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Exile on Front Street : My Life As a Hells Angel… and Beyond
by George Christie
A former president of the Ventura Chapter of the Hells Angels describes his 40 years in club, his relationship with Sonny Barger, and how two weeks after he retired, he was blackballed by his fellow Angels and forbidden to wear the club patch.
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Someone's Wife: a Memoir of Sorts
by Linda Burgess
These pieces read like the freshest of recent novels: clever, restrained and wittily observant. They range across the personal and the observational. There are essays on her lifetime of being an All Black wife (once an AB, always an AB); her love of teaching, education and the young; and a powerful essay on the death of her baby, Toby, striking in its honesty. Linda is interested in family and friendship; shared and sometimes distorted memories. Her personal truths link to universal truths. Linda explores the era in which she grew up, and her experiences are timeless.
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Home Work : A Memoir of My Hollywood Years
by Julie Andrews
The follow-up to 2008's acclaimed memoir Home, Julie Andrews shares career highlights, personal experiences and reflective insights that have contributed to her enchanting legacy.
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| Sontag: Her Life and Work by Benjamin MoserAn admiring biography of "America's last great literary star" and provocative multi-hyphenate intellectual Susan Sontag. Why you might like it: With insights gleaned from private archival materials and more than 300 interviews, Sontag has been touted as the definitive portrait of a complicated figure. Topics include: Sontag's struggles with her sexuality and later happiness with long-term partner Annie Leibovitz; her private insecurities in the face of celebrity; her battles with cancer (to which she succumbed in 2004). |
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| The Ungrateful Refugee: What Immigrants Never Tell You by Dina NayeriIn 1988, eight-year-old Dina Nayeri and her family fled Iran, eventually finding asylum in the United States. Now an award-winning novelist, Nayeri grapples with living as an immigrant in a world that often diminishes her humanity. Don't miss: "Camp," a chapter of eye-opening interviews Nayeri conducted with refugees from Afghanistan, Iran, and Syria at a camp in Greece. |
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| And How Are You, Dr. Sacks?: A Biographical Memoir of Oliver Sacks by Lawrence WeschlerThen: In the early 1980s, journalist Lawrence Weschler met with Oliver Sacks to write a New Yorker profile on the renowned neurologist, though the project was eventually scrapped due to the then-closeted Sacks' concerns about his privacy. Now: In this immersive blend of biography and memoir, Weschler revisits that period and discusses his friendship with Sacks, who in his final years of life urged Weschler to publish the profile. |
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| Prince Albert: The Man Who Saved the Monarchy by A.N. WilsonA lively and accessible portrait of Queen Victoria's German-born Prince Consort, published to commemorate his 200th birthday. Albert's successful efforts to define his role and influence in his adopted homeland (such as spearheading the Great Exhibition of 1851), despite facing significant prejudice.
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Lovell Our Dogge : The Life of Viscount Lovell, Closest Friend of Richard III and Failed Regicide
by Michèle Schindler
In July 1484 Tudor agent William Collingbourne; executed for treason in 1484, tacked up a lampoon to the walls of St Paul's Cathedral: `The Catte, the Ratte and Lovell our dogge rulyth all Englande under a hogge.' That cat was Sir William Catesby, one of Richard III's principal councillors and Chancellor of the Exchequer, executed after the Battle of Bosworth. The rat was Sir Richard Ratcliffe, who fought with Richard during the Scottish campaigns. And the dog was Francis Lovell, not only an ally of Richard III but his closest friend, and one of the wealthiest barons in England.
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Bright Swallow : Making Choices in Mao's China : a Memoir
by Vivian Bi
My name; Xiyan, meaning bright swallow, was chosen by my mother with great expectations. My mother had been one of China's "new women", a young woman who travelled widely, dressed elegantly, and dined in fine restaurants. In the bleakness of Mao's China, she saw little opportunity for her only daughter to live such a life. "At least I lived a life" were her last words to me. She could not have known how much defiance these words and her death would stir in me.
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| Passing for Human by Liana FinckA "meta-memoir" of New Yorker cartoonist Liana Finck's attempts to write this memoir; a contemplative journey of self-discovery from a woman who grapples with feeling at odds with the world. Art alert: Delicate and disjointed black, white, and yellow illustrations complement Finck's whimsical yet introspective narrative.
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Serena : A Graphic Biography of the Greatest Tennis Champion
by Mark Hodgkinson
Always a fierce competitor, her story, which began on the cracked public courts of Compton, L.A., is also one of overcoming challenges through sheer determination, drive and talent. In this innovative illustrated biography, Serena's tennis is explored like never before: stunning graphics explore her serving patterns, signature power groundstrokes, and her movement - as well as showcasing her astonishing records, spanning over two decades in the tennis elite.
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| Something New: Tales From a Makeshift Bride by Lucy KnisleyA breezy account of Lucy Knisley's DIY-wedding planning, featuring tips and how-tos for crafty nuptials-bound readers. Art alert: Knisley's bright and charming full-color illustrations underscore her conflicted feelings about weddings and her desire to shake up tradition for her own ceremony.
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| Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home by Nora KrugGerman artist Nora Krug's affecting journey to learn the truth about her family's Nazi ties. Art alert: Krug intimately conveys her fractured relationship to her homeland by combining mixed-media illustrations, letters, and photographs in fragmented or superimposed arrangements. Also published under the title Heimat : a German Family Album is the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and was named a Best Book of the Year by the New York Times. |
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| The Arab of the Future 3: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1985-1987 by Riad SattoufYoung Riad Sattouf grapples with life during Hafez al-Assad's regime and the dueling cultural expectations placed upon him by his Syrian father and French mother. Art alert: Cartoony, minimally colored graphics starkly complement the disturbing and darkly humorous narrative.
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