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Biography and Memoir July 2020
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Gone at midnight : the mysterious death of Elisa Lam
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Jake Anderson
In Gone at Midnight, Anderson chronicles eye-opening discoveries about who Elisa Lam really was and what—or whom—she was running from, and presents shocking new evidence that may re-open one of the most chilling and obsessively followed true crime cases of the century.
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House of Glass : the story and secrets of a twentieth-century Jewish family
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Hadley Freeman
Investigating her own family’s secret history after a shocking discovery, a writer for The Guardian newspaper in the UK reveals a broad range of experiences of Eastern European Jews during the Holocaust as she uncovers a story that spans a century, two World Wars and three generations.
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Little America : incredible true stories of immigrants in America
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Kumail Nanjiani
Nearly everyone in America came from somewhere else. This is a fundamental part of the American idea―an identity and place open to everyone. People arrive from all points distant, speaking a thousand languages, carrying every culture, each with their own reason for uprooting themselves to try something new. Everyone has their own unique story. Little America is a collection of those stories, told by the people who lived them. Together, they form a wholly original, at times unexpected portrait of America’s immigrants―and thereby a portrait of America itself.
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The Book of Rosy: A Mother's Story of Separation at the Border by Rosayra Pablo Cruz and Julie Schwietert Collazo What it is: a haunting exploration of the Trump administration's family separation policy, as experienced by one Guatemalan family.
What happened: Fleeing Guatemala after her husband's murder, asylum seeker Rosayra Pablo Cruz and her two sons traveled more than 2,000 miles to the southern U.S. border. Once they arrived, Pablo Cruz spent 80 days detained in an Arizona facility, and her children were placed with a foster family in the Bronx.
Read it for: a searing account of the lingering effects of separation. | |
Atomic spy : the dark lives of Klaus Fuchs
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Nancy Thorndike Greenspan
The author of The End of the Certain World draws on German archives and family correspondence in a portrait of the Cold War scientist that explores how Fuchs' views about peace likely shaped his decision to commit espionage.
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Fairest : a memoir
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Meredith Talusan
The award-winning journalist and activist presents a coming-of-age memoir that describes her experiences as a Filipino boy with albinism, a white immigrant Harvard student, a transgender woman and an artist whose work reflects illusions in race, disability and gender.
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The lost memoir : The Lost Memoir
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Lou Gehrig
Published for the first time as a book, this lost memoir from the baseball legend, written at the age of 24, tells the extraordinary story of his life and career—and how he became one of the most revered baseball players of all time.
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See no stranger : a memoir and manifesto of revolutionary love
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Valarie Kaur
A leading Sikh activist blends the approaches of historical civil rights leaders to outline the practice of Revolutionary Love as an effective response to violence and division, explaining how its moral applications can facilitate transformative political and social change.
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Sing backwards and weep : a memoir
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Mark Lanegan
A gritty, gripping memoir by the singer Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees, Queens of the Stone Age, Soulsavers), chronicling his years as a singer and drug addict in Seattle in the '80s and '90s.
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Officer Clemmons
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Dr. François S. Clemmons
What it is: a heartwarming memoir from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood cast member François S. Clemmons, who famously broke down racial barriers by sharing a foot bath with Rogers in a 1969 episode.
Topics include: Clemmons' Grammy Award-winning music career, which began at Oberlin College in the 1960s; his life-affirming 30-year friendship with Rogers, which was tested when the latter advised the openly gay Clemmons to repress his sexuality to avoid scandal.
Did you know? Clemmons was the first African American performer to have a recurring role on a children's TV program.
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