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• The Hour of the Wolf

  a Memoir

  Bhutto, Fatima, 1982-

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  Fatima Bhutto is an award winning journalist. She spent much of the COVID lockdown considering leaving her long-term boyfriend. Spending time with her dog helped her to realize how toxic that relationship had been.

• ROUGH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN

  a Memoir

  BOTTOMS, KEISHA LANCE

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  The former mayor of Atlanta writes about her modest, hardscrabble upbringing. She fully appreciates the selfless, loving and fierce lessons her family taught her.

• Strangers

  a Memoir of Marriage

  Burden, Belle,

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  This is a detailed look at Burden's failed marriage. Their relationship was exciting in the beginning, and ended with confusing pain. Her husband abruptly walked out on her and their children. She wonders whether she ever knew him.

• Bernie for Burlington

  the Rise of the People's Politician and the Transformation of One American Place

  Chiasson, Dan,

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  The Rise of the People's Politician and the Transformation of One American Place.

• Starry and Restless

  Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World

  Cooke, Julia,

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  Cook explores the prolific lives of three mid 20th century female journalists. Rebecca West, Martha Gelhorn and Emily Hahn. They all were World War II correspondents. They were also considered controversial during that time.

• Everybody's Fly

  a Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture

  Fab 5 Freddy, 1959-

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  Fab 5 Freddy composes music, directs music videos, and is a prolific graffiti artist. He worked with Snoop Dogg, Nas and Queen Latifah among others, and was the original host of Yo! MTV Raps.

• Nothing Random

  Bennett Cerf and the Publishing House He Built

  Feldman, Gayle,

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  Cerf predicted he would become one of the greatest publishers of the century, as a college student. A few decades later, he was. He founded Random House. He published writings of James Joyce, Ayn Rand, Truman Capote and many other icons.

• Intimate Audrey

  An Authorized Biography

  Ferrer, Sean Hepburn

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  Featuring never-before-seen photographs and excerpts from her personal letters. Her son wrote this book depicting her as an icon, a mother and an altruist.

• Nonviolent

  a Memoir of Resistance, Agitation, and Love

  Lawson, James M., 1928-2024,

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  Reverend Lawson was a leading strategist of non-violent theory and practice. He served prison time for resisting the Korean War draft. Later, he was in India and Africa where he studied Gandhi's philosophy and tactics.

• IT WASN'T MEANT TO BE PERFECT

  LEA, GAELYNN

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  Folk musician, Broadway composer, and disability advocate Gaelynn Lea was born with a genetic bone disorder. She couldn't move without difficulty and pain. As a child, she learned to adapt. Once well known, she became an activist.

• A Danger to the Minds of Young Girls

  Margaret C. Anderson, Book Bans, and the Fight to Modernize Literature

  Morgan, Adam,

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  This is the story of one of the U.S's earliest book bans. Margaret C. Anderson was the editor of the Little Review. She bravely serialized Joyce's Ulysses in 1918. The New York Society of the Suppression of Vice sued her and won. That didn't stop…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Defiance

  a Memoir of Awakening, Rebellion, and Survival in Syria

  Mrie, Loubna, 1991-

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  Mrie grew up in a Syrian Baathist family that supported Assad's dictatorship. She was safe until she felt compelled to join the antigovernmental opposition. As a journalist, she reported everything she encountered.

• Young Man in a Hurry

  a Memoir of Discovery

  Newsom, Gavin, 1967-

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  Details his personal journey, political rise, and the defining moments that shaped him. Includes his childhood struggles with dyslexia and his parents' divorce.

• Judy Blume

  a Life

  Oppenheimer, Mark, 1974-

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  Traces Blume's literary achievements and personal life.

• Small Town Girls

  a Writer's Memoir

  Phillips, Jayne Anne, 1952-

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  Beautiful prose accompany Phillip's nostalgia for her Appalachian childhood. The prolific writer tells her story within twenty-two essays. Most are autobiographical. Some include topics that had inspired her or changed her life.

• The Rolling Stones

  the Biography

  Spitz, Bob

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  It didn't seem like the band had staying power back in 1963. Mick Jagger was an economics student and a lover of blues when he first performed. A great reading choice for the band's fans.

• EXTRA SAUCE

  the Good, the Bad, and the Onions

  TANGORRA, ZAHRA

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  Tangorra reflects on her life through describing great meals and great loves. She writes about family, friendship, grief, and the solace that can be found through food.

• The Remarkable Life of Reed Peggram

  the Man Who Stared Down World War II in the Name of Love

  Whitmire, Ethelene, 1968-

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  Historian Whitmire draws on archival sources, including hundreds of letters, to cover Peggram's life. He was a black, gay Harvard student who moved to France in 1937. He fell in love and refused to separate from him, even after the Nazis invaded.

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