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Cole Bedford

Engineering the Modern American West

During the second half of the 19th century, Americans dramatically altered the landscape of the arid American West---especially its precious few rivers. Engineers built ever more ambitious dams, canals, d…

Scott Beekman

The Last Gladiator

The incredible career of the forgotten but foundational pro wrestler who shaped American sports culture.

Molly Beer

Angelica

Few women of the American Revolution have come through 250 years of US history with such clarity and color as Angelica Schuyler Church. She was Alexander Hamilton's "saucy" sister-in-law, and th…

Molly Beer

Angelica

Few women of the American Revolution have come through 250 years of US history with such clarity and color as Angelica Schuyler Church. She was Alexander Hamilton's "saucy" sister-in-law, and th…

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Beethoven

Robert Behrens

The Uninvited Guests

In THE UNINVITED GUESTS, Robert H. Behrens shares a raw and unflinching memoir about what happens when grief and illness collide. In the devastating aftermath of the sudden, inexplicable death of his step…

Harry Belafonte, Kevin Baker

A Burning House

The late, legendary performer and activist's candid reflections on American race relations and social movements, based on previously unpublished conversations with the award-winning historian Harry Belafo…

Colin Bell

Bloody Dangerous

A thrilling memoir from one of the last living WW2 pilots, published to mark his 105th birthday 'Colin Bell DFC is one of the most remarkable people I've ever met' JAMES HOLLAND 'A terrific read, combinin…

Evelyn Bellanger

Remember, You Are Indigenous

A respected elder shares stories and insights from growing up on the White Earth Reservation in MinnesotaWith unflinching honesty, Evelyn Bellanger tells a vivid account of her childhood in Pine Point, Mi…

Peter Belz

Working Titles

Working Titles: Memoir of an American Hustler is the true story of one man's life told through sixty-six different jobs, stitched together across six decades of labor, hustles, and survival. From mowing l…

Lihi Ben Shitrit, Mona Al-Habanin

Unrecognized

In 1998, when Mona Al-Habanin was twenty-eight years old and pregnant with her sixth child, she stood before a council of al-Naqab Bedouin shaykhs and faced the most difficult decision of her life: give u…

Pat Benatar

Between a Heart and a Rock Place

For more than thirty years, Pat Benatar has been one of the most iconic women in rock music, with songs like "Heartbreaker," "Hit Me with Your Best Shot," and "Love Is a Battlefie…

Eva Benefield

Ghost Girl

Eva Benefield, the daughter of the victim of the viral "Black Swan Murder," describes coming of age amid grief, violence, and a true-crime spectacle, in a poignant memoir "relatable to anyo…

Jeannie Benjamin, Sean Feast

Main Force to Mosquito Master Bomber

Wing Commander Eric Benjamin was no stranger to danger or excitement. In an action-packed career as part of the RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR), he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross twice for his b…

C. Susanne Bennett

Evolving

What happens when faith and sexuality refuse to stay in their assigned boxes?C. Susanne Bennett's memoir explores the evolving intersection of faith and sexuality over nearly eight decades of life. Writte…

Michael Gordon Bennett

Out of Frame

Out of Frame: Growing Up Where I Didn't Belong is a memoir that traces a childhood shaped by displacement, structure, and unspoken rules about belonging. Raised within the rigid order of military life, Mi…

Juda Bennett

Qtopia

In the 1970s, while communes bloomed like wildflowers across the land, most had no room for queer members. The so-called counterculture still clung to heterosexual norms, even as it preached freedom from …

Ramona Bennett Bill

Fighting for the Puyallup Tribe

A compelling on-the-ground account of Native activism in the NorthwestA relentless advocate for Native rights, Ramona Bennett Bill has been involved in the battles waged by the Puyallup and other Northwes…

Jodi Benson

Part of My World

Join Disney Legend Jodi Benson on a magical journey from a Midwestern town to the bright lights of Broadway and the recording booth where she brought one of the most beloved Disney princesses of all time …