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Biography and Memoir August 2017
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| Daring to Drive: A Saudi Woman's Awakening by Manal Al-SharifThough author Manal Al-Sharif grew up as a devoutly fundamentalist Muslim in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, she later received a technical education that led to a job as a computer security engineer. In Daring to Drive, she relates how she publicized a protest movement, the Women2Drive campaign, with a video recording of herself driving a car. This eye-opening memoir vividly portrays the customary restrictions on girls and women in her country as well as the difficulties of pushing for social change. For additional insight into women's lives in Saudi Arabia, try Jean Sasson's Princess or Carmen bin Ladin's Inside the Kingdom. |
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Nearly normal : surviving the wilderness, my family and myself
by Cea Sunrise Person
In the wake of her mother's death, her marriage's end, and her business's failure, the former model continues her search for answers about her dysfunctional family in order to draw connections between her early life and later mistakes.
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Nevertheless : a memoir
by Alec Baldwin
In a candid memoir, a noted, outspoken actor chronicles the highs and lows of his life and career.
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Out standing in the field
by Sandra Perron
Sandra Perron, Canada's first female infantry officer, describes her experiences serving in the Canadian Forces, including the harassment she suffered during training and her deployments to Bosnia and Croatia.
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The road to Jonestown : Jim Jones and Peoples Temple
by Jeff Guinn
A portrait of the cult leader behind the Jonestown Massacre examines his personal life, from his extramarital affairs and drug use to his fraudulent faith healing practices and his decision to move his followers to Guyana, sharing new details about the events leading to the 1978 tragedy
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