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Shakespeare: The Man who Pays the Rent
by Judi Dench
Interweaving anecdotes on audiences, critics, company spirit and rehearsal room etiquette, Dame Judi Dench opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her 70-year career, serving up priceless revelations on everything from the craft of speaking in verse to her personal interpretations of some of Shakespeare's most famous scenes.
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How to Make Herself Agreeable to Everyone : a memoir
by Cameron Russell
The model and activist who helped organize the movement to bring equity to the fashion industry chronicles how she learned to navigate the often-exploitative modeling industry and helped bring racial and gender justice to the fashion world.
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On Call : a Doctor's Journey in Public Service
by Anthony S. Fauci
The most famous, and most revered, doctor in the world today who guided America through the COVID pandemic- and who embodies “speaking truth to power” with dignity and results, reveals his behind-the-scenes advising and negotiating with seven presidents on key issues from global AIDS relief to infectious disease preparedness at home.
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| Traveling: On the Path of Joni Mitchell by Ann PowersNPR music critic Ann Powers plumbs the life and career of legendary singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in this thoughtful and lyrical portrait named one of Observer's Best New Biographies of 2024. |
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| Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei; illustrated by Gianluca CostantiniChinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei's debut graphic memoir offers autobiographical sketches and folktales centered around the 12 animal signs of the Chinese zodiac. Italian cartoonist Gianluca Costantini's expressive black-and-white illustrations complement Weiwei's intimate prose. |
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| Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring by Brad GoochBrad Gooch's engaging biography of pop art pioneer and activist Keith Haring (1958-1990) draws upon hundreds of interviews with Haring's loved ones and colleagues to present a "thorough, intricately detailed, and enthralling portrait of a singular artist" (Booklist Reviews). |
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Tupac Shakur: The Authorized Biography
by Staci Robinson
More than a quarter of a century after his tragic death in 1996, this first-and-only Estate-authorized biography tells the powerful story of the one of the greatest and most controversial artists of all time whose unapologetic lyrics continue to inspire his fans around the world.
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| The Other Fab Four: The Remarkable True Story of the Liverbirds, Britain's First Female Rock... by Mary McGlory and Sylvia SaundersMary McGlory and Sylvia Saunders co-wrote this upbeat chronicle of their life as members of the Liverbirds, one of the first all-women rock bands in the world, which they co-founded alongside Valerie Gell and Pamela Birch in 1963. The quartet's working-class Liverpudlian origins earned them comparisons to the Beatles, with whom they were briefly acquainted. |
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Undisputed : a Champion's Life
by Donovan Bailey
From chasing a soccer ball through the fields of his native Jamaica as a child, to the basketball courts of Oakville, where he came of age in one of Canada's most thriving cultural mosaics, to his run toward Olympic gold in Atlanta in 1996, Donovan Bailey got a long way on natural talent. But he soon learned he needed to be his own toughest critic if he was going to be the very best. Undisputed is an athlete's story told with the kind of entertaining and inspiring verve very few of his peers can match.
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