Memoir

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Malaika and the Seven Heavens

A Memoir of My Encounters with Islam

By Toyin Omoyeni Falola
Subjects: African Studies, Memoir, Religion

How a personal journey with Islam illuminates the transformative power of empathy, communication, and shared humanity

Expedition Escape from the Classroom

Political Outings on the Campus and the Anxiety of Teaching IR

By Oded Löwenheim
Subjects: Political Science, International Relations, Education, Higher Education, Memoir
Series: Configurations: Critical Studies of World Politics

Breaking out of the classroom to explore how international relations manifest on campus

Lessons in Gratitude

A Memoir on Race, the Arts, and Mental Health

By Aaron P Dworkin
Subjects: Memoir, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan
Series: Campus Voices: Stories of Excellence from the University of Michigan

A tale of persistence, passion, and music

Firsthand

How I Solved a Literary Mystery and Learned to Play Kickass Tennis while Coming to Grips with the Disorder of Things

By Keith Gandal
Subjects: Literary Studies, Essay and Interview, Memoir
Series: Writers on Writing

On writing, researching, and tennis

A Passion for Cooperation

Adventures of a Wide-Ranging Scientist

By Robert Axelrod
Subjects: Memoir, Political Science, Conflict Resolution & Peace Studies, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Politics
Series: Campus Voices: Stories of Excellence from the University of Michigan

A lifetime of achieving the gold standard of interdisciplinary research

Waiting for the Call

From Preacher's Daughter to Lesbian Mom

By Jacqueline Taylor
Subjects: Memoir, Religion, Sexuality Studies

One woman's search for the meaning of faith when the foundations of her beliefs are tested to the limit

In Contempt

Defending Free Speech, Defeating HUAC

By Ed Yellin & Jean Fagan Yellin
Subjects: Memoir, History, American History, Political Science, Judicial Politics

How an American Family Went to the Supreme Court with a First Amendment Defense and Beat HUAC

World War II Front Line Nurse

By Mildred A. MacGregor
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, History, Memoir, History, American History

The riveting personal account of a Michigan nurse's experiences in France, Germany, and Africa during the Second World War

Ten Thousand Nights

Highlights from 50 Years of Theatre-Going

By Marvin Carlson
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Memoir

Relives essential moments and remarkable achievements in modern theatre, from the 1960s to the present

Remembering Tanizaki Jun’ichiro and Matsuko

Diary Entries, Interview Notes, and Letters, 1954-1989

By Anthony Chambers
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Literary Studies, Asian Literature, Biography, Memoir
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

An essential companion for Tanizaki scholars and aficionados alike, providing a glimpse of the man from those closest to him

Childhood Years

A Memoir

By Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
Subjects: Asian Studies, Japan, Literary Studies, Asian Literature, Memoir
Series: Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies

Set against the modernization of Japan, this memoir offers a moving look at famed novelist Tanizaki' Jun'ichirō’s early years

 

Feather Brained

My Bumbling Quest to Become a Birder and Find a Rare Bird on My Own

By Bob Tarte
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Memoir, Nature/Environment, Environmental Studies

Memoirist Bob Tarte returns with another hilarious look into his birdbrained world

In the Name of Editorial Freedom

125 Years at the Michigan Daily

Edited by Stephanie Steinberg
Subjects: Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan, Memoir

Celebrating 125 years of the Michigan Daily

It All Began in Nuremberg

Between History and Memory

By Rita Thalmann
Translated by Lois Davis Vines & Marie-Claire Connes Wrage
Subjects: Memoir, History, European History, Jewish Studies

A new translation of Rita Thalmann’s impactful memoir detailing her personal witness of Nazism and the Holocaust

Counting the Tiger's Teeth

An African Teenager's Story

By Toyin Omoyeni Falola
Subjects: Memoir, African Studies, History

A preeminent historian’s memoir of the first peasant rebellion in postcolonial Nigeria

Hot Fudge Sundae in a White Paper Cup

A Spirited Black Woman in a White World

By Gwendolyn Calvert Baker
Subjects: African American Studies, Memoir, Race and Ethnicity, Biography

A memoir by acclaimed educator and leader Gwendolyn Calvert Baker exploring her life and work

Dear Wizard

The Letters of Nicholas Delbanco and Jon Manchip White

By Nicholas Delbanco
Subjects: Memoir, Literary Studies, Writing

A belletristic personal correspondence and contest of extravagant and amusing letterhead

Yes, There Will Be Singing

By Marilyn Krysl
Subjects: Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetry Criticism, Writing, Memoir
Series: Poets on Poetry

A powerful collection of essays that ruminates on poetry’s profound spiritual and healing possibilities

The Politics of the Trail

Reflexive Mountain Biking along the Frontier of Jerusalem

By Oded Löwenheim
Subjects: Middle and Near Eastern Studies, Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology, Memoir

A history of conflict on display through a morning commute through Jerusalem

What Matters in Medicine

Lessons from a Life in Primary Care

By David Loxterkamp
Subjects: Memoir

An honest and insightful reflection on lessons learned about primary care from a life as a small town doctor

Building Tall

My Life and the Invention of Construction Management

By John L. Tishman & Tom Shachtman
Subjects: Memoir, Business, Business Management and Leadership, Michigan and the Great Lakes, Ann Arbor/University of Michigan

The memoir of the Construction Manager for some of the world's most famous high-rises

As If

An Autobiography

By Herbert Blau
Subjects: Theater and Performance, Literary Studies, Literary Criticism and Theory, Memoir, Biography

A legendary figure in American theater looks back

A Mouth Sweeter Than Salt

An African Memoir

By Toyin Omoyeni Falola
Subjects: Memoir, African Studies, History

The long-awaited memoir from the most prolific historian of Africa

An Angle of Vision

Women Writers on Their Poor and Working-Class Roots

Edited by Lorraine Lopez
Subjects: Gender Studies, Women's Studies, Class Studies, American Studies, Literary Studies, American Literature, Memoir, Latinx Studies
Series: Class : Culture

Uncommon perspectives by prominent women writers on class, money, family, and home

The Accidental Teacher

Life Lessons from My Silent Son

An Autism Memoir

By Annie Lubliner Lehmann
Subjects: Memoir, Education, Special Education, Health & Medicine, Disability Studies, Psychology

A mother's honest, unvarnished, and touching memoir about the life lessons she learned from a son with autism

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