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New Biographies: August 2016
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Bobby Kennedy: the making of a liberal icon by Larry TyeAn award-winning journalist and the New York Times best-selling author of Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend was given unprecedented access by the Kennedy family to write this in-depth biography of the political operative who masterminded his brother's whatever-it-takes bids for senator and president.
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Bush by Jean Edward SmithThe Pulitzer Prize finalist author of Grant examines the role of the 43rd President's deep religious faith in his controversial decisions, exploring his inclinations to ignore advisors and make fateful independent decisions, most significantly the invasion of Iraq, in ways that have had profound consequences.
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Chin: the life and crimes of mafia boss Vincent Gigante by Larry McShaneDescribes the colorful and bizarre account of a former professional boxer who was hand-picked to run the Genovese Crime Family and who later appeared to be an ongoing psychiatric patient who would wander Greenwich Village in a tattered bathrobe and slippers.
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Freedom: my book of firsts by Jaycee DugardIn the follow-up to her #1 bestselling memoir, A Stolen Life, Jaycee Dugard tells the story of her first experiences after years in captivity: the joys that accompanied her newfound freedom and the challenges of adjusting to life on her own.
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My Father and Atticus Finch: a lawyer's fight for justice in 1930s Alabama by Joseph Madison BeckReconstructing his father’s defense of a black man charged with raping a white woman in 1938 and exploring the similarities between his father’s story and the one at the heart of To Kill a Mockingbird, the author presents a gripping narrative of how race, class and the memory of the South’s defeat in the Civil War produced the trial’s outcome.
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William Tecumseh Sherman: in the service of my country by James Lee McDonoughA biography of the lauded general explores his involvement in the Civil War's most decisive battles, his good friendship with Ulysses S. Grant, his strained marriage, the loss of his young son and his plague of personal debts.
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You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi KleinUproarious and poignant stories from the Inside Amy Schumer head writer's awkward youth include entries on her tomboy pursuits of femininity, her emulation of Oprah and the dangers of wedding websites.
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