Sample Subject Headings for finding books in Bowman Library -

• Biography
• Diaries
• Athletes Biography
• Journalists Biography
• Photographers United States Biography

You may also search for "Biography" by keyword, as well as by names of famous people, historical figures, etc.

Examples of Some Biographies in Bowman Library’s Collection -

Ahn-Redding, Heather. Intercountry Adoptees Tell Their Stories. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2007. HV875.5 .A46 2007

Berman, Larry. Perfect Spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent. New York: Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2007. DS559.8.M44 B47 2007

Bernstein, Carl. A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. E887.C55 B47 2007

Bloom, John. Barry Bonds: A Biography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2004. GV865.B63 B56 2004

Coyle, Daniel. Lance Armstrong's War: One Man's Battle Against Fate, Fame, Love, Death, Scandal, and a Few Other Rivals on the Road to the Tour de France. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. GV1051.A76 C69 2005

Davis, Frederick Rowe. The Man Who Saved Sea Turtles: Archie Carr and the Origins of Conservation Biology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. QL31.C34 D38 2007

Garrod, Andrew, Robert Kilkenny, and Christina Gómez. Mi Voz, Mi Vida: Latino College Students Tell Their Life Stories. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007. LC2670.6 .M58 2007

Holmes, Rachel. African Queen: The Real Life of the Hottentot Venus. New York: Random House, 2007. DT1768.K56 B34 2007

Howell, Georgina. Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. DA566.9.B39 H69 2007

Kincaid, Jamaica. My Brother. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1997. PR9275.A583 K5639 1997

Kirschner, Ann. Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story. New York: Free Press, 2006. DS135.P63 K55753 2006

Larson, Robert W. Gall: Lakota War Chief. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2007. E99.H795 G355 2007

Lewis, Michael. The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game. New York: W.W. Norton, 2006. GV939.O44 L49 2006

Lytle, Mark H. The Gentle Subversive: Rachel Carson, Silent Spring and the Rise of the Environmental Movement. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. QH31.C33 L98 2007

Maraniss, Rick. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2007. GV865.C45 M355 2006

Mathabane, Mark. Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youth's Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa. New York: Penguin, 1987. DT779.95.M38 A34 1987a

McBride, James. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother. New York : Riverhead Books, 2006. F128.9.N4 M328 2006

Meisler, Stanley. Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace and a World of War. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley & Sons, 2007. D839.7.A56 M45 2007

Michaelis, David. Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography. New York: Harper, 2007. PN6727.S3 Z788 2007

Million, Joelle. Woman's Voice, Woman's Place: Lucy Stone and the Birth of the Woman's Rights Movement. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2003. JK1899.S8 M545 2003

Oppenheimer, Jerry. Seinfeld: The Making of an American Icon. New York: HarperCollins, 2002. PN2287.S345 O65 2002

Rodriguez, Richard. Days of Obligation: An Argument With My Mexican Father. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. F870 .M5 R6 1993

Smardz-Frost, Karolyn. I've Got a Home in Glory Land: A Lost Tale of the Underground Railroad. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007. F1059.5.T6853 B55 2007

Spiegelman, Art. Maus: A Survivor's Tale. London: Penguin, 2003. D810.J4 S643 2003 (Graphic Novel collection)

Stewart, Wayne. Babe Ruth: A Biography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2006. GV865.R8 S754 2006V865.C4355 2006 GV865.C45 355 200

Examples of Some Memoirs in Bowman Library’s Collection -

Alda, Alan. Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned. New York: Random House, 2005. PN2287.A45 A3 2005

Barkalow, Carol. In the Men's House: An Inside Account of Life in the Army by One of West Point's First Female Graduates. New York: Poseidon Press, 1990. U410.M1 B372 1990

Berkow, Ira. To the Hoop: The Seasons of a Basketball Life. New York: Basic Books, 1997. GV742.42.B47 A3 1997

Bragg, Rick. All Over but the Shoutin'. New York: Pantheon Books, 1997. PN4874.B6625 A3 1997

Deng, Alephonsion. They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The true Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan. New York: Public Affairs, 2005. DT157.63 .D46 2005

Doty, Mark. Dog Years: A Memoir. New York: Harper Collins, 2007. PS3554.O798 Z46 2007

Evans, Karin. The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past. New York: J.P. Tarcher/Putnam, 2001. HV1317 .E93 2001

Flynn, Nick. Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2004. PS3556.L894 Z464 2004

Houston, Pam. A Little More About Me. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1999. PS3558.O8725 Z468 1999

Karr, Mary. Cherry: A Memoir. New York: Viking, 2000. PS3561.A6929 Z465 2000

Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. New York: Vintage Books, 1989.CT275.K5764 A33 1977

Menchu, Rigoberta. I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala. London: Verso, 1984. F1465.2.Q5 M3813 1984

Moaveni, Azadeh. Lipstick Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran. New York: Public Affairs, 2005. E184.I5 M63 2005

Pham, Andrew. Catfish and Mandala: A Two-Wheeled Voyage Through the Landscape and Memory of Vietnam. New York: Picador, 1999. E184.V53 P455 1999

Shah, Saira. The Storyteller's Daughter. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. PN5123.S43 A3 2003

Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone. Girls of Tender Age: A Memoir. New York: Free Press, 2006. PS3569.M537736 Z465 2006

Turner, Sugar. Sugar's Life in the Hood: The Story of a Former Welfare Mother. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. E185.97.T98 A3 2002

Villaseñor, Victor. Thirteen Senses: A Memoir. New York: Rayo, 2001. PS3572.I384 Z474 2001

Wideman, John Edgar. Hoop Roots. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. PS3573.I26 Z467 2001

Witchel, Alex. Girls Only. New York: Random House, 1996. PN4872.W57 A3 1996

Wolff, Tobias. This Boy's Life: A Memoir. New York: Grove Press, 1999. PS3573.O558 Z477 1999

Yasgur, Batya Swift. Behind the Burqa: Our life in Afghanistan and How We Escaped to Freedom. Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley, 2002. DS371.3 .Y37 2002

An Essay of Interest -

Marshall, Megan. "Why Biography?" Common-Place 8(1), October 2007.
http://www.common-place.org/vol-08/no-01/author/
An article by historian Megan Marshall in which she discusses her early love of biographies.

Citing Your Sources-

Be sure to check with your professor on which citation style is required. Bowman Library provides the following resources to assist with citation format:

For online resources, see How to Cite Your Research for links to MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles.

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers - LB2369 .G53 2003 (Located in Library Permanent Reserves).

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association - BF76.7 .P83 2001 (Located in Library Permanent Reserves).

The Chicago Manual of Style - Z253 .U69 2003 (Located in Library Permanent Reserves).

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