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Love, Queenie: Merle Oberon, Hollywood's First South Asian Star
Mayukh Sen - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover
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A beautiful reclamation of a pioneering South Asian actress captures her glittering, complicated life and lasting impact on Hollywood.Merle Oberon made history when she was announced as a nominee for the Best Actress Oscar in 1936. Hers was a face that "launched a thousand ships,"... |
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The Secret Public: How Music Moved Queer Culture from the Margins to the Mainstream
Jon Savage - Highbridge Audio
Format: Hardcover
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A monumental history of the gay influence on popular culture, from the rise of Little Richard to the collapse of disco in 1979.Award-winning author Jon Savage takes us on a fast and captivating journey through the history of pop music as seen through the eyes of queer artists.Jon Savage,... |
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Firstborn: A Memoir
Lauren Christensen - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover
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A lapidary memoir of losing a child before she can be born, which the author began writing the day she came home from the hospital - an intimate story about our most searing losses and brightest hopes. "Some days I still think this is all just a sad story I'll tell Simone one day.".... |
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If You Were My Daughter: A Memoir of Healing an Unmothered Heart
Marianne Richmond - Sourcebooks
Format: Hardcover
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From bestselling children's author Marianne Richmond comes a powerful memoir about overcoming a mother's emotional neglect and finding the courage to reclaim the story of your life."In her beautiful memoir, Richmond bravely finds her way through a legacy of emotional trauma,... |
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Woody Allen: A Travesty of a Mockery of a Sham
Patrick McGilligan - Harper
Format: Hardcover
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Woody Allen was once made a knight commander by France, but he didn't know because the paperwork got lost in the mail.A decade later, he found out about the award by reading about it in the New York Times.Across nearly nine eventful decades, Allen's life has been full of surprises.... |
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This Far: My Story of Love, Loss, and Embracing the Light
Allison Holker - Harper Select
Format: Hardcover
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In this candid and emotional memoir, Allison Holker opens up about her incredible dance career, her relationship with Stephen "tWitch" Boss, and the resilience that has carried her forward after his death.Allison Holker was just eighteen when she found fame as a contestant on the reality... |
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From These Roots: My Fight with Harvard to Reclaim My Legacy
Tamara Lanier - Random House Audio
Format: Hardcover
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One woman's unrelenting mission to reclaim her ancestors' history and honor their lineage pits her against one of the country's most powerful institutions: Harvard UniversityTamara Lanier grew up listening to her mother's stories about her ancestors. As Black Americans descended... |
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