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Biography and Memoir March 2026 |
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| Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China by Jung ChangIn Fly, Wild Swans, Chinese British memoirist and historian Jung Chang channels harrowing memories of her childhood during China’s Cultural Revolution. Years later she was banished from her native country after publishing an unsparing biography of Mao Zedong, a ruling which prevents her from returning to visit her dying mother. Readers may wish to pair this book with Chang’s previous bestselling memoir Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China.
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The Game Changer: How Harry Reid Remade the Rules and Showed Democrats How to Fight
by Jon Ralston
How did the son of a laundress for local brothels end up one of America's most powerful politicians and the Senate's most bare-knuckled Democrat? Political journalist Jon Ralston gives us the first full biography of Harry Reid, the five-time Senator from Nevada whose ruthlessness and tenacity produced the most groundbreaking legislation of the late 20th century, and who also invented the tactics that would keep his Democratic Party in control. For that, he inspired loyalty and derision, admiration and disdain. But his legacy of change speaks for itself.Born in tiny Searchlight, Nevada, Harry Reid rose from a childhood in a ramshackle home in the middle of nowhere to become the Democratic leader who ensured Obamacare became law, that the nation's banks played by the rules, and who helped rescue the American economy by pushing through a stimulus bill. His political instincts were forged in the take-no-prisoners culture of Nevada where he was once investigated by the FBI for his ties to the mob.
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| Rebel of the Regency: The Scandalous Saga of Caroline of Brunswick, Britain's Queen... by Ann FosterCaroline of Brunswick, niece of Britain’s King George III, was chosen as queen-to-be for his profligate heir, George Augustus Frederick, Prince of Wales. Never mind that she was treated cruelly by George’s family and thoughtlessly cast aside soon after his coronation: the Regency royals were so detested by the British populace that Caroline quickly became a heroine of the emerging tabloid press. History podcaster Ann Foster dishes all the dirt. Try this next: The Duchess Countess: The Woman Who Scandalized Eighteenth Century London by Catherine Ostler.
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| The Escapes of David George: An Odyssey of Slavery, Freedom, and the American Revolution by Gregory E. O'MalleyHistorian Gregory E. O’Malley’s biography of freedom seeker David George is a tale that seems too incredible to be true. In an eventful, inspiring life that took him from the U.S. colonies to the Caribbean to Nova Scotia to Sierra Leone, George would escape slavery multiple times and eventually become a family man and respected minister in a “story that reads like fiction” (Library Journal). For fans of: Flee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery’s Borderland by Scott Shane.
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Grit, Spit, and Never Quit: A Marine's Guide to Comedy and Life
by Rob Riggle
Comedian, actor, and Marine Corps veteran Rob Riggle debuts with a funny and energetic take on comedy, military life, and a career in showbiz. Sure, his path may have been unconventional – Riggle cut his teeth on the New York stand-up stage between deployments to Kosovo and Afghanistan – but he entertains by drawing surprising parallels between the two jobs. This is a great choice for readers who liked You’re on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir by Parker Posey.
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