescreen
- Brain storms, the race to unlock the mysteries of Parkinson's Disease, Jon Palfreman
- Memories of evil, memoir of a World War II childhood, written in the fervent hope, perhaps naive, that Hegel's dictum is wrong, Peter Kubicek
- Talking until nightfall, remembering Jewish Salonica, 1941-44, Isaac Matarasso ; translated and introduced by Pauline Matarasso ; with contributions by Robert Matarasso and François Matarasso
- Shoot like a girl, one woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front, Mary Jennings Hegar
- Together we rise, behind the scenes at the protest heard round the world, the Women's March organizers and Condé Nast
- The rifle, combat stories from America's last WWII veterans, told through an M1 Garand, Andrew Biggio ; foreword by Hershel "Woody" Williams
- Unsinkable, five men and the indomitable run of the USS Plunkett, James Sullivan
- Things we haven't said, sexual violence survivors speak out, edited by Erin Moulton
- Bravo Company, an Afghanistan deployment and its aftermath, Ben Kesling
- All the gallant men, an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor, Donald Stratton with Ken Gire
- Black ops, the life of a CIA shadow warrior, Ric Prado
- Elle & Coach, diabetes, the fight for my daughter's life, and the dog who changed everything, Stefany Shaheen with Mark Dagostino
- All that moves us, life lessons from a pediatric neurosurgeon, Jay Wellons
- The operator, firing the shots that killed Osama bin Laden and my years as a SEAL Team warrior, Robert O'Neill
- Ask a North Korean, defectors talk about their lives inside the world's most secretive nation, Daniel Tudor ; foreword by Andrei Lankov ; translations by Elizabeth Jae, Nara Han, Ashley Cho and Daniel Tudor
- 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
- Danger close, my epic journey as a combat helicopter pilot in Iraq and Afghanistan, Amber Smith
- When I grow up, the lost autobiographies of six Yiddish teenagers, Ken Krimstein
- Ask a North Korean, defectors talk about their lives inside the world's most secretive nation, Daniel Tudor ; foreword by Andrei Lankov
- Gay bar, why we went out, Jeremy Lin Atherton
- Last witnesses, an oral history of the children of World War II, Svetlana Alexievich ; translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
- The stone crusher, the true story of a father and son's fight for survival in Auschwitz, Jeremy Dronfield
- All the gallant men, an American sailor's firsthand account of Pearl Harbor, Donald Stratton with Ken Gire
- Bravo company, an Afghanistan deployment and its aftermath, Ben Kesling
- Swansong 1945, a collective diary of the last days of the Third Reich, Walter Kempowski ; translated from the German by Shaun Whiteside
- Whistleblower, my journey to Silicon Valley and fight for justice at Uber, Susan Fowler
- Long shot, the inside story of the snipers who broke ISIS, Azad
- Tanqueray, Stephanie Johnson, Brandon Stanton ; illustrations by Henry Sene Yee
- Eat the apple, a memoir, Matt Young
- Walk in my combat boots, true stories from America's bravest warriors, James Patterson and Matt Eversmann, with Chris Mooney
- Questions I am asked about the Holocaust, Hédi Fried ; translated from the Swedish by Alice E. Olsson
- The best of me, David Sedaris
- Smile, Raina Telgemeier ; with color by Stephanie Yue
- The fifth act, America's end in Afghanistan, Elliot Ackerman
Outgoing Resources
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