Biographies and autobiographies

  • David Copperfield's history of magic

    Creator

    Copperfield, David

    Abstract

    An illustrated, illuminating insight into the world of illusion from the world's greatest and most successful magician, capturing its audacious and inventive practitioners, and showcasing the art form's most famous artifacts housed at David Copperfield's secret museum. In this personal journey through a unique performing art, David Copperfield profiles some of the world's most groundbreaking magicians.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Brothers and wives : inside the private lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan

    Creator

    Andersen, Christopher

    Abstract

    Featuring unreported details and stunning revelations, the long-awaited follow-up to the "fabulous, addictive" ( Chicago Sun-Times ) New York Times bestseller Diana's Boys explores the last twenty years in the lives of Princes William and Harry and the evolution of their relationship as adults, with one brother the designated heir, and the other doomed to life as the spare-perfect for fans of Netflix's The Crown . Diana's Boys revealed the powerful bond between the teenaged princes, and how it strengthened even more in the wake of their mother's tragic death.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Both/and : a life in many worlds

    Creator

    Abedin, Huma

    Abstract

    In this beautifully written and propulsive memoir, Huma Abedin-Hillary Clinton's famously private top aide and longtime advisor-emerges from the wings of American political history to take command of her own story. The daughter of Indian and Pakistani intellectuals and advocates, Abedin grew up in the United States and Saudi Arabia and traveled widely. Both/And grapples with family, legacy, identity, faith, marriage, motherhood-and work-with wisdom, sophistication, and clarity.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • The big cheat : how Donald Trump fleeced America and enriched himself and his family

    Creator

    Johnston, David Cay.

    Abstract

    Pulitzer Prize­-winning reporter and dean of Trumpologists David Cay Johnston reveals years of eye-popping financial misdeeds by Donald Trump and his family. While the world watched Donald Trump's presidency in horror or delight, few noticed that his lifelong grifting quietly continued. Less than forty minutes after taking the oath of office, Trump began turning the White House into a money machine for himself, his family, and his courtiers. More than $1.7 billion flowed into Donald Trump's bank accounts during his four years as president.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Being seen : one deafblind woman's fight to end ableism

    Creator

    Sjunneson, Elsa

    Abstract

    A deafblind writer and professor explores how the misrepresentation of disability in books, movies, and TV harms both the disabled community and everyone else. As a deafblind woman with partial vision in one eye and bilateral hearing aids, Elsa Sjunneson lives at the crossroads of blindness and sight, hearing and deafness-much to the confusion of the world around her. While she cannot see well enough to operate without a guide dog or cane, she can see enough to know when someone is reacting to the visible signs of her blindness and can hear when they're whispering behind her back.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Off the record

    Creator

    Mansbridge, Peter

    Abstract

    Peter Mansbridge invites us to walk the beat with him in this entertaining and revealing look into his life and career, from his early broadcasting days in the remote northern Manitoba community of Churchill to the fast-paced news desk of CBC's flagship show, The National , where he reported on stories from around the world. Today, Peter Mansbridge is often recognized for his distinctive deep voice, which calmly delivered the news for over fifty years. But ironically, he never considered becoming a broadcaster.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster

    Not specified
  • John James Audubon

    Creator

    Pugliano, Carol

    Abstract

    John James Audubon did not have any formal training as a scientist. He had very little training as an artist. What he did have was a dream. Audubon dreamed of painting every species of bird in North America.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Columbus

    ZanerBloser, Inc.

    Not specified
  • Jacques Cousteau: ocean explorer

    Creator

    Barr, Linda

    Abstract

    Jacques Cousteau was born in France in 1910. Though he didn't go to college, his love for the ocean and film led him to become a great ocean explorer. Cousteau won Academy Awards for his films, invented undersea machines and cameras, and created TV shows.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Columbus

    ZanerBloser, Inc.

    Not specified
  • Isaac the alchemist : secrets of Isaac Newton, reveal'd

    Creator

    Losure, Mary

    Abstract

    Before Isaac Newton became the father of physics, an accomplished mathematician, or a leader of the scientific revolution, he was a boy living in an apothecary's house, observing and experimenting, recording his observations of the world in a tiny notebook. As a young genius living in a time before science as we know it existed, Isaac studied the few books he could get his hands on, built handmade machines, and experimented with alchemy, a process of chemical reactions that seemed (at the time) to be magical.

    Audience
    Adolescent
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Not specified
  • The inventor's secret : what Thomas Edison told Henry Ford

    Creator

    Slade, Suzanne

    Abstract

    Reinhardt's mixed-media artwork includes several lighthearted moments (parallel scenes featuring Edison and Ford as children highlight the explosive results of early failed experiments). It's a rewarding look at the importance of persistence, as well as the friendship that developed between these prominent inventors.

    Audience
    Juvenile**
    Publisher (Source)

    Holland

    Dreamscape Media, LLC

    Not specified