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Biography and Memoir November 2017
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Stan Lee : the man behind Marvel
by Bob Batchelor
A biography of the comic artist and pop culture icon traces his life from his Depression-era childhood to his years as an editor and his triumphs as the creator behind such superhero titans as Spider-Man and The Fantastic Four
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So great a prince : the accession of Henry VIII: 1509
by Lauren Johnson
A detailed chronicle of the year Henry VIII assumed the throne examines how the kingdom was as a crossroads between the eras of the late Middle Ages and the Renaissance, identifying the powerful and ancient traditions that dominated the time, from child clergymen and pilgrimages to Corpus Christi pageants and the Canterbury shrine.
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| Ali: A Life by Jonathan EigIn this balanced biography of boxer Muhammad Ali, author Jonathan Eig relates Ali's family background, the complexities of his status as a celebrity, and his later life, in addition to his boxing career. Ali places political and personal controversies in the context of the 1960s and draws on previously unavailable resources to correct the record in some instances. For another well-researched and compelling study of Ali, take a look at David Remnick's King of the World. |
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Dare not linger : the presidential years
by Nelson Mandela
A sequel to the best-selling Long Walk to Freedom completes the Nobel Prize Laureate's unfinished memoirs and is complemented by notes and speeches written by Mandela during his historic presidency.
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| Real American: A Memoir by Julie Lythcott-HaimsIn this absorbing, moving, and candid memoir, bestselling author Julie Lythcott-Haims recounts her upbringing as a biracial child in 1970s America. Pulling no punches, she recounts the effects of racism on her psyche during her childhood and teen years, as well as the issues she faced in bringing up "quadroon" children with her Jewish husband. Her gradual understanding of the world as complex rather than starkly black and white leads to her self-acceptance, as well as making her determined to help Americans address racism more forthrightly. |
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The collector of lives : Giorgio Vasari and the invention of art
by Ingrid D. Rowland
A vibrant portrait of Renaissance scholar Giorgio Vasari, best known for the classic text Lives of the Artists, traces his influence in royal and religious venues and his indelible role in the careers of masters ranging from Titian and Donatello to Raphael and Michelangelo.
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Schlesinger : the imperial historian
by Richard Aldous
A major portrait of preeminent historian and intellectual Arthur Schlesinger Jr. traces his architecture of JFK's presidential legacy, his achievements as a biographer, his talents as a political image maker and the enduring influence of his best-selling A Thousand Days.
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Focus on: Science and Medicine
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| Robert Oppenheimer: A Life Inside the Center by Ray MonkOften called "the father of the atomic bomb," physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer followed his work on the Manhattan project with a postwar position as the chief advisor to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission -- although his political affiliations and reluctance to work on the development of the hydrogen bomb later made him an outcast. Focusing explicitly on Oppenheimer's scientific contributions, author Ray Monk's account also details how anti-Semitism affected his earlier career and McCarthy-era anticommunism muted his later achievements. This book offers a valuable complement to Kai Bird and Martin Sherwin's American Prometheus. |
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Harford County Public Library
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