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New Biographies & MemoirsMarch 2026 |
Our Librarians have selected some of the newest biographies in the collection. |
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Crick: A Mind in Motion by Matthew Cobb In this richly informed biography, Matthew Cobb traces Francis Crick’s restless pursuit of “powerful knowledge” - from his groundbreaking discovery of DNA’s structure to his later explorations of consciousness - revealing a brilliant, complex mind driven not only by scientific precision but by an enduring curiosity about life’s deepest mysteries.
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The Revolutionists: The Story of the Extremists Who Hijacked the 1970s by Jason BurkeThe veteran correspondent recounts how, during the turbulent 1970s, a generation of armed movements transformed airways and city streets into new fronts of political struggle, tracing their tangled motives, dramatic operations and lasting influence on modern terrorism through declassified files, firsthand interviews and a global cast of revolutionaries and those who sought to stop them.
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The Six Loves of James I by Gareth RussellThis nuanced portrait of King James I traces his journey from a traumatized Scottish heir to a monarch navigating the charged politics and passions of the English court, exploring how personal desires, shifting alliances and questions of identity shaped his reign and revealing a ruler both vulnerable and formidable, whose private affections influenced the very texture of early modern kingship.
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Homeschooled: A Memoirby Stefan Merrill BlockRecalling a childhood shaped by isolation and invention, this memoir follows a boy withdrawn from school by his idealistic mother into a world of improvised lessons and eccentric experiments where education and obsession blurred and his eventual return to public life exposed the uneasy boundary between maternal devotion and the desire to shape a child’s destiny.
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Brothers of the Gun: Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and a Reckoning in Tombstone by Mark Lee GardnerTracing the unlikely bond between a stoic lawman and a volatile gambler, this vivid account follows Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday from the dusty streets of Dodge City to their fateful stand at the O.K. Corral, revealing how loyalty, violence and the restless pursuit of order on the lawless frontier forged one of the Old West’s most enduring and complex friendships.
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The Dream Factory: London's First Playhouse and the Making of William Shakespeare by Daniel SwiftSet amid the clamor and ambition of Elizabethan London, this account of the city’s first playhouse traces how a band of builders, actors and entrepreneurs turned a risky venture on the city’s outskirts into the birthplace of modern theater, revealing the bustling, contentious world that shaped a young playwright’s imagination and laid the groundwork for the flourishing of Shakespeare’s art.
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Russia's Man of War: The Extraordinary Viktor Bout by Cathy Scott-ClarkTracing the shadowy rise and fall of Viktor Bout, the Russian arms trafficker once dubbed the “Merchant of Death”, this investigation follows his path from Cold War airstrips to global conflict zones, uncovering the web of intelligence intrigue, political calculation and moral ambiguity surrounding his eventual arrest, release and reemergence amid the shifting alliances of Putin’s Russia and the modern arms trade.
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Madden & Summerall: How They Revolutionized NFL Broadcasting by Rich PodolskyTracing the intersecting lives of a fiery coach and a cool ex-athlete who together redefined sports broadcasting, Podolsky follows their journey from early playing fields to the broadcast booth, revealing how contrasting temperaments, personal struggles and enduring friendship shaped one of the most iconic partnerships in football history and changed the sound of the American game.
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Dark Squares: How Chess Saved My Life by Danny RenschGrowing up within the confines of a controlling religious sect, Rensch discovered chess as both refuge and revelation, a discipline that carried him from isolation and abuse to the center of the modern chess world, where personal endurance, mentorship and controversy intertwine in a story of resilience, identity and the enduring power of a game to shape - and sometimes save - a life.
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