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Biography and Memoir July 2019
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Leaving the witness : exiting a religion and finding a life
by Amber Scorah
A first book by the creator of the "Dear Amber" podcast describes her strict upbringing as a third-generation Jehovah's Witness and her efforts to find her true place in the world apart from the edicts of her family and faith.
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The Lie : A Memoir of Two Marriages, Catfishing & Coming Out
by William Dameron
In this emotional and unflinchingly honest memoir of coming out of the closet late in life, owning up to the past, and facing the future, William Dameron confronts steroid addiction, the shame and homophobia of his childhood, the sledgehammer of secrets that slowly tore his marriage apart, and his love for a gay father of three that would once again challenge the boundaries of trust. At the true heart of The Lie is a universal story about turning self-doubt into self-acceptance and about pain, anger, and the long journey of both seeking and giving forgiveness.
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No Friend but the Mountains : Writing from Manus Prison
by Behrouz Boochani
In 2013, Kurdish journalist Behrouz Boochani was illegally detained on Manus Island, a refugee detention centre off the coast of Australia. He has been there ever since. This book is the result. Laboriously tapped out on a mobile phone and translated from the Farsi. It is a voice of witness, an act of survival. A lyric first-hand account. A cry of resistance. A vivid portrait through five years of incarceration and exile.
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Places and names : on war, revolution, and returning
by Elliot Ackerman
The decorated Marine and author of the National Book Award finalist, Dark at the Crossing, draws on five tours of duty to assess the nature of combat and the human cost of the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria.
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Three women
by Lisa Taddeo
Offers a riveting account of the sex lives of three ordinary American women, based on nearly a decade of reporting.
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Young Castro : the making of a revolutionary
by Jonathan M. Hansen
The first American historian in a generation to gain access to the Castro archives in Havana draws upon hundreds of never-before-seen letters and interviews to present an intimate, revisionist portrait of the early years of Fidel Castro—a man determined to be a leader.
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