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Biography and Memoir February 2018
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| When the World Seemed New: George H.W. Bush and the End of the Cold War by Jeffrey A. EngelWhat it is: a detailed account of how U.S. President George H.W. Bush helped bring about the end of the Cold War during his time in office.
Is it for you? Packed with political play-by-plays, this meticulously researched portrait is for readers with an interest in international relations and political history.
Further reading: For more on the 41st president, try Destiny and Power by Jon Meacham. |
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Nino and me : my unusual friendship with Justice antonin scalia
by Bryan A Garner
"From legal expert and veteran author Bryan Garner comes a unique, intimate, and compelling memoir of his friendship with the late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. For almost thirty years, Antonin Scalia was arguably the most influential and controversial Justice on the United States Supreme Court. His dynamic and witty writing devoted to the Constitution has influenced an entire generation of judges. Based on his reputation for using scathing language to criticize liberal court decisions, many people presumed Scalia to be gruff and irascible. But to those who knew him as "Nino," he was characterized by his warmth, charm, devotion, fierce intelligence, and loyalty. Bryan Garner's friendship with Justice Scalia was instigated by celebrated writer David Foster Wallace and strengthened over their shared love of language. Despite their differing viewpoints on everything from gun control to the use of contraceptives, their literary and personal relationship flourished. Justice Scalia even officiated at Garner's wedding. In this humorous, touching, and surprisingly action-packed memoir, Garner gives a firsthand insight into the mind, habits, and faith of one of the most famous and misunderstood judges in the world"
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Hit So Hard
by Patty Schemel
The former drummer for Hole provides a front-seat view into the life of Courtney Love and Kurt Cobain, her one-time housemates, and describes her own addictions to heroin that resulted in being fired, homelessness, multiple stints in rehab and petty theft and prostitution. 25,000 first printing.
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| Hitler, My Neighbor: Memories of a Jewish Childhood, 1929-1939 by Edgar Feuchtwanger with Bertil ScaliWhat it is: Historian Edgar Feuchtwanger relates how his boyhood in a prominent German-Jewish family was affected by the arrival of a new neighbor, Adolf Hitler, who moved in across the street from his Munich home in 1929.
Read it for: Feuchtwanger’s riveting first-hand accounts of events such as the Night of the Long Knives, the Anschluss, and Kristallnacht.
Reviewers say: “An intimate look at the horror wrought by Hitler” (Kirkus Reviews). |
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| When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha BandeleWhat it's about: Artist and social justice activist Patrisse Khan-Cullors divulges the story of her life, from her 1980s childhood in suburban Los Angeles to her involvement in founding the Black Lives Matter Movement.
Is it for you? This passionate and candid coming-of-age memoir is for readers with a strong interest in social activism, LGBT issues, and human rights. |
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| Montaigne in Barn Boots: An Amateur Ambles through Philosophy by Michael PerryWhat it is: Bestselling writer Michael Perry (The Jesus Cow) draws parallels between his life and that of medieval French philosopher Michel de Montaigne.
Read it for: Perry’s warm and humorous tone, which might provoke laughter as he describes his (and Montaigne’s) views on aging, sex, marriage...and kidney stones. |
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