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Biography and Memoir September 2018
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Leonard: My Fifty-Year Friendship with a Remarkable Man
by William Shatner with David Fisher
What it is: In Leonard, Montreal-born actor William ("Captain Kirk") Shatner offers an absorbing remembrance of his friendship with Leonard ("Spock") Nimoy. Unusual for actors, their on-set camaraderie deepened into lifelong devotion through movies and trekker conventions.
Read it for: Shatner's moving reflections will delight general biography readers as well as fans of the Star Trek universe.
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But enough about me : a memoir
by Burt Reynolds
What it's about: A no-holds-barred memoir from one of Hollywood's most enduring stars traces his adolescence as a notable football player in South Florida, the accident that steered him towards acting and the turbulent relationships that shaped his career.
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The good girl's guide to getting lost : a memoir of three continents, two friends, and one unexpected adventure
by Rachel Friedman
What it's about: Rachel Friedman has always been the consummate good girl who does well in school and plays it safe, so the college grad surprises no one more than herself when, on a whim (and in an effort to escape impending life decisions), she buys a ticket to Ireland, a place she has never visited. There she forms an unlikely bond with a free-spirited Australian girl, a born adventurer who spurs Rachel on to a yearlong odyssey that takes her to three continents, fills her life with newfound friends, and gives birth to a previously unrealized passion for adventure.
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The pact : three young men make a promise and fulfill a dream
by Sampson Davis
What it's about: Follows the experiences of Jenkins, Davis, and Hunt, three friends who grew up in impoverished families in Newark, New Jersey, and who supported one another in their dreams of becoming doctors in spite of tremendous disadvantages.
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MWF seeking BFF : my yearlong search for a new best friend
by Rachel Bertsche
What it's about: A web producer at Oprah.com and former editor at O: The Oprah Magazine documents the year she spent looking for a new best friend after relocating to Chicago, a search marked by weekly girl-dates and her observations on current social research about the friend-making challenges faced by modern adults.
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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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