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New Biographies & MemoirsJune 2025 |
Our Librarians have selected some of the newest biographies in the collection. |
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No One Has Seen It All: Lessons for Living Well from Nearly a Century of Good Taste by Betty HalbreichThe 96-year-old author, Bergdorf Goodman's original personal shopper for half a century, collects her signature firm and frank guidance on relationships, careers, style, etiquette and keeping house, as well as eloquent reflections on aging, solitude and modern life - in this definitive dispatch from a powerful woman who still holds her head up high and wants readers to do the same.
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Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus by Elaine H. PagelsThe renowned National Book Award-winning scholar and Princeton University professor offers a new account of the life of Jesus that explores the mystery of how a poor young man inspired a religion that reshaped the world - a rabbi, healer, magician, prophet, deluded visionary, heretical Jew or God in human form? - in an attempt to break down these contradictions and paint a richer and more complex portrait of Jesus in his own time.
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The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road by E. A. HanksIn her trusted, loaded-up minivan dubbed "Minnie", the author follows the same route as a long-ago road trip with her mother in an attempt to better understand the complicated woman who gave her life. Along the way, as she follows her mother's diaries and her recollections of the route, she begins to uncover secrets - some unexpectedly wonderful, and others darker and more violent than she ever imagined - that bring more questions than answers.
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Searching for Novak: The Man behind the Enigma by Mark Hodgkinson The author attempts to delve inside the mind of one of the most fascinating, controversial and successful tennis players of our time, winning more Grand Slams than any other man - from his war-torn beginnings in Serbia to rewriting tennis history, his relentless pursuit for perfection and the unique and eccentric strategies that have grabbed headlines and amused and confused tennis fans worldwide.
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Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer by Dylan MulvaneyMulvaney pulls back the curtain of her "it girl" lifestyle with an honest, witty and intimate reflection of her life post-transitioning, uncovering 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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Accidental Shepherd: How a California Girl Rescued an Ancient Mountain Farm in Norway by Liese GreensfelderArriving in a small Norwegian town prepared for her first farmhand job, Greensfelder describes how she was needed to singlehandedly watch over the centuries-old farm while its owner recovered from a stroke and deal with dangers and obstacles for which she was utterly unprepared, highlighting her resilience and the rapidly vanishing traditions of the community that embraced her.
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In this personal and literary, free-wheeling philosophical examination of hypochondria, Rees, a wry and perceptive critic, combines cultural critique, literary history and his own experience of health anxiety to ask what we might learn from the hypochondriac's discomforting experience - as he explores the causes and the costs of our desire for certainty. |
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Stomp Off, Let's Go: The Early Years of Louis Armstrong by Ricky RiccardiBy foregrounding the voices of Armstrong and his contemporaries, Riccardi offers a more intimate exploration of Armstrong's personal and professional relationships, in turn providing essential insights into how the famed trumpeter, singer and bandleader evolved into one of America's most beloved icons.
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