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New Biographies: September 2016
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The Boy Who Runs: the odyssey of Julius Achon by John BrantDescribes the life of world-class Ugandan runner, Julius Achon, who was kidnapped by the Lord's Resistance Army as a 12-year-old and forced into fighting and being a soldier, before escaping and discovering his talent for running.
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The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy SchumerAn uproarious collection of no-holds-barred personal essays by the Emmy Award-winning comedian reflects on her raucous childhood antics, her hard-won rise in the entertainment industry and her struggles to maintain the courage to approach the world in unstintingly honest ways.
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Hillbilly Elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis by J. D. VanceShares the poignant story of the author's family and upbringing, describing how they moved from poverty to an upwardly mobile clan that included the author, a Yale Law School graduate, while navigating the demands of middle-class life and the collective demons of the past.
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The Return: fathers, sons and the land in between by Hisham MatarThe award-winning author of Anatomy of a Disappearance describes his journey home to Libya after a 30-year absence due to his family's political exile and his father's kidnapping in Cairo, and his inextinguishable hopes that his father will be found alive.
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