CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINY
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Biography
OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE: A MEMOIR OF EXILE, IRAN, AND THE GLOBAL WOMEN'S MOVEMENT
Written by Afkhami, Mahnaz
When Mahnaz Afkhami picked up the phone in a New York hotel room early one morning in November 1978, she learned she could never go home again: she had been declared an apostate and enemy of the Iranian Revolution and was now on its death list.
FLIRTING WITH DANGER: THE MYSTERIOUS LIFE OF MARGUERITE HARRISON, SOCIALITE SPY
Written by Wallach, Janet
The true story of socialite spy Marguerite Harrison, who slipped behind enemy lines in Russia and Germany in the fraught period between the world wars Foreign correspondent. Author. Filmmaker. Spy. Marguerite Harrison was born into Gilded Age American privilege and launched a successful career as a culture writer for the Baltimore Sun as a young widow.
TALK OF CHAMPIONS: STORIES OF THE PEOPLE WHO MADE ME: A MEMOIR
Written by Smith, Kenny
A poignant, humorous, behind-the-scenes memoir from Kenny "The Jet" Smith--superstar basketball commentator, host of top-rated Inside the NBA, and two-time NBA champion.
AFTER THE MIRACLE: THE POLITICAL CRUSADES OF HELEN KELLER
Written by Wallace, Max
In this powerful new history, New York Times bestselling author Max Wallace draws on groundbreaking research to reframe Helen Keller's journey after the miracle at the water pump, vividly bringing to light her rarely discussed, lifelong fight for social justice across gender, class, race, and ability.
SINK: A MEMOIR
Written by Thomas, Joseph Earl
"A brilliant and brilliantly different" (Kiese Laymon), wrenching and redemptive coming-of-age memoir about the difficulty of growing up in a hazardous home and the glory of finding salvation in geek culture. Stranded within an ever-shifting family's desperate but volatile attempts to love, saddled with a mercurial mother mired in crack addiction, and demeaned daily for his perceived w
LEFT ON TENTH: A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE: A MEMOIR
Written by Ephron, Delia
The beloved writer of romantic comedies like You've Got Mail tells her own late-in-life love story in her New York Times bestselling "resplendent memoir," complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution (Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Good Left Undone).
HONEY, BABY, MINE: A MOTHER AND DAUGHTER TALK LIFE, DEATH, LOVE (AND BANANA PUDDING)
Written by Ladd, Diane
A collection of deeply personal conversations from award-winning actress and activist Laura Dern and the woman she admires most, her mother--legendary actress Diane Ladd.
QUEEN: HER LIFE
Written by Morton, Andrew
#1 New York Times bestselling biographer Andrew Morton provides the definitive, most comprehensive account of Queen Elizabeth II's legendary reign. Painfully shy, Elizabeth Windsor's personality was well suited to her youthful ambition of living quietly in the country, raising a family, and caring for her dogs and horses.
SALMON P. CHASE: LINCOLN'S VITAL RIVAL
Written by Stahr, Walter
An NPR Best Book of 2022 From an acclaimed New York Times bestselling biographer, an "eloquently written, impeccably researched, and intensely moving" (The Wall Street Journal) reassessment of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable Secretary of the Treasury: a leading proponent for black rights during his years in cabinet and later as Chief Justice of the United States.
JUSTICE, JUSTICE THOU SHALT PURSUE: MY LIFE'S WORK FIGHTING FOR A MORE PERFECT UNION
Written by Tyler, Amanda L
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final book offers an intimate look at her extraordinary life and details her lifelong pursuit for gender equality and a "more perfect Union." In the fall of 2019, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg visited the University of California, Berkeley School of Law to honor her friend, the late Herma Hill Kay, with whom Ginsburg had coauthored the very first casebook on sex-base
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