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Runaway Train: or, The Story of My Life So Far

Eric Roberts - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

In this brutally candid memoir, Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Eric Roberts pulls no punches about the ups and downs of his career and his sometimes stormy relationship with his famous sister, Julia.. Eric Roberts grew up in Georgia, spending most of his teens away from his mother...
 
 
Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza

Trey Yingst - Harper Influence
Format: Hardcover

Fox News war correspondent Trey Yingst shares his gripping, firsthand account of the events of October 7, 2023, and the ensuing war, offering riveting insight and fresh facts that clarify the scope and magnitude of this latest and most dramatic outbreak in one of the bloodiest, most nuanced,...
 
 
A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian Patriarchy

Tia Levings - St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover

"Today it hit me when he hit me, blood shaking in my brain. Maybe there wasn't a savior coming. Maybe it was up to me to save me.". Recruited into the fundamentalist Quiverfull movement as a young wife, Tia Levings learned that being a good Christian meant following a list...
 
 
Sonny Boy: A Memoir

Al Pacino - Penguin Press
Format: Hardcover

From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full To the wider world, Al Pacino exploded onto the scene like a supernova. He landed his first leading role, in The Panic in Needle Park, in 1971, and by 1975, he had starred...
 
 
Jimmy Breslin: The Man Who Told the Truth

Richard Esposito - Crime Ink
Format: Hardcover

"Do not. Confuse me. With. The facts. I tell the truth." -- Jimmy Breslin. The first-ever biography of America's greatest crime reporter In a newspaper career spanning decades, Jimmy Breslin covered the stories that he knew mattered most: the human stories beyond the front...
 
 
What I Ate in One Year: (and related thoughts)

Stanley Tucci - Gallery Books
Format: Hardcover

From Stanley Tucci, award-winning actor and New York Times bestselling author, a deliciously unique memoir chronicling a year's worth of meals.. "Sharing food is one of the purest human acts." Food has always been an integral part of Stanley Tucci's life: from stracciatella...
 
 
The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV

Helen Castor - Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

From an acclaimed historian and author comes an epic history: the dual biography of Richard II and Henry IV, two cousins whose lives played out in extraordinary parallel, until Henry deposed the tyrant Richard and declared himself King of England.. Richard of Bordeaux and Henry of Bolingbroke,...
 
 
How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World

Ethan Tapper - Broadleaf Books
Format: Hardcover

A tender, fearless debut by a forester writing in the tradition of Suzanne Simard, Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Robert Macfarlane.Only those who love trees should cut them, writes forester Ethan Tapper.In How to Love a Forest, he asks what it means to live in a time in which ecosystems are in retreat...
 
 
How Women Made Music: A Revolutionary History from NPR Music

Inc National Public Radio - HarperOne
Format: Hardcover

Drawn from NPR Music's acclaimed, groundbreaking series Turning the Tables, the definitive book on the vital role of Women in Music - from Beyoncé to Odetta, Taylor Swift to Joan Baez, Joan Jett to Dolly Parton - featuring archival interviews, essays, photographs, and illustrations.Turning...
 
 
It Gets Better . . . Except When It Gets Worse: And Other Unsolicited Truths I Wish Someone Had Told Me

Nicole Maines - The Dial Press
Format: Hardcover

The irreverent and candid coming-of-age memoir of Nicole Maines, trailblazing trans actress, activist - and sometimes someone who's just existing, which is actually pretty hard!. Nicole Maines knows a little something about "happily ever after" - not just because she's...