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Popular Culture September 2018
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| You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir by Parker PoseyWhat it is: the quirky debut memoir from "Queen of Indie Film" Parker Posey, best known for her roles in Christopher Guest mockumentaries.
What's inside: family recipes, handmade photo collages, showbiz anecdotes, and advice from Posey's therapist.
Want a taste? "I'm not great at being a movie star. It's either too boring or too much work." |
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Respect : the life of Aretha Franklin
by David Ritz
What it is: An acclaimed music writer offers a complete look at the Queen of Soul, chronicling both her troubles and her triumphs over them.
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The restless wave : good times, just causes, great fights, and other appreciations
by John McCain
What it is: A candid new political memoir by the former Republican presidential nominee and author of Faith of My Fathers chronicles the election of Barack Obama through the divisive 2016 election of Donald Trump, offering no-holds-barred opinions of the current developments coming out of Washington as well as his recommendations for ongoing international challenges, from Russia and NATO to ISIS and the wars in the Middle East.
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| Crazy Is My Superpower: How I Triumphed by Breaking Bones, Breaking Hearts.... by AJ Mendez BrooksWhat it's about: In this inspiring and upbeat memoir, three-time WWE champion A.J. Brooks chronicles how she survived an impoverished childhood rife with family dysfunction to become an empowered "real-life superhero" in a male-dominated industry.
Read it for: Brooks' unflinching, behind-the-scenes look at the oft-brutal world of professional wrestling; her motivational directive for readers to stay true to themselves. |
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| Carry On: A Story of Resilience, Redemption, and an Unlikely Family by Lisa FennWhat it's about: Leroy Sutton lost his legs after a childhood train accident; Dartanyon Crockett is legally blind. The two formed a brotherly bond while wrestling for their Cleveland high school team. When ESPN producer Lisa Fenn saw their story in a newspaper article, no one could predict the effect these three would end up having on each other's lives.
For fans of: Moving sports stories like Friday Night Lights and The Blind Side. |
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RAW : the first 25 years
by Jake Black
What's in it: A fact-filled, lavishly photographed anniversary edition covering 25 years of WWE's flagship entertainment event includes discussions of its most significant matches and controversies, offering complementary profiles of the show's superstars, from Brock Lesnar and John Cena to Charlotte and Seth Rollins.
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Hacksaw : the Jim Duggan story
by Hacksaw
What's in it: The professional wrestler best known as the burly man who wielded a two-by-four chronicles his fascinating career, from his injury-plagued rookie season in the NFL to his time with the WWF (now the WWE) to his battle against kidney cancer.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Central Mississippi Regional Library System
100 Tamberline Street
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
601-825-0100
http://www.cmrls.lib.ms.us
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