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Casey Stengel : baseball's greatest character
by Marty Appel
A biography of the only baseball player in history to play for all the New York Teams describes how he went on to revolutionize the role of manager and won 10 pennants and seven World Series with the Yankees.
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The new old me : my late-life reinvention
by Meredith Maran
The author describes with humor how she rebuilt her life at age 60 after losing her best friend, her life’s savings and her happy marriage by moving to Los Angeles and taking a 9-to-5 job among beautiful, and much younger, people.
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Sirens
by Joshua Mohr
The acclaimed novelist of Some Things That Meant the World to Me describes his years of substance abuse and relapsing and the impact it had on his failed first marriage, fatherhood and his career.
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Hourglass : time, memory, marriage
by Dani Shapiro
An intimate and life-affirming memoir by the best-selling author of Still Writing explores themes of marriage, memory, the frailty of bonds and the time accretion of sorrow and love.
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Richard Nixon : the life
by John A. Farrell
An extensively researched portrait of the 37th president by the prize-winning biographer of Clarence Darrow traces Nixon's early political ambitions in his post-military years, his early achievements as a senator and vice president and his forward-thinking ideas in health care, poverty, civil rights, the environment and foreign affairs.
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The outrun : A Memoir
by Amy Liptrot
After a life of heavy drinking in London, the author returns home to Orkney at the age of 30, and finds that the unbridled nature of the Outrun has the natural healing she needs to put her on the path to recovery.
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Letterman : the last giant of late night
by Jason Zinoman
A definitive account of the life and career of comedic talk show host David Letterman evaluates how his ironic style transcended traditional television and how his remote and reclusive personality contrasts with his widely misunderstood achievements.
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The house of memory : reflections on youth and war
by John Freely
In an entertaining and tender memoir, the 90-year-old author remembers his fully lived life, from growing up poor in a Brooklyn and Ireland that now exist only in memory, to serving in the China/Burma/India theater during World War II as a member of an elite U.S. Navy Commando unit.
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Reagan rising : the decisive years, 1976-1980
by Craig Shirley
races the rise of America's 40th President from his political defeat in 1976 to his overwhelming victory in 1980, sharing insights into his considerable achievements and role in the nation's subsequent rise in conservatism. 30,000 first printing. By the New York Times best-selling author of December 1941.
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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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Madame President : the extraordinary journey of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
by Helene Cooper
A harrowing but triumphant portrait of the Liberian women's movement and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize shares insights into her early experiences as an abuse survivor, her imprisonments for defying her country's oppressive patriarchal rule and her significant humanitarian changes after winning the 2005 Liberian presidential election.
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Rebel mother : my childhood chasing the revolution
by Peter Andreas
A true account of a deep mother-son bond and the joy and toll of growing up with a radical mother in a radical age follows Carol Andreas, a traditional 1950s Mennonite housewife-turned-Marxist rebel, as she and her young son, whom she kidnapped from his straitlaced father, travel the world, chasing the revolution together.
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Textbook Amy Krouse Rosenthal
by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
A nonlinear memoir from the best-selling author of Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life features her relatable and intimate memories, moments and insights from her own life, divided into classic study subjects like Social Studies, Music and Language Arts.
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