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Memoir, Biography, & Autobiography

Reconcilable Differences

Reconcilable Differences

The Unlikely Political Alliance of John F. Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt

Barbara A. Perry

A Sea of Possibilities

A Sea of Possibilities

The Revolutionary Atlantic World of Captain Thomas Allen

Kenneth J. Banks

Redeemer, Reformer, Rebel

Redeemer, Reformer, Rebel

The Progressive Era Activism of Dr. Kate Waller Barrett

Kathleen Waters Sander

Virginia's Forgotten Founder

Virginia's Forgotten Founder

The World of Robert Carter Nicholas

Brent Tarter

Fiske and Marie Kimball

Fiske and Marie Kimball

Shaping Public Engagement with Architecture and the Arts

Edited by Marie Frank

Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor

Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor

Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice

Gregory S. Gordon

George Washington

George Washington

His Quest for Honor and Fame

Peter R. Henriques

Lafayette

Lafayette

Lessons in Leadership from the Idealist General

Marc Leepson

A Soldier's Life

A Soldier's Life

A Black Woman's Rise from Army Brat to Six Triple Eight Champion

Edna W. Cummings

From Dakota to Dixie

From Dakota to Dixie

George Buswell's Civil War

George W. Buswell, edited by Jonathan W. White and Reagan Connelly. Foreword by Gary W. Gallagher

Those Who Stayed

Those Who Stayed

A Vietnam Diary

Claudia Krich

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

A Life

Richard Kopley

Call Me Larry

Call Me Larry

A Creole Man's Triumph over Racism and Homophobia

Larry Bagneris, with Ryan Gomez

Diplomats at War

Diplomats at War

Friendship and Betrayal on the Brink of the Vietnam Conflict

Charles Trueheart

Searching for Jimmie Strother

Searching for Jimmie Strother

A Tale of Music, Murder, and Memory

Gregg D. Kimball. Foreword by Dom Flemons

The Scientist Turned Spy

The Scientist Turned Spy

André Michaux, Thomas Jefferson, and the Conspiracy of 1793

Patrick Spero

Watchdogs

Watchdogs

Inspectors General and the Battle for Honest and Accountable Government

Glenn A. Fine

Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

An Intellectual Biography

Dan Poston

Some Unfinished Chaos

Some Unfinished Chaos

The Lives of F. Scott Fitzgerald

Arthur Krystal

The Poetic Justice

The Poetic Justice

A Memoir

John Charles Thomas

Seven Virginians

Seven Virginians

The Men Who Shaped Our Republic

John B. Boles

Crossing the River Styx

Crossing the River Styx

The Memoir of a Death Row Chaplain

Russ Ford. Charles Peppers. Todd C. Peppers

Soul Mates of the Lost Generation

Soul Mates of the Lost Generation

The Letters of John Dos Passos and Crystal Ross

Lewis M. Dabney

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

Formed by Faith

Charlie Lovett

The Princess of Albemarle

The Princess of Albemarle

Amélie Rives, Author and Celebrity at the Fin de Siècle

Jane Turner Censer

Lifting Every Voice

Lifting Every Voice

My Journey from Segregated Roanoke to the Corridors of Power

William B. Robertson. With Becky Hatcher Crabtree. Foreword by Linwood Holton

Beyond the Moulin Rouge

Beyond the Moulin Rouge

The Life and Legacy of La Goulue

Will Visconti

Limited Choices

Limited Choices

Mable Jones, a Black Children's Nurse in a Northern White Household

Emily K. Abel and Margaret K. Nelson. Foreword by Andrea Douglas

Almost Hemingway

Almost Hemingway

The Adventures of Negley Farson, Foreign Correspondent

Rex Bowman and Carlos Santos

The Booker T. Washington Papers : Digital Edition

The Booker T. Washington Papers : Digital Edition

Booker T. Washington. Edited by Louis R. Harlan and Raymond W. Smock

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Paternalism's Daughter

Deborah A. Symonds

In the Arena

In the Arena

A Memoir of Love, War, and Politics

Chuck Robb. Foreword by Bill Clinton

Wandering Memory

Wandering Memory

Jan J. Dominique. Translated by Emma Donovan Page

Against the Hounds of Hell

Against the Hounds of Hell

A Life of Howard Thurman

Peter Eisenstadt

The Life of William Faulkner

The Life of William Faulkner

Volume 2

This Alarming Paradox, 1935–1962

Carl Rollyson

Three Rings

Three Rings

A Tale of Exile, Narrative, and Fate

Daniel Mendelsohn

1930

1930

The First Automobile Trip in North America, from Manhattan to Managua

Arthur Lyon. Edited by Larry Lyon, with annotations by Denis Wood and an afterword by Sally Denton

Reading through the Night

Reading through the Night

Jane Tompkins

The Life of William Faulkner

The Life of William Faulkner

Volume 1

The Past Is Never Dead, 1897-1934

Carl Rollyson

Resurrections

Resurrections

Authors, Heroes—and a Spy

Jeffrey Meyers

Paper Gardens

Paper Gardens

A Stroll through French Literature

Evelyne Bloch-Dano. Translated by Teresa Lavender Fagan. Foreword by Alice Kaplan

Mathilde Blind

Mathilde Blind

Late-Victorian Culture and the Woman of Letters

James Diedrick

You Come Too

You Come Too

My Journey with Robert Frost

Lesley Lee Francis. Foreword by Jay Parini

Living on Wilderness Time

Living on Wilderness Time

Melissa Walker

Outside the Wire

Outside the Wire

American Soldiers' Voices from Afghanistan

Edited by Christine Dumaine Leche. Foreword by Brian Turner, author of "The Hurt Locker"

Steinbeck in Vietnam

Steinbeck in Vietnam

Dispatches from the War

John Steinbeck. Edited by Thomas E. Barden

Escaping God's Closet

Escaping God's Closet

The Revelations of a Queer Priest

Bernard Duncan Mayes

Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years

Notes of a Son and Brother and The Middle Years

A Critical Edition

Henry James and Peter Collister

A Small Boy and Others

A Small Boy and Others

A Critical Edition

Henry James. Edited by Peter Collister

Emily Dickinson's Correspondences: A Born-Digital Textual Inquiry

Emily Dickinson. Edited by Martha Nell Smith and Lara Vetter

Emily Dickinson's Correspondences: A Born-Digital Textual Inquiry

Emily Dickinson. Edited by Martha Nell Smith and Lara Vetter

Nature Cure

Nature Cure

Richard Mabey

Journal of Emily Shore Revised and Expanded : Digital Edition

Emily Shore. Edited by Barbara Timm Gates

Journal of Emily Shore Revised and Expanded : Digital Edition

Emily Shore. Edited by Barbara Timm Gates

The Letters of Christina Rossetti : Digital Edition

Christina Rossetti. Edited by Antony H. Harrison

The Letters of Christina Rossetti : Digital Edition

Christina Rossetti. Edited by Antony H. Harrison

Gods of Noonday

Gods of Noonday

A White Girl's African Life

Elaine Neil Orr

Perfect Companionship

Perfect Companionship

Ellen Glasgow's Selected Correspondence with Women

Ellen Glasgow. Edited by Pamela R. Matthews

Lincoln's Tragic Admiral

Lincoln's Tragic Admiral

The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont

Kevin J. Weddle

The Letters of Christina Rossetti

The Letters of Christina Rossetti

Volume 1

1843-1873

Christina Rossetti. Edited by Antony H. Harrison

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 12

April 1908-August 1910

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

Beloved Boy

Beloved Boy

Letters to Hendrik C. Andersen, 1899–1915

Edited by Rosella Mamoli Zorzi. Introduction by Millicent Bell

Journal of a Residence in Chile during the Year 1822, and a Voyage from Chile to Brazil

Journal of a Residence in Chile during the Year 1822, and a Voyage from Chile to Brazil

Edited by Jennifer Poole Hayward.

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 11

William and Henry April 1905 - March 1908

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

Randall Jarrell's Letters

Randall Jarrell's Letters

An Autobiographical and Literary Selection

Mary Jarrell. Edited by Mary Jarrell

A Single, Numberless Death

A Single, Numberless Death

Nora Strejilevich. Translated by Cristina de la Torre with the collaboration of the author

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 10

William and Henry 1902-March 1905

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 9

William and Henry July 1899-1901

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 8

William and Henry: 1895-1899

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 7

William and Henry 1890-1894

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 6

William and Henry 1885-1889

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

An American Homeplace

An American Homeplace

Donald McCaig

The Limits of Hope

The Limits of Hope

An Adoptive Mother's Story

Ann Kimble Loux

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 5

William and Henry 1878-1884

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

William and Henry James

William and Henry James

Selected Letters

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley. Introduction by John J. McDermott

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 4

William and Henry 1856-1877

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

Faulkner in the University, Introduction by Douglas Day

Faulkner in the University, Introduction by Douglas Day

Frederick L. Gwynn and Joseph L. Blotner, eds

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 3

William and Henry 1897-1910

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

The Correspondence of William James

The Correspondence of William James

Volume 2

William and Henry 1885-1896

William James. Edited by Ignas K. Skrupskelis and Elizabeth M. Berkeley

Journal of Emily Shore

Journal of Emily Shore

Barbara Timm Gates, ed.

James Madison

James Madison

A Biography

Ralph Ketcham