Acosta, Oscar Zeta
Revolt of the Cockroach People
In this exhilarating sequel to The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Acosta takes us behind the front lines of the militant Chicano movement of the late sixties and early seventies, a movement he served both in the courtroom and on the barricades.
Adult Subject CT275A186A3 1989B

Anderson, Marian
My Lord What A Morning
A gentle and engrossing memoir, of Anderson's life from humble but proud beginnings in south Philadelphia to international vocal renown. She writes of triumph and adversity, of being grounded in faith and surrounded by family, and of the music that shaped her career.
Adult Subject ML420 A6 A3

Angelou, Maya
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
Autobiography covering the childhood of a woman who has been a professional dancer, actress, poet, journalist, and television producer
Young Adult Subject Paperback

Baker, Russell
Growing Up
This is Russell Baker's story of growing up in America between the world wars--in the backwoods mountains of Virginia, in a New Jersey commuter town, and finally in the Depression-shadowed urban landscape of Baltimore.
Adult Subject PS3552 A4343 Z466 1983B

Carson, Ben
Gifted Hands
Captures the physician's fight to beat the odds, the secret behind his outstanding accomplishments, and what drives him to take risks.
Young Adult Subject Paperback

Cofer, Judith Otiz
Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood
In this entertaining and perceptive book, the author's life unfolds through tales set in Mama's room, in Puerto Rican pueblos, and in Paterson, New Jersey apartments.
Adult Subject PS3565 R7737 Z477 1990

Gandhi, Mahatma
Autobiography: the Story of My Experiments with Truth
Gandhi's nonviolent struggles in South Africa and India had already brought him to such a level of notoriety, adulation, and controversy that when asked to write an autobiography midway through his career, he took it as an opportunity to explain himself.
Adult Subject DS481G3A348 1983

Frey, James
Million Little Pieces
The author tells the true story of his recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, beginning with his enrollment in a Minnesota rehabilitation center after a two-week blackout and ending with his rejection of all Twelve Step programs.
Young Adult Non-Fiction PS3557 A5197 Z468 2002

Gantos, Jack
Hole In My Life
The author relates how, as a young adult, he became a drug user and smuggler, was arrested, did time in prison, and eventually got out and went to college, all the while Young Adult Non-Fiction PS3557 A5197 Z468 2002

McCourt, Frank
Angela's Ashes: A Memoir
Recounting scenes from his childhood in New York City and Limerick, Ireland, McCourt paints a brutal picture of his early days when there was rarely enough food on the table. The author remembers the painful loss of his siblings to sickness and hunger, a proud mother reduced to begging for charity, and the stench of the sewage-strewn streets that ran outside the front door
YA Subject Paperback

Mah, Adeline Yen
Falling Leaves: A True Story of Unwanted Chinese Daughter
The author's memoir of life in mainland China and--after the 1949 revolution--Hong Kong is a gruesome chronicle of nonstop emotional abuse from her wealthy father and his beautiful, cruel second wife.
Adult Subject CT275 M45115 A3 1998

Mahmoody, Betty
Not Without My Daughter
The true story of Mahmoody's escape from Iran with her daughter after her Iranian husband attempted to turn a two-week vacation into a permanent relocation and a life of subservience for Betty and her daughter.
Adult Subject HQ1413 M33 M3 1987

Rodriguez, Richard
Hunger of Memory: the Education of Richard Rodriguez: an Autobiography
Rodriguez pays the cost of his social assimilation and academic success with a painful alienation from his past, his parents, and his culture.
YA Subject Paperback

Villasenor, Victor
Rain of Gold
A writer of Mexican-American heritage, Villasenor, tells the engrossing saga of his family's immigration to, and subsequent life in, California in the wake of the Mexican revolution. A sort of Hispanic Roots, the book focuses on three generations as they struggle with poverty and prejudice, love and life.
Adult Subject PS3572 I384 R35 1992

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