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Biography and Memoir June 2024 |
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What a fool believes : a memoir
by Michael McDonald
In his candid, laidback memoir, written with his friend, Emmy Award-nominated actor and comedian Paul Reiser, the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer, Grammy Award-winning and platinum-selling icon tells the story of his life and music, relaying the lessons he's learned along the way.
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Chasing hope : a reporter's life
by Nicholas D. Kristof
"From New York Times columnist, Pulitzer Prize winner, and bestselling author Nicholas D. Kristof, an intimate and gripping memoir about a life in journalism"
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The Fixer : Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn
by Josh Young
Based on his never-before-seen investigative files and personal archives, this riveting tell-all biography of Fred Otash, Hollywood's most infamous private detective and fixer to the stars, take readers inside the nefarious world of a man who specialized in the dark arts that would soon dominate the entertainment industry.
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Rebel girl : my life as a feminist punk
by Kathleen Hanna
The original rebel girl and legendary front woman of Bikini Kill, which embodied the punk scene of the 90s, shares how the relationships and friendships she developed during those years reminded her that, despite the odds, the punk world could still nurture and care for its own.
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My Mama, Cass
by Owen Elliot-kugell
In this long-awaited memoir nearly 50 years since of her mother's untimely death, the daughter of legendary rock star“Mama” Cass Elliot illuminates the complex truths of her mother's life, sharing interviews with the high-profile figures who orbited Cass as well as never-before-heard stories of her mother and this legendary period of American history.
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The call to serve : the life of President George Herbert Walker Bush
by Jon Meacham
Published to coincide with the 100th anniversary of his birth, this intimate portrait of the 41st U.S. President visually documents his life with over 450+ photographs, celebrating the legacy of a man whose strong values of integrity and respect for others led to a life of leadership viewed as a call to serve.
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Pretty : a memoir
by KB
"By a prize-winning, young Black trans writer of outsized talent, a fierce and disciplined memoir about queerness, masculinity, and race. Even as it shines light on the beauty and toxicity of Black masculinity from a transgender perspective-the tropes, the presumptions-Pretty is as much a powerful and tender love letter as it is a call for change. "I should be able to define myself, but I am not. Not by any governmental or cultural body," Brookins writes. "Every day, I negotiate the space between who I am, how I'm perceived, and what I need to unlearn. People have assumed things about me, and I can't change that. Every day, I am assumed to be a Black American man, though my ID says 'female,' and my heart says neither of the sort. What does it mean - to be a girl-turned-man when you're something else entirely?" Informed by KB Brookins's personal experiences growing up in Texas, those of other Black transgender masculine people, Black queer studies, and cultural criticism, Pretty is concerned with the marginalization suffered by a unique American constituency-whose condition is a world apart from that of cisgender, non-Black, and non-masculine people. Here is a memoir (a bildungsroman of sorts) about coming to terms with instantly and always being perceived as "other""
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Profiles in Freedom : Heroes Who Shaped America
by Carl Higbie
The host of Newsmax's Saturday Report with Carl Higbie profiles the heroes of American history, some famous, some forgotten; some known, some unknown, who made the U.S. the greatest country in all of human history and changed the world for the better.
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Joyful recollections of trauma
by Paul Scheer
The award-winning comedian, actor, filmmaker and podcaster presents a hilarious and candid memoir-in-essays that confront his sometimes shocking and difficult childhood, journey towards self-acceptance and his own experiences as a father.
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The backyard bird chronicles
by Amy Tan
Mapping the passage of time through daily entries, thoughtful questions and beautiful original sketches, the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club shares her search for solace which turned into an opportunity to connect with nature in a meaningful way and imagine the intricate lives of the birds she admired.
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Another word for love : a memoir
by Carvell Wallace
The writer and podcast host examines his own history of growing of growing up Black and queer in America and the struggles he faced as the son of a single parent in a predominantly white Pennsylvania town.
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Once upon a time : the captivating life of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
by Elizabeth Beller
Drawing on in-depth research and exclusive interviews with those closest to her, a journalist explores the real Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy behind the tabloid headlines and frenzy amidst today's cultural reckoning about the way our media treats women, revealing a multifaceted woman worthy of our attention regardless of her husband and untimely death.
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Coming home
by Brittney Griner
From the nine-time women's basketball icon and two-time Olympic gold medalist comes a raw, revelatory account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home.
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Down with the system : a memoir (of sorts)
by Serj Tankian
This memoir by the musician, songwriter and lead singer-lyricist of the award-winning metal band System Of A Down retraces his remarkable journey from his roots as a Lebanese-born Armenian-American to a career in music and activism. 75,000 first printing.
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