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Biography and Memoir March 2024
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Beautiful people : my thirteen truths about disability
by Melissa Blake
The disability activist and social media influencer shares her story of living with a genetic bone and muscular disorder and the struggles that millions like her face in a society that makes them feel invisible.
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Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
by Dolly Parton with Holly George-Warren; curated by Rebecca Seaver
Beloved country superstar Dolly Parton shares the stories behind her favorite fashion moments in this charming full-color memoir featuring 450 photographs, never-before-seen images from her personal archives, and insights from her designers and stylists.
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Beryl : The Making of a Disability Activist
by Dustin Galer
A survivor of more than one hundred surgeries, a dangerous opioid addiction, and multiple suicide attempts, Beryl Potter devoted herself to bettering the lives of other people with disabilities and made a tremendous contribution to disability awareness from the 1970s to 1990s. In this unparalleled biography, Dustin Galer demonstrates how Beryl Potter seemed to crack the code of the social system that oppressed her.
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Gaman: Perseverance : Japanese Canadians' Journey to Justice
by Art Miki
This revealing memoir by the former president of the National Association of Japanese Canadians describes the long journey towards resolution for the historic injustice that deprived Japanese Canadians of their basic human rights during and after World War II.
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The Heart of A Superfan
by Nav Bhatia
This memoir offers a courtside view into the extraordinary life of Nav Bhatia. You know him as the Raptors Superfan, but Nav Bhatia's story is bigger than basketball. Nav immigrated to Canada from India after experiencing many hardships--only to face a host of new challenges. Life as an immigrant was gruelling and grey . . . and then, a new basketball team came to town. As Nav cheered on the Toronto Raptors at game after game, as they lost, as they won, on the good days and the bad, he discovered inspiration and community.
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The house of hidden meanings : a memoir
by RuPaul
From an international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a deeply intimate memoir of growing up black, poor and queer in a broken home and discovering the power of performance, found family and self-acceptance. Simultaneous.
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