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Biography and Memoir July 2024
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| Rise of a Killah by Ghostface KillahA founding member of iconic hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, Ghostface Killah charts his fraught path to stardom in this free-flowing memoir surveying his life through 15 of his songs. |
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The House of Beckham : Money, Sex and Power
by Tom Bower
For fans and watchers of the Beckham Netflix documentary who want the rest of the story -- an explosive tell-all account of the real lives of David and Victoria Beckham. As one of the most famous and influential couples in the world, David and Victoria Beckham have attained iconic status. The ultimate power couple have together built a multi-billion-dollar global brand.
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On call : a doctor's journey in public service
by Anthony S. Fauci
The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents.
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T-shirt swim club : stories from being fat in a world of thin people
by Ian Karmel
An Emmy Award-winning comedian and his sister, Dr. Alisa Karmel, having both turned into fat adults who eventually figured out how to get their health under control, open up about the daily humiliations of being fat and why it's so hard to talk about something so visible.
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| The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion by Cory LeadbeaterCory Leadbeater's moving debut chronicles the transformative decade the author spent working as a personal assistant to writer Joan Didion as she neared the end of her life. Further reading: Joan Didion: The Last Interview and Other Conversations by Joan Didion with an introduction by Patricia Lockwood. |
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| Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann PowersNPR music critic Ann Powers plumbs the life and career of legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in this thoughtful and lyrical portrait named one of Observer's Best New Biographies of 2024. Further reading: Joni: The Anthology edited by Barney Hoskyns. |
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Total Olympics : every obscure, hilarious, dramatic and inspiring tale worth knowing
by Jeremy Fuchs
Celebrating more than 100 years of legendary, obscure, hilarious and inspiring Olympics history, this compulsively readable volume is jam packed with trivia, legendary characters, forgotten records, crazy accomplishments, unbelievable feats, wacky contests and more.
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Open heart, open mind
by Clara Hughes
The Canadian Olympic athlete recounts her struggle with depression and her commitment to mental health awareness
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The other Olympians : fascism, queerness, and the making of modern sports
by Michael Waters
Uncovering, for the first time, the gripping true stories of early pioneering trans and intersex athletes, while tracking how international Olympic Committee members ignored Nazi Germany's atrocities to pull off the Berlin Games, this inspiring call for equality is an essential contribution toward understanding the contemporary culture wars over gender in sports.
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