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New BiographiesNovember 2015
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Mary McGrory : the first queen of journalism
by John Norris
In a fascinating biography of the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for commentary, the author, combining juicy gossip with her acerbic wit, takes readers back to a time when the newsrooms were dominated by men, showing how different the media was then from today's punditry.
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Had I known : a memoir of survival
by Joan Lunden
The former Good Morning America host speaks candidly about her battle against breast cancer, sharing insights into how it shaped her perspectives as a woman, family member and awareness advocate.
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The age of Clinton : America in the 1990s
by Gil Troy
A year-by-year chronicle of the transformative 1990s as they centered around and influenced the Clinton White House traces the period's dramatic shifts in culture, politics, technology and business while revealing the 42nd President's significant but less-recognized achievements.
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My journey
by Donna Karan
A deeply personal, provocative memoir by the iconic designer includes candid stories about her difficult and isolated childhood, her nearly five-decade career in the fashion industry, her two marriages, her children and her spiritual life.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt : Road to the New Deal, 1882-1939
by Roger Daniels
Franklin D. Roosevelt, consensus choice as one of three great presidents, led the American people through the two major crises of modern times. The first volume of an epic two-part biography, Franklin D. Roosevelt: Road to the New Deal, 1882-1939 presents FDR from a privileged Hyde Park childhood through his leadership in the Great Depression to the ominous buildup to global war.
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