New Books on the Biography Shelf

April 11, 2018 | SuzyQ
Agatha Christie : a mysterious life by Laura Thompson
William Howard Taft by Jeffrey Rosen
Redemption : Martin Luther King Jr.'s last 31 hours by Joseph Rosenbloom
My days : happy and otherwise by Marion Ross
Hang time : my life in basketball by Elgin Baylor

Elgin Baylor's memoir of an epic all-star career in the NBA--during which he transformed basketball from a horizontal game into a vertical one--and his fights against racism during his career as a player and as general manager of the L.A. Clippers under the infamous Donald Sterling.

Inseparable : the original Siamese twins and their rendezvous with American history by Yunte Huang
Eunice : the Kennedy who changed the world by Eileen McNamara
Frederick Douglass : America's prophet by D. H. Dilbeck

Frederick Douglass was born into slavery on Maryland's Eastern Shore and became an extraordinary champion of liberty and equality. 

My dead parents : a memoir by Anya Yurchyshyn