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Madoff : the final word
by Richard Behar
"Some $68 billion evaporated during Bernie Madoff's epic confidence game. Two people were driven to suicide in the wake of the Ponzi Scheme's exposure. Others went to prison. But there has never been a satisfying accounting for how Bernie got away with so much, for so long. Richard Behar's relationship with Madoff began in 2011 with a simple email request from the inmate. By the time Madoff died in 2021, he had sent Behar more than 300 emails and dozens of handwritten letters, participated insome fifty phone conversations, and sat for three in-person jailhouse interviews--a level of access provided to no other reporter. Behar also established relationships with hundreds of regulators, prosecutors, FBI agents, investors, Wall Street experts, ex-employees of Madoff's, family members, school classmates, and others. The result is the final word on the criminal behind history's most enduring fraud--and on those who believed him, covered for him, or locked him up. Behar illuminates not only the fraud's origins--decades earlier than Madoff claimed in his confession--but also the complicity of investors, Wall Street insiders, family members, and some of the largest banks in the US and Europe. Just about everyone involved is guilty, at a minimum, of humanity's most consistent weakness: greed"
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Tiger, Tiger
by James Patterson
This first full-scale biography chronicles the impossible life of Tiger Woods whose phenomenal success, despite potentially career-ending injuries and multiple public scandals, led to his induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame, becoming a lasting influence who continues to inspire every rising generation.
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| T-Shirt Swim Club: Stories from Being Fat in a World of Thin People by Ian Karmel and Alisa Karmel, PsyDEmmy Award-winning comedian Ian Karmel chronicles his lifelong battles with weight and body image in this bittersweet yet affirming memoir featuring insights from his sister Alisa, a psychologist and nutritionist who specializes in body acceptance. Try this next: Fatty Fatty Boom Boom: A Memoir of Food, Fat, and Family by Rabia Chaudry; Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia by Kate Manne. |
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Consent : a memoir
by Jill Ciment
The author of the novel The Body in Question reevaluates her decades-long marriage to the 47-year-old man she met when she was seventeen in the context of today's focus on the balance of power between older men and young girls. Illustrations.
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On call : a doctor's journey in public service
by Anthony S. Fauci
The most famous?—?and most revered?—?doctor in the world today who guided America through the COVID pandemic?—?and who embodies“speaking truth to power” with dignity and results, reveals his behind-the-scenes advising and negotiating with seven presidents on key issues from global AIDS relief to infectious disease preparedness at home. Illustrations.
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Late admissions : confessions of a Black conservative
by Glenn C. Loury
"Economist Glenn C. Loury is one of the most prominent public intellectuals of our time: he's often radically opposed to the political mainstream, and delights in upending what's expected of a Black public figure. But more so than the arguments themselves--on affirmative action, institutional racism, Trumpism--his public life has been characterized by fearlessness and a willingness to recalibrate strongly held and forcefully argued beliefs."
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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 children affected by broken immigration laws.
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This ordinary stardust : a scientist's path from grief to wonder
by Alan R. Townsend
After dealing with two unthinkable, catastrophic diagnoses: his 4-year-old daughter and his brilliant scientist wife developed life-threatening forms of brain cancer, and its aftermath, the author offers a moving perspective on the common ground between science and religion through the spiritual fulfillment he found in his work.
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Getting to know death : a meditation
by Gail Godwin
The three-time National Book Award finalist recounts her long path to recovery after a major injury at age 86 and discusses the lessons she has learned as she enters the twilight of her life.
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