My Beloved World
Author: Sonia Sotomayor
The first Latinx (Puerto Rican) and third woman appointed to the US Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor has become an instant American icon. Now, with a candor and intimacy never undertaken by a sitting Justice, she recounts her life from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench, a journey that offers an inspiring testament to her own extraordinary determination and the pow….Read More
9 Books Similar to My Beloved World
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
The time is 1933, the place, Berlin, when William E. Dodd becomes America's first ambassador to Hitler's Germany in a year that proved to be a turning point in history.A… Continue Reading Posted in: 1869 1940, Bibliography, Biography, Dodd, German History, True Crime, William Edward
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
You can't spell truth without Ruth.Only Ruth Bader Ginsburg can judge me.The Ruth will set you free.Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg never asked for fame—she was just trying to… Continue Reading Posted in: Biographies of Lawyers & Judges, Lawyer & Judge Biographies
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, Description And Travel, Text
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman… Continue Reading Posted in: African American Women Authors, Literary Criticism & Theory, Maya Biographies, Negroes: Angelou, Racial Bias, Southern U.S. Biographies
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X's The Autobiography of Malcolm X was written in collaboration with Alex Haley, author of Roots, and includes an introduction by Paul Gilroy, author of The Black Atlantic, in… Continue Reading Posted in: Afro American Civil Rights Workers, Autobiographies England 1968, Biography
The Glass Castle
In the tradition of Mary Karr's The Liars' Club and Rick Bragg's All Over But the Shouting, Walls has written a stunning and life-affirming memoir about surviving a willfully impoverished,… Continue Reading Posted in: Children Of Alcoholics, New York (State) New York, Rural Poor
An Invisible Thread: The True Story of an 11-Year-Old Panhandler, a Busy Sales Executive, and an Unlikely Meeting with Destiny
In the tradition of the New York Times bestseller The Blind Side, The Invisible Thread tells of the unlikely friendship between a busy executive and a disadvantaged young boy, and… Continue Reading Posted in: Business Professional's Biographies, Children And Adults, New York (State) New York, Sociology of Urban Areas, White, Women
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.