by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, 2011 A true story about Kamila Sidiqi and her 5 sisters and how they survived under the Taliban. Very similar to My Forbidden Face. Khair Khana is the neighborhood in Kabul in which they lived. When the Taliban took over, they could no longer leave the house, unless accompanied by male […]
Category: Biography
Half Broke Horses
by Jeanette Walls, 2009 “A True-Life Novel” Jeannette Walls tells the life story of her grandmother, Lily Casey Smith, who grew up on a ranch in Texas and then New Mexico. Her dad taught her how to break horses and work on the ranch. She was the oldest of 3 children-smart, hard-working, fearless. She really […]
Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1
by Mark Twain, 2010 He requested that much of his autobiography be unpublished until 100 years after his death. Introduction = 58 pages Preliminary Manuscripts and Dictations, 1870-1905, Pgs. 59-199 Autobiography of Mark Twain, pgs. 203-467 Explanatory Notes, pgs. 469-650 Appendixes, pgs. 651-667 Note on the Text, pgs. 669-679 Word Division in this Volume, pg. […]
Old Jules
by Mari Sandoz, 1935 Biography by the daughter of a pioneer in Nebraska. I didn’t finish this book because Old Jules was the meanest, cruelest, ugliest man, and when he started being cruel to his 2-year old daughter, I couldn’t read anymore.