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New Biographies & MemoirsJanuary 2021
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Where the light enters : building a family, discovering myself by Jill BidenThe former Second Lady describes her marriage to Joe Biden and the role of politics in her life and teaching career, sharing intimate insights into the traditions, resilience and love that have helped her family establish balance and endure tragedy.
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Walking with ghosts : a memoir by Gabriel ByrneThe actor offers reflections on his difficult Irish childhood to his Hollywood and Broadway success as he channels Ireland's literary masters to create a lyrical and expressive memoir which pays homage to Ireland's soulful and glorious traditions and history, as well as its impoverished places populated by the proud yet flawed men and women who influenced him in profound and sometimes perverse ways.
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Prince Philip revealed by Ingrid SewardThe editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine presents a biography of the British consort to discuss his aristocratic childhood in Paris, more than seven-decade marriage to Elizabeth II and loyal service as a statesman and philanthropist.
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Barack before Obama : life before the presidency by David KatzAn intimate collection of photographs of Barack Obama prior to his presidency include images of him walking in New York City unnoticed, playing with his small daughters and making faces at his wife in an elevator mirror.
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An onion in my pocket : my life with vegetables by Deborah MadisonThe restaurateur star of the California foodie culture (Greens Restaurant) and prolific cookbook author of Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone presents an intriguing, humorous and insightful look into how her upbringing influenced both her professional and private life, as well as offering an insider’s look at the vegetarian movement.
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The doctor who fooled the world : science, deception, and the war on vaccines by Brian DeerAn award-winning UK investigative reporter exposes the truth behind the anti-vaccination crisis as he discredits Andrew Wakefield, a former British doctor and the leading proponent of the discredited view that vaccines cause autism. Deer reveals how Wakefield fabricated research results for his Lancet paper, failed to disclose financial conflicts of interest, manipulated researchers and parents, and lied to the public.
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What becomes a legend most : a biography of Richard Avedon by Philip GefterThis first definitive biography of the 20th century photographer luminary shares insights into Avedon’s Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibit, examining how this intensely driven man, who struggled with deep insecurities as well as personal and professional discrimination, mounted an existential lifelong battle to be recognized as an artist.
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Catching the wind : Edward Kennedy and the liberal hour by Neal GablerThis first volume of two by the award-winning author offers an immersive journey through the life of a complicated man and a sweeping history of the "fall of liberalism and the collapse of political morality". Gabler profiles the life and career of Kennedy from his status as "the least of the Kennedys…the one of whom little was expected" to a senior statesman in the U.S. Senate and "the most consequential legislator of his lifetime".
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Our days are like full years : a memoir with letters from Louis Kahn by Harriet PattisonPattison reveals her fifteen-year romance with the architect for whom she served as confidante, intellectual partner, and the mother of his only son. She recounts her passionate relationship with the married Kahn, twenty-seven years her senior, in a story that weaves together Pattison's own familial and artistic story, as well as revealing Kahn's inner life and architectural thought process.
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I'll be seeing you : a memoir by Elizabeth BergIn this moving memoir, the New York Times bestselling author shares her experiences caring for her parents in their final years, charting the passage from the anguish of loss to the understanding that even in the most fractious of times, love can heal.
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The dead are arising : the life of Malcolm X
by Les Payne
A revisionary portrait of the iconic civil rights leader draws on hundreds of hours of interviews with surviving family members, intelligence officers and political leaders to offer new insights into Malcolm X’s Depression-era youth, religious conversion and 1965 assassination.
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A place of exodus : home, memory, and Texas by David BiespielThe acclaimed poet and memoirist tells the story of the rise and fall of his Jewish boyhood in Texas and his search for the answer to his life's central riddle: Are we ever done leaving home? After a near-forty-year exile, Biespiel returns for a day as a different person to the world he left behind.
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One life by Megan RapinoeThe Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup champion describes her childhood in a conservative California town, her athletic achievements and her public advocacy of civil rights and urgently needed social change.
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This time next year we'll be laughing : a memoir by Jacqueline WinspearAfter sixteen novels, this best-selling author has taken the bold step of turning to memoir, revealing the hardships and joys of her family history in this deeply personal portrayal of a post-War England we rarely see as she reflects on her childhood in the English countryside, of working class indomitability and family secrets, and of artistic inspiration and the price of memory.
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Loved and wanted : a memoir of choice, children, and womanhood by Christa ParravaniThe university professor and best-selling author of Her offers a passionate, personal view of a woman's love for her children and a poignant and bracing look at the difficult choices women in America are forced to make every day, in a nation where policies and a cultural war on women leave them without sufficient agency over their bodies, their futures, and even their hopes for their children's lives.
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The luckiest man : life with John McCain by Mark SalterA tribute to the late senator by one of his most trusted confidantes draws on elements from McCain’s early biography as well as his later-in-life political philosophies to discuss his peripatetic youth, naval service and private life.
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The man who ate too much : the life of James Beard by John BirdsallA full-length biography inspired by the viral essay, "America, Your Food Is So Gay," recasts the iconic food personality as a closeted gay man who found acceptance and passion through a culturally rich career spent informing America's increasingly sophisticated palate.
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Cary Grant : a brilliant disguise by Scott EymanThe best-selling author of Pieces of My Heart presents a heavily researched portrait of the Hollywood legend and epitome of what we've come to call a "movie star" that includes coverage of Grant’s early start as a teen acrobat, his complicated relationships and his Golden Era performances, covering his subject's five marriages, his relationships with playwright Clifford Odets and directors Howard Hawks and Alfred Hitchcock, and his innate insecurity, which was famously aided by LSD therapy in the late 1950s.
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