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Biography and Memoir April 2025 |
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| One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El AkkadIn his frank and thought-provoking blend of history and memoir, award-winning novelist Omar El Akkad examines the West's apathy and inaction toward Israel's ongoing destruction of Gaza. This is a chronicle of that painful realization, a moral grappling with what it means, as a citizen of the U.S., as a father, to carve out some sense of possibility in a time of carnage. Try this next: The Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates. |
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I'll have what she's having
by Chelsea Handler
At ten years old, Chelsea opened a lemonade stand and realized she'd make more money if the drinks were spiked. At nineteen, she moved to Los Angeles and got fired from her temp job when she admitted she didn't know how to transfer calls. She played pickleball with the scions of an American dynasty. She sexted a governor. She shared psychedelics with strangers in Spain. Chelsea Handler has never been one to hold back. But this life of adventure and absurdity is only part of her story.
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Norman Lear : his life and times
by Tripp Whetsell
An in-depth telling of legendary writer and producer Norman Lear's seven-decade show business career that Publishers Weekly calls a "lovingly detailed portrait" and "a fitting tribute to a consequential figure in television history.” This affectionate and candid tribute combines show-business history with an illuminating consideration of the inner workings of “the man in the white hat”—a figure who singlehandedly redefined an entire medium by reflecting the world around him.
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Boat baby : a memoir
by Vicky Nguyen
In a memoir where heroism meets humor, NBC News anchor and correspondent Vicky Nguyen tells the story of her family's daring escape from communist Vietnam and her unlikely journey from refugee to reporter. She delivers a uniquely transparent account of her life, revealing how she negotiated her salary in a competitive industry, the challenges of starting a family, and the struggle to be a dutiful daughter.
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The prosecutor : one man's battle to bring Nazis to justice
by Jack Fairweather
Recounts the story of Fritz Bauer, a gay, Jewish judge from Stuttgart who returned to postwar Germany and confronted former Nazis still entrenched in power to bring Holocaust criminals like Adolf Eichmann to justice and help to force the nation to confront its dark history. "Stirring revelations of an unsung hero of postwar Germany." (Kirkus Reviews)
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