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Still Life at Eighty: The Next Interesting Thing

Abigail Thomas - Scribner
Format: Paperback

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Three Dog Life, a witty and irreverent look at aging and the writing life, delivered with trademark brevity, humor, and wise wit.. "The Emily Dickinson of memoirists" (Stephen King) Abigail Thomas shares her thoughts on aging in this...
 
 
I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist's Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India

Rollo Romig - Penguin Books
Format: Hardcover

A gripping investigation into the mysterious assassination of a journalist in India, revealing the courage and vulnerability of those who are fighting the decline of democracy around the world. When Gauri Lankesh, an outspoken journalist in the South Indian city of Bangalore, was assassinated...
 
 
Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac

Mark Blake - Pegasus Books
Format: Hardcover

An illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac - the songs, the rivalries, the successes, and the failures - Dreams evokes the band's entire musical catalog as well as the complex human drama at the heart of the Fleetwood Mac story.. Fleetwood Mac has had a ground-breaking...
 
 
Didion and Babitz

Lili Anolik - Scribner
Format: Hardcover

Joan Didion is revealed at last in this outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work on the mutual attractions - and mutual antagonisms - of Didion and her fellow literary titan, Eve Babitz.. Could you write what you write if you weren't so tiny, Joan? - Eve Babitz, in a letter...
 
 
Roman Year: A Memoir

André Aciman - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

The author of Call Me by Your Name returns with a deeply romantic memoir of his time in Rome while on the cusp of adulthood.. In Roman Year, André Aciman captures the period of his adolescence that began when he and his family first set foot in Rome, after being expelled from Egypt. Though...
 
 
Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King

Dan Jones - Viking
Format: Hardcover

The New York Times bestselling author returns with a biography examining the dramatic life and unparalleled leadership of England's greatest medieval king.. In 1413, when Henry V ascended to the English throne, his kingdom was hopelessly torn apart by political faction and partisanship....
 
 
Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist

Richard Munson - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

The dramatic story of an ingenious man who explained nature and created a country.Benjamin Franklin was one of the preeminent scientists of his time. Driven by curiosity, he conducted cutting-edge research on electricity, heat, ocean currents, weather patterns, chemical bonds, and plants....
 
 
Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music

Rob Sheffield - Dey Street Books
Format: Hardcover

An intimate look at the life and music of modern pop's most legendary figure, Taylor Swift, from leading music journalist Rob Sheffield.A cultural phenomenon. A worldwide obsession. An agent of emotional chaos. There's no parallel to Taylor Swift in history: a teenage girl who turns...
 
 
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement

Sharon McMahon - Thesis
Format: Hardcover

A #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. From America's favorite government teacher, a heartfelt, inspiring portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country.. In The Small and the Mighty, Sharon McMahon proves that the most remarkable Americans are often...
 
 
Carson the Magnificent

Bill Zehme - Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

A much-anticipated biography - twenty years in the making - of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.. In 2002, Bill Zehme landed one of the most coveted assignments for a magazine writer: an interview with Johnny Carson - the only one he'd...