| There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension by Hanif AbdurraqibIn his lyrical and engaging latest, MacArthur Fellow and Carnegie Medal winner Hanif Abdurraqib (A Little Devil in America) explores his relationship to basketball and the role it has played throughout his life -- including having a front-row seat to the rise of LeBron James. For fans of: Basketball (and Other Things): A Collection of Questions Asked, Answered, Illustrated by Shea Serrano. |
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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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| Grief is For People by Sloane CrosleyNovelist and essayist Sloane Crosley's (Cult Classic) moving and darkly humorous latest chronicles how she navigated the grief of losing her best friend to suicide in 2019. Try this next: Molly by Blake Butler. |
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| Sharing Too Much: Musings from an Unlikely Life by Richard Paul EvansBestselling author and "king of Christmas fiction" (The New York Times) Richard Paul Evans shares insights from his life and career in this concise and inspiring blend of memoir-in-essays and advice. For fans of: Almost Everything: Notes on Hope by Anne Lamott; The Comfort Book by Matt Haig. |
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Radiant : the life and line of Keith Haring
by Brad Gooch
A stunning life of the iconic American artist, Keith Haring, by the acclaimed biographer Brad Gooch. Haring broke down the barriers between high art and popular culture, creating work that was accessible for all and using it as a means to provoke and inspire radical social change.
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Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine
by Uché Blackstock, MD
Second-generation physician Dr. Uché Blackstock recounts her education and career in medicine and describes how her experiences in both areas inspired her to found Advancing Health Equity, an organization dedicated to dismantling systemic racism in healthcare. Further reading: Sickening by Anne Pollock; Under the Skin by Linda Villarosa; Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington.
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| Not Your China Doll: The Wild and Shimmering Life of Anna May Wong by Katie Gee SalisburyKatie Gee Salisbury's lively debut chronicles the life and career of trailblazing Chinese American movie star Anna May Wong, who rose to prominence during Hollywood's Golden Age. Further reading: Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong's Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang. |
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What Have We Here? Portraits of a Life
by Billy Dee Williams
Iconic Star Wars actor Billy Dee Williams dishes on his life and eight-decade career in this candid memoir written "with the panache and suavity that characterize his screen presence" (Publishers Weekly). For fans of: I Am C-3PO: The Inside Story by Anthony Daniels.
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