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Biography and Memoir June 2020
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Chasing my cure : a doctor's race to turn hope into action : a memoir
by David C Fajgenbaum
An award-winning doctor and former college athlete recounts his battle with a rare health disorder that compelled his work with world-class scientists to find a cure, describing how he became a driven advocate for patients with under-researched diseases.
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Tombstone : the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the vendetta ride from hell
by Thomas Clavin
"The true story of the Earp brothers, Doc Holliday, and the famous Battle at the OK Corral, by the New York Times bestselling author of Dodge City and Wild Bill. On the afternoon of October 26, 1881, nine men clashed in what would be known as the most famous shootout in American frontier history....Bestselling author Tom Clavin peers behind decades of legend surrounding the story of Tombstone to reveal the true story of the drama and violence that made it famous. Tombstone also digs deep into the vendetta ride that followed the tragic gunfight, when Wyatt and Warren Earp and Holliday went vigilante to track down the likes of Johnny Ringo, Curly Bill Brocius, and other cowboys who had cowardly gunned down his brothers. That "vendetta ride" would make the myth of Wyatt Earp completeand punctuate the struggle for power in the American frontier's last boom town"
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Books You Might Have Missed
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Warhol
by Blake Gopnik
In this definitive biography of one of the most influential artists of his—or any—age, an esteemed art critic takes on Andy Warhol in all his depths and dimensions, bringing to life a figure who consistently defied easy categorization and whose life and work continue to profoundly affect our culture and society today.
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Always Home: A Daughter's Recipes & Stories
by Fanny Singer
What it's about: author Fanny Singer's coming of age as the daughter of famed Chez Panisse restaurateur and food activist Alice Waters.
Read it for: Singer's lush writing and heartwarming relationship with her mother.
Recipes include: egg fettuccine; garlicky noodle soup; persimmon pudding; quince meringue ice cream.
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| For Joshua: An Ojibwe Father Teaches His Son by Richard WagameseWhat it is: Originally published in Canada in 2002, this moving memoir is a series of letters to Richard Wagamese's then six-year-old-son, from whom he was estranged.
Why you might like it: Wagamese's hard-won wisdom, pulled from Ojibwe traditions, a childhood spent in foster homes, and his battles with addiction, will resonate with readers who enjoy redemption narratives.
Author alert: The late Wagamese was the award-winning author of Indian Horse. |
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The Dalai Lama : an extraordinary life
by Alexander Norman
The leading Tibetan scholar and author of Holder of the White Lotus presents a definitive biography of the 14th Dalai Lama that includes coverage of his discomfort with his political position, dangerous vulnerabilities and prophecy-rooted spiritual practice.
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