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Biography and Memoir October 2025 |
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Water mirror echo : Bruce Lee and the making of Asian America
by Jeff Chang
Drawing on intimate interviews and rare archival materials, this biography examines Bruce Lee's transformation from a sickly child in postwar Hong Kong to a cultural trailblazer whose life and legacy helped catalyze the emergence of Asian America.
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Augustine the African
by Catherine Conybeare
"An extraordinary work of revisionist history that centers Africa in the life of one of our greatest philosophers"
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Willie Nelson on Willie Nelson : Interviews and Encounters With Willie Nelson
by Paul Maher
This collection reveals the icon as a complex and contradictory man, elusive at times, revealing at others. Willie Nelson on Willie Nelson is a collection of interviews that illuminates him not only as a musician but as an actor, writer, political and animal‑rights activist, drug advocate, and environmentalist. These interviews with Nelson, many of them unseen for decades, range from the early 1970s to 2020 and are tied together by a biographical timeline and compositional history of his most beloved songs and albums. They reveal not only the life and work of Nelson but also a bevy of committed journalists, some of them amateur, whom Nelson welcomed, one and all, to share his sometimes‑radical worldview with an adoring public.
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| Softly, As I Leave You: Life After Elvis by Priscilla Beaulieu Presley with Mary Jane RossMore than 50 years after her divorce from the King of Rock and Roll, Priscilla Beaulieu Presley candidly recalls finding her independence after her relationship with Elvis, which had dominated her life since she was 14. Presley is frank about her triumphs (success as an actor) and tragedies (the deaths of her daughter and grandson), as well as the grief she felt after her ex-husband’s death. Try this next: Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story by Leslie Jamison. |
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A fine line between stupid and clever : the story of Spinal Tap
by Rob Reiner
An inside look at the creation, legacy and cultural impact of the groundbreaking mockumentary comedy This Is Spinal Tap features behind-the-scenes stories, iconic quotes and rare memorabilia from the fictional band that became a real rock phenomenon.
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| Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati RoyBooker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy shares vivid memories of growing up poor in India and her complicated relationship with her single mother, Mary. It is a raw account of living with a headstrong, volatile, and sometimes abusive parent, but one who also ignited the author’s dedication to Indian women’s rights, and whose death in 2022 left Arundhati overcome with grief. For fans of: I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy. |
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American Kings : A Biography of the Quarterback
by Seth Wickersham
This immersive exploration of the quarterback's journey from childhood dreams to NFL stardom reveals the personal costs, cultural significance and relentless ambition behind America's most mythologized sports role through the lives of past, present and future greats.
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| Sister Wife: A Memoir of Faith, Family, and Finding Freedom by Christine Brown WoolleyReality TV star Christine Brown Woolley speaks earnestly about her Mormon faith and upbringing and candidly about her choice -- following the conclusion of her TLC show Sister Wives -- to leave the tradition of fundamentalist polygamy in which she was raised. If you like this, be sure to read Becoming Free Indeed: My Story of Disentangling Faith from Fear by Jinger Duggar Vuolo. |
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