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New Biographies & MemoirsSeptember 2019
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Take it lying down : finding my feet after a spinal cord injury
by Jim Linnell
Six months shy of retirement and on a family vacation in Mexico, Jim Linnell steps off the porch of a rented guest house and breaks his neck. He is medevaced to his hometown hospital in Albuquerque and from there to a spinal cord injury hospital in Denver, where he learns he may live the rest of his life as a quadriplegic. This book portrays a man reclaiming his life from catastrophe--it is a book of exemplary courage.
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Texas flood : the inside story of Stevie Ray Vaughan
by Alan Paul
An unstinting account of the guitar legend’s life and career draws on firsthand insights from family members and loved ones to discuss topics ranging from Vaughan’s creative endeavors and battles with addiction to his tumultuous marriage and fatal helicopter crash. Illustrations.
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Yellow house
by Sarah M. Broom
Describes the author’s upbringing in a New Orleans East shotgun house as the unruly 13th child of a widowed mother, tracing a century of family history and the impact of class, race and Hurricane Katrina on her sense of identity.
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The Borgias : power and fortune
by Paul Strathern
The award-winning author of The Medici traces the story of the infamous Borgia family against a backdrop of a thriving Renaissance period, examining the paradoxes that surrounded the family and the role of corruption in establishing their legacy. Illustrations.
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