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Biographies

Browse a selection of the newer (or a few favourite) biographies and autobiographies added to our Library's collection. Use the links to check availability or place a hold.

Go to biographies & autobiographies by the person's last name:
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Subject Author / Title / Publication Date
S - T  
Salk, Jonas Kluger, Jeffrey. Splendid Solution : Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine. 2004
Sampson, William Sampson, William. Confessions of an Innocent Man : Torture and Survival in a Saudi Prison, 2005
Saverin, Eduardo Mezrich, Ben. The Accidental Billionaires : the Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius and Betrayal, 2009
Schindler, Oskar Crowe, David. Oskar Schindler : The Untold Account of his Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story Behind the List, 2004
Scott, Robert Falcon Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir. Captain Scott, 2003
Scott, Robert Falcon Fiennes, Ranulph, Sir. Race to the Pole : Tragedy, Heroism, and Scott's Antarctic Quest, 2004
Seagrave, John Seagrave, John. The Hudson's Bay Boy : From Cabbagetown to Rupert's Land, 2004
Shakespeare, William Ackroyd, Peter. Shakespeare : the Biography, 2005
Shatner, William Shatner, William. Up Till Now: the Autobiography, 2008
Shaw, Chuck Whynott, Douglas. A Country Practice : Scenes From the Veterinary Life, 2004
Sinatra, Frank Summers, Anthony. Sinatra : The Life, 2005
Smith, Ed Smith, Ed. From the Ashes of My Dreams, 2002
Smithson, James Ewing, Heather P. The Lost World of James Smithson : Science, Revolution, and the Birth of the Smithsonian, 2007
Socrates Waterfield, Robin. Why Socrates Died : Dispelling the Myths, 2009
Springsteen, Bruce Guterman, Jimmy. Runaway American Dream : Listening to Bruce Springsteen, 2005
Stadnick, Walter Langton, Jerry. Fallen Angel : the Unlikely Rise of Walter Stadnick in the Canadian Hells Angels, 2006
Stalin, Joseph Medvedev, Roy. The Unknown Stalin : His Life, Death and Legacy, 2004
Stevenson, Robert Louis Harman, Claire. Robert Louis Stevenson : A Biography, 2006
Sullivan, Annie Nielsen, Kim E. Beyond the Miracle Worker : the Remarkable Life of Anne Sullivan Macy and Her Extraordinary Friendship with Helen Keller, 2009
Sullivan, Ed Maguire, James. Impresario : The Life and Tmes of Ed Sullivan, 2006
Supremes Ribowsky, Mark. The Supremes : a Saga of Motown Dreams, Success, and Betrayal, 2009
Tapp, Gordie Tapp, Gordie. What's on Tapp? : the Gordie Tapp story : alias Cousin Clem, 2006
Taylor, Jill Bolte Taylor, Jill Bolte. My Stroke of Insight : a Brain Scientist's Personal Journey, 2008, c2006
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich Brown, David. Tchaikovsky : the Man and His Music, 2007
Teller, Edward Goodchild, Peter. Edward Teller, the Real Dr. Strangelove, 2004
Tenet, George J. Tenet, George J. At the Center of the Storm : My Years at the CIA, 2007
Terpening, Rex Terpening, Rex. Bent Props and Blow Pots : A Pioneer Remembers Northern Bush Flying, 2003
Thaw, John Hancock, Sheila. The Two of Us : My Life with John Thaw, 2005
Tobin, Brian Tobin, Brian. All in Good Time, 2002
Thomson, Tom Grace, Sherrill. Inventing Tom Thomson : From Biographical Fictions to Fictional Autobiographies and Reproductions, 2005
Thomson, Tom Silcox, David P. The Group of Seven and Tom Thomson, 2003
Thorpe, Jim Crawford, Bill. All American : the rise and fall of Jim Thorpe, 2004
Tolkien, J. R. R. Garth, John. Tolkien and the Great War : The Threshold of Middle-earth, 2003
Traill, Catharine Parr Peterman, Michael A. Sisters in Two Worlds : a Visual Biography of Susanna Moodie and Catharine Parr Traill, 2007
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott Ricci, Nino. Pierre Elliot Trudeau, 2009
Trudeau, Pierre Elliott The Hidden Pierre Elliott Trudeau : The Faith Behind the Politics, 2004
Trump, Donald O'Brien, Timothy L. TrumpNation, 2005
Trump, Donald Slater, Robert. No Such Thing as Over-Exposure : Inside the Life and Celebrity of Donald Trump, 2005
Turner, Ted Auletta, Ken. Media man : Ted Turner's Improbable Empire, 2004
Turner, Tina Bego, Mark. Tina Turner : Break Every Rule, 2003
Twain, Mark Powers, Ron. Mark Twain : A Life , 2003
Tyndale, William Moynahan, Brian. God's Bestseller : William Tyndale, Thomas More, and the Writing of the English Bible -- a Story of Martyrdom and Betrayal, 2003

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