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New BiographiesAugust 2016
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Then and now : a memoir
by Barbara Cook
The Kennedy Center Honoree and Tony Award-winning Broadway star traces her remarkable but turbulent life during the glory days of Broadway and the American musical, describing how her acclaimed stage performances were overshadowed by depression and alcoholism before her reinvention as a cabaret artist.
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Not pretty enough : the unlikely triumph of Helen Gurley Brown
by Gerri Hirshey
A deeply researched portrait of the famed author of Sex and the Single Girl examines her role in advancing civil-rights feminism, tracing her rags-to-riches story, transformation of Cosmopolitan and relationships with such figures as Liz Smith, Gloria Vanderbilt and Barbara Walters.
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Trials of the earth : the true story of a pioneer woman
by Mary Hamilton
This first-hand account of a woman pioneer trying to make a life for herself in the untamed American South of the late 19th century describes how she cared for her children while surviving floods, tornadoes, fires and wild animals.
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You'll grow out of it
by Jessi Klein
Uproarious and poignant stories from the Inside Amy Schumer head writer's awkward youth include entries on her tomboy pursuits of femininity, her emulation of Oprah and the dangers of wedding websites.
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Bush
by Jean Edward Smith
The Pulitzer Prize finalist author of Grant examines the role of the 43rd President's deep religious faith in his controversial decisions, exploring his inclinations to ignore advisors and make fateful independent decisions, most significantly the invasion of Iraq, in ways that have had profound consequences.
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Look at you now : my journey from shame to strength
by Liz Pryor
The author describes her experience hidden away by her wealthy Chicago parents in a dreary government facility for impoverished pregnant teens after she discovered she was accidentally expecting at age 17 in 1979. Reading-group guide available.
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Bobby Kennedy : the making of a liberal icon
by Larry Tye
An award-winning journalist and the New York Times best-selling author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend was given unprecedented access by the Kennedy family to write this in-depth biography of the political operative who masterminded his brother's whatever-it-takes bids for senator and president.
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