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Biography and Memoir January 2020
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I am C-3PO : the inside story
by Anthony Daniels
The beloved Star Wars actor shares insights into the concepts, evolution and unexpected hazards of his iconic character while describing his collaborations with such legends as Sir Alec Guinness, Carrie Fisher and George Lucas.
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A marvelous life : the amazing story of Stan Lee
by Danny Fingeroth
An award-winning Marvel Comics writer and author of Superman on the Couch shares an insider’s portrait of the iconic co-creator of legendary superhero characters, discussing the collaborations and controversies that marked his successes.
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Life Undercover: Coming of Age in the CIA
by Amaryllis Fox
What it is: a suspenseful account of Amaryllis Fox's decade spent working counterterrorism operations for the CIA while also starting a family with her husband, a fellow agent.
Don't miss: Fox's wedding day, during which she muses on the strange and lonely nature of intelligence life: "I walk down the aisle, past work friends whose real names I'll never know."
Media buzz: Academy Award winner Brie Larson is set to play Fox in a forthcoming Apple streaming series.
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The Cure for Hate : A Former White Supremacist’s Journey from Violent Extremism to Radical Compassion
by Tony Mcaleer
The Cure for Hate paints a very human picture of a young man who craved attention, acceptance, and approval and the dark place he would go to get it. Tony McAleer found an outlet for his teenage rage in the street violence of the skinhead scene. He then grew deeply involved in the White Aryan Resistance (WAR), rising through the ranks to become a leader, and embraced technology and the budding internet to bring white nationalist propaganda into the digital age. After fifteen years in the movement, it was the outpouring of love he felt at the birth of his children that inspired him to start questioning his hateful beliefs. Thus began the spiritual journey of personal transformation that enabled him to disengage from the highest levels of the white power movement.
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Criminal That I Am : A Memoir
by Jennifer Ridha
Follows a talented young lawyer as she becomes romantically involved with a convicted drug felon, the son of film actor Michael Douglas, and commits a crime on his behalf, resulting in professional self-destruction and the ultimately transformative consequences that came after.
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My lovely wife in the psych ward : a memoir
by Mark Lukach
A memoir of a young marriage that is defined by mental illness describes how the author's wife suffered mysterious psychotic breaks on either side of having a child, examining how the challenges of mental illness raise profound questions about love and responsibility.
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Frank & Ava : in love and war
by John Joseph Brady
A full-length account of the relationship between Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner is set against a backdrop of golden-age Hollywood in the aftermath of young Gardner's first two marriages, detailing the period taboos and mercurial dynamics that challenged their years together.
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Love, life, and elephants : an African love story
by Daphne Jenkins Sheldrick
A conservationist who has dedicated her life to saving orphan elephants in Africa describes her relationships with late husband Tsavo Park warden David Sheldrick and a host of animals, including a dwarf mongoose, a buffalo weaver bird and the majestic elephant, Eleanor.
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