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New Biographies October 2015
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No Regrets : A Long and Lucky Life
by Genevieve Chapman
Written for her children, grandchildren, and their offspring, this local author shares her memories of a prosperous time in the San Francisco Bay area; a time when everyone could get a job, the middle class were well paid and it was possible to buy a house and put children through college without sacrificing their old age.
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Just mercy : a story of justice and redemption
by Bryan Stevenson
The executive director of a social advocacy group that has helped relieve condemned prisoners explains why justice and mercy must go hand-in-hand through the story of Walter McMillian, a man condemned to death row for a murder he didn't commit.
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You're never weird on the Internet (almost) : a memoir
by Felicia Day
The entertainment artist best known for her web videos shares stories of her homeschooled childhood, her rags-to-riches professional successes and her thoughts on such topics as creativity, video games and feminism.
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The Big Bad Book of Bill Murray : A Critical Appreciation of the World's Finest Actor
by Robert Schnakenberg
Bill Murray's extraordinary career is rich with fascinating anecdotes, contradictions, and mystery, from his early success on Saturday Night Live and the biggest blockbusters of the 1980s to his reinvention as a hipster icon in the early 21st century. Schnakenberg chronicles everything Murray, and relates all the milestones, yarns, and controversy in the life of this enigmatic performer.
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The seven good years : a memoir
by Etgar Keret
A master storyteller presents a life-affirming and humorous memoir that traces the seven years between the birth of his son, Lev, during a terrorist attack and his father's battle with cancer that brought the family back together even as the threat of war loomed over their home and permeated daily life.
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Paid for : my journey through prostitution
by Rachel Moran
A former teen prostitute describes the fears she and others had working on the streets and in brothels and speaks to the psychological damage that accompanies prostitution and the estrangement from one's body.
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Stir : a my broken brain and the meals that brought me home
by Jessica Fechtor
After an aneurysm burst in her brain, nearly killing her and taking away her sense of smell and the sight in her left eye, a popular food blogger shares her journey of recovery, which began in the kitchen as she drew strength from the restorative power of cooking and baking.
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The lost detective : becoming Dashiell Hammett
by Nathan Ward
Links together the life experiences of America's greatest hard-boiled detective writer with his stories, discussing how joining the Pinkerton National Detective Agency as a teenage operative in 1915 shaped and inspired The Maltese Falcon and The Thin Man.
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Plenty ladylike
by Claire McCaskill
Missouri's first woman senator recounts her coming-of-age in a political family at a time when women were held back from their ambitions, describing her failed first marriage, her unconventional choices in office and her relationships with fellow politicians.
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Alexander McQueen : blood beneath the skin
by Andrew Wilson
Describes the life and career of the very private, iconic fashion designer, who left his humble beginnings in East London to skyrocket to the upper echelons of the glamorous fashion world before committing suicide at the age of 40 in 2010.
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