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My Side of the River: A Memoir
by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez
Exploring separation, generational trauma and the toll of the American dream, the author recounts what happened when, at 15, her parents were forced back to Mexico, leaving her and her brother to fend for themselves as underage victims affected by broken immigration laws.
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Waiting for the Monsoon
by Rod Nordland
In 2019, a Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent who reported in over 150 countries, many in violent upheaval, was diagnosed with a fatal brain tumor, which gave him the strength to face more personal conflicts, in this unforgettable final dispatch that reveals how facing the unknown can change our relationship to the world around us.
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Carson McCullers: a Life
by Mary V. Dearborn
This new biography of the brilliant Southern author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter is based on newly available letters and journals and traces how she captured the heart and longing of the outcast.
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Slow Noodles: a Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
by Chantha Nguon
Sharing over 20 Khmer recipes, a Cambodian refugee recounts her life after the dictator Pol Pot tore her country apart in the 1970s, showing how she relied on her beloved mother's “slow noodles” approach to healing and to cooking—one that prioritizes time and care over expediency.
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Medgar & Myrlie : Medgar Evers and the Love Story That Awakened America
by Joy-Ann Reid
Tracing the extraordinary lives and legacy of two civil rights icons, this gripping account of Medgar and Myrlie Evers is told through their relationship and the work that went into winning basic rights for black Americans, and the repercussions that still resonate today.
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Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story
by Leslie Jamison
From the New York Times best-selling author of The Recovering and The Empathy Exams comes the riveting story of rebuilding a life after the end of a marriage—an exploration of motherhood, art and new love.
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Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism
by Anka Muhlstein
An acclaimed biographer examines the life of Camille Pissarro, “the father of Impressionism” and a founding member of the new school of French painting, with a focus on the role that his Jewish heritage played in his work.
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The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon
by Adam Shatz
This eye-opening new biography of the intellectual activist of the postcolonial era whose writings about race, revolution and the psychology of power continue to shape radical movements across the world offers a dramatic reconstruction of his extraordinary life.
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I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition
by Lucy Sante
The Belgian-born American writer shares the both the arc of her artistic journey as well as a step-by-step account of her 2021 transition to becoming a woman at the age of nearly 70.
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Breaking Through: My Life in Science
by Katalin Karikâo
In this gripping testament to perseverance and the power of conviction, the pioneering Hungarian American biochemist recounts her 30-year investigation into messenger RNA (mRNA), which nearly cost her everything, that led to the creation of vaccines that protected millions of people from the direst consequences of COVID-19.
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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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