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The art of power : my story as America's first woman Speaker of the House
by Nancy Pelosi
The first woman to ascend to the most powerful legislative role in our nation, passing laws that save lives and livelihoods, tells the story of her transformation from housewife to House Speaker, becoming a prophetic voice on the major moral issues of the day who's not afraid of a good fight.
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JFK Jr. : an intimate oral biography
by RoseMarie Terenzio
Sharing never-before-told stories and insights, JFK Jr.'s closest friends, confidantes, lovers, classmates, teachers and colleagues paint a vivid portrait of one of the most notable figures of the 20th century, revealing how the boy who saluted became the man America came to know and love who still captures public imagination 25 years after his tragic death.
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The wives : a memoir
by Simone Gorrindo
Uprooted from NYC and dropped into Columbus, Georgia, when her husband is deployed, Army wife Simone Gorrindo navigates this new world alone until she meets the wives, a remarkable group of women, in this profoundly intimate look at marriage, friendship and today's America.
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Tiger, Tiger
by James Patterson
This first full-scale biography chronicles the impossible life of Tiger Woods whose phenomenal success, despite potentially career-ending injuries and multiple public scandals, led to his induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame, becoming a lasting influence who continues to inspire every rising generation.
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A Complicated Passion : The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
by Carrie Rickey
This biography of the woman who wrote and directed some of the most acclaimed films of her era looks at her enduring influence and how she explored issues such as sexism, labor exploitation and race relations.
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Consent : a memoir
by Jill Ciment
The author of the novel The Body in Question reevaluates her decades-long marriage to the 47-year-old man she met when she was seventeen in the context of today's focus on the balance of power between older men and young girls.
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Out of the darkness : the mystery of Aaron Rodgers
by Ian O'Connor
Drawing on original interviews to answer the most penetrating questions about the league's most enigmatic player, a New York Times best-selling author takes on four-time the NFL MVP, revealing all sides of an all-time great and delivering a portrait of a complex man that will forever shape the way he's viewed.
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All that glitters : a story of friendship, fraud, and fine art
by Orlando Whitfield
Describes the rise and fall of former best friends Orlando Whitfield and Inigo Philbrick, one an art gallery owner and the other an art dealer who navigated success, financial ruin and finally betrayal resulting in imprisonment for art fraud.
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On James Baldwin
by Colm Tâoibâin
"Colm Tâoibâin's personal account of encountering James Baldwin's work, published in Baldwin's centenary year. Acclaimed Irish novelist Colm Tâoibâin first read James Baldwin just after turning eighteen. He had completed his first year at an Irish university and was struggling to free himself from a religious upbringing. He had even considered entering a seminary and was searching for literature that would offer illumination and insight. Inspired by the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, Tâoibâin found a writer who would be a lifelong companion and exemplar. From On James Baldwin, Baldwin was interested in the hidden and dramatic areas in his own being, and was prepared as a writer to explore difficult truths about his own private life. In his fiction, he had to battle for the right of his protagonists to choose or influence their destinies. He knew about guilt and rage and bitter privacies in a way that few of his White novelist contemporaries did. And this was not simply because he was Black and homosexual; the difference arose from the very nature of his talent, from the texture of his sensibility. "All art," he wrote, "is a kind of confession, more or less oblique. All artists, if they are to survive, are forced, at last, to tell the whole story, to vomit the anguish up."On James Baldwin is a magnificent contemporary author's tribute to one of his most consequential literary progenitors"
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