Biography
STREET PHILOSOPHY OF GARRY WINOGRAND
Written by Dyer, Geoff
Garry Winogrand--along with Diane Arbus and Lee Friedlander--was one of the most important photographers of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as one of the world's foremost street photographers. Award-winning writer Geoff Dyer has admired Winogrand's work for many years.
CHIEF: THE LIFE AND TURBULENT TIMES OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS
Written by Biskupic, Joan
An incisive biography of the Supreme Court's enigmatic Chief Justice, taking us inside the momentous legal decisions of his tenure so far
QUEEN: THE FORGOTTEN LIFE BEHIND AN AMERICAN MYTH
Written by Levin, Josh
The Queen is the bizarre, true tale of a psychopath who changed American history, an in-depth account of how one beguilingly complex woman, raised in the Jim Crow South and molded by gangland Chicago, transformed the way we think about race and poverty to this day.
MAKING OF A JUSTICE: REFLECTIONS ON MY FIRST 94 YEARS
Written by Stevens, John Paul
A masterful and personal account of life on the Supreme Court that offers a unique understanding of American history from one of the most prominent jurists of our time
LITTLE PANIC: DISPATCHES FROM AN ANXIOUS LIFE
Written by Stern, Amanda
In the vein of bestselling memoirs about mental illness like Andrew Solomon's Noonday Demon, Sarah Hepola's Blackout, and Daniel Smith's Monkey Mind comes a gorgeously immersive, immediately relatable, and brilliantly funny memoir about living life on the razor's edge of panic.
OUT EAST: MEMOIR OF A MONTAUK SUMMER
Written by Glynn, John
A gripping, unforgettable portrait of life in a Montauk summer house--a debut memoir of first love, identity and self-discovery among a group of friends who became family. "'We were sun children chasing an eternal summer.' This boisterous chronicle of a summer in Montauk sees a group of 20-something housemates who'll grow to know, to love, and care for one another.
MATRIARCH: BARBARA BUSH AND THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN DYNASTY
Written by Page, Susan
A vivid biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush, one of the most influential and under-appreciated women in American political history. Barbara Pierce Bush was one of the country's most popular and powerful figures. Yet her full story has never been told.
SO HERE'S THE THING . . .: NOTES ON GROWING UP, GETTING OLDER, AND TRUSTING YOUR GUT
Written by Mastromonaco, Alyssa
From the New York Times bestselling author of Who Thought This Was a Good Idea? comes a fun, frank book of reflections, essays, and interviews on topics important to young women, ranging from politics and career to motherhood, sisterhood, and making and sustaining relationships of all kinds in the age of social media.
WHAT NOW, LIEUTENANT?: LEADERSHIP FORGED FROM EVENTS IN VIETNAM, DESERT STORM AND BEYOND
Written by Neal, Richard
Wars, fought on a grand scale with global consequences, are made up of countless smaller battles and events. For the men who fought, bled and died in them they are not small--those little pieces of war--and the personal aftermath and their effect is beyond measure.
DUTCH GIRL: AUDREY HEPBURN AND WORLD WAR II
Written by Matzen, Robert
Twenty-five years after her passing, Audrey Hepburn remains the most beloved of all Hollywood stars, known as much for her role as UNICEF ambassador as for films like Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's. Several biographies have chronicled her stardom, but none has covered her intense experiences through five years of Nazi occupation in the Netherlands.
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