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New Titles - Biographies & Memoirs
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Lord of All the Dead: A nonfiction novel
Javier Cercas · Knopf
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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From the internationally renowned author of The Impostor, a courageous journey into his own family history and that of a country collapsing from a fratricidal war--his most moving, most personal book, one he has spent his entire life preparing to write.Javier Cercas grew up hearing the legend... |
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Roaring Back: The Fall and Rise of Tiger Woods
Curt Sampson · Diversion Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The incredible true story of Tiger Woods's dramatic return to glory at the 2019 Masters following his humbling and very public personal, physical, and professional setbacks. One publicly imploded marriage. Two car accidents. Eight surgeries. And now, a miracle of hard work and storied... |
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The Broken Road: George Wallace and a Daughter's Journey to Reconciliation
Peggy Wallace Kennedy · Bloomsbury Publishing
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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From the daughter of one of America's most virulent segregationists, a memoir that reckons with her father George Wallace's legacy of hate--and illuminates her journey towards redemption.Peggy Wallace Kennedy has been widely hailed as the "symbol of racial reconciliation"... |
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What It Is: Race, Family, and One Thinking Black Man's Blues
Clifford Thompson · Other Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
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An African-American writer's concise, heartfelt take on the state of his nation, exploring the war between the values he has always held and the reality with which he is confronted in twenty-first-century America.In the tradition of James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time and Ta-Nehisi... |
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Rachel Maddow: A Biography
Lisa Rogak · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
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The first biography of the most popular anchor in cable news.Rachel Maddow has beaten the odds in a way that's novel in today's America: she uses her brain. In a world of banal and opinionated soundbites, she regularly crushes Sean Hannity's ratings thanks to her deeply researched... |
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And Then We Grew Up: On Creativity, Potential, and the Imperfect Art of Adulthood
Rachel Friedman · Penguin Books
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
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A journey through the many ways to live an artistic life - from the flashy and famous to the quiet and steady - full of unexpected insights about creativity and contentment, from the author of The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Lost.Rachel Friedman was a serious violist as a kid. She quit... |
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Normal: A Mother and Her Beautiful Son
Magdalena Newman · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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A moving memoir from the mother of a child with Treacher Collins Syndrome, with a foreword by R.J. Palacio, author of Wonder For Magda Newman, normal was a goal - she wanted her son Nathaniel to be able to play on the playground, swim at the beach, enjoy the moments of childhood that are often... |
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The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny
Daisy Dunn · Liveright
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover
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"A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world." -- Sarah Bakewell, author of How to LiveWhen Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge,... |
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Everything's Trash, But It's Okay
Phoebe Robinson · Plume
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
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New York Times bestselling author and star of 2 Dope Queens Phoebe Robinson is back with a new, hilarious, and timely essay collection on gender, race, dating, and the dumpster fire that is our world.Wouldn't it be great if life came with instructions? Of course, but like access to Michael... |
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