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Biography and Memoir September 2020
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I Still Believe : A Memoir by Jeremy CampThe Christian singer discusses how his faith was formed while living an impoverished childhood, and details the spiritual journey that followed the death of his first wife, a trauma that inspired his music and provided him with a second chance at love.
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Too much and never enough : how my family created the world's most dangerous man
by Mary L. Trump
"In this revelatory, authoritative portrait of Donald J. Trump and the toxic family that made him, Mary L. Trump, a trained clinical psychologist and Donald's only niece, shines a bright light on the dark history of their family in order to explain how her uncle became the man who now threatens the world's health, economic security, and social fabric"--Provided by publisher
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| The Growing Season: How I Built a New Life -- and Saved an American Farm by Sarah FreyWhat it's about: Growing up impoverished in rural Illinois, Sarah Frey always longed to leave her family farm, until a change of heart at age 18 inspired her to save the business from foreclosure.
About the author: Now known as "America's Pumpkin Queen," Frey is the CEO of the billion-dollar Frey Farms, one of the country's largest produce suppliers.
Who it's for: Aspiring entrepreneurs and fans of rags-to-riches stories will enjoy this heartwarming and inspiring read. |
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Austen years : a memoir in five novels
by Rachel Cohen
With unusual depth and fresh insight in Jane Austen’s life and literature, the author examines her own life through the works of Austen, in this volume that weaves tighter memoir, criticism and biographical and historical material about Austen herself. Bibliography. Appendix.
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| Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong (editor)What it is: an illuminating own voices collection written to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
What's inside: essays by a diverse group of disability activists exploring what it means to live in an ableist society.
Topics include: isolation, sexual exploitation, cure mentality, disability in the LGBTQIA community. |
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| Gods of the Upper Air: How a Circle of Renegade Anthropologists Reinvented... by Charles KingWhat it is: a sweeping group biography of the women who studied cultural anthropology under Franz Boas in the early 20th century.
Why you might like it: This engaging history explores how these trailblazing scientists challenged notions of Western cultural superiority.
On the roster: Ruth Benedict, Ella Cara Deloria, Margaret Mead, and Zora Neale Hurston. |
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| Undocumented: A Dominican Boy's Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League by Dan-el Padilla PeraltaWhat it is: Dominican author Dan-el Padilla Peralta's inspiring memoir about triumphing over adversity: growing up undocumented and impoverished in Harlem, the bookish Peralta had limited opportunities for educational advancement.
What happened next: Peralta caught the attention of a library worker who helped him find placement at Manhattan's prestigious Collegiate School; he later graduated summa cum laude from Princeton, earned a second Bachelor's degree at Oxford, and completed a PhD at Stanford. |
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| Mind and Matter: A Life in Math and Football by John UrschelWhat it's about: John Urschel's adventures in academia (he's currently pursuing a PhD in mathematics at MIT) and athletics (he was a Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman for three seasons).
Read it for: Urschel's infectious enthusiasm for his passions.
Want a taste? "So often, people want to divide the world into two. Matter and energy. Wave and particle. Athlete and mathematician. Why can't something (or someone) be both?" |
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