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New BiographiesDecember 2016
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Family of earth : a Southern mountain childhood
by Wilma Dykeman
Discovered as a typewritten manuscript after her death in 2006, the American South's most prolific and storied writer chronicles the touching, and at times harrowing, story of her childhood in Buncombe County and reveals a perceptive and sophisticated understanding of human nature, the environment, and social justice.
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Snake : the legendary life of Ken Stabler
by Michael Freeman
A biography of the NFL bad-boy quarterback describes how Ken "The Snake" Stabler partied as hard as he played and led the Oakland Raiders to their first Super Bowl championship in 1977.
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Sing for your life : a story of race, music, and family
by Daniel Bergner
A chronicle of a young black man's journey from violence to the world's elite opera circles describes Ryan Speedo Green's abuse-marked upbringing and struggles with racism and imprisonment before winning a New York Metropolitan Opera competition. By the author of the award-winning In the Land of Magic Soldiers.
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QB : my life behind the spiral
by Steve Young
A candid memoir by the NFL Hall of Famer shares insights into what it takes to become an elite professional quarterback, describing his unlikely rise in sports as a devout Mormon and high-achieving student with an eidetic memory, the media pressure, his infamous confrontation with Joe Montana and the other factors that challenged his career.
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A crooked smile : a memoir
by Terri Tate
A clinical nurse specialist, teacher and humorist shares her unforgettable journey through diagnosis, surgeries and modern health care as she used a blend of faith, perseverance, prescription-strength humor - and, most of all, a heart that never quit to triumph over a devastating diagnosis of oral cancer, where she was only given a 2 percent chance of survival.
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Testimony
by Robbie Robertson
A memoir by the influential rock artist traces his half-Jewish, half-Mohawk upbringing in Toronto, his early years with rockabilly legend Ronnie Hawkins, the rise of The Band, the stories behind his iconic songs and The Band's famous farewell concert, The Last Waltz.
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Twenty-six seconds : a personal history of the Zapruder film
by Alexandra Zapruder
The lesser-known family story behind Abraham Zapruder's film footage of the Kennedy assassination and its lasting impact, told by Zapruder's granddaughter, draws on personal records and previously sealed archives to trace the film's role in the media, courts, government and arts community.
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Kenneth Clark : life, art, and Civilisation
by James Stourton
A portrait of the National Gallery director, writer, art patron and television pioneer is placed against a backdrop of 20th-century culture and offers insight into his influential 1969 series, Civilisation, and the private struggles that challenged his achievements.
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The Stranger in My Genes : A Memoir
by Bill Griffeth
Bill Griffeth, longtime genealogy buff, takes a DNA test that has an unexpected outcome: 'If the results were correct, it meant that the family I had spent years documenting was not my own.' Bill undertakes a quest to solve the mystery of his origins, a quest which will shake his sense of identity.
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The man who knew : the life and times of Alan Greenspan
by Sebastian Mallaby
An author who was granted complete access to former chairman of the Federal Reserve Alan Greenspan presents a biography of the man whom some believe to be the most important economic statesman of our time.
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The elephants in my backyard : a memoir
by Rajiv Surendra
An actor describes how getting a copy of Life of Pi while filming Mean Girls in 2003 completely changed the trajectory of his life and discusses what it is like to follow your passion, dream big and fail.
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Settle for more
by Megyn Kelly
The top-rated cable news anchor presents a revelatory memoir that also imparts the values and lessons that have shaped her career, describing her tough-love family, her father's early death, the news events that led to her anchor position and her ongoing feud with Donald Trump.
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Frantumaglia : Papers: 1991-2003 / Tesserae: 2003-2007 / Letters: 2011-2016
by Elena Ferrante
The New York Times best-selling and reclusive Italian author - addressing such subjects as her choice to remain anonymous, her literary inspirations, Italian politics and culture and the role of the writer in modern society - presents a brilliant collection of occasional writings, interviews and letters.
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Eleanor Roosevelt : The War Years and After: 1939-1962
by Blanche Wiesen Cook
A concluding volume to the definitive portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt traces her post-World War II years, covering subjects ranging from FDR's death and the founding of the UN through her efforts to promote key initiatives in spite of limited support and her death in 1962.
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