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Biography and Memoir October 2017
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| The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine... by Jason FagoneElizebeth Smith's work was so top-secret, it was easy for male officials to take credit for her achievements. Journalist Jason Fagone has stripped away the secrecy that had obscured her contributions, which included breaking German codes during the war, cracking liquor smugglers' communications during Prohibition, and deciphering Nazi signals in World War II. |
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The best of us : a memoir
by Joyce Maynard
The New York Times best-selling author of describes what it was like to find the love of her life only to lose him to pancreatic cancer one year into their marriage.
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Ali : a life
by Jonathan Eig
An unauthorized portrait of the iconic champion fighter, arguing that race was a central theme in Muhammad Ali's career, faith and advocacy work and that his political beliefs and neurological health shaped his complex character.
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| The Kelloggs: The Battling Brothers of Battle Creek by Howard MarkelA "superb warts-and-all" presentation of sibling rivals, brothers John Harvey and Will Kellogg, who made Battle Creek, Michigan famous for their work in promoting health (and healthy breakfast cereal). |
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I'm fine and other lies : And Other Lies
by Whitney Cummings
The creator, writer and executive producer of 2 Broke Girls presents a laugh-out-loud personal account of her life and career, detailing her struggles with challenges ranging from anxiety and an eating disorder to relationships and pop therapy.
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Award-Winning Biographies and Memoirs
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Washington : a life
by Ron Chernow
A comprehensive account of the life of George Washington, disposing of the stereotype of a stolid, unemotional man and instead bringing to vivid life a dashing, passionate man of fiery opinions and many moods who fiercely guarded his private life.
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| Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette WintersonIn her Lambda Literary Award-winning memoir Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?, Jeanette Winterson reveals her own coming-of-age struggles -- which gradually led her to understand what it means to love. |
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George F. Kennan: An American Life
by John Lewis Gaddis
Winner of both a National Book Critics Circle Award and a Pulitzer Prize, this biography delves extensively into diplomat George F. Kennan's inner life as well as his foreign policy career.
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American lion : Andrew Jackson in the White House
by Jon Meacham
A thought-provoking study of Andrew Jackson that chronicles the life and career of a self-made man who went on to become a military hero and seventh president of the United States.
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