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Biography and Memoir August 2025 |
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| Angelica: For Love and Country in a Time of Revolution by Molly BeerUniversity of Michigan professor Molly Beer's evocative debut offers an insightful portrait of socialite (and Alexander Hamilton's sister-in-law) Angelica Schuyler Church, an influential yet overlooked historical figure "whose life reframes and challenges familiar Revolutionary War narratives" (Booklist). Try this next: Pride and Pleasure: The Schuyler Sisters in an Age of Revolution by Amanda Vaill, out in October. |
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| Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West by Kelly RamseyIn her evocative and compelling debut, Kelly Ramsey reflects on her experiences working as a wildland firefighter in Northern California, detailing how she navigated workplace sexism and demanding physical requirements to find fulfillment in her career. Try this next: Hotshot: A Life on Fire by River Selby. |
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| The Aviator and the Showman: Amelia Earhart, George Putnam, and the Marriage That Made... by Laurie Gwen ShapiroJournalist and documentary filmmaker Laurie Gwen Shapiro's well-researched and illuminating dual biography of aviator Amelia Earhart and her husband, publisher George Putnam, draws on archival records, diaries, and interviews to reveal how the lesser-known Putnam shaped Earhart's public image and career. For fans of: Fly Girls: How Five Daring Women Defied All Odds and Made Aviation History by Keith O'Brien. |
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| It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin EisingerIn his moving and uplifting graphic memoir, iconic Star Trek actor and activist George Takei offers candid reflections on his early childhood spent in Japanese American internment camps, discovering a love of acting after initially studying to become an architect, coming out publicly at age 68, and more. For fans of: the 2014 documentary To Be Takei. |
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An Accidental Villain: A Soldier's Tale of War, Deceit and Exile
by Linden MacIntyre
From the bestselling, prize-winning author Linden MacIntyre comes an engrossing, page-turning exploration of the little-known life of Sir Hugh Tudor. Appointed by his friend Winston Churchill to lead the police in Ireland during the Irish War of Independence, Tudor met civil strife and domestic terrorism with indiscriminate state-sanctioned murder—changing the course of Irish history.
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Paper Doll: Notes From a Late Bloomer
by Dylan Mulvaney
In her memoir, Paper Doll, Dylan pulls back the curtain of her "it girl" lifestyle with an honest, witty, and intimate reflection of her life post-transitioning. She covers everything from her first big break in theater to the first time her dad recognized her as a girl to how she handled scandals, cancellations, and tucking.
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This Happened To Me: a Reckoning
by Kate Price
Price describes how she broke free of that which had defined her childhood and went on to create a purpose-driven life and family, on her own terms. Eventually returning to the same Appalachian community to use her education and advocacy to help ensure children are given the attention, protection, and services that she never received.
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