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Scream: A Memoir of Glamour and Dysfunction

Tama Janowitz - Dey Street Books
Format: Print book

In this darkly funny, surprising memoir, the original "Lit Girl" and author of the era-defining Slaves of New York considers her life in and outside of New York City, from the heyday of the 1980s to her life today in a tiny upstate town that proves that fact is always stranger...
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More Myself: A Journey

Alicia Keys - Flatiron Books
Format: Hardcover

An intimate, revealing look at one artist's journey from self-censorship to full expressionAs one of the most celebrated musicians of our time, Alicia Keys has enraptured the nation with her heartfelt lyrics, extraordinary vocal range, and soul-stirring piano compositions. Yet away from...
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One of Them

Shaneel Lal - Allen & Unwin
Format: Hardcover

A stunning, heart-breaking yet defiant memoir by activist, model and social media sensation Shaneel Lal.. What would you do if you were told by the people you loved the most that the way you were born was evil and wrong?. For Shaneel Lal, this was their reality from the time they were five....
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The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War

NEAL BASCOMB - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

"Bascomb has unearthed a remarkable piece of hidden history, and told it perfectly. The story brims with adventure, suspense, daring, and heroism." - David Grann, New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon Neal Bascomb, New York Times...
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A None's Story: Searching for Meaning Inside Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, and Islam

Corinna Nicolaou - Columbia University Press
Format: Print book

The rising population known as "nones" for its members' lack of religious affiliation is changing American society, politics, and culture. Many nones believe in God and even visit places of worship, but they do not identify with a specific faith or belong to a spiritual community....
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I Loved Her in the Movies: Memories of Hollywoods Legendary Actresses

Robert Wagner - Penguin Audio
Format: Hardcover

Film and television actor and New York Times best-selling author Robert Wagners memoir of the great women movie stars he has known.In a career that has spanned more than 60 years, Robert Wagner has witnessed the twilight of the Golden Age of Hollywood and the rise of television, becoming...
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The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That Scandalized the World

Sarah Weinman - Ecco
Format: Hardcover

"The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov's masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness." - David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower MoonVladimir...
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Maybe something beautiful : how art transformed a neighborhood = Quiza?s algo hermoso

F Isabel Campoy - Dreamscape Media
Format: DVD video

What good can a splash of color do in a community of gray? As Mira and her neighbors discover, more than one might ever imagine! Based on a true story of the Urban Art Trail in San Diego, California, Maybe something beautiful reveals how art can inspire transformation--and how even the smallest...
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Black Folk Could Fly: Selected Writings by Randall Kenan

RANDALL KENAN - W. W. Norton & Company
Format: Hardcover

A personal, social, and intellectual self-portrait of the beloved and enormously influential late Randall Kenan, a master of both fiction and nonfiction.Virtuosic in his use of literary forms, nurtured and unbounded by his identities as a Black man, a gay man, an intellectual, and a Southerner,...
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Chasing Light: Michelle Obama Through the Lens of a White House Photographer

Amanda Lucidon - Ten Speed Press
Format: Hardcover

A New York Times Best Seller. A collection of striking and intimate photographs of Michelle Obama - many never before seen - coupled with personal reflections and behind-the-scenes stories from Official White House Photographer Amanda Lucidon, presented in a deluxe format. Michelle Obama...
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