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Biography and Memoir February 2026 |
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he Improbable Victoria Woodhull: Suffrage, Free Love, and the First Woman to Run for President by Eden CollinsworthBorn dirt-poor in an obscure Ohio settlement, Woodhull was the daughter of an illiterate mother entranced by the fad of Mesmerism--a therapeutic pseudoscience--and a swindler father whose cons exploited his two daughters. It was through her mother, though, that Woodhull familiarized herself with the supernatural realm, earning a degree of fame as a clairvoyant and her first taste of financial success. |
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This American Woman: A One-In-A-Billion Memoir
by Zarna Garg
Award-winning comedian Zarna Garg turns her ... life story into a hilarious memoir--from narrowly escaping an arranged marriage and homelessness in India to carving her own path in America and launching a dazzling second act in midlife-
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107 Days
by Kamala Harris
Your Secret Service code name is Pioneer. You are the first woman in history to be elected vice president of the United States. On July 21, 2024, your running mate, Joe Biden, announces that he will not be seeking reelection. The presidential election will occur on November 5, 2024. You have 107 days. Written with candor, a unique perspective, and the pace of a page-turning novel, 107 Days takes you inside the race for the presidency as no one has ever done before--
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The Future of Truth by Werner HerzogFor over half a century, Werner Herzog has challenged, enriched, and expanded our understanding of the truth. His films and books have mixed fiction and nonfiction, documentary and drama, reality and imagination. Invariably, Herzog goes beyond the appearance of what is true in search of a higher truth, or what he has often referred to as the ecstatic truth. In The Future of Truth, a great artist ventures an answer to one of humanity's deepest, most eternal questions. At a moment when deepfake AI videos are proliferating, and most people have simply thrown up their hands in despair at the ubiquity of what we now know as fake news--not to mention the constant lying and propagandizing from certain public figures--Herzog seeks a remedy.
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Focus on: Black History Month
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Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World
by Thant Myint-U
A wonderful subject, beautifully written, evoking a world startlingly like and unlike our own. Essential reading for anyone interested in the origins and possibilities of our current global crisis.--Rory Stewart, author of Politics on the Edge A new history of the turbulent 1960s told through the life of U Thant, the first UN secretary-general of color, whose decisions once shaped global war and peace.
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Truly
by Lionel Richie
In this intimate, deeply candid memoir, Lionel revisits hilarious and harrowing events to inspire all who doubt themselves or feel their dreams don't matter. Lionel chronicles lessons learned during his unlikely story of remarkable success his dramatic transformation from painfully shy, tragically late bloomer to world-class entertainer and composer of love songs that have played as the soundtrack of our lives.--
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| The Essential Dick Gregory by Dick Gregory; Christian Gregory, editorBlack comedy legend and raconteur Dick Gregory grew up in St. Louis and first received widespread acclaim after successful sets at Chicago’s Playboy Club. As the 1960s progressed, Gregory became increasingly involved in the civil rights movement, eventually becoming just as well-known for his activism as his comedy. This book collects writings and speeches from all phases of his storied career, edited by his son Christian. Try this next: Sidney Poitier: The Great Speeches of an Icon Who Moved Us Forward, compiled by Joanna Poitier. |
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| Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde by Alexis Pauline GumbsPoet Alexis Pauline Gumbs’ innovative, adventurous biography of Black feminist poet Audre Lorde is a tribute to and legacy of a shared intersectional identity. Gumbs, who, like her subject, is an LGBTQIA+ descendant of Caribbean immigrants, details how Lorde rose from a difficult upbringing to become an inspiring feminist figure whose work never hesitated to call out injustice and oppression in this “scintillating tour de force” (Publishers Weekly). |
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| The Garretts of Columbia: A Black South Carolina Family from Slavery to the Dawn of... by David NicholsonAuthor and former journalist David Nicholson dives deep into family archives to pen the sweeping story of his ancestors from before the Civil War to the mid-20th century. Beginning with an enslaved patriarch who purchased freedom for himself and family members, notable Garretts would go on to become soldiers, scholars, and lawyers, steadfastly building a legacy of success despite an unsympathetic and, at times, antagonistic society. For fans of: The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson. |
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