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Patriot: A Memoir

Alexei Navalny - Knopf
Format: Hardcover

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. . "Patriot is by turns funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny's trademark wry humor and idealism....a gutting personal...
 
 
The Position of Spoons: And Other Intimacies

Deborah Levy - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A feast of observations about everything from the particular beauty of lemons on a table, to the allure of Colette, to the streets of Paris, by the inimitable Deborah Levy.. Deborah Levy's vital literary voice speaks about many things.. On footwear: "It has always been very clear...
 
 
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Jenny Slate - Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

From actor, comedian, co-creator of Marcel the Shell, and New York Times bestselling author of Little Weirds, Jenny Slate, a wild, soulful, hilarious collection of genre-bending essays depicting the journey into motherhood as you've never seen it before. What happened was this: Jenny...
 
 
Witches Run Amok: The Oral History of Disney's Hocus Pocus

Shannon Carlin - Hyperion Avenue
Format: Hardcover

The oral history of Disney's Hocus Pocus, one of the most beloved Halloween movies of all time. In July 1993, Disney's Hocus Pocus, starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy, did not immediately find success, with box office numbers falling far below what was envisioned....
 
 
The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker: Based on years of scrupulous research, Amy Reading creates a rare and deeply intimate ... editor and her famous marriage to E.B. White.

Amy Reading - Mariner Books
Format: Hardcover

A lively and intimate biography of trailblazing and era-defining New Yorker editor Katharine S. White, who helped build the magazine's prestigious legacy and transform the 20th century literary landscape for women.In the summer of 1925, Katharine Sergeant Angell White walked into The New Yorker's...
 
 
Bad Jew: A Familys Quest from the Minsk Ghetto to Netanyahus Israel

Piotr Smolar - Other Press
Format: Paperback

Combining memoir, history, and political essay, an acclaimed French journalist delves into his family's past in this searing, nuanced investigation of Jewish identity and what it means in the diaspora versus Israel today.. What is a Jew? There are as many answers as there are Jewish...
 
 
The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World

Tiffany Yu - Hachette Go
Format: Hardcover

Tiffany Yu takes readers on a revelatory examination of disability - how to unpack biases and build an inclusive and accessible world.. As the Asian American daughter of immigrants, living with PTSD, and sustaining a permanent arm injury at age nine, Tiffany Yu is well aware of the intersections...
 
 
Q: A Voyage Around the Queen

Craig Brown - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

With equal measures of wit and wisdom, the author of 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret draws a deeply original, hilarious, and telling portrait of the Queen herself.. She was the most famous person on earth; she first appeared on the cover of Time magazine at the age of three. When she died,...
 
 
Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde

Alexis Pauline Gumbs - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format: Hardcover

A bold, innovative biography that offers a new understanding of the life, work, and enduring impact of Audre Lorde. We remember Audre Lorde as an iconic writer, a quotable teacher whose words and face grace T-shirts, nonprofit annual reports, and campus diversity-center walls. But even...
 
 
Lovely One: A Memoir

Ketanji Brown Jackson - Random House
Format: Hardcover

In her inspiring, intimate memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story. With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji BrownJackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family's...