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The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt: The Women Who Created a President
by Edward F. O'Keefe
Celebrating the five extraordinary yet unsung women who profoundly shaped the life of one of America's most significant presidents, this spirited and poignant family love story reveals Theodore Roosevelt, an icon of rugged American masculinity, as we've never seen him before. Read-alikes: Eleanor by David Michaelis.
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| Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent by Judi Dench with Brendan O'HeaAcademy Award-winning actress Judi Dench dishes on her seven-decade career (including roles in 20 of Shakespeare's plays) in this witty and engaging series of transcribed interviews with her longtime friend Brendan O'Hea, himself an actor at Shakespeare's Globe. Try this next: Making It So by Patrick Stewart. |
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| An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s by Doris Kearns GoodwinIn this affecting blend of biography, memoir, and history, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Doris Kearns Goodwin reveals the tumult of the 1960s as experienced by her husband, speechwriter Dick Goodwin, who died in 2018. Materials from the Goodwins' personal archives offer an evocative portrait of the era. Try this next: Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History by Ted Sorensen. |
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| The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality by Amanda MontellSounds Like A Cult podcast host Amanda Montell's tongue-in-cheek follow-up to Cultish offers an engaging blend of cultural commentary and personal reflection focusing on the limitations of our cognitive biases. Try this next: Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans by Jane Marie. |
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| The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters by Susan PageAward-winning USA Today journalist Susan Page plumbs the life and career of legendary broadcast news pioneer Barbara Walters in this well-researched and incisive biography featuring interviews with dozens of Walters' loved ones and colleagues. Try this next: Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR by Lisa Napoli. |
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The Survivors of the Clotilda: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the American Slave Trade
by Hannah Durkin
Joining the ranks of Rebecca Skloot's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks and Zora Neale Hurston's rediscovered classic Barracoon, an immersive and revelatory history of the Clotilda, the last slave ship to land on US soil, told through the stories of its survivors-the last documented survivors of any slave ship-whose lives diverged and intersected in profound ways. For fans of: Africatown: America's Last Slave Ship and the Community it Created by Nick Tabor.
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| Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas ShakespeareIn this dramatic and richly detailed portrait of James Bond creator and naval intelligence officer Ian Fleming, novelist Nicholas Shakespeare (The Dancer Upstairs) utilizes never-before-seen Fleming family archival materials to craft "the definitive biography of the popular author" (Publishers Weekly). Further reading: The Man with the Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming's James Bond Letters edited by Fergus Fleming. |
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The MAGA Diaries: My Surreal Adventures inside the Right-Wing (and How I Got Out)
by Tina Nguyen
An acclaimed political journalist tells her story of loving and leaving the conservative movement (well before Trump), painting a shocking portrait of how they recruit, train and indoctrinate generations of young people in search of opportunity and shape them into leaders supporting the Republican party. Read-alike: Killing the Messenger: The Right-Wing Plot to Derail Hillary and Hijack Your Government by David Brock.
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