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Save me the plums : my Gourmet memoir
by Ruth Reichl
What it's about: The six-time James Beard Award-winning journalist and best-selling author of My Kitchen Year chronicles her groundbreaking tenure as editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine and her work with legendary fellow epicureans to transform how America thinks about food.
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Breaking Badly
by Georgie Dent
What it's about: At 24, life was good for Georgie Dent. After graduating with top marks, she had landed her dream job at a prestigious Sydney law firm and moved in with her boyfriend. She had the world at her feet and no right to break. But she did. Badly. Within a year Georgie was unemployed, back living with her parents, and suffering such crippling anxiety that she ended up in a psychiatric hospital.
Why you might like it: Breaking Badly is the story of a nervous breakdown in slow motion – a life that fell apart and what it took to put it back together again. Brutally honest and warmly engaging, it’s a must-read for anyone who sometimes feels close to the edge (Goodreads).
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Great Second Acts : In Praise of Older Women
by Marlene Wagman-Geller
What it's about: Marlene Wagman-Geller, author of Once Again to Zelda and Behind Every Great Man, presents a fascinating collection of biographical vignettes of dozens of women of a certain age who have excelled, inspired, and achieved. Learn how these women changed their respective fields of art, politics, science, mathematics, media, literature, activism, education, and more.
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Rough Magic : Riding the World's Loneliest Horse Race
by Lara Prior-Palmer
What it's about: The author describes her experience participating in and winning, as the youngest and first-ever female, the Mongol Derby which pits riders against each other while racing a series of twenty-five wild ponies across 1,000 miles of Mongolian grasslands.
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Focus on: Space Exploration
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| No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the Moon by Buzz Aldrin with Ken AbrahamWhat it is: Apollo 11 moonwalker Buzz Aldrin's inspiring memoir/self-help guide, peppered with the author's humorous mottoes ("second comes right after first") and motivational lessons.
Want a taste? "If you are afraid to fail, you will probably not accomplish much in life."
Did you know? Aldrin's mother's maiden name was Moon. |
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| Rise of the Rocket Girls: The Women Who Propelled Us, from Missiles to the Moon to Mars by Nathalia HoltIntroducing: Barby Canright, Macie Roberts, Helen Yee Chow, Barbara Lewis, Janez Lawson, Susan Finley, and others.
Why they mattered: From the 1940s to the 1960s, this talented group of women calculated rocket trajectories, designed satellites, and analyzed massive amounts of experimental data for NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. |
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| Neil Armstrong: A Life of Flight by Jay BarbreeWhat it's about: Neil Armstrong's aviation career, from his service in the Korean War to the Apollo 11 mission, where he became the first person to walk on the moon.
What sets it apart: NBC News correspondent Jay Barbree is the only reporter to have covered all 166 American manned space missions; he was also a friend of Armstrong's.
Is it for you? Though it offers glimpses into its notoriously private subject's personal life, Neil Armstrong is a mostly career-centric account. |
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| Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyWhat it is: The inspiring New York Times bestselling biography of NASA's African American female mathematicians, whose work in the 1950s and '60s played a pivotal role in launching American astronauts into orbit.
Media buzz: The 2016 film adaptation of Hidden Figures was a big hit with both audiences and critics, earning three Academy Award nominations (including one for Best Picture). |
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The Last Man on the Moon
by Eugene Cernan
What it's about: The last man to set foot on the moon chronicles his participation in the historic Apollo program, from the tragic accident that killed three astronauts to his own journey into space as commander of Apollo 17.
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