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Young Queens: Three Renaissance Women and the Price of Power
Leah Redmond Chang - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover
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The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois, and Mary, Queen of Scots -- three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men.. Orphaned from infancy, Catherine de' Medici endured a tumultuous childhood. Married to the French... |
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Chinese Prodigal: A Memoir in Eight Arguments
David Shih - Atlantic Monthly Press
Format: Hardcover
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From an exciting and sharp-voiced new observer of American culture, a forthright and probing debut exploring Asian American identity in a racially codified countryAfter his father's passing in 2019, David Shih sought to unravel the underlying tensions that defined the complex relationship... |
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Seduced by the Light: The Mina Miller Edison Story
Alexandra Rimer - Lyons Press
Format: Hardcover
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Seduced by the Light is the first and only biography of Mina Miller Edison, the wife of Thomas Edison, the woman who created and shaped the myth of one of the most seminal figures in America's history. The Thomas Edison we think we know was essentially created by Mina Miller Edison.... |
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Incurable Optimist: Living with Illness and Chronic Hope
Jennifer Cramer-Miller - She Writes Press
Format: Paperback
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At twenty-two, Jennifer Cramer-Miller was thrilled with her new job, charming boyfriend, and Seattle apartment. Then she received a devastating autoimmune diagnosis - and suddenly, rather than planning for a bright future, she found herself soaking a hospital pillow with tears and grappling... |
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The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever
Prudence Peiffer - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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The never-before-told story of an obscure little street at the lower tip of Manhattan and the remarkable artists who got their start there. For just over a decade, from 1956 to 1967, a collection of dilapidated former sail-making warehouses clustered at the lower tip of Manhattan became... |
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Life on Other Planets: A Memoir of Finding My Place in the Universe
Aomawa Shields PhD - Viking
Format: Hardcover
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A stunning and inspiring memoir charting a life as an astronomer, classically-trained actor, mother, and Black woman in STEM, searching for life in the universe while building a meaningful life here on Earth. As a kid, Aomawa Shields was always bumping into things, her neck craned up at the sky,... |
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Talking to My Angels
Melissa Etheridge - Harper Wave
Format: Hardcover
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Twenty years after the success of her first memoir, the New York Times bestseller The Truth Is . . ., the Grammy and Oscar award-winning rocker and trailblazing LGBTQAI icon takes stock of the intervening years, recounting the euphoric triumphs and the life-altering tragedies of her life.Live... |
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Althea: The Life of Tennis Champion Althea Gibson
Sally H. Jacobs - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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"A captivating book that brilliantly reveals an American sports legend long overlooked. Sally Jacobs tells the riveting story of Althea Gibson, my personal shero, who overcame daunting odds - on the tennis court and off - to stand at the world pinnacle of her sport and became an inspiration... |
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August Wilson: A Life
Patti Hartigan - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover
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The first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American playwright of the late 20th century, by a theater critic who knew him.. August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one play for each decade.... |
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