Wake up : a life of the Buddha / by Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

In Byron's wake : the turbulent lives of Byron's wife and daughter : Annabella Milbanke and Ada Lovelace / by Seymour, Miranda

Waking Nanabijou : uncovering a secret past / by Poling, Jim, Sr

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My father's wake : how the Irish teach us to live, love and die / by Toolis, Kevin

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On being human : a memoir of waking up, living real, and listening hard / by Pastiloff, Jennifer

Cortijo's Wake / El entierro de Cortijo / by Rodríguez Juliá, Edgardo, 1946-

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Victory in defeat : the Wake Island defenders in captivity, 1941-1945 / by Urwin, Gregory J. W., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…"Issue in doubt" : the siege of Wake Island -- "The emperor has ... presented you with your lives" : the shock of capture -- "Very odd people indeed" : the first twenty-four hours in captivity -- "The Japanese continue to treat us with respect" : a deceptively gentle transition to POW life -- "A real hell ship" : from Wake Island to Yokohama on the Nitta Maru -- "Never had I felt so desolate or so weary" : from murder at sea to despair on land -- "The most painful days we spent in prison camp" : hitting bottom at Woosung -- "The Japanese Army ... will improve your conditions" : turning the corner at Woosung -- "Without Red Cross help ... we would never have pulled through" : the impact of outside aid -- "I thought they handled themselves reasonably well" : Japanese-POW relations at Woosung -- "You God damn Americans don't understand anything" : strains, outrages, and departures -- "This camp is the best one that the Japs have" : a new commandant and a new camp -- A hellacious damn deal till we finished" : pushed to the edge on Mount Fuji -- "Optimism ... is running high" : hope revives at Kiangwan -- "The pleasure of raising our flag over the enemy's homeland" : to Japan and liberation -- "98 US PW, 5-10-43" : the Wake Island diaspora, 1942-1945 -- "We had a bond there that's still going" : why so many came home.…”
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The archive thief : the man who salvaged French Jewish history in the wake of the Holocaust / by Leff, Lisa Moses

The good pirates of the forgotten bayous : fighting to save a way of life in the wake of Hurricane Katrina / by Wells, Ken

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Leaves from a President's Notebook: Lessons on Life and Leadership. by Hearn, Thomas K.

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William Louis Poteat : a leader of the progressive-era South / by Hall, Randal L., 1971-

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Crash course : from the good war to the forever war / by Franklin, H. Bruce 1934-

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Edward Abbey : a life / by Cahalan, James M.

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This bell still rings : my life of defiance and song / by Dane, Barbara

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Why Mrs Blake cried : William Blake and the sexual basis of spiritual vision / by Schuchard, Marsha Keith

Moments of truth : Robert R. Davila, the story of a deaf leader / by Lang, Harry G.

Table of Contents: “…A sense of loss -- Waking up in silence -- Out of the barrio -- A rough start -- Bedazzled -- Breaking down barriers -- Syracuse -- Giving back to the profession -- Blessed and tormented -- Deaf president now -- Momento de verdad -- Assistant secretary! …”
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The downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the foundation of Israel / by Shiff, Ofer

Table of Contents: “…The American century in the wake of the Holocaust -- 3. Where Judaism differed: a call for external and internal reform -- II. …”
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Understanding Alice McDermott / by Hallissy, Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Understanding Alice McDermott -- A bigamist's daughter -- That night -- At weddings and wakes -- Charming Billy -- Child of my heart -- After this -- Someone -- The ninth hour -- The short fiction…”
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Revolution of the soul : awaken to love through raw truth, radical healing, and conscious action / by Corn, Seane

Table of Contents: “…Finding God in heaven ; Waking up at Life Café ; An unfamiliar feeling ; Breathe and everything changes ; Break on through to the other side ; The gong of awakening ; A stinking realization ; Say his name, baby -- Revolution of the soul. …”

Lucrecia's dreams : politics and prophecy in sixteenth-century Spain / by Kagan, Richard L., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Lucrecia de León -- Dreams diabolical, dreams divine -- "I wake up the moment my eyes are closed" -- Politics and prophecy -- Lucrecia the prophet -- Trial in Toledo -- Conclusion: understanding Lucrecia.…”
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