Joe Neal served thirty-two years in Nevada’s state legislature. He was the first African American state senator in the notoriously unequal state’s history and emerged as an important voice for civil rights and economic opportunity.... Read More

Discover the fascinating, true story of Carter G. Woodson, who founded Black History Month. The son of former slaves was a farmer, coal miner, Harvard graduate, and hardworking advocate for freedom, equality, and the dissemination of... Read More

With a mind of her own and a desire to make the world a better place, Gloria Steinem, the equal rights activist and feminist extraordinaire, imagines, wishes, questions, learns, listens, watches, dreams, and speaks in this colorful... Read More

Jan Wahl distills the eventful life of Hollywood actress and inventor Hedy Lamarr in this grade school biography. It is illuminating and illustrated and is sure to be inspiring for young scientists with its message that “Hedy wanted to... Read More

The mysteries of a legendary science fiction author are explored in the outstanding graphic novel biography "Philip K. Dick". Dick, known to many as the author of stories that were later made into films like Blade Runner and Total... Read More

An admirable amateur genealogical survey, "Pages and Leaflets of North Oxfordshire" illustrates the historical record with personal details. Angela Fortnum’s "Pages and Leaflets of North Oxfordshire" is a personal family and religious... Read More

Tender, pithy, and steeped in respect, Never Sit if You Can Dance is a light-filled biographical work. Jo Giese’s radiant tribute, "Never Sit If You Can Dance: Lessons from My Mother, Babe", gathers brief essays that illustrate a... Read More

Through it is a personal story, "Examined Lives" testifies to flagrant injustices within psychological care. Roberta Reb Allen’s family biography "Examined Lives" focuses on mental illness and the wanton use of lobotomies in the... Read More