The best memoirs and biographies blend fascinating anecdotes with deeper meditations that make us reflect on our own lives.

When young Ben Franklin landed in Philadelphia after the long trip from Boston in the 1700s, he was ravenously hungry, as he writes in his famous “Autobiography.” So, he went into a bakery and asked ...

Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou’s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were among the nearly 400 volumes removed from the U ...

*Books about the Holocaust, civil rights, feminism, racism, and Maya Angelou‘s famous autobiography, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” were recently removed from the U.S. Naval Academy’s library.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Books on the Holocaust, histories of feminism, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou's famous autobiography, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," were among the nearly 400 volumes ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Books on the Holocaust, ...