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Biography and Memoir October 2019
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| Alexander the Great: His Life and His Mysterious Death by Anthony EverittWhat it is: a riveting, richly contextualized biography of the Macedonian conqueror's life that de-mythologizes history's prior depictions of him.
Chapters include: "First Blood;" "The Empire Strikes Back;" "Show Me the Way to Go Home."
Book buzz: In a starred review, Kirkus Reviews says Alexander the Great is "a story for everyone" that "reads as easily as a novel." |
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| The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina NayeriWhat it's about: In 1988, eight-year-old Dina Nayeri and her family fled Iran, eventually finding asylum in the United States. Now an award-winning novelist, Nayeri grapples with living as an immigrant in a world that often diminishes her humanity.
Don't miss: "Camp," a chapter of eye-opening interviews Nayeri conducted with refugees from Afghanistan, Iran, and Syria at a camp in Greece. |
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| Something New: Tales From a Makeshift Bride by Lucy KnisleyWhat it is: a breezy account of Lucy Knisley's DIY-wedding planning, featuring tips and how-tos for crafty nuptials-bound readers.
Art alert: Knisley's bright and charming full-color illustrations underscore her conflicted feelings about weddings and her desire to shake up tradition for her own ceremony.
For fans of: Adrian Tomine's Scenes from an Impending Marriage. |
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Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me
by Ellen Forney
An artist describes her bipolar disorder diagnosis and her struggles with mental stability while discussing other artists and creative people throughout history who were also labeled as “crazy” including Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O'Keeffe and Sylvia Plath.
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Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir
by Amy Kurzweil
The author shares the story of her coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist, weaving her own story with that of her psychiatrist mother and her grandmother who escaped the Warsaw ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile
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| The Arab of the Future 3: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987 by Riad SattoufWhat it's about: Young Riad Sattouf grapples with life during Hafez al-Assad's regime and the dueling cultural expectations placed upon him by his Syrian father and French mother.
Art alert: Cartoony, minimally colored graphics starkly complement the disturbing and darkly humorous narrative.
Series alert: The 4th installment of Sattouf's acclaimed series, spanning the years 1987-1992, is out next month. |
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The Imposter's Daughter: A True Memoir
by Laurie Sandell
Describes the author's youth as the daughter of a man who shared fantastical tales about his privileged Buenos Aires youth, Vietnam heroism and celebrity friendships; her efforts to emulate her father; and her astonishment upon learning that he fabricated many of his experiences.
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