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New Biographies & Memoirs - ebooksApril 2020
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While we remain closed, here are our New Biographies & Memoirs offered to you as EBOOKs – digital resources FREE and AVAILABLE to you. HOLDS are permitted. If you need help getting started or placing holds, email us at refdesk@beltiblibrary.org . Our Librarians will assist you 7 days a week.
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Sorry I'm late, I didn't want to come : one introvert's year of saying yes by Jessica PanWith the help of various extrovert mentors, introvert Jessica sets up a series of personal challenges (talk to strangers, perform stand-up comedy, host a dinner party, travel alone, make friends on the road, and much, much worse) to explore whether living like an extrovert can teach her lessons that might improve the quality of her life.
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I want you to know we're still here : a post-Holocaust memoir by Esther Safran FoerThe child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, Esther always felt but never discussed the Holocaust - until she learns that her father had a previous wife and daughter who had perished. Armed with only a black-and-white photo and hand-drawn map, she travels to Ukraine, determined to find the shtetl where her father hid during the war.
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All that you leave behind : a memoir by Erin Lee CarrThe influential documentary filmmaker behind At the Heart of Gold reflects on the missteps that shaped her life, her relationship with her late journalist father, David Carr, and their shared battle with alcoholism.
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Enough : notes from a woman who has finally found it by Shauna James AhernA collection of powerful, fiercely brave, and humorous personal essays from writer Shauna Ahern of Gluten-Free Girl fame on her transformation from a woman who never felt like she was enough--in body, romance, and popularity--to one who finally knows, deep in her bones, that she both is enough and has enough (at least most of the time!).
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Figuring by Maria PopovaExplores the search for truth and meaning through the interconnected lives of historical figures from four centuries--artists, writers, and scientists, most of them women, who changed the way humans understand, experience, and appreciate the universe.
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Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young : the biography by Peter DoggettFocusing on their highly influential early years, a 50th anniversary portrait of Crosby, Still, Nash and Young at their most successful and influential heights includes discussions of the personal and political inspirations behind their music.
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The beneficiary : fortune, misfortune, and the story of my father by Janny ScottThe journalist author of A Singular Woman traces how the 800-acre Philadelphia estate of her investment banker great-grandfather shaped choices that impacted generations of her family and reflected the encroaching economic inequalities of the modern era.
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The book of help : a memoir in remedies
by Megan Griswold
The author describes her experiences with 106 different remedies and therapies she sought out—including exploring a past-life family tree, acupuncture, a water fast, psychics and other specialists—in her efforts to feel better after her marriage broke up.
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The education of an idealist : a memoir by Samantha PowerThe Pulitzer Prize winner and former U.N. Ambassador traces her journey from an Irish immigrant to a human rights activist, sharing insights into her career as a war correspondent and her influential views on foreign policy.
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Dutch girl : Audrey Hepburn and World War II by Robert MatzenDescribes the actress's five years in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, discussing her parents' Nazi affiliations, her own involvement with the Dutch Resistance, and her burgeoning career as a ballerina.
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The edge of every day : sketches of schizophrenia by Marin SardyA debut by a Best American Essays notable and Pushcart Prize nominee shares moving, highly informed meditations into how her childhood in Anchorage, her literary career and the lives of beloved family members have been impacted by hereditary schizophrenia.
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