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Biography and Memoir March 2019
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What it's about: the inspiring political rise of two-term South Bend, Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg, a former Rhodes Scholar and U.S. Navy veteran who recently announced his 2020 presidential bid.
Did you know? Buttigieg is the first openly gay Democratic candidate to run for president.
Try this next: For another engaging memoir by a young Democratic politician and Afghanistan veteran, try Jason Kander's Outside the Wire: Ten Lessons I've Learned in Everyday Courage. |
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Unbeaten : Rocky Marciano's Fight for Perfection in a Crooked World by Mike Stanton Playaway B Marciano
The best-selling author of The Prince of Providence presents a revelatory portrait of the legendary heavyweight champion that includes coverage of his rise from an Italian-immigrant family, his signature "Suzie Q" punch and his struggles with the sport's corrupt elements
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What it's about: the Detroit Numbers, an underground lottery popular in African American neighborhoods throughout the 1960s and '70s.
Starring: Numbers bookie Fannie Davis, who parlayed her wits and talents into a successful 34-year business to support her family and community.
Author alert: Baruch College journalism professor and novelist Bridgett M. Davis (Into the Go-Slow) penned this heartfelt tribute to her mother. |
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What it is: a powerful, briskly paced memoir chronicling Iranian American journalist Jason Rezaian's 18-month imprisonment in Tehran.
What happened: Arrested on trumped-up espionage charges, Rezaian's release was used as a bargaining chip in Iran's nuclear deal negotiations with the Obama administration.
Read it for: frank discussions concerning U.S.-Iran relations and Rezaian's complicated relationship with his family's homeland. |
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What it is: an engaging and evenhanded dual biography of the first two female Justices of the United States Supreme Court.
Read it for: the revealing glimpses of how the pair's disparate approaches to law impacted a number of women's rights issues, including workplace sexual harassment and reproductive rights.
Further reading: First: Sandra Day O'Connor by Evan Thomas; Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life by Jane Sherron De Hart. |
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Who it's about: Mary Sherman Morgan, the first (and only) woman employed as a rocket scientist at North American Aviation, where she worked alongside 900 male colleagues during the Space Race era.
Claim to fame: Morgan invented hydyne, the fuel used to launch the Explorer 1 satellite in 1958.
Author alert: George D. Morgan is Mary Sherman Morgan's son; he wrote a 2008 play (also named Rocket Girl) about her. |
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Who it's about: pioneering journalist and activist Ethel Payne, who covered the civil rights movement for the Chicago Defender.
Notable achievements: Payne was the first African American Vietnam correspondent, the first African American reporter invited to China, and the first female African American radio/tv commentator to work for CBS.
Did you know? Payne was a witness to the signing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; President Johnson gifted her the pen used to sign the law. |
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What it is: the previously untold story of Polish-born Christine Granville, the first woman to serve as a British intelligence officer during WWII.
Don't miss: Granville's heroic (and suspenseful) feats, which included skiing the Carpathian Mountains to deliver intel, parachuting into occupied France to aid the Resistance, and bribing the Gestapo to release three of her compatriots scheduled for execution.
For fans of: Ian Fleming's James Bond novels; Granville is rumored to be the inspiration for the first Bond Girl, Casino Royale's Vesper Lynd. |
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