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New Biography & Memoir: April 2024
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Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin
by Andre Dubus
This new collection of essays from the best-selling author of Townie: A Memoir and House of Sand and Fog reflects on his successes, failures and struggles with traditional and modern masculinity.
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The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir
by RuPaul
From an international drag superstar and pop culture icon comes his most revealing and personal work to date—a deeply intimate memoir of growing up black, poor and queer in a broken home and discovering the power of performance, found family and self-acceptance.
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If You Can't Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury
by Geraldine DeRuiter
The James Beard Award-winning blogger of TheEverywhereist presents this hilarious and pointed collection of essays that chronicle how her experiences in the world of food helped forged her feminist activism and sharp voice.
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Life: My Story Through History
by Francis
For the first time, Pope Francis tells the story of his life as he looks back on the momentous world events that have changed history—from his earliest years during the outbreak of World War II in 1939 to the turmoil of today.
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No Bullet Got Me Yet: The Relentless Faith of Father Kapaun
by John Stansifer
Drawing on interviews with veterans and ex-POWs as well as material from the National Archives, this extraordinary story of the most decorated chaplain in US military history shows how his love for God gave him the courage to lay down his life for his friends and for his country.
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Rebel Rising: A Memoir
by Rebel Wilson
Chronicling the emotional and physical lessons she's learned as well as her most embarrassing experiences, the scene-stealing actress, writing about the most personal and important moments in her life, from fertility issues and weight gain and loss to rejections, shows us how to love ourselves while making us laugh uncontrollably.
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